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Grade 11 Physics

Welcome to SPH 3U.  Below you can find all course information.  It is your responsibility to be prepared and take notes during class time.  Along with class notes are applets (to aid in understanding of concepts) and assignments.
The following files may come in handy for the course:
  • Course Outline
  • PHS Lab Write-Up Instructions
  • Significant Figures & Scientific Notation
  • Yellow Duotang Corrections
  • Rube Goldberg Projects
These links will make internet navigation easier:
  • Wikipedia
  • Perimeter Institute
  • Khan Academy
  • Earl Haig SS Physics Review Videos

Unit 1: Kinematics

Note 1:  Scalars and Vectors
Note 2:  Adding & Subtracting Vectors
Note 3:  Applications of Vector Addition  
Note 4:  Vector Components
Note 5:  Motion Diagrams
Note 6:  Velocity & Acceleration Vectors
Note 7:  Displacement-Time Graphs                 
Note 8:  Velocity-Time Graphs
Note 9:  Acceleration-Time Graphs
Note 10:  Area Under Slopes 
Note 11:  Converting Between Graphs  
Note 12:  Derivation of the Five Motion Formulas 
Note 13:  Projectile Motion

Hitlist

1-4
5-7
9-13
8
21-23
14-20
27ab-28
24-25
26
27c

28-46

47-55

Applets

Vector Addition: 1
Vector Addition: 2
Vector Subtraction
Vector Components
Unit Vectors (Math Notation)
Displacement vs. Distance
Velocity & Acceleration Vectors: Maze
Velocity & Acceleration Vectors: Ball
Creating Graphs
Velocity-Time Graphs
Connection Between Graphs
Introduction To Projectile Motion
Projectile Motion: 1
Projectile Motion: 2
Projectile Motion: 3
Projectile Motion: 4

Unit 1: Video Notes

Note 1:  Scalars and Vectors
Note 2:  Adding & Subtracting Vectors
Note 3:  Applications of Vector Addition 
Note 4:  Vector Components
Note 5:  Motion Diagrams 
Note 6:  Velocity & Acceleration Vectors 
Note 7:  Displacement-Time Graphs       
Note 8:  Velocity-Time Graphs
Note 9:  Acceleration-Time Graphs
Note 10:  Area Under Slopes  
Note 11:  Converting Between Graphs   
Note 12:  Derivation of the Five Motion Formulas 
Note 13:  Projectile Motion 

Unit 2: Forces

Note 1:  Fundamental Forces    
Note 2: Common Forces

Note 3:  Friction
Note 4:  Free Body Diagrams (FBDs)
Note 5:  Newton's First Law (N1L)
Note 6:  Newton's Second Law (N2L)
Note 7:  Using N2L with FBDs
Note 8:  Newton's Third Law (N3L)
Note 9: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation

Hitlist

1-2
3-4
5-8
9-15
16-18
19-21
22-29
30-34
35-41

Applets

Force & Acceleration: Lunar Lander
Terminal Velocity
Acceleration and FBDs
Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation

Unit 2: Video Notes

Note 1:  Fundamental Forces     
Note 2:  Common Forces

Note 3:  Friction
Note 4:  Free Body Diagrams (FBDs) 
Note 5:  Newton's First Law (N1L) 
Note 6:  Newton's Second Law (N2L) 
Note 7:  Using N2L with FBDs 
Note 8:  Newton's Third Law (N3L) 
Note 9: Newton's Universal Law of Gravitation 

Unit 3: Energy, Work & Power

Note 1:  Energy Transformations
Note 2:  Work
Note 3:  Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE)
Note 4:  Kinetic Energy (KE)
Note 5:  Conservation of Energy  
Note 6: Conservation of Energy (Energy Lost)
Note 7:  Efficiency 
Note 8:  Thermal Energy & Latent Heat
Note 9:  Power
Note 10:  Electrical Generation/Consumption
Note 11:  Nuclear Power

Hitlist

1
2-8
9-11
12-14
15-21
22-28
29-31
32-40
41-44

45

Applets

Conservation of Energy: Skateboard Park
Nuclear Fission

Unit 3: Video Notes

Note 1:  Energy Transformations 
Note 2:  Work 
Note 3:  Gravitational Potential Energy (GPE) 
Note 4:  Kinetic Energy (KE) 
Note 5:  Conservation of Energy   
Note 6: Conservation of Energy (Energy Lost) 
Note 7:  Efficiency  
Note 8:  Thermal Energy & Latent Heat
Note 9:  Power 
Note 10:  Electrical Generation/Consumption
Note 11:  Nuclear Power 

Unit 4:  Waves & Sound

Note 1:  Periodic Motion
Note 2:  Wave Intro & Universal Wave Equation
Note 3:  Transmission & Reflection of Waves
Note 4:  Interference of Waves
Note 5:  Standing Waves & Resonance
Note 6:  Production/Transmission of Sound
Note 7:  The Speed of Sound
Note 8:  The Intensity of Sound
Note 9:  The Human Ear 
Note 10:  The Doppler Effect & Supersonic Effects
Note 11:  Music vs. Noise, Beats
Note 12:  Open & Closed Air Columns

Hitlist

1-3
4-7
8-9
10
11-13
14
15-17, 21
18-19
20
22-27
30
28-29

Applets

Pendulum Lab
Transverse & Longitudinal Waves
Waves on a String
Waves in Different Mediums
Refraction
Wave Interference
Standing Waves
Sound Waves
Doppler Effect
Beats: 1
Beats: 2
Music Physics

Unit 4: Video Notes

Note 1:  Periodic Motion
Note 2:  Wave Intro & Universal Wave Equation 
Note 3:  Transmission & Reflection of Waves 
Note 4:  Interference of Waves
Note 5:  Standing Waves & Resonance 
Note 6:  Production/Transmission of Sound 
Note 7:  The Speed of Sound
Note 8:  The Intensity of Sound
Note 9:  The Human Ear  
Note 10:  The Doppler Effect & Supersonic Effects 
Note 11:  Music vs. Noise, Beats 
Note 12:  Open & Closed Air Columns 

Unit 5: Electricity & Magnetism

Note 1:  Review of Electrostatics 
Note 2:  Electric Fields & Amount of Charge
Note 3:  Electric Current
Note 4:  Electric Potential Difference (Voltage)
Note 5:  Electric Circuits
Note 6:  Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff Circuit Analysis
Note 7:  Power & Cost
Note 8:  Introduction to Magnetism
Note 9:  Fields around Conductors  
Note 10:  Solenoids 
Note 11:  The Motor Principle & Applications
Note 12:  Induced Current, Lenz's Laws 
Note 13:  Transformers

Hitlist

1
2-3
4-6
7-9

10-13
14-15
16
17-18
19-22
23-25
26
27-28

Applets

Static Charging: Balloons
Static Charging: John Travoltage
Resistor Function
Ohm's Law
Circuit Creation Lab
Electric Bell
Magnetic Fields
Faraday's Induction
AC Generator: 1
AC Generator: 2
Electric Motor

Unit 5: Video Notes

Note 1:  Review of Electrostatics  
Note 2:  Electric Fields & Amount of Charge 
Note 3:  Electric Current
Note 4:  Electric Potential Difference (Voltage) 
Note 5:  Electric Circuits
Note 6:  Ohm's Law, Kirchhoff Circuit Analysis 
Note 7:  Power & Cost 
Note 8:  Introduction to Magnetism 
Note 9:  Fields around Conductors   
Note 10:  Solenoids  
Note 11:  The Motor Principle & Applications 
Note 12:  Induced Current, Lenz's Laws  
Note 13:  Transformers 

*Note:  All documents are intellectual property of Kevin Donkers (kevin_donkers@wrdsb.ca) and Jeffrey Shaw; they  may only be reproduced with permission.
*Note:  Applets are from the following sources: 
Fendt, Walter (http://www.walter-fendt.de/ph14e/index.html
Harrison, David M.  University of Toronto. (http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Flash/
PhET, University of Colorado (http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulations/category/physics
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