Grade Twelve

Curriculum Outcomes involved:

• Force, Motion, Work, & Energy
  • Dynamics Extension
    • Use vector analysis in two dimensions for systems involving two or more masses, relative motions, static equilibrium, and static torques
  • Projectiles
    • Construct, test, and evaluate a device or system on the basis of developed criteria
    • Analyze quantitatively the horizontal and verticle motion of a projectile
  • Circular Motion
    • Describe uniform circular motion using algebraic and vector analysis
    • Explain quantitatively circular motion using Newton's Laws
  • Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
    • Explain quantitatively the relationship among displacement, velocity, time, and acceleration for simple harmonic motion
    • Explain quantitatively the relationship between potential and kinetic energies of a mass in simple harmonic motion 

• Fields
  • Magnetic, Electric, and Gravitational Fields
    • Describe magnetic, electric, and gravitational fields as regions of space that affect mass and charge
    • Describe magnetic, electric, and gravitational fields by illustrating the course and direction of the lines of force
    • Describe electric fields in terms of like and unlike charges, and magnetic fields in terms of poles
  • Coulomb's Law
    • Compare Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation with Coulomb's Law, and apply both laws quantitatively
  • Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
    • Describe the magnetic field produced by a current in a long, straight conductor, and in a solenoid
    • Analyze qualitatively the forces acting on a moving charge in a uniform magnetic field
    • Analyze qualitatively electromagnetic induction by both a changing magnetic flux and a moving conductor 

• Waves and Modern Physics
  • Compton and de Broglie
    • Summarize the evidence for the wave and particle models of light
  • Bohr Atoms and Quantum Atoms
    • Explain the relationship among the energy levels in Bohr's model, the energy difference between levels, and the energy of the emitted photons
    • Use the quantum-mechanical model to explain naturally luminous phenomena

• Radioactivity
  • Natural and Artifical Sources of Radiation
    • Describe sources of radioactivity in the natural and constructed environments
    • Use quantitatively the law of conservation of mass and energy using Einstein's mass-energy equivalence
  • Radioactive Decay
    • Describe the products of radioactive decay and the characteristics of alpha, beta, and gamma radiation
    • Analyze data on radioactive decay to predict half-life

Demonstrations that may apply to your lesson plans:

• Force, Motion, Work, & Energy
  • Dynamics Extension
    • Force Table
    • Free Body Diagrams
  • Projectiles
    • Air Cannon
    • Water Rocket
    • The Monkey & The Hunter
  • Circular Motion
    • Waiter's Tray
    • Spinning Ball
    • Centripetal Force
  • Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
    • Simple Harmonic Oscillator 

• Fields
  • Magnetic, Electric, and Gravitational Fields
    • Field Line Demonstrators
    • Pith Balls
    • Van de Graaff Sparks
    • Ion Wind
    • Peanut Fountain
  • Coulomb's Law
    • Pith Balls
    • Volta's Hailstorm
    • Bending Water
  • Electromagnetism and Electromagnetic Induction
    • Induced Current
    • Eddy Currents
    • Rail Gun 

• Waves and Modern Physics
  • Compton and de Broglie
    • Electron Standing Waves
  • Bohr Atoms and Quantum Atoms
    • Spectral Lines

• Radioactivity
  • Natural and Artifical Sources of Radiation
    • Mousetrap Reactor
  • Radioactive Decay
    • Alpha Particles in a Cloud Chamber
    
    

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