Gizmos for Prince Edward Island - Science: 11th Grade Physics (Prince Edward Island Curriculum adopted 2009)

This correlation lists the recommended Gizmos for this province's curriculum standards. Click any Gizmo title below for more information.

1: : Kinematics

1.1: : Introducing Vector Quantities

1.1.3: : use vectors to represent position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration

1.1.3.a: : define scalar and vector quantity

1.1.3.b: : distinguish between (among): clock reading and time interval; distance, position, and displacement; speed, velocity, and acceleration; fixed frame of reference and moving frame of reference

1.1.3.c: : perform basic calculations to distinguish between average speed and average velocity

1.2: : Graphical and Algebraic Problem Solving

1.2.3: : analyse and describe vertical motion as it applies to kinematics

1.3: : Vector Analysis

1.3.1: : use vectors to represent position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration

1.3.1.b: : add and subtract all vectors graphically

2: : Dynamics

2.1: : Dynamics Introduction

2.1.1: : explain how a major scientific milestone revolutionized thinking in dynamics

2.1.1.a: : explain Galileo?s concept of inertia

2.1.1.b: : explain the meaning of inertial mass and gravitational mass

2.1.2: : use vectors to represent forces

2.1.2.b: : distinguish between mass and weight

2.1.2.c: : draw free-body diagrams representing contact and noncontact forces (Fn, Ff, Fa, Fg)

2.2: : Newton?s Laws

2.2.1: : use vectors to represent forces

2.2.1.b: : perform computations involving friction, normal force, and the coefficient of friction in one dimension

2.2.2: : design an experiment, identifying and controlling major variables

2.2.2.a: : design an experiment to determine the coefficient of static and kinetic friction

2.2.2.b: : design an experiment to explore kinetic friction and contact area.

2.2.3: : apply Newton?s laws of motion to explain inertia; the relationships among force, mass, and acceleration; and the interaction of forces between two objects

2.2.3.b: : apply Newton?s second law to qualitatively and quantitatively describe the relationships among force, mass, and acceleration in one dimension

2.2.4: : evaluate and select appropriate instruments for collecting evidence, and appropriate processes for problem solving, inquiring, and decision making

2.2.6: : use instruments effectively and accurately for collecting data

2.2.9: : apply Newton?s laws of motion to explain inertia; the relationships among force, mass, and acceleration; and the interaction of forces between two objects

2.2.9.a: : apply Newton?s third law to identify action-reaction forces between two objects

2.2.9.b: : apply Newton?s third law to calculations involving two objects acting in one dimension

2.3: : Momentum Introduction

2.3.1: : apply Newton?s laws of motion to explain inertia; the relationships among force, mass, and acceleration; and the interaction of forces between two objects

2.3.1.a: : define linear momentum

2.3.1.c: : apply impulse-momentum theorem in problem situations

3: : Momentum and Energy

3.1: : Technological Implications

3.1.4: : explain the importance of using appropriate language and conventions when describing events related to momentum and energy

3.2: : Work, Power, and Efficiency

3.2.1: : analyse quantitatively the relationships among force, displacement, and work

3.2.2: : analyse common energy transformation situations using the closed system work-energy theorem

3.2.2.c: : define gravitational potential (Eg)

3.2.2.d: : analyse potential energy transformations (gravitational) related to the closed system work-energy theorem

3.2.3: : analyse quantitatively the relationships among work, time, and power

3.2.5: : design an experiment identifying and controlling major variables

3.2.7: : use instruments effectively and accurately for collecting data

3.3: : Transformation, Total Energy, and Conservation

3.3.1: : describe quantitatively mechanical energy as the sum of kinetic and potential energies

3.3.1.a: : distinguish between conservative and nonconservative forces

3.3.1.b: : solve problems using the law of conservation of mechanical energy involving:

3.3.1.b.1: : gravitational potential / kinetic

3.3.1.b.3: : all three forms of mechanical energy combined

3.3.3: : analyse quantitatively the relationships among mass, height, speed, and heat energy using the law of conservation of energy

3.3.3.b: : using the law of conservation of energy, solve problems that include changes in gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy

3.3.3.c: : explain the role of friction and the loss of mechanical energy from a system

3.3.6: : distinguish between problems that can be solved by the application of physics-related technologies and those that cannot

3.4: : Conservation of Momentum

3.4.2: : apply quantitatively the laws of conservation of momentum to one dimensional collisions and explosions

4: : Waves

4.1: : Fundamental Properties

4.1.1: : formulate operational definitions of major variables

4.1.2: : describe the production, characteristics, and behaviours of longitudinal and transverse mechanical waves

4.1.3: : apply the wave equation to explain and predict the behaviour of waves

4.1.4: : explain qualitatively and quantitatively the phenomena of wave interference, diffraction, reflection, and refraction, and the Doppler-Fizeau effect

4.1.4.a: : explain the principle of superposition

4.1.4.b: : explain how standing waves are formed

4.1.9: : analyse society?s influence on scientific and technological endeavours

4.1.12: : apply the laws of reflection and the laws of refraction to predict wave behaviour

4.1.13: : hypothesize about wave behaviour, using available evidence and background information

4.2: : Sound Waves and Electromagnetic Radiation

4.2.1: : compare and describe the properties of electromagnetic radiation and sound

4.2.2: : describe how sound and electromagnetic radiation, as forms of energy, are produced and transmitted

4.2.2.b: : describe how sound and electromagnetic radiation are transmitted

4.2.2.c: : list the factors upon which the speed of sound depends

4.2.3: : apply the laws of reflection and the laws of refraction to predict wave behaviour

4.2.3.a: : explain qualitatively and quantitatively the beat frequency resulting from the interference of two sources of slightly different frequency

4.2.3.c: : explain how standing waves are produced from resonance in closed and open air columns

4.2.3.d: : perform calculations involving wavelength, frequency, speed, and column length for open and closed air columns

4.2.4: : explain qualitatively and quantitatively the phenomena of wave interference, diffraction, reflection, and refraction, and the Doppler-Fizeau effect

4.2.4.a: : explain the Doppler effect and sonic booms

4.2.4.b: : explain the phenomenon of the sonic boom, describe the problems it causes, and explain how such problems can be minimized

4.2.4.c: : explain how sound is reflected, and the process of echolocation

4.2.4.d: : explain the law of reflection

4.2.4.e: : explain quantitatively and qualitatively the refraction of light, index of refraction, Snell?s law, critical angle, and total internal reflection

Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020

Prince Edward Island - Science: 11th Grade Physics

Prince Edward Island Curriculum | Adopted: 2009

1: : Kinematics

2: : Dynamics

3: : Momentum and Energy

4: : Waves