Tuesday, Dec. 1
Determining the frequency of a tuning fork Lab
This lab is due on Friday!
You must include a purpose, materials, procedure, results & calculations, and a conclusion
There will be a quiz on sound this Thursday.
Monday, Nov. 30
Reviewed Homework from Friday
Open and Closed Air Columns
HW: Prepare procedure for lab tomorrow
p. 396 #11-15
***Quiz on Thursday***
Friday, Nov. 27
Section 9.1 p. 408-414 Human Ear
Describe the function and identify the major components in each of the three parts of the ear.
Identify and explain two modern technologies that assist in human hearing.
p. 417 #2,7,8
Section 9.2 p. 418-424
Doppler Effect, Mach Number, Sonic Boom
p. 422 #103, p. 425 #4,5
Thursday, Nov. 26
Take up homework
Finding Resonant Lengths Lab - course pack p. 59
HW: complete all calculations for lab
Wednesday, Nov. 25
Introduction to sound: course pack p. 57,58
Speed of Sound in Air
p. 382 #1-6
p. 371 #1,2,5,6
p. 383 #1,3,5,6,8,9,10
Tuesday, Nov. 24
Period E:
Go Figure - Congratulations on achieving 2nd Place!
Identify particle motion in a wave -Activity
Standing Waves, Read p.346-348
What are overtones? What is the fundamental frequency?
Resonance, Read p. 332-333
Explain why the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapsed.
Monday, Nov. 23
Wave simulations
Wave Equation
HW: course pack p. 56
p. 339 #5-8
p. 343 #1-3, 5-7
Friday, Nov. 20
Coil Spring Lab
Finish all Lab questions for Monday.
Please refer to your textbook Seciont 7.2: Wave Behaviour for help in answering the questions.
Thursday, Nov. 19
Sound: Types of Waves
Pendulum Lab
Wednesday, Nov. 18
See p. 44 in course pack for test topics (omit #10)
Unit Test
HW: Define the following terms: cycle, frequency, period, pulse, amplitude, p. 328 in text
Answer questions p. 331 #1-4
Friday, Nov. 13, Monday, Nov. 14, Nov. 15
Presentations
*** Energy, Work, Power Test on Wednesday!!
Thursday, Nov. 12
Science Career Day/Review
(see questions below)
Wednesday, Nov. 11
True/False Activity
Review Questions for Unit Test:
Chapter 5 Review: #19,20,23,25-29
p. 323 #54,56,57,58
****Project Presentations will be this Friday!*****
Science Career Day is tomorrow
Tuesday, Nov. 10
Formative Quiz
Kelvin Scale
Efficiency p. 286 #16,18,20,22
Thermal Energy Review questions:
p. 315 #1,2,5,7,10,13,35,38,39,40,42
***Energy, Work & Power Unit Test will be on Wednesday, Nov. 18****
Monday, Nov. 9
Thermal Energy and Phase Changes
p. 273 #5,7,8
Handout Finish Problems
Friday, Nov. 6
Energy Quiz
Thermal Energy
HW: p. 270 #1-4
Power Lab: Calculations and Answers to questions only
Thursday, Nov. 5
Homework questions
Power Lab
Quiz tomorrow on: Types of Energy, Work, Kinetic energy, Gravitational potential energy, and conservation of mechanical energy
Wednesday, Nov. 4
Homework questions
Power Activity
Power and Efficiency
HW: p. 280, #10-12
p. 286 #16,18,20,22
Tuesday, Nov. 3
Conservation of Energy (cont.)
Skate Park Simulation
Took up homework problems
HW: complete course pack p. 46
*** Quiz on Conservation of Energy on Friday****
Monday, Nov. 2
Introduced Energy Research Topic: Project is due Nov. 13
Identify you partner (s), and topic for tomorrow
Conservation of Mechanical Energy
p. 245 #35-38
p. 251 #41-44
Returned Dynamic Unit Tests
Friday, Oct. 30
Energy - True and False Activity
Gravitational Potential Energy & Work
HW: p. 231 #27,28,29
p. 236 #30-33
Thursday, Oct. 29
Kinetic Energy
Work and Kinetic Energy
HW: p. 216 #19-21
p. 226 #22-26
Wednesday, Oct. 28
UNIT TEST
Tuesday, Oct. 27
Work/Energy (continued)
Review for Unit Test tomorrow! (see review page in course pack)
HW: p. 216 p. #19,20,21
p. 226 #23,25
p. 226 #22,24,26
This homework is for Thursday
STUDY for test tomorrow!
Monday, Oct. 26
Returned quizzes and took up
Period E: True and False Activity
Energy/Work
Friday, Oct. 23
Fundamental Forces/Third Law
True and False Activity
Review Sheet
Thursday, Oct. 22
Dynamics Quiz
Newton's Third Law
Review of the Four Fundamental forces of Nature
HW: Start working on the Review sheet
Wednesday, Oct. 21
Forces as Component Vectors
Complete Practice Problem on p. 168 using math
Vector Components handout - complete questions #1-4
textbook p. 172 #17,18
Quiz tomorrow!
Tuesday, Oct. 20
Period B:
DEAR
Take up homework : course pack problems
Course pack p. 42
Period E - Auditorium for author presentation
Monday, Oct. 19
Returned tests, and took up
More problem solving
p. 42 in course pack #1,#2
Friday, Oct. 16
Complete p. 39,41in course pack
Thursday, Oct. 15
Newton's Third Law
p. 175 #3,5,7,9
Fundamental Forces of Nature
p. 182 # 1,2,3,5
Wednesday, Oct. 14
Verifying Newton's Second Law - Lab
page 37 in your course pack
HW: complete graphs and calculations
Tuesday, Oct. 13
Newton's First and Second Law
HW: text p. 175 #1,2,4,8
p. 164 #9-14
Friday, Oct. 9
Kinematics Test
Thursday, Oct. 8
Factors Affecting Force of Friction
Questions: p. 155 #1,3,4,5,7,10
p. 152 #5,6,7
Review Questions for Kinematics Quest Tomorrow!
p. 25 & p. 27 in your course pack
p. 130 #17,18, 19 in your text
Wednesday, Oct. 7
Calculating Surface Friction
Coefficient of Friction Lab
HW: complete discussion questions in lab
read p. 145 and identify factors that affect friction
Tuesday, Oct. 6
Homework Questions
Law of Universal Gravitation
FreeBody Diagrams
HW: complete FBD worksheet
***Kinematics Test This Friday*** This Test includes everything in the unit up to and including Relative Velocity questions. There are no forces on the test.
Monday, Oct. 5
Perimeter Institute Field Trip-Oct. 16
Please see Science Dept. website on Ms. Fitz's teacherweb page for permission form and links to the Perimeter Institute.
The trip is open to Grade 12 Physics, Grade 12 Earth & Space Science, and Grade 11 Physics on a first come-first served basis.
Permission forms & $12 due on Wednesday, Oct. 7
Took up Relative Velocity Questions
Common Forces
HW: p. 145 #1-4
Friday, Oct. 2
Formative Quiz on Relative Velocity
Returned quizzes and took up
There will be a Kinematics test towards the end of next week. We will negotiate a date.
Please catch up/review the concepts covered in this unit over the weekend.
Thursday, Oct. 1
Acceleration Lab
HW: Complete your two graphs and calculate your acceleration
Wednesday, Sept. 30
Relative Velocity
Course pack p. 33 and some of p. 34
Tuesday, Sept. 29
Handed back tests and reviewed
Took up homework
HW: p. 93 #2
Monday, Sept. 28
Quiz
Adding Vectors Graphically and Using Math
HW: complete p. 31 and 32 in course pack
read pages 30-34 in text and make jot notes
read p. 104 in text
Friday, Sept. 25
Shortened period due to Terry Fox
Work on Kinematic Review Questions from yesterday
There will be a quiz on Kinematics (graphing, equations of motion) on Monday!
Your Moving Man Assignment is due Monday at the latest.
Thursday, Sept. 24
Took up homework
Introduction to Vectors
Homework: complete p. 30 in course pack
Trig Review p. 771 in textbook #4-9
Review questions p. 85 in textbook #6,7,9,17,19,21,22,25,28,29
***Your Moving Man Assignment is due on Friday, there will be a kinematics Quiz on Monday*****
Wednesday, Sept. 23
The Moving Man Activity/Assignment
This assignment is due on Friday
Finding the displacement given a v-t graph
Complete p. 28 and p. 29 in course pack
Tuesday, Sept. 22
Introduction Test
HW: complete p. 26 in course pack
Monday, Sept. 21
Equations of Motion
p. 26 in your course pack
***Test tomorrow!***
Friday, Sept. 18
Barbie Jump-Off
Acceleration
Velocity-Time Graphs
HW: complete p. 24 in your course pack
Lab due on Monday
Thursday, Sept. 17
Returned quizzes and took up
Took up homework
Velocity: Average, Instantaneous
Position vs. Time graphs
HW: p. 20,21 in course pack, p. 22 #21, p. 23 #25,27
Wednesday, Sept. 16
Pure & Applied Physics
Base & Derived Units
Bungee Barbie Lab
HW: complete p. 19 in your course pack
Graph for your lab must be complete for Friday
Tuesday, Sept. 15
Quiz
Some Important Dates:
The Barbie Jump-off will be held this Friday. You must have completed the graph of your data by this time.
Your complete lab is due Monday September 21. Your marking scheme must be handed in with the lab.
Our first test will be Tuesday, September 22, covering the introductory unit
Monday, Sept. 14
Took up page 15 in course pack
Percent Error
Graphing Analysis
HW: p. 10 and p. 16 in course pack
Graphing Assignment (handout)
Quiz tomorrow!
Read over Bungee Barbie lab on page 11 in course pack
Friday, Sept. 11
Formative Quiz
More Metric Conversions
Handed out textbooks
HW: Finish the metric conversion questions and complete p. 15 in your course pack using your textbook
***There will be a quiz on Tuesday on: significant figures, exponents, conversions, scientific notation
Returned diagnostic quizzes and took up
Took up homework
Calculations Using Exponents, More Metric Conversions
HW: Complete p. 9 and p. 14 in your course pack
Wednesday, Sept.9
Significant Figures/Rounding/Scientific Notation/Calculations
HW: Complete p. 8 and p. 13 in your course pack
Tuesday, September 8
Welcome to Grade 11 University Physics!
- handed out Course packs
- Reviewed Course Expectation Sheet and Science General Policy
HW: Have your parents read and sign both the Course Expectation sheet and the Science General Policy
Complete your student profile