Physics 11

Course Outline

A senior's science academic course that provides students a foundation and understanding in how our physical world is explored and described through scientific experiments with numerical results. Most of the contents in Physics 11 is related to Newtonian Physics.

The topics that will be covered by the course are:

Kinematics (Displacement and Motion)
Dynamics and Forces (Newton's 3 Laws)
Momentum
Energy and Work
Waves

Presentations / Notes

** The dates and activities in the calendars below are estimated. They may change without notice. I will try to update it as we go. **
- Mr. Wei

September
Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Labour Day	Sep. 6 School starts	Sep. 7 Day 1 of Class: Course Outline Introduction What is Physics?	Sep. 8 What is Physics and where do you find physics? SI Units and Prefixes	Sep. 9 Recording Timer Mini-Lab (due Monday)
Sep. 12 Math toolkit (Scientific Notation) Measurement	Sep. 13 Measurement Accuracy and Uncertainty Sig Fig	Sep. 14 Describing Motion - scalar - vector - position, distance, and displacement - velocity	Sep. 15 Unit Conversion Understanding d-t graph Homework: D-T Graph Handout #1	Sep. 16 Slope of D-T graph Homework: Read Pg. 48~52 in textbook Do Pg. 53 #9~12 for practice
Sep. 19 School-Wide Assembly	Sep. 20 Velocity Ch. 3.3 Pg. 58 Concept Review	Sep. 21 Kinematics Quiz	Sep. 22 Average Acceleration	Sep. 23 Constant Acceleration - 4 acceleration formulae
Sep. 26 Ch. 4.2 Pg. 82~85 #3, 5, 8, 11, 14, 16, 17, 18, 22, 23, 25 Due tomorrow	Sep. 27 TBA	Sep. 28 TBA	Sep. 29 Kinematics Unit Test Displacement, Velocity, Acceleration, graphs	Sep. 30 TBA

October
Oct. 3 Intro to Newton's Laws	Oct. 4 Review Newton's 1st Law Newton's Second Law F = ma	Oct. 5 Lab - Newton's Second Law	Oct. 6 Example Problems of Newton's Second Law Time to work on Lab	Oct. 7 Newton's Second Law Pg. 105 Problems #1 (skip d), 4~8 Quiz on Thursday
Oct. 10 Thanksgiving	Oct. 11 Non-Instructional Day	Oct. 12 Newton's Third Law Newton's Laws of Motion Worksheet	Oct. 13 Quiz on Newton's Second Law Work Day	Oct. 14 Work Day
Oct. 17	Oct. 18	Oct. 19	Oct. 20 Test: Newton's Laws of Motion	Oct. 21 Pro-D Non-Instructional Day
Oct. 24 Apparent Weight Elevator Scenerios Free Body Diagram	Oct. 25 Elevator Scenerios Net Force = Sum of All Forces Net Force = (mass)(net accl.) Forces Reading Material + worksheet (due Friday)	Oct. 26 Work Day	Oct. 27 Work Day Test Corrections	Oct. 28 Mini-Lab: Sliding Friction Observations: 1. Force needed to move an object is proportional to the weight of the mass 2. Kinetic Force of Friction is always less than the Static Force of Friction (It required less force to keep a moving object moving.)
Oct. 31 Force of Friction Formula HW assigned: Pg. 99-100 #9~11
November
	Nov. 1 Friction problems with Accleration Pop Quiz on Force of Friction Forces Reivew Unit Test next Tuesday Mid-Term next Thursday	Nov. 2 Field Trip: VI Conference Centre	Nov. 3 Pulley Problem Work Day	Nov. 4 Quiz #2, #3 on Force of Friction Work Day
Nov. 7 Unit Review - Sample Question	Nov. 8 Unit Test - Forces	Nov. 9 Finish Up Forces Test	Nov. 10 Mid-Term Review	Nov. 11 Remembrance Day
Nov. 14 Mid-Term	Nov. 15 Early Dismissal Mid-term Finish Up	Nov. 16 Introduction to 2D Vectors Vectors need magnitude and direction Trigonometry	Nov. 17 Applying adding perpendicular vectors to Physics problems Sample Problem 1 Sample Problem 2	Nov. 18 Vector Components Adding Vectors Worksheet (Do Question 5 using Components)
Nov. 21 Vector Components Example	Nov. 22 Adding Vectors using geometry (Cosine Law and Sine Law) Adding Vectors using geometry examples: 1. Vector Additions 2. Adding Force Vectors	Nov. 23 Force Vectors Lab	Nov. 24 Work Day	Nov. 25 Vector Addition Worksheet due Vector Quiz on Monday
Nov. 28 Quiz on Vector Addition Lab Due	Nov. 29 Marking Quiz Projectile Motion Intro (type I)	Nov. 30 More Type 1 Projector Motion Hands-On Simulation (Java Required)
December
			Dec. 1 Projectile Motion Review Worksheet	Dec. 2 Work Day Test on Vectors and Projectiles on Tuesday
Dec. 5 Rock Rolling off a Cliff Archery	Dec. 6 Test on Vectors and Projectiles	Dec. 7	Dec. 8 Momentum	Dec. 9 P. 178-179 Questions
Dec. 12 Conservation of Momentum	Dec. 13	Dec. 14 Momentum Lab Part 1	Dec. 15 Momentum Lab Part 2	Dec. 16 Last Day of Classes before Winter Break
January
*Jan. 2*	Jan. 3 Review Momentum and Conservation of Momentum Review Questions (due Thursday) Problems P.193 #2-8, P. 194 #16-20 Quiz on Friday	Jan. 4 Work Kinetic Energy Extra reading on Kinetic Energy Homework Problems: "Work"-related. pg. 213 #1~3, 5	Jan. 5 Work Day: 1) Momentum problems p.193 #2-8, p.194 #16-20 2) Work problems p. 213 #1~3, 5 3) Kinetic Energy problems p.237 #1~4	Jan. 6 Quiz on Momentum
Jan. 9 Potential Energy Practice problems: p. 224 #5~7 Conservation of Energy Practice problems: p. 230 #9~11	Jan. 10 Conservation of Energy - Pendulum Problems	Jan. 11 Energy Loss in a Collision Read p. 234	Jan. 12	Jan. 13 Pg. 239 #24 Pg. 239 #25
Jan. 16 Work Catch Up Day	Jan. 17 Momentum, Work, Energy Test	Jan. 18 Computer Lab 106 Lunar Lander (click image below) Build your own Roller Coaster	Jan. 19 Term 2 Exam	Jan. 20 Review
Jan. 23 Review	Jan. 24 Review Last Day of formal instruction in semester 1	Jan. 25 Final Exam in the afternoon (tentatively 12:30pm)	Jan. 26 Course Completion Workshop	Jan. 27 Course Completion Workshop

Physics 11

Course Outline

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