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PROGRAM AREA:  Science	COURSE NAME:  Physics 11, Academic
COURSE CODE:  SPH3U1	GRADE/LEVEL:  Grade 11 University Preparation
PREREQUISITE:  SNC2D1, Science 10, Academic	CREDIT VALUE:  1.0

 

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%)

Knowledge/Understanding (30%)

Thinking and Inquiry (30%)

Application/Making Connections   (20%)

 

 

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.