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USS SCIENCE DEPARTMENT - SPH3U Course Outline 2014-2015
UXBRIDGE SECONDARY SCHOOL
SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
SPH3U – Course Outline 2014-2015
Course Code:
SPH3U – Physics, Grade 11, University Preparation
Ministry Guidelines:
The Ontario Curriculum, Grades 11 and 12, Science 2008
Course Description:
This course develops students’ understanding of the basic concepts of physics. Students
will explore kinematics, with an emphasis on linear motion; different kinds of forces;
energy transformations; the properties of mechanical waves and sound; and electricity
and magnetism. They will enhance their scientific investigation skills as they test laws of
physics. In addition, they will analyse the interrelationships between physics and
technology, and consider the impact of technological applications of physics on society
and the environment.
Prerequisite:
Science, Grade 10, Academic
Textbook:
PHYSICS 11 (Addison-Wesley)
Fines for lost text: $100.00
Class Requirements:
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Scientific Non-Graphing Calculator
3-Ring Binder and Paper (lined/unlined/graph)
Pencils (HB), Pencil Crayons/Markers, Pens (blue, black and red)
Protractor and Ruler
Curriculum Strands:
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Scientific Investigation and Career Exploration
Kinematics
Forces
Energy and Society
Waves and Sound
Electricity and Magnetism
Learning Skills:
Responsibility
Organization
Independent Work
Collaboration
Initiative
Self-Regulation
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USS SCIENCE DEPARTMENT - SPH3U Course Outline 2014-2015
Assessment & Evaluation:
Student assessment and evaluation will encompass the four categories of the
Achievement Chart for Science: Knowledge/Understanding; Thinking/Inquiry;
Communication; and Application. Students will be provided with numerous and varied
opportunities to demonstrate the full extent of their achievement of the curriculum
expectations through a variety of assessment strategies.
(See attached Achievement Charts - The Ontario Curriculum Grades 11 and 12 Science, 2008)
Achievement Categories:
Knowledge and Understanding [K/U]
Thinking and Inquiry [T/I]
Communication [C]
Application [A]
Assessment Strategies:
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Quizzes/Unit Tests
Lab Reports
Written Assignments
Problem Sets
Oral Presentations
Research/Construction Projects
Final Examination
Lab Practical Exam
Evaluation:
Term:
Tests
Quizzes
Lab Reports
Assignments/Problems
Project
Summative Evaluation:
Practical Summative
Written Summative
25%
15%
10%
15%
5%
5%
25%
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SPH3U – OVERALL COURSE EXPECTATIONS
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SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION SKILLS AND CAREER EXPLORATION
A1.
Demonstrate scientific investigation skills (related to both inquiry and research) in the four areas of
skills (initiating and planning, performing and recording, analyzing 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.
A2.
B.
KINEMATICS
B1.
Analyse technologies that apply concepts related to kinematics, and assess the technologies’ social
and environmental impact.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, uniform and non-uniform motion, and solve related
problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two
dimensions.
B2.
B3.
C.
FORCES
C1.
Analyse and propose improvements to technologies that apply concepts related to dynamics and
Newton’s laws, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, net force, acceleration, and mass, and solve
related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between changes in velocity and unbalanced
forces in one dimension.
C2.
C3.
D.
ENERGY AND SOCIETY
D1.
Analyse technologies that apply principles of and concepts related to energy transformations, and
assess the technologies’ social and environmental impact.
Investigate energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy, and solve related
problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of work, efficiency, power, gravitational potential energy, kinetic
energy, nuclear energy, and thermal energy and its transfer (heat).
D2.
D3.
E.
WAVES AND SOUND
E1.
Analyse how mechanical waves and sound affect technology, structures, society, and the
environment, and assess ways of reducing their negative effects.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, the properties of mechanical waves and sound,
and solve related problems.
Demonstrate and understanding of the properties of mechanical waves and sound and of the
principles underlying their production, transmission, interaction, and reception.
E2.
E3.
F.
ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
F1.
Analyse the social, economic, and environmental impact of electrical energy production and
technologies related to electromagnetism and propose ways to improve the sustainability of
electrical energy production.
Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, magnetic fields and electric circuits and solve
related problems.
Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of magnetic fields, the principles of current and
electron flow, and the operation of selected technologies that use these properties and principles to
produce and transmit electrical energy.
F2.
F3.
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