SPH4U Physics – GRADE 11

PREREQUISITE : Grade 11 Physics, University Preparation.

GRADE : 12 (University)

THE ONTARIO CURRICULUM : Science

SPH4U online at Profectus 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. In SPH4U online, 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.

UNIT 1 :

Scientific Investigation Skills and Career Exploration (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

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.

UNIT 2 :

Dynamics (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse technological devices that apply the principles of the dynamics of motion, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, 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.

UNIT 3 :

Energy and Momentum (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

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, in qualitative and quantitative terms, 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.

UNIT 4 :

Gravitational, Electric, and Magnetic Fields (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse the operation of technologies that use gravitational, electric, or magnetic fields, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, 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.

UNIT 5 :

The Wave Nature of Light (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

Analyse technologies that use the wave nature of light, and assess their impact on society and the environment.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, 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.

UNIT 6 :

Revolutions in Modern Physics: Quantum Mechanics and Special Relativity (16hrs)

Students will be able to:

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.

FINAL 30%

Course Culmination (14hrs)

The Culminating Unit incorporates all four strands of the Science Curriculum, and covers the four achievement chart categories. It consists of two parts:

Culminating Project worth 15% and a
Final Exam worth 15%

Online Course Policies

Listed below are various mandatory policies as you take on this course.

Attendance is regularly tracked through student contributions to online discussion boards, assignment completion, and learning logs. Failure to complete allocated activities may challenge the student’s ability to attain the credit.
This course will be presented using an asynchronistic model whereby work will be posted on the Google Classroom and it is the student’s responsibility to complete it on their own time.
ALL portions of this course are intended to be learned and completed online.
Final Exams and Tests will be written on site at Profectus Academy of Toronto. Course instructors will relay this information to students and families.
The integrity of student work will be checked on an ongoing basis using Quetext or Turnitin. Plagiarism is not tolerated.

Assessment & Evaluation Policies

The primary purpose of assessment and evaluation is to improve student learning. The Achievement Chart for Science will guide all assessment and evaluation.

Knowledge and Understanding

17.5%

Thinking

17.5%

Communication

17.5%

Application

17.5%

The final grade will be determined as follows:

70% based on Assessment OF Learning (including conversations, observations and products) conducted throughout the course.
30% based on Culminating Tasks administered at or towards the end of the course.

Assessment and evaluation is divided into two important parts. The grade the student receives on a midterm or final report indicates achievement/ proficiency in Curriculum Expectations. A level of competence (Needs Improvement, Satisfactory, Good or Excellent) will be assessed and reported in the area of Learning Skills and Work Habits: Independent Work, Collaboration, Responsibility, Initiative, Self-Regulation, and Organization.