RICHVIEW
COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
PROGRAM AREA: Science
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COURSE NAME: Physics
11, Academic
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COURSE CODE: SPH3U1
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GRADE/LEVEL: Grade 11
University Preparation
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PREREQUISITE: SNC2D1,
Science 10, Academic
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CREDIT VALUE: 1.0
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Cost of Textbook: $100 (if lost or damaged) Additional Course Costs: none
Textbooks(s)/Resources: Nelson Physics 11
Addison
Wesley Physics 11
McGraw-Hill
Ryerson Physics 11
www.ExploreLearning.com
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
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
of physics. In addition, they will
analyse the interrelationships between physics and technology, and consider the
impact of technological applications of physics on society and the environment.
CURRICULUM STRANDS (UNITS) and OVERALL EXPECTATIONS:
A. Scientific Investigation
Skills and Career Exploration
Throughout this course, students will:
A1. demonstrate scientific
investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of
skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analysing 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.
B. Kinematics
By the end of this course, students
will:
B1. analyse 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 linear motion, and solve related
problems;
B3. demonstrate an
understanding of uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two
dimensions.
C. Forces
By the end of this course, students
will:
C1. analyse and propose improvements
to technologies that apply concepts related to dynamics and Newton’s laws, and
assess the technologies’ 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.
D. Energy and Society
By the end of this course, students
will:
D1. analyse 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).
E. Waves and Sound
By the end of this course, students
will:
E1. analyse 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.
F. Electricity and Magnetism
By the end of this course, students
will:
F1. analyse 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.
Assessment and
Evaluation
Assessment and Evaluation are based on the
expectations and levels of achievement outlined in the provincial curriculum
document
for each subject. A wide range of assessment and
evaluation opportunities allows students to demonstrate their learning in a
variety of ways. This information provides the basis
for reporting student grades on the Provincial Report Card.
A final mark will be calculated using the following
categories or strands.
Term Evaluation: (70% of the final mark will be based on evaluations
conducted throughout the course)
All
four achievement categories/strands do not need to be evaluated in each
evaluation task.
Communication
(20%)
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Knowledge/Understanding
(30%)
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Thinking and Inquiry
(30%)
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Application/Making
Connections (20%)
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Final Summative
Evaluation:
Components of Final
Summative Evaluation: Written
Final Exam (30%)
** A detailed explanation of the culminating
activity/activities will be distributed to students in the class.
Learning Skills: The
report card provides a record of the learning skills, demonstrated by the
student in every course in the following six categories: Responsibility,
Independent Work, Organization, Initiative, Collaboration, Self-Regulation.
The learning skills are evaluated using a four-point scale (E-Excellent,
G-Good, S-Satisfactory, N-Needs Improvement).
Please refer to the
Student Agenda Planner for details regarding the Achievement Chart and Learning
Skills.