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Grade 12 Physics - Online

Welcome to SPH 4U.  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
  • Error Analysis
  • Exam Solutions
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

Unit 1: Special Relativity

Note 1:  Introduction & Frames of Motion
Note 2:  Postulates of Relativity
Note 3:  Simultaneity & Time Dilation
Note 4:  Length Contraction & Mass Increase
Note 5:  Interchangeability of Mass & Energy
Note 6:  Introduction to General Relativity
Note 7:  The Demise of Gravity
Special Relativity Combined Notes

Hitlist

1-2
3-8
9-15
16-23
24-27
29
30

Applets

Precession of Mercury's Orbit
Michelson & Morley Experiment
Nuclear Fission
A Slower Speed of Light: Game

Unit 1: Video Notes

Note 1: Intro & Relative Motion
​Note 2: Postulates of Relativity
Note 3: Simultaneity & Time Dilation
Note 4: Length Contraction & Mass Inc.
Note 5: Interchangeability of M and E
Note 6: Intro to General Relativity
​Note 7: The Demise of Gravity

Unit 2: Dynamics

Note 1:  Kinematics Review
Note 2:  Projectile Motion
Note 3:  Newton's Laws & Friction
Note 4:  Newton's Third Law & Tension
Note 5:  Vertical Motion (Elevators)
Note 6:  Connected Objects
Note 7:  Inclined Planes
Note 8:  Non-Inertial Frames of Reference
Note 9:  Horizontal Circular Motion
Note 10:  Vertical Circular Motion
Note 11:  Banked Curves
Note 12:  Application to Dark Matter
Dynamics Combined Notes

Hitlist

1-14
15-30
31-35
36-48
49-51
52-56
57-64
65
66-68
69-78
79-83
84

Applets

Introduction To Projectile Motion
Projectile Motion: 1
Projectile Motion: 2
Projectile Motion: 3
Projectile Motion: 4
Projectile Motion: 5
Fetcher's Trolley

Inclined Planes
Vertical Circular Motion
Dark Matter: Perimeter Institute

Unit 2: Video Notes

Note 1: Kinematics Review
Note 2: Projectile Motion
Note 3: Newton's Laws & Friction
Note 4: N3L & Tension
Note 5: Vertical Motion (Elevators)
Note 6: Connected Objects
Note 7: Inclined Planes
Note 8: Non-Inertial Frames of Reference
Note 9: Horizontal Circular Motion
Note 10: Vertical Circular Motion
Note 11: Banked Curves
​Note 12: Dark Matter

Unit 3: Energy & Momentum

Note 1:  Work
Note 2:  Hooke's Law & Elastic PE
Note 3:  Conservation of Energy
Note 4:  Simple Harmonic Motion
Note 5:  Intro to Impulse & Momentum
Note 6:  1-D Momentum Conservation
Note 7:  Elastic Collisions
Note 8:  Ballistic Pendulum
Note 9:  2-D Momentum Conservation
Note 10:  Angular Momentum
Note 11:  Escape Velocity
Energy & Momentum Combined Notes

Hitlist

1-8
9-14
14-20
21-23
24-30
31-37
38-39
40-44
45-49
50
51-53

Applets

Hooke's Law Lab
1-D Momentum Collision: 1
1-D Momentum Collision: 2

Unit 3: Video Notes

Note 1: Work
​Note 2: Hooke's Law & Elastic PE
Note 3: Conservation of Energy
​Note 4: Simple Harmonic Motion
Note 5:  Intro to Impulse & Momentum
Note 6:  1-D Momentum Conservation
Note 7:  Elastic Collisions
Note 8:  Ballistic Pendulum
Note 9:  2-D Momentum Conservation
Note 10:  Angular Momentum
Note 11:  Escape Velocity

Unit 4: Elec., Grav. & Mag. Fields

Note 1:  Coulomb's Law
Note 2:  Electric Potential Difference
Note 3: Electric Field Energy
Note 4:  Electric Field Intensity
Note 5:  Millikan's Experiment
Note 6: Magnetic Fields
Note 7: Fields Summary
​Fields Combined Notes

Hitlist

1-18
19-22
23-29
30-39
40-43
44-52
​53

Applets

Coulomb's Law
Electric Fields from Charges
Electric Field Hockey
Millikan's Experiment (Scroll Down Page)

Unit 4: Video Notes

Note 1: Coulomb's Law
​Note 2:  Electric Potential Difference
Note 3: Electric Field Energy
Note 4:  Electric Field Intensity
Note 5:  Millikan's Experiment
Note 6: Magnetic Fields
Note 7: Fields Summary

Unit 5:  The Wave Nature of Light

Note 1:  Review of Waves
Note 2:  The Two Models of Light
Note 3:  Young's Double Slit Experiment
Note 4:  Single Slit Diffraction
Note 5:  Electromagnetic Spectrum
Note 6:  Polarization
Note 7:  Interference Applications
Note 8: Maxwell's Equations
​Light Combined Notes

Hitlist

1-7
8
9-13
14-16
17
18
19-20
21-22

Applets

Wave Interference
Electromagnetic Wave
Microwave Appliance Function
Oscillating Charges: 1
Oscillating Charges: 2

Unit 5: Video Notes

​Note 1:  Review of Waves
Note 2:  The Two Models of Light
Note 3:  Young's Double Slit Experiment
Note 4:  Single Slit Diffraction
Note 5:  Electromagnetic Spectrum
Note 6:  Polarization
Note 7:  Interference Applications
Note 8: Maxwell's Equations

Unit 6:  Quantum Mechanics

Note 1:  Intro to Quantum, Blackbody Radiation
Note 2:  The Photoelectric Effect
Note 3:  Momentum of a Photon
Note 4:  Electron Double Slit Experiment
Note 5: How Can Atoms Exist?
Note 6:  Quantum Implications
Note 7: Quantum Applications
Note 8:  Structure of the Nucleus
Note 9:  Elementary Particles
Note 10: Quantum Gravity
​Quantum Combined Notes

Hitlist

1-3
4-5
6-7
8-9
10
11
​

12
13

Applets

Blackbody Radiation
Photoelectric Effect
Rutherford Scattering
Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom
Pair Production
X-Ray Interaction
Nuclear Fission
​
Quantum Cats Game

Unit 6: Video Notes

​Note 1:  Intro to Quantum, Blackbody Radiation
Note 2:  The Photoelectric Effect
Note 3:  Momentum of a Photon
Note 4:  Electron Double Slit Experiment
Note 5: How Can Atoms Exist?
Note 6:  Quantum Implications
Note 7: Quantum Applications
Note 8:  Structure of the Nucleus
Note 9:  Elementary Particles
Note 10: Quantum Gravity

*Note:  All documents are intellectual property of Kevin Donkers (kevin_donkers@wrdsb.ca) and 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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