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 Grade 12 Physics - In Class

Welcome to SPH 4U - In Class.  Below you can find all course information.  It is your responsibility to be prepared for class and cover notes ahead of class time.  Videos are assessable at any time - to cover material or to review for a test/exam.
The following files may come in handy for the course:​
  • Significant Figures & Scientific Notation
  • Error Analysis
  • Exam Solutions​
  • Course Combined Note .pdf
  • Duotang Hitlist
These links will make internet navigation easier:
  • Wikipedia
  • Perimeter Institute
  • Changes in Physics: The Power of Ideas
  • Khan Academy
  • Earl Haig SS Physics Review Videos

Week 1: Feb 3 - 7 2020

M: F3
T: F4
W: F5
T: F6
​F: F7
1st Day: Course Intro & FCI
Dynamics: Newton's Laws & Friction
Kinematics: Kinematics Review
​Energy & Momentum: Work & Conservation of Energy
​Big Questions
F3
Video: Newton's Laws & Friction
​Video: Kinematics Review
Video: Work & Conservation of Energy
​
F7

 Week 2: Feb 10-14 2020

M: F10
T: F11
W: F12
T: F13
​F: F14
Energy & Momentum: Hooke's Law
​Hooke's Law Lab
Review Day
​Assessment #1
Kinematics: Projectile Motion
Video: Hooke's Law
F11
F12
F13
Video: Projectile Motion

Week 3: Feb 17 - 21 2020

M: F17
T: F18
W: F19
T: F20
​F: F21
Family Day
Kinematics: Projectile Motion Continued
​Dynamics: Newton's Third Law & Tension
Dynamics: Newton's Third Law & Tension Continued
Fields: Coulomb's Law
F17
F18
​Video: Newton's Third Law & Tension
F20
Video: Coulomb's Law

Week 4: Feb 24 - Feb 28 2020

M: F24
T: F25
W: F26
T: F27
​F: F28
Coulomb's Law Problems
Fields: Electric Potential Difference
Dynamics: Vertical Motion (Elevators)
Assessment #2
​Projectile Motion Lab
​F24
Video: Electric Potential Difference
​Video: Vertical Motion (Elevators)
F27
​F28

Week 5: Mar 2 - 6 2020

M: M2
T: M3
W: M4
T: M5
​F: M6
Fields: Electric Field Energy
Dynamics: Connected Objects
Dynamics: Inclined Planes
Inclined Planes Lab
​Big Questions
Video: Electric Field Energy
Video: Connected Objects
​Video: Inclined Planes
M5
​M6

Week 6: Mar 9 - 13 2020

M: M9
T: M10
W: M11
T: M12
​F: M13
Energy & Momentum: Simple Harmonic Motion
Energy & Momentum: Simple Harmonic Motion Continued
Kinematics: SR Intro & Frames of Reference
Assessment #3
​Energy & Momentum: Intro to Impulse & Momentum
Video: Simple Harmonic Motion
M10
​​Video: SR Intro & Frames of Reference
M12
​Video: Intro to Impulse & Momentum
March Break Mar 16-20, 2020

Week 7: Mar 23 - 27 2020

M: M23
T: M24
W: M25
T: M26
​F: M27
Energy & Momentum: 1-D Momentum Conservation
Dynamics: Non-Inertial Frames of Reference
Fields: Electric Field Intensity
Kinematics: SR Postulates of Relativity
Energy & Momentum: Elastic Collisions
Video: 1-D Momentum Conservation
Video: Non-Inertial Frames of Reference
​Video: Electric Field Intensity
​Video: SR Postulates of Relativity
​
Video: Elastic Collisions

Week 8: Mar 30 - Apr 3 2020

M: M30
T: M31
W: A1
T: A2
​F: A3
​Energy & Momentum: Ballistic Pendulum
Literacy Test
​​Ballistic Pendulum Lab
Assessment #4
​​Energy & Momentum: 2-D Momentum Conservation
Video: Ballistic Pendulum
M31
​A1
A2
​​Video: 2-D Momentum Conservation

Week 9: Apr 6 - 10 2020

M: A6
T: A7
W: A8
T: A9
​F: A10
​​Energy & Momentum: 2-D Momentum Conservation Continued
​Kinematics: SR Simultaneity & Time Dilation
​
Kinematics: SR Length Contraction & Mass Increase
Dynamics: Horizontal Circular Motion
​​Good Friday
​A6
​​Video: SR Simultaneity & Time Dilation
Video: Length Contraction & Mass Increase
Video: Horizontal Circular Motion
A10

Week 10: Apr 13 - 17 2020

M: A13
T: A14
W: A15
T: A16
​F: A17
Easter Monday
Dynamics: Vertical Circular Motion
Dynamics: Banked Curves
Assessment #5
​​Circular Motion Lab​
A13
​Video: Vertical Circular Motion
Video: Banked Curves
A16
​A17

Week 11: Apr 20 - 24 2020

M: A20
T: A21
W: A22
T: A23
​F: A24
Fields: Magnetic Fields
Circular Motion & Magnetic Fields Continued
Energy & Momentum: Angular Momentum
Energy & Momentum: Escape Velocity
​​Dynamics: Dark Matter
​​Video: Magnetic Fields
A23
Video: Angular Momentum
Video: Escape Velocity
​A26

Week 12: Apr 27 - May 1 2020

M: A27
T: A28
W: A29
T: A30
​F: M1
Fields: Millikan's Experiment (& Lab)
Fields: Fields Summary
Review Day​
​Assessment #6
​​Kinematics: SR Equivalency of Mass and Energy
Video: Millikan's Experiment
Video: Fields Summary
A29
​A30
​Video: SR Equivalency of Mass and Energy

Week 13: May 4 - 8 2020

M: M4
T: M5
W: M6
T: M7
​F: M8
Kinematics: SR Introduction to General Relativity
Kinematics: SR The Demise of Gravity
The Wave Nature of Light: Review of Waves
The Wave Nature of Light: The Two Models of Light
​
The Wave Nature of Light: Electromagnetic Spectrum
Video: SR Introduction to General Relativity
M5
Video: Review of Waves
​Video: The Two Models of Light
​
Video: Electromagnetic Spectrum

Week 14: May 11 - 15 2020

M: M11
T: M12
W: M13
T: M14
​F: M15
Quantum Mechanics: Intro to Quantum
​
Quantum Mechanics: Photoelectric Effect & Momentum of a Photon
​The Wave Nature of Light: Young's Double Slit Experiment
Assessment #7
​​University Prep: How to Study & Big Questions
Video: Intro to Quantum & Blackbody Radiation
Video: Photoelectric Effect & Video: Photon Momentum
​​Video: Young's Double Slit Experiment
M14
​M15

Week 15: May 18 - 22 2020

M: M18
T: M19​
W: M20
T: M21
​

​F: M22
Victoria Day
Quantum Mechanics: The Electron Double Slit Experiment
​Quantum Mechanics: How Can Atoms Exist?
​Quantum Mechanics: Quantum Implications
​The Wave Nature of Light: Single Slit Diffraction
Quantum Mechanics: Quantum Applications
​​​
​​
M18
​Video: Electron Double Slit Experiment
Video: How Can Atoms Exist?​
Video: Quantum Implications
Video: Single Slit Diffraction
Video: Quantum Applications

Week 16: May 25 - 29 2020

M: M25
T: M26
W: M27
T: M28
​F: M29
Trip​
​The Wave Nature of Light: Polarization & Thin Films
​​The Wave Nature of Light: Maxwell's Equations
Assessment #8
PHS Prom

M25
Video: Polarization & Thin Films​
​​​Video: Maxwell's Equations
​M28
​M29

Week 17: Jun 1 - 5 2019

M: J1
T: J2
W: J3
T: J4
​F: J5
Big Questions
Quantum Mechanics: Structure of the Nucleus
Quantum Mechanics: Elementary Particles
​
Quantum Mechanics: Quantum Gravity
​
Big Questions
J1
Video: Structure of the Nucleus

​Video: Elementary Particles
J4
​J5

Week 18: Jun 8 - 12 2020

M: J8
T: J9
W: J10
T: J11
​F: J12
​​The Quantum Tamers
Assessment #9
​Exam Review
Exam Review
​Exam Review
J8
J9
J10
J11
​J12

Week 19: Jun 15 - 19 2020

M: J15
T: J16
W: J17
T: J18
​F: J19
Exam Review
Exam Review
Exam Review
​1st Exam Day
​SPH 4UI-02 Exam

Week 20: Jun 22 - 26 2020

M: J22
T: J23
W: J24
T: J25
​F: J26
3rd Exam Day
4th Exam Day
5th Exam Day
PD Day
​PD Day

*Note:  All documents and videos are intellectual property of Kevin Donkers (kevin_donkers@wrdsb.ca) and may only be reproduced with permission.

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