RICHVIEW COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE
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PROGRAM AREA:
Science
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COURSE NAME: Physics
12, Academic
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COURSE CODE: SPH4U1
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GRADE/LEVEL: Grade
12, University Preparation
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PREREQUISITE:
SPH3U1 Physics 11, University
Preparation
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CREDIT VALUE:
1.0
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Cost of
Textbook/equipment replacement: $100 (if lost or damaged) Additional
Course Costs: none
Textbooks(s)/Resources: Physics
12, Nelson
COURSE
DESCRIPTION:
This course enables students to deepen their
understanding of physics concepts and theories. Students will continue their
exploration of energy transformations and the forces that affect motion, and
will investigate electrical, gravitational, and magnetic fields and electromagnetic
radiation. Students will also explore the wave nature of light, quantum mechanics,
and special relativity. They will further develop their scientific
investigation skills, learning, for example, how to analyse, qualitatively and
quantitatively, data related to a variety of physics concepts and principles.
Students will also consider the impact of technological applications of physics
on society and the environment.
CURRICULUM
STRANDS (UNITS) and OVERALL EXPECTATIONS:
- Scientific
Investigation Skills and Career Exploration
- 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);
- Identify and describe careers related to the
fields of science under study, and describe the contributions of
scientists, including Canadians, to those fields.
- Dynamics
- Analyse technological devices that apply the
principles of the dynamics of motion, and assess the technologies’ social
and environmental impact;
- Investigate forces involved in uniform circular
motion and motion in a plane, and solve related problems;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the forces
involved in uniform circular motion and motion in a plane.
- Energy
and Momentum
- Analyse, and propose ways to improve,
technologies or procedures that apply principles related to energy and
momentum, and assess the social and environmental impact of these
technologies or procedures;
- Investigate, through laboratory inquiry or
computer simulation, the relationship between the laws of conservation of
energy and conservation of momentum, and solve related problems;
- Demonstrate an understanding of work, energy,
momentum, and the laws of conservation of energy and conservation of
momentum, in one and two dimensions.
CURRICULUM STRANDS (UNITS) and OVERALL EXPECTATIONS: (continued)
- Gravitational,
Electric and Magnetic Fields
- Analyse the operation of technologies that use
gravitational, electric, or magnetic fields, and assess the technologies’
social and environmental impact;
- Investigate gravitational, electric, and
magnetic fields, and solve related problems;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts,
properties, principles, and laws related to gravitational, electric, and
magnetic fields and their interactions with matter.
- The
Wave Nature of Light
- Analyse technologies that use the wave nature of
light, and assess their impact on society and the environment;
- Investigate the properties of waves and light,
and solve related problems;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the properties
of waves and light in relation to diffraction, refraction, interference,
and polarization.
- Revolutions
in Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity
- Analyse, with reference to quantum mechanics and
relativity, how the introduction of new conceptual models and theories
can influence and/or change scientific thought and lead to the development
of new technologies;
- Investigate special relativity and quantum
mechanics, and solve related problems;
- Demonstrate an understanding of the evidence
that supports the basic concepts of quantum mechanics and Einstein’s
theory of special relativity.
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.
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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: (30% of the
final mark will be based on a final evaluation in the form of culminating
activities).
Component(s)
of Final Summative Evaluation: Written
Final Examination (30%)
All four categories (knowledge,
communication, application and TIPS) will be represented on the exam.
No student is exempt from the final evaluation.
Please refer to the Student Agenda
Planner for details regarding the Achievement Chart and Learning Skills.
Lab Safety
Students are expected to
observe all safety procedures in the laboratory. Students that jeopardise the safety of
themselves or others may be restricted in their laboratory participation.