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PHYSICS@HORTON

IB Physics SL

May 2021 Notes

May 3 Learning from Home	Continued......Work, power, and energy (Work, force displacement graphs, Hooke's Law) Hooke's Law Animation Hooke's Law Spring Virtual Hooke's Law Lab Hooke's Law (showing elastic limit) PhET: Hooke's Law Find Ronald's Mass Notes
May 4 & 5 Learning from Home	QUIZ (forces & impulse/momentum) Work, power, and energy (Kinetic energy, gravitational potential energy, energy transformations) Video Analysis of a Falling Object Video analysis of a Falling Object (with air resistance) BrainPop: Kinetic Energy BrainPop: Potential Energy Notes
May 6 Learning from Home	Work, power, and energy (Elastic Collisions) Energy Conservation in a Pendulum Energy Conservation in a Roller Coaster PhET: Energy Skate Park Notes
May 7 Learning from Home	Work, power, and energy (Power & efficiency) BrainPop: Power Notes
May 10 Learning from Home	Roller Coaster on a Big Hill Spring Cart Stair Climb Power Work Day
not this year	Impulse & Momentum Lab
not this year	Work & Kinetic Energy SMART CART LAB Energy of a Tossed Ball
May 11 Learning from Home	Thermal Concepts (temperature & the Kelvin scale) PhET: Gas Properties Boyle's Law animation Kelvin Scale Explained States of Matter: Bose-Einstein Condensate Bose-Einstein Condensate - Coldest Place in the Universe Quantum Cooling to (Near) Absolute Zero Notes
May 12 & 13 Learning from Home	Thermal Concepts (internal energy & macroscopic/microscopic concepts) Kelvin: History Internal Energy (Hyper Physics) Components of Internal Energy Traditional Indigenous Mathematics (go to 18:00 min for "Air Flow" in a Teepee) Thermal Concepts (the mole, molar mass & Avogadro's constant) The Mole & Molar Mass Demystifying the Mole (see picture of moles of different sunstances) Notes
May 14 Learning from Home	QUIZ (work, power & energy) finish notes from May 13
May 17 & 18 Learning from Home	May 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia Thermal Properties of Matter (Specific heat capacity, thermal capacity, solving problems) Calorimeter Notes
May 19 & 20 Learning from Home	Thermal Properties of Matter (solids/liquids/gases, phase changes, temperature & phase change, evaporation/boiling & specific latent heats) Heat Flow Notes
May 21 Learning from Home	PRESCRIBED PRACTICAL ~ The relationship between pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas (Boyle's Law)
May 25 Learning from Home	Thermal Properties of Matter (solving problems with specific latent heats, pressure, ideal gas, definition of temperature, the molecular model,microscopic/macroscopic behaviour & the gas laws) Ping Pong Cannon How atoms & molecules move in a liquid State of matter Kinetic theory Particle speeds & temperature (balloon applet) PhET: Gas Properties Welcome to the pressure chamber Absorb Physics: Pressure in Gases Methods of heat transfer Thermometers as spedometers Internal energy The Kinetic Molecular Theory from walt sautter The Kinetic Molecular Theory (link to slide show) Notes
May 26 Learning from Home	Review for TOPIC 2 test Work on TOPIC 3 "TO DO" list
May 27 Learning from Home	TEST (TOPIC 2)
May 28 Learning from Home	Finish up notes from May 25 Work on TOPIC 3 "TO DO" list Work on Terminal Velocity Lab Work on Boyle's Law Lab
May 31 & June 1	catching up on "TO DO" list
June 2	TOPIC 6 6.1 Circular motion Lady Bug Revolution Notes
June 3	6.1 Circular motion (continued) Spinning Ball Centripetal Force Waiter's Tray (be sure to check out the bloopers) World's Fastest Spinner (342 RPM) What is wrong in the NS Driver's Handbook? (see p51) Tennesse off-ramp becomes skating rink Why doesn't the moon fall down? Flying Squirrel Notes
June 4	QUIZ (TOPIC 3) Work on "TO DO" List for 6.1
June 7	6.2 Newton's Law of Gravitation What keeps us stuck to the Earth? Wringing a Wet Towel in Orbit Fire in Zero-g Why doesn't the moon fall down? Newton's Cannon The Cavendish Experiment The Cavendish Experiment (video) Brilliant ~ Planet X's acceleration Notes
June 8	6.2 Newton's Law of Gravitation (continued) General Relativity & Gravity Why Gravity is NOT a Force Black Holes Gravitational Waves 101 The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves NEW Gravitational Wave Discovery LIGO upgrade to allow 'almost daily' detection of gravitational waves 2021 will the be the shortest year in deacdes. Here's why. Geostationary Satellites Notes
June 9	Review of TOPIC 6 Notes
June 10	QUIZ (TOPIC 6) Work on TOPIC 6 Review for TOPIC 3 & 6 TEST
June 11	Introduction to IAs Introduction to TOPIC 8 Review for TOPIC 3 & 6TEST
not this year	TOPIC 3 TEST
Move to Sept 2021	4.1 Oscillations Simple Harmonic Motion pHET:The Pendulum Lab Notes
Move to Sept 2021	4.2 Travelling Waves Everyone Loves a Slinky Waves in a Slinky Transverse & Longitudinal Waves Transverse & Longitudinal Waves (Java animation) Frequency, wavelength, & velocity (Java animation) Wave Speed (Java animation) Absorb Physics: What are Waves Absorb Physics: Wave Properties Absorb Phsyics: Wave Speed Absorb Physics: Bouncing Waves Waves at a Boundary: Relection & Transmission PhET: Wave-on-a-string Notes
Move to Sept 2021	4.3 Wave Characteristics Ripple Tank Ripple Tank Applet (needs Java) The Principle of Superposition (Java animation) Superposition of Waves Rogue Waves Constructive & Destructive Interference (Java animation) Absorb Physics: Interference Malus' Law Notes
Move to Sept 2021	4.4 Wave behaviour Reflection Refraction Absorb Physics: Bending Waves Refraction & Snell's Law Critical Thinking Exercises Snell's Law simulation Diffraction More Diffraction The Brightest Part of a Shadow is in the Middle Interference caused by a path difference Mathematics of Two-Point Source Interference (all sections) pHET: Wave Interference Interference of Water Waves Interference Model: Ripple Tank Optics Interference: Ripple Tank Program Light Interference Young's Experiement Young's Double Slit Experiment The Original Double Slit Experiment Wave Refraction Sheet Diffraction Sheet Superposition of Waves Sheet (example) Waves at a Boundary Sheet Notes
Move to Sept 2021	4.5 Standing Waves Standing Waves Standing Wave Animation Standing wave animation & simulation Standing Waves Explained Booming Sands Resonance & Music Barton's Pendulum Tacoma Narrows Bridge Resonance Review Unlocking a Car With Your Brain Notes
June 14	TEST ~ TOPIC 3 & 6 (@ 9am)
LABS TO DO	Motion on an Incline (not in 2021) Pendulum Lab Thermo Lab (specific heat capacity) ~ done in CHEM Wave Labs (Law of Refraction & Resonance)

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