SPH3U – Physics – Grade 11
This course develops students’ understanding of the basic concepts of physics. Students will explore kinematics, with an emphasis on linear motion; different kinds of forces; energy transformations; the properties of mechanical waves and sound; and electricity and magnetism. They will enhance their scientific investigation skills as they test laws and technology, and consider the impact of technological applications of physics on society and the environment
₹450.00
*Course outline is subject to change
Overall Curriculum Expectations
By the end of this course, students will :
Scientific Investigation skills and Career Exploration
- A1 – Demonstrates scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analyzing and interpreting, and communicating)
- A2 – Identify and describe careers related to the fields of science under study, and describe the contributions of scientists, including Canadians, to those fields
Kinematics
- B1 – Analyze technologies that apply concepts related to kinematics, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact
- B2 – Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, uniform and non-uniform motion, and solve related problems
- B3 – Demonstrate an understanding of uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two dimensions
Forces
- C1 – Analyze, and propose improvements to technologies that apply concepts related to dynamics and Newton’s laws, and assess the social and environmental impact
- C2 – investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, net force, acceleration, and mass, and solve related problems
- C3 – Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between changes in velocity and unbalanced forces in one dimension
Energy and Society
- D1 – Analyze technologies that apply principles of and concepts related to energy transformations, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact
- D2 – Investigate energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy, and solve related problems
- D3 – Demonstrate an understanding of work, efficiency, power, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, nuClear energy, and thermal energy and its transfer (heat)
Waves and Sound
- E1 – Analyze how mechanical waves and sound affect technology, structures, society, and the environment, and assess ways of reducing their negative effects
- E2 – Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, the properties of mechanical waves and sound, and solve related problems
- E3 – Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of mechanical waves and sound and of the principles underlying their production, transmission, interaction, and reception
Electricity and Magnetism
- F1 – Analyze the social, economic, and environmental impact of electrical energy production and technologies related to electromagnetism, and propose ways to improve the sustainability of electrical energy production
- F2 – Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, magnetic fields and electric circuits, and solve related problems
- F3 – Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of magnetic fields, the principles of current and electron flow, and the operation of selected technologies that use these properties and principles to produce and transmit electrical energy
Outline of Course Content
In this introductory unit, students will explore the career paths available for them as students of science. They will also learn the fundamentals of lab safety and WHIMIS.
Students will study uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two dimensions. They will learn how to draw Position-Time, Velocity-Time, and Acceleration-Time Graphs. They will work on simulation labs and develop their problem-solving and critical thinking skills.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of Types of Forces, Newton’s Laws of Motion, net force, Friction, and Physics of cars. Students will learn how to solve problems by drawing Free-Body Diagrams They will work on Simulation Labs and develop their problem-solving skills. Students will be able to apply the concept of Newton’s law of Motion to various contexts
Students will analyze technologies that apply principles of and concepts related to energy transformations, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact. Students will investigate energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy, and solve related problems. Students will demonstrate an understanding of work, efficiency, power, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, nuclear energy, and thermal energy and its transfer.
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the properties of mechanical waves, sound, and of the principles underlying their behavior. Students will investigate the properties of mechanical waves and sound, and solve related problems. They will work on the Simulation Lab of Wave on a string, Wave interference, and Sound.
Students will study magnetic fields, the principles of current and electron flow, and the operation of selected technologies that use these properties and principles to produce and transmit electrical energy. Students will investigate Ohm ‘s Law, the relation between Electricity and Magnetism, and will apply their learning to simulations. Students will develop their problem-solving skills with Electric Circuits.
Exam + Student/Teacher Conference