Grade 11 Physics

Students will review scientific notation, significant figures, and unit conversions, establishing foundational skills for quantitative analysis in physics.

Students differentiate between scalar and vector quantities and learn to represent vectors graphically and numerically in various coordinate systems.

Students apply graphical and component methods to add and subtract vectors, calculating resultant vectors for displacement and velocity.

Students define and distinguish between position, distance, and displacement, applying these concepts to one-dimensional motion problems.

Students define and calculate average and instantaneous speed, velocity, and acceleration for objects in one-dimensional motion.

Students interpret and create position-time, velocity-time, and acceleration-time graphs to describe and analyze one-dimensional motion.

Students derive and apply the four kinematic equations to solve problems involving constant acceleration in one dimension.

Students analyze the motion of objects under the influence of gravity alone, applying kinematic equations to free-fall problems.

Students solve problems involving relative velocity in one and two dimensions, understanding how motion is perceived from different reference frames.

Students analyze the independent horizontal and vertical components of motion for objects launched horizontally.

Students analyze the motion of objects launched at an angle, calculating range, maximum height, and time of flight.

Students define force, identify different types of forces, and explore Newton's First Law of Motion and the concept of inertia.

Students apply Newton's Second Law to calculate net force, mass, and acceleration in one-dimensional problems.

Students learn to draw accurate free-body diagrams and resolve forces into components to solve problems involving multiple forces.

Students identify action-reaction force pairs and apply Newton's Third Law to explain interactions between objects.

Students define and calculate weight, normal force, and tension in various scenarios, including inclined planes.

Students differentiate between static and kinetic friction and calculate their effects on mechanical systems.

Students apply Newton's Laws to solve problems involving systems of connected objects, such as Atwood machines and blocks on surfaces.

Students identify and calculate the centripetal force required for uniform circular motion in various contexts.

Students examine the fundamental force of gravity and its role in planetary motion and satellite orbits.

Students define gravitational fields and apply universal gravitation to understand orbital mechanics and satellite motion.

Students define work as a transfer of energy and calculate work done by a constant force, including forces at an angle.

Students define kinetic energy and apply the work-energy theorem to relate work done to changes in kinetic energy.

Students define gravitational potential energy and calculate changes in potential energy for objects near Earth's surface.

Students define elastic potential energy and apply Hooke's Law to calculate energy stored in springs and other elastic materials.

Students analyze the exchange between potential and kinetic energy in isolated systems where only conservative forces do work.

Students investigate how non-conservative forces like friction cause a loss of mechanical energy, often converting it to thermal energy.

Students calculate the rate of energy transfer and the practical limits of mechanical efficiency in real-world machines.

Students define momentum and impulse, and apply the impulse-momentum theorem to analyze changes in motion.

Students apply the law of conservation of momentum to solve problems involving collisions and explosions in one and two dimensions.

Students design and build a small roller coaster to investigate the conservation of mechanical energy and energy transformations.

Students differentiate between transverse and longitudinal waves, defining key properties like amplitude, wavelength, frequency, and period.

Students apply the wave equation (v = λf) to calculate wave speed, wavelength, or frequency for various mechanical waves.

Students investigate how waves interact with boundaries and obstacles, including reflection, refraction, and diffraction.

Students explore constructive and destructive interference, applying the principle of superposition to analyze wave patterns.

Students investigate the production, transmission, and properties of sound waves, including pitch, loudness, and quality.

Students define sound intensity and the decibel scale, calculating sound levels and understanding their impact.

Students investigate the phenomenon of resonance and the formation of standing waves in strings and air columns.

Students analyze the shift in frequency caused by the relative motion of a source and an observer.

Students explore the physics behind musical instrument design and the principles of room acoustics.

Students investigate the nature of electric charge, methods of charging objects, and apply Coulomb's Law to calculate electrostatic forces.

Students define electric fields and electric potential, visualizing field lines and understanding potential difference.

Students define electric current, voltage, and resistance, exploring factors affecting resistance and Ohm's Law.

Students apply Ohm's Law to simple circuits and calculate electrical power dissipated by resistors.

Students analyze series circuits, calculating equivalent resistance, current, and voltage drops across components.

Students analyze parallel circuits, calculating equivalent resistance, current through branches, and total current.

Students apply Kirchhoff's Laws to analyze complex combination circuits, solving for unknown currents and voltages.

Students investigate the properties of magnetic fields, sources of magnetism, and the force on moving charges and current-carrying wires.

Students explore how changing magnetic fields induce electric currents, applying Faraday's Law of Induction.

Students learn about the operation of transformers and an introduction to alternating current (AC) circuits.

Students experimentally verify Ohm's Law and investigate the behavior of resistors in simple circuits.

Students explore the composition of the atomic nucleus, isotopes, and the strong nuclear force.

Students examine the types of nuclear decay (alpha, beta, gamma) and their properties.

Students apply the concept of half-life to mathematically model radioactive decay and understand radioactive dating.

Students analyze the process of nuclear fission, chain reactions, and their application in nuclear reactors.

Students investigate nuclear fusion, the energy source of stars, and efforts to achieve controlled fusion on Earth.

Students explore Einstein's mass-energy equivalence and its implications for nuclear reactions.

Students are introduced to the limitations of classical physics and the concept of quantization through blackbody radiation.

Students investigate the photoelectric effect and the concept of the photon as a packet of energy.

Students explore the concept of wave-particle duality for both light and matter, including de Broglie wavelength.