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PHYSICS@HORTON

IB Physics SL

May/June 2019 Notes

May 1	Work & Kinetic Energy SMART CART LAB Energy of a Tossed Ball
May 2	Work, power, and energy (Power & efficiency) BrainPop: Power Notes
May 3	Work Day/Review of TOPIC 2
May 6	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
May 7 & 8	Thermal Concepts (internal energy & macroscopic/microscopic concepts) Kelvin: History 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) QUIZ (work, power & energy) (May 8) Notes
May 10	Thermal Properties of Matter (Specific heat capacity, thermal capacity, solving problems) Calorimeter Notes
May 13	Thermal Properties of Matter (solids/liquids/gases, phase changes, temperature & phase change, evaporation/boiling & specific latent heats) Heat Flow Notes
May 14	MATH EXAM
May 16	Go over 2-3 QUIZ Review for TOPIC 2 test
May 17	TEST (TOPIC 2)
May 21	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 22	Work on TOPIC 3 "TO DO" list
May 23	FRENCH SL EXAM
May 24	PRESCRIBED PRACTICAL ~ The relationship between pressure and volume of a fixed mass of gas (Boyle's Law)
May 27	QUIZ (TOPIC 3) Work on Boyle's Law Lab TOPIC 6 6.1 Circular motion Lady Bug Revolution Notes
May 28	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
May 29	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
May 30	IB Field Trip
May 31	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 3 & 4	Review for TOPIC 3 TEST Work on TOPIC 6
June 5	4.1 Oscillations Simple Harmonic Motion pHET:The Pendulum Lab Notes
June 6	TOPIC 3 TEST
June 7	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
June 10	QUIZ (TOPIC 6) 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
June 11	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
June 12	IB Trip
June 13 & June 14	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 Review of TOPIC 6 Notes
June 17	Introduction to IAs Introduction to TOPIC 8
June 20	TEST ~ TOPIC 6 (during PHY11 Exam @ 9am)
LABS TO DO	Motion on an Incline (not in 2019) Investigating the Fall of a Coffee Filter (Design) (not in 2019) Pendulum Lab Thermo Lab (specific heat capacity) Wave Labs (Law of Refraction & Resonance)

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