• Work Day/Review of TOPIC 2

• Thermal Concepts (temperature & the Kelvin scale)
• Boyle's Law & Boyle's Law animation
• Charles's Law
• Gay Lussac's Law (Pressure Law)
• Gas Laws
• Kelvin Temperature Scale
• Absolute Zero: A Sense of Scale
• States of Matter: Bose-Einstein Condensate
• Bose-Einstein Condensate - Coldest Place in the Universe
• Quantum Cooling to (Near) Absolute Zero
• Notes

December 5

December 6

• QUIZ (work, power & energy)

• Thermal Concepts (internal energy & macroscopic/microscopic concepts)
• Internal Energy (Hyper Physics)
• Components of Internal Energy

• Thermal Concepts (the mole, molar mass & Avogadro's constant)
• The Mole & Molar Mass
• Demystifying the Mole (see picture of moles of different sunstances)
• Notes

• Thermal Properties of Matter (Specific heat capacity, thermal capacity, solving problems)
• Calorimeter
• Notes

• Anniversary of the Determination of the Speed of Light (1676)

• Review for TOPIC 2 test

• TEST (TOPIC 2)

• Thermal Properties of Matter (solids/liquids/gases, phase changes, temperature & phase change, evaporation/boiling & specific latent heats)
• Heat Flow
• Notes

December 13

December 14

• 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

• Work on TOPIC 3 "TO DO" list

• QUIZ (TOPIC 3)
• PRESCRIBED PRACTICAL ~ The relationship between pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas (Boyle's law)

December 19

December 20

December 21

• Work on Boyle's Law Lab
• Work on TOPIC 3 "TO DO" list

• TOPIC 6
• 6.1 Circular motion
• Lady Bug Revolution
• Notes

January 4

• STORM DAY

January 5

• STORM DAY

January 8

• STORM DAY

• Go over test from TOPIC 2
• 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
• Notes

• TOPIC 3 TEST

• 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)
• Notes

• 6.2 Newton's Law of Gravitation (continued)
• General Relativity & Gravity
• Black Holes
• Gravitational Waves 101
• The Absurdity of Detecting Gravitational Waves
• NEW Gravitational Wave Discovery
• Notes

• Work on TOPIC 6

• 4.1 Oscillations
• Simple Harmonic Motion
• pHET:The Pendulum Lab
• Notes

January 18

• STORM DAY

• QUIZ (TOPIC 6-1)
• 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
• Notes

• 4.3 Wave Characteristics
• Ripple Tank
• Ripple Tank Applet (needs Java)
• The Principle of Superposition (java animation)
• Superposition of Waves
• Constructive & Destructive Interference (java animation)
• Absorb Physics: Interference
• Malus' Law
• Notes

January 23

• STORM DAY

• 4.4 Wave behaviour
• Reflection
• Refraction
• Refraction & Snell's Law
• Critical Thinking Exercises
• Snell's Law Demonstrator
• 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

• 4.5 Standing Waves
• Standing Waves
• Standing Wave Animation
• Booming Sands
• Resonance & Music
• Barton's Pendulum
• Tacoma Narrows Bridge
• Resonance Review
• Unlocking a Car With Your Brain
• Notes

• Review of TOPIC 6
• Notes

• TEST ~ TOPIC 6 (during PHY11 Exam @ 9am)

• Error Analysis Lab
• Pendulum Lab
• Thermo Lab (specific heat capacity)
• Wave Labs (Law of Refraction & Resonance)