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Gr 11 Assignment Calendar

 

SPH3U-01 Term 2 Daybook

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1 Fri., Sept. 11th 3 Misconceptions in Physics

Course Overview: Website and Conference
Homework Policy

OneNote "Workbook"
I-Clickers
Academic Integrity

Complete e1-01 by next class
Email to "ASSIGNMENT SUBMISSION" in Grade 11 Physics
Class Conference

Follow the Email Path:
 Desktop --> Conferences --> Departments --> Science --> Physics --> Grade 11 Physics

Download the Physics "Tablet-Text" from the FCC Conference .

2 Tues., Sept. 15th 1 Submitting Assignments: www.turnitin.com
Types of Energy and Energy Transformation

Energy Transformation Review Questions
(Add to Tablet-Text as shown in class)

Cool Article - We will be talking about this...

Enrol in www.turnitin.com class
Class ID:
2859009
Password: 11physx

Complete e1-02 by next class
Submit it to www.turnitin.com.
DUE: Thurs, Sept. 17th at 10:30pm

Energy Transformation I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

3 Thurs., Sept. 17th 3 The Large Hadron Collider Rap
LHC Schematics / Explaination

Work

Work Review Questions
(Add to Tablet-Text as shown in class)

Answer assigned OneNote questions
When answering mathematical questions, be sure to use the D.E.S.S. protocol:

Write down your:
Data
The Equations (and rearrange if necessary)
Substitute your data (INCLUDE UNITS ALWAYS)
and ...
Solve

Be sure to always use this protocol to:
 Describe Every Single Step :o)

Work I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

4 Mon., Sept. 21st 1 Work against Gravity
"Tough Question answer"
Complete the second half of the "Work Review Questions"

Work Against Gravity I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

5 Wed., Sept. 23rd 3 Gravitational Potential Energy: Eg = mgh
Kinetic Energy: Ek = ½mv2

Mechanical NRG Review Questions
(Add to Tablet-Text as shown in class)

Homework
 Work on Review Questions

Mechanical NRG PAPER Quiz Next Class
(One Question)

6 Fri., Sept. 25th 1 Power
Lab e1-03: Human Power Lab - How Much Do You Have?
Class Results: 11A

 More Mechanical NRG Review Questions
(Add to Tablet-Text as shown in class)

Lab Due: Mon. Sept. 28th (10:30pm)
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(APPLICATION)
7 Tues., Sept. 29th 3 Efficiency & "Loss"
Cars are 25% efficient:
  
Class Note (Butcher):
Efficiency.pdf

Lab e1-04: Efficiency of a Cart and Ramp

Write-Up Outline

Lab Due: Wed. Oct. 7th (10:30pm)
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(THINKING / INQUIRY)

GLC ELIGIBLE

Additional Mechanical Energy Practice Questions

8 Thurs., Oct. 1st 1 Using Graphical Analysis
Mechanical Energy Calculations with Efficiency
HW:
1) Make sure that you complete you Graphical Analysis Graph for Next Class.

2) Work on some of the sample efficiency questions in "More Mechanical NRG Review Questions" link.

9 Mon., Oct. 5th 3

Base Borden Cadet Exercise

10 Wed., Oct. 7th 1 Mr. Inglis is Away

Work on your e1-04 lab write-up's which are due tonight. If complete, work on sample mechanical energy questions or read ahead in your "Tablet Text" about thermal energy (and do questions).

Efficiency Mechanical NRG I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

Thanksgiving Break

11 Tues., Oct. 13th 3 Thermal Energy
Heating and Cooling Curves
Calculating Heat Transfer
 
12 Thurs., Oct. 15th 1 Additional Test Questions / Answers
(Add to Tablet Text)

Lab e1-05: Identification of an Unknown by its Specific Heat Capacity

Lab Due: Thursday, Oct. 22nd (10:30pm).
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(APPLICATION)
13 Mon., Oct. 19th 3 Mini Review
Energy Unit Test (30min)
 
14 Wed., Oct. 21st 1

Nuclear Energy - Intro to the Modern Atom

Make sure you:
1. Look over the topics in your Tablet Text
2. Bookmark the Isotopes Table - you'll need it!

A "Particle Zoo" - The Standard Model
Bubble Chamber Tracks
10 dimensions explained...

The Search for the Elusive Higgs Boson (and other neat stuff). CERN's Multi-BILLION dollar Experiment: The LHC

Just in case you were wondering:
Homer's pronunciation of Nuclear

15 Fri., Oct. 23rd 3 Mr. Inglis is away.

Work on assignment:
e1-06: Dissecting the LHC

Assignment Due: Sunday, Oct. 25th (10:30pm).
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(COMMUNICATION)

Basics of the Atom I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

16 Tues., Oct. 27th 1 Decay Modes
Decay Types Explanation Website
Complete three (3) decay equation examples (use different elements) for each decay type discussed in class:
Alpha Decay, Beta Minus Decay, Positron Decay, Electron Capture, Isomeric Transition, Spontaneous Fission

Be sure to include the Half Life for each decay process and you may not use the same ELEMENT twice

Transmutation of a Nucleon - Beta Decay (Jing)

Decay Chains I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

17 Thurs., Oct. 29th 3 Background Radiation
Decay Chains
ALARA & Radiation Safety
ALARA
 ALARA and Decay Chains I-Clicker Quiz Next Class
18 Mon., Nov. 2nd 1 e1-07 Lab: Radiation Detection FOR THOSE MISSING THIS CLASS, SAMPLE DATA WILL BE SENT TO YOU TO ANALYZE.

Lab Due: Wednesday, Nov. 4th (10:50am).
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(THINKING / INQUIRY)
NEXT CLASS

19 Wed., Nov. 4th 3 Radiation Detection (Take up Activity)

e1-08: Visualizing Radiation using  a Cloud Chamber

Assignment Due: Friday, Nov. 6th (8:40am).
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(APPLlCATION)
NEXT CLASS
20 Fri., Nov. 6th 1 Radiation Detection (Take up Activity)

e1-09 Lab: The Effect of Distance on Radiation
Write Up Outline
 

Complete your graphs and bring them to next (Fri.) class.

Lab Due: Thursday, Nov. 12th (10:30pm).
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(THINKING / INQUIRY)
GLC ELIGIBLE

21 Tues., Nov. 10th 3 The Inverse Square Law
Inverse Square Law Graph
Inverse Square Law Derivation
 
22 Thurs., Nov. 12th 1 Area Density and Shielding  
23 Wed., Nov. 18th 3 e1-10 Lab: Shielding Radiation
LAB WRITEUP OUTLINE
Complete your graphs and bring them to next class.

Lab Due: Thursday, Nov. 26th (10:30pm).
WWW.TURNITIN.COM
(THINKING / INQUIRY)
GLC ELIGIBLE

24 Fri., Nov. 20th 1

Shielding Theory
Excel Doc: Exponential Curves.xls

 
25 Tues., Nov. 24th 3

Time Effects on Radiation (Half Life)
Half Life Using LOG Rules (.jpg)
Carbon Dating (.jpg)
 

Homework / practice questions: Half Life Questions
Shroud of Turin Question (Carbon Dating)

Half-Life Paper Quiz Next Class

26 Thurs., Nov. 26th 1 Biological Effects of Radiation: Cancer and other possibilities.
Nucleotides and Radiation

Dosimetry: absorbed dose, effective dose, etc.
Dose vs. Cancer

Calculate Your Annual Dose
Detailed Dose Calculator

To sue or not to sue...your increased risk of cancer from Radiation Experiments in 11 Physics...

Cecil Kelley - One time, absorbed dose of 49 Gy (recall your absorbed dose from the labs was 1.8x10-12 Gy)

An account of the Cecil Kelley Criticality accident.

 Dosimetry / Biological Effects I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

27 Mon., Nov. 30th 3 How to build a Nuclear Bomb - The Core
Chain Reaction Movie
Fission Animation
Fission Movie
Fusion Movie
Criticality - Java Applet

Nuclear Core I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

28 Wed., Dec. 2nd 1

Gun Triggered - Gun Triggered Fission Bomb
Implosion Triggered
- Implosion Triggered Fission Bomb

Teller-Ulam Hydrogen Bomb
The Hydrogen Bomb (Teller / Ulam)
Video of the Bomb Detonating (50 MT)

DAMAGE OF BOMBS

"Trinity" Bomb (First Atomic Bomb)
"Little Boy" Hiroshime Bomb
"Fat Man" Nagasaki Bomb
The Hiroshima Bank (Ground Zero)
Hiroshima Blast "Shadows"
Comparisons between Fission / Fusion Bombs

Hiroshima - Ground Zero
(Google Earth Placemark) 

The Russian Tsar Bomb - 57 Megatons (Video)
(Equivalent yield: 4000 Hiroshima Bombs)

Tsar Bomb Test Site
(Google Earth Placemark)  

Nuclear Bomb I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

 

29 Fri., Dec. 4th 3 How to Build a Nuclear Reactor
The first controlled reaction (Class Note)
Inside a Nuclear Power Plant
Tour of a Nuclear Power Plant

The Calandria 

Reactor I-Clicker Quiz Next Class
30 Tues., Dec. 8th 1 Chernobyl

Chernobyl Basics
Chernobyl Details
Chernobyl Sequence of Events

Chernobyl Pictures

Chernobyl Wreckage (Cleanup Vehicles) 

Prevent a Nuclear Disaster (Simulation)

Chernobyl Reactor 4
(Google Earth Placemark)

Chernobyl I-Clicker Quiz Next Class

31 Thurs., Dec. 10th 3

Three Mile Island (Mimio Schematic)
TMI - Description of the plant and an excellent account of the incident
TMI - The PBS account of the media event around TMI
Shockwave and TMI - Animation of the Events

Decommissioning of a Nuclear Power Plant
(Pictures of Components)


The CANDU Reactor
Information Pamplets:

Page 1
Page 2

Nuclear Physics Review Class

Three Mile Island Reactor 2
(Google Earth Placemark)

Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
Bruce Nuclear Generating Station
Darlington Nuclear Generating Station
(Google Earth Placemark)
32 Mon., Dec. 14th 1

Nuclear Energy Unit Test

33 Wed., Dec. 16th 3 Investigating Modern Physics
Einstein's General Relativity
Unification and the T.O.E.
"The Elegant Universe (Part 1)"

Christmas Break