Physics+12+IB+2015+-+2016

=WELCOME TO IB PHYSICS 12! =

First a couple of quotes: 'Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.' - William Shakespeare 'Winning isn't everything, but wanting to win is.' - Vince Lombardi 'Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire' - W.B. Yeats

'We're not asking you to be perfect on every play. What we're asking of you and what you should be asking of each other is to give a perfect effort.' - Coach Ladouceur

** THE BASIS OF THIS COURSE: **

 * Listening to someone talk is NOT an effective way to learn. Students HAVE to be ACTIVE to develop their knowledge. **


 * You will need to READ and watch assigned VIDEOS. This is information transfer we will spend class making sense of this information. **

Course Syllabus OSSD - IB Physics Guide - Data Booklet - Cornell Note Taking Template - Guide to the Collaborative Physics Classroom -
 * Essential Information: **

Proper Problem Solving Templates:

The Technology Guide -

An [|ONLINE TEXTBOOK - Tsakos] - This is very useful for reviewing the concepts discussed in class This [|STUDY GUIDE] - Also very useful for reviewing One more [|IB Course Companion - Kirk] - Another useful book we will be utilizing Final Textbook [|Hewitt - Conceptual Physics] - Another book we will be using

Some Physics Investigation Ideas - The TLLP application -


 * Tuesday, September 8, 2015**
 * Introduction to the course
 * The guide, data booklet and Syllabus
 * The available online resources that you should make use of particularly the Study Guide (remember you have an IB exam in May!)
 * The IA
 * Think Different
 * The Nature of Science
 * Fundamental Units and expressing various units in term of the fundamental units.

NOS - 1.8 - Improvement in instrumentation: An improvement in apparatus and instrumentation, such as using the transition of cesium-133 atoms for atomic clocks, has led to more refined definitions of standard units.

Homework: Write down the exact definition of each of the fundamental units and decide which one does not have a 'solid' definition + this [|VIDEO].


 * Wednesday, September 9, 2015**
 * Looked at vector components and how they can be used to add vectors.
 * This addition of vectors can be used for adding displacements, velocities, forces etc.
 * Practice using the fancy new sensors - The motion sensor and graph matching
 * For each graph that you matched, draw an appropriate motion diagram and explain the motion in words, draw the 'other graph'
 * Practice with graphs.

Homework: Only do problems #5,6,7,9 + Do this whole handout

Two dimensional motion - Projectile Motion Handout: Homework:
 * Thursday, September 10, 2015**
 * What exactly is projectile motion? what would the force diagram look like for an object in projectile motion? What would the velocity time graphs and position time graphs look like in the x and y direction?
 * [|VIDEO] showing something thrown and dropped + Done to the extreme with a bullet on [|MythBusters]
 * Looked at a projectile motion for projectiles launched horizontally. Discussed how you can determine maximum height, range etc.

Solving Projectile Motion Problems with projectiles launched either horizontally or at an angle.
 * Friday, September 11, 2015**
 * Looked at terms dealing with range, maximum height, determining the final velocity.

Homework: 1, 4, 7, 8, 9

In Class Practice - Projectile Motion
 * Monday, Sept. 14, 2015**
 * Working in your groups you are to complete the following problems dealing with projectile motion that will be submitted at the end of class.

Collaborative Group Problem Solving - Golf Ball Launch.
 * Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015**

Introduction to momentum, impulse and their relationship to Newton's first and second law.
 * Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015**

Homework: + [|VIDEO] Complete Problems #1, 2, 7, 16, 18, 20, 24, 26

Complete the discussion of impulse and momentum and looked at several practice IB Problems. +
 * Thursday, Sept. 17, 2015**

Homework: Using the questions located under Wednesday, Sept. 16 - #23, 30, 31, 32, 34

The concept of conservation of momentum and the different ways things can hit.
 * Friday, Sept. 18, 2015**

Homework: Complete the handout from class (except part D) + Handout from Wednesday #25, 27, 33, 37, 38

Discussed the concept of conservation of momentum and elastic collisions. Example Problems - Homework: From Wednesday, Sept. 16 document - #37, 39, 41, 44, 46
 * Monday, Sept. 21, 2015**

Practice Problems involving momentum and impulse - - DUE - Friday, Sept. 25 - 2015.


 * TEST - Projectiles and Momentum - Monday, Sept. 28 **

The different types of collisions - Elastic and Inelastic and what is conserved during these collisions.
 * Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2015**
 * During a collision between two objects momentum is ALWAYS conserved since the net force on the system is always zero (do you remember why?)
 * For elastic collisions (where stuff bounces off of each other) kinetic energy is conserved, whereas during collisions where stuff sticks together or during crashes kinetic energy is NOT conserved.



Homework:

Laboratory - Determining the coefficient of static friction between a shoe and a lab bench. Due Tomorrow.
 * Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015**

Introduction to uncertainty and error
 * Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015 + Friday, Sept. 25, 2015**
 * Looked at accuracy and precision
 * The difference between random and systematic error
 * The concept of percent error and absolute error
 * The ways of calculating error

How do we deal with error when we are using measured value in calculations - Error Propagation

Practice with determining calculated values.

Here is some practice for the Test on Monday. +


 * Monday, Sept. 28, 2015**


 * Test - Momentum and Projectile Motion**

Looked at how to calculate the uncertainty in the slope of a line. This is because many of the values determined in physics are found by determining the slope of a line from a graph (like velocity from a position time graph and coefficient of friction from a normal force vs. friction graph.).
 * Tuesday, Sept. 29 - 2015**

Here is the homework you should be able to complete

Nothing...have fun in Stratford.
 * Wednesday, Sept. 30 - 2015**

Introduction for Hooke's Law
 * Thursday, Oct. 1 - 2015**
 * How do we determine the force as a result of a spring?
 * How do we determine the energy stored inside of a spring?

Handout - Homework - Read over the following text and then try p. 205 #16 - 18; p. 208 #19 - 21 (note solutions are at the end) -


 * Friday, Oct. 2 - 2015**
 * PD DAY**

Completed the concepts centered around Hooke's Law and Elastic Potential Energy
 * Monday, Oct. 5 - 2015**

Homework: - Do not mind the notation they used in their formula. Furthermore, think about what they mean by elastic limit with reference to question 5b.

Practice Problems dealing with springs forces and energy.
 * Tuesday, Oct. 6 - 2015**

Uniform Circular Motion
 * Wednesday, Oct. 7 - 2015**
 * Introduction to UCM - where are the forces? Which way would the forces be acting?

Homework: Watch this [|VIDEO] + + Complete the questions involved with the activity [|HERE]. Thinking about circular motion -
 * Thursday, Oct. 8 - 2015**

Homework: Watch this [|VIDEO] + Try the activity found [|HERE].

Problem solving with uniform circular motion.
 * Friday, Oct. 9 - 2015:**
 * Using Force Diagrams and our knowledge of centripetal acceleration we can determine force acting when an object is in UCM.

Problems - By no means do all of these but take a look at them.


 * TEST - UCM, Hooke's Law, Elastic Potential Energy and Gravitation **

Major Laboratory - UCM -
 * Tuesday, Oct. 13 - 2015**

Homework -

Universal Gravitation + UCM.
 * Wednesday, Oct. 14 - 2015**
 * Relating UCM to the concept of gravity and as such how UCM can be used to simulate gravity
 * Gravitational Field Strength
 * Apparent Gravity

[|VIDEO] - Explaining why astronauts float in space + [|VIDEO] - How does something enter orbit + [|VIDEO] - How was G determined

Homework: - p. 108 #1 - 8 + p. 125 #22 - 24 Note: Answers and Constants are at the end of the document.

More on Universal Gravitation, Orbits and Practice Problems
 * Thursday, Oct. 15 - 2015**
 * How can we relate universal gravitation to uniform circular motion

Homework: p. 119 #15 - 17 + p. 125 #26 - 28 + 31

Problem Solving Session - I will be away today.
 * Friday, Oct. 16 - 2015**

TEST - UCM, Springs, and Universal Gravitation
 * Monday, Oct. 19 - 2015**

Investigated SHM and how this type of motion is related to UCM, mass on a spring and pendulum.
 * Tuesday, Oct. 20 + Wednesday, Oct. 21 - 2015**

Handout:

Homework:

Review of Waves + The concept of polarization
 * Thursday, Oct. 22 - 2015**
 * Hopefully you remember all that stuff from last year.
 * Polarization has to deal with the direction to which the EM wave oscillates.
 * Optically active substances, Malus' Law; Brewster's Angle.

Handout -

Practice Problems related to Topics 1 and 2 - Never too early to start reviewing.
 * Friday, Oct. 23 - 2015**

The concept of refraction and exactly how light bends. Homework:
 * Monday, Oct. 26 - 2015**
 * Determining the index of refraction.
 * Snell's Law and how we can use this law to determine the index of refraction.

Laboratory - Using Snell's law to determine the index of refraction of highly concentration salt water.
 * Tuesday, Oct. 27 - 2015**

Total internal Reflection, fiber optic cable, Rainbows, and optical illusions.

Homework: Complete the laboratory by Friday, Oct. 30.

Polarization of Light, Malus' Law and Brewster's Angle. Some more phenomenon related to EM waves.
 * Wednesday, Oct. 28 - 2015**

Completed Polarization + Began Diffraction
 * Thursday, Oct. 29 - 2015**

Find the handout [|HERE] and the Simulation [|HERE].

Completed Polarization and Diffraction.
 * Friday, Oct. 30 - 2015**
 * Looked at Malus' Law and Brewster's Angle for Polarization
 * Discussed the factors that affect diffraction

Homework: [|HERE] - read through this and try problems #1 - 5, 12 - 14

Interference of waves from two point sources - [|VIDEO].
 * Monday, Nov. 2 - 2015**


 * Young Interference Experiment.
 * The concept of path difference
 * The interference formula

You can watch video lesson on this idea [|HERE].

Homework:

Practice Problems related to all of topic 4 - [|HERE]
 * Tuesday, Nov. 3 - 2015**

Review of concepts from Circuits, including, resistance, current, voltage, power, circuit diagrams, ammeters, voltmeters and Ohm's Law. Also discussed a few extensions to these concepts including drift velocity and the factors that affect the resistance of a wire.
 * Wednesday, Nov. 4 - 2015**

Please read [|THIS] section and try problems #4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 14, 15, 16, 19

Test - Topic 4 - Waves (excluding topic 4.5 standing waves).
 * Thursday, Nov. 5 - 2015**

The ideas related to real circuits - Internal resistance and power dissipated through a circuit. Handout - [|HERE] -
 * Friday, Nov. 6 - 2015**

Completed several practice problems related to circuits in topic 5.
 * Monday, Nov. 9 - 2015**

Practice Problems - [|HERE] Homework Problems - [|HERE]. + Solutions -

Introduction to Coulomb's Law: Homework -
 * Tuesday, Nov. 10 - 2015**
 * Discussed how it is an inverse square law just like universal gravitation
 * Major difference is that charges can attract and repel whereas masses can only attract via gravity
 * The constants for the two relationship are significantly different giving us an indication into how much more powerful the electrostatic force is when compared to gravity.
 * Solve problems involving Coulomb's law and FBD.

The concept of the Electric Field and its relationship to the Gravitational Field Discussed: Lesson -
 * Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015**
 * Why a positive point charge is chosen
 * How electric field lines point from point charges
 * The relationship between the density of the field lines
 * Drawing electric field lines for multiple charges
 * Drawing electric field lines for parallel plates
 * The concept of the equipotential surfaces

Assignment - Due - Tuesday, Nov. 17 -

Problems involving Electric Fields Homework:
 * Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015**

Introduction to the Investigation:
 * Friday, Nov. 13 - 2015**

Exemplars:

Marks for the Exemplars - [|HERE].

Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential:
 * Monday, Nov. 16, 2015**
 * Electric Potential Energy the amount of stored energy between a group of charges.
 * Since it is an energy it is directionless
 * Electric Potential - defined as the amount of work required to bring a charge into the electric field of another charge - Based off of this the electric potential is defined as zero when a charge is infinitely far away.
 * Equipotential Surfaces

Homework:

Practice Problems dealing with Fields and Potentials
 * Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2015**

Homework: Watch this [|VIDEO] dealing with Millikan's oil drop experiment and write a one paragraph summary including any relevant diagrams and equations. Submit this tomorrow or Thursday.

Physics Talk from Dr. Rehse
 * Wednesday, Nov. 18 - 2015**

First Day to work on your IA, you must come ready to work. The amount of class time you are given is directly related to how you make use of the class time when it is available.
 * Thursday, Nov. 19 - 2015**

Use today for conferencing with me about your IA. Writing your research question, completing the background research and thinking about your methodology.

Problems dealing with fields and potentials - +
 * Monday, Nov. 23 - 2015**

Working on the IA
 * Tuesday, Nov. 24 + Wednesday, Nov. 25 - 2015 + Thursday, Nov. 26**

TEST - Electricity
 * Friday, Nov. 27 - 2015**

Introduction the magnetism and the concept of a force acting on a charge and the glorious right hand rules.
 * Monday, Nov. 30 - 2015**

Calculating the force acting on a moving charge in a magnetic field
 * Tuesday, Dec. 1 - 2015**

Demo: [|HERE] Homework: Try Problems #33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40 Magnetic force acting on one or two wires and the magnitude of the magnetic force produced by a wire.
 * Wednesday, Dec. 2 - 2015**

Homework: Tsakos Section 5.6 #1 - 4, 6, 9, 10, 14, 15, 32

Practice Problems -
 * Thursday, Dec. 3 - 2015**

The beginning of Topic 7 - The atom and the concept of electron transitions The atom -
 * Friday, Dec. 4 - 2015 + Monday, Dec. 7 - 2015**

Homework: Read Tsakos - online textbook topic 6.1

More on the atom and nuclear structure and radioactive decay Homework: Read Tsakos - Topic 6.2
 * Tuesday, December 8 - 2015**

The wonderful world of half lives
 * Wednesday, Dec. 9 - 2015**

Homework: Tsakos Section 6.1 #1ac, 3 - 9 + Section 6.2 #3, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14

Topic 7.3 - Nuclear Reactions
 * Thursday, Dec. 10 + Friday Dec. 11 - 2015**

Homework: Tsakos Read Section 6.3 + Complete problems #1 - 4, 7 - 9

The Structure of Matter - Note may be found [|HERE].
 * Monday, Dec. 14 - 2015 +** **Tuesday, Dec. 15 - 2015**

Videos may be found [|HERE].

Practice Problems related to Topic 7 - [|HERE].
 * Wednesday, Dec. 16 - 2015**

TEST - Topic 7
 * Thursday, Dec. 17 - 2015**


 * Friday, Dec. 18 - 2015**

**Christmas Break:** Please complete the following during the Break regarding Topic 8 of the Syllabus.

1. First READ the syllabus (Topic 8) to see what you are expected to know 2. WATCH the following videos related to topic 8 - Make appropriate notes that coincide with these videos.

VIDEO 1 - [|Nuclear Power (20 min)] VIDEO 2 - [|Hydro, Solar and Wind Power (20 min)] VIDEO 3 - [|The Greenhouse Effect (11 min)] VIDEO 4 - [|Climate Model (23 min)] VIDEO 5 - [|The energy balance Climate Model (23 min)]

You could also read our online textbook Tsakos Topic 8 if you need extra resources.

3. Upon returning to class on Monday...I will be working off of the assumption that you understand the background material and we will be attacking problems right away.

Topic 8 of energy. A lot of this stuff you just need to memorize. We will spend class time dealing with the problems.
 * Monday, Jan 4, 2015:**

Introduction to Global Warming - Print this out and put either 3, 4 or 6 slides per page to save paper.
 * Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2014 + Wednes****day, Jan. 6, 2014**
 * Blackbody radiation and the power radiated by an object.
 * Stefan Boltzmann relationship.
 * Wein's Law
 * Why the temperature of an object eventually reaches a constant value.
 * Basic climate model with no atmosphere

Climate model with atmospheric considerations. Final day of practice problems with topic 8.
 * Thursday, Jan. 7, 2014**

Assignment - Due Wednesday, Jan 13 - 2015 - [|HERE]
 * Friday, Jan. 8, 2014**

Introduction the Special Relativity
 * What is an inertial frame of reference?
 * What is a relative velocity?
 * Galilean Transformations of velocity.
 * What did Newton say about all of this? What did Maxwell Say? Who did Einstein side with? What does it all mean?

Time Dilation - How does time pass at different rates when objects are moving relative to each other?
 * Monday, Jan 11 - 2015 + Tuesday, Jan 12 - 2015**

The Lorentz Factor - Practice Problems -

Homework - [|HERE].

The concept of simultaneity when observers are in relative motion.
 * Wednesday, Jan 13 - 2015**

The concept of length contraction - Worksheet - [|HERE].

I will be away today so you get your first opportunity to start reviewing.
 * Thursday, Jan 14 - 2015**



The Lorentz Transformation and how it relates the events that occur in two coordinate systems in relative motion
 * Friday, Jan 15 - 2015**

Handout/Homework - [|HERE]

I am away today (apologies)
 * Monday, Jan 18 - 2016**

Please complete the practice paper 2 as a review Although during the real exam you only have to complete one question from part B please try them all as practice.

Spacetime Invariance + Velocity Addition and the introduction of the twin paradox - [|HERE].
 * Tuesday, Jan 19 - 2016**

I am away today (again apologies) Practice Problem Dealing with Special Relativity - [|HERE] Note: The Solutions to these problems are at the end of the document
 * Wednesday, Jan 20 - 2016**

Space Time Diagrams and how they resolve the Twin Paradox
 * Thursday, Jan 21 - 2016**

Test - Special Relativity
 * Friday, Jan 22 - 2016**


 * Monday Jan 25 - Wednesday, Jan 27 - 2015**
 * Exam Review**


 * Lots of Practice Exams - [|HERE].**

Note: Suggested way to study. 1. Read through all of your notes completing the example problems on your own. 2. Attempt some of the review problems and if you have difficulty with any question go back to that part of your note and review. 3. Try those problems that we do in class working station to station 4. Complete the tests done in class.


 * Final Practice Papers**