SPH 3U

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:

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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

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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

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

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3-4
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Applets

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

Unit 2: Video Notes

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

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Applets

Conservation of Energy: Skateboard Park
Nuclear Fission

Unit 3: Video Notes

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

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8-9
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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

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

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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: 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