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Unit Title
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Content
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1. Energy and Society
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Work, Transfer & Transformation of Energy,
Conservation Laws, Power, Applications
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2. Electricity & Magnetism
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Electricity, Magnetism, Induction, Applications
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3. Waves & Sound
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Wave Properties of Sound, Instruments, Applications
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4. Forces
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Types, Newton's Laws, Friction,
Universal Gravitation
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5. Kinematics
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Analyzing motion (Mathematically
and Graphically)
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Overall Curriculum
Expectations and Big Questions:
Energy in Society
Question: How do technologies rely
on energy transformation or function?
Question: How can we utilize different forms of energy to improve our everyday
lives?
Question: What steps must we take to mitigate environmental impacts brought on
by the inefficient use of energy?
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Analyse
technologies that apply principles of and concepts related to energy
transformations, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental
impact; |
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Investigate
energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy, and solve
related problems; |
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Demonstrate
an understanding of work, efficiency, power, gravitational potential energy,
kinetic energy, nuclear energy, and thermal energy and its transfer (heat). |
Electricity
and Magnetism
Question: How do the underlying principles of electromagnetism govern modern day
technology?
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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; |
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Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, magnetic fields and
electric circuits, and solve related problems; |
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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. |
Waves and Sound
Question:
How are the
fundamental principles of sound related to energy?
Question:
What are some
of the real world effects that occur because of basic sound principles?
Question:
What types of
technological devices are governed by sound principles?
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Analyse how mechanical waves and sound affect technology, structures,
society, and the environment and assess ways of reducing their negative
effects; |
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Investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, the properties of
mechanical waves and sound, and solve related problems; |
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Demonstrate an understanding of the properties of mechanical waves and sound
and of the principles underlying their production, transmission,
interaction, and reception. |
Forces
Question: How does the concept of force affect the
motion of an object?
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propose improvements to technologies that apply concepts related to dynamics
and Newton’s laws, and assess the technologies’ social and environmental
impact; |
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Investigate,
in qualitative and quantitative terms, net force, acceleration, and mass,
and solve related problems; |
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Demonstrate
an understanding of the relationship between changes in velocity and
unbalanced forces in one dimension. |
Kinematics
Question: How do you relate mathematics to everyday motion
of objects?
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Analyse
technologies that apply concepts related to kinematics, and assess the
technologies’ social and environmental impact; |
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Investigate,
in qualitative and quantitative terms, uniform and non-uniform linear
motion, and solve related problems; |
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Demonstrate
an understanding of uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two
dimensions. |
Big Ideas:
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Units |
Big Ideas |
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Energy
and Society |
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Energy can be transformed from one type to another. |
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Energy transformation systems often involve thermal energy losses
and are never 100% efficient. |
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Although technological applications that involve energy
transformations can affect society and the environment in positive
ways, they can also have negative effects, and therefore must be
used responsibly. |
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Electricity and Magnetism |
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Relationships between electricity and magnetism are predictable. |
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Electricity and magnetism have many technological applications. |
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Technological applications that involve electromagnetism and energy
transformations can affect society and the environment in positive
and negative ways. |
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Waves and
Sound |
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Mechanical waves have specific characteristics and predictable
properties. |
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Sound
is a mechanical wave. |
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Mechanical waves can affect structures, society, and the environment
in positive and negative ways. |
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Forces |
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Forces can change the motion of an object. |
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Applications of Newton’s laws of motion have led to technological
developments that affect society and the environment. |
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Kinematics |
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Motion involves a change in the position of an object over time. |
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Motion can be described using mathematical relationships. |
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Many
technologies that apply concepts related to kinematics have societal
and environmental implications. |
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