Alberta Program of Studies
20?A.1.1k: define, qualitatively and quantitatively, displacement, velocity and acceleration
20?A.1.3k: explain, qualitatively and quantitatively, uniform and uniformly accelerated motion when provided with written descriptions and numerical and graphical data
Atwood Machine
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
20?A.1.5k: explain, quantitatively, two-dimensional motion in a horizontal or vertical plane, using vector components.
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
Uniform Circular Motion
20-A.1.1s.1: identify, define and delimit questions to investigate; e.g., What are the relationships among displacement, velocity, acceleration and time?
Pendulum Clock
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
20-A.1.2s.1: perform an experiment to demonstrate the relationships among displacement, velocity, acceleration and time, using available technologies; e.g., interval timers, photo gates
20-A.1.3s.1: construct graphs to demonstrate the relationships among displacement, velocity, acceleration and time for uniform and uniformly accelerated motion
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Free-Fall Laboratory
20-A.1.3s.2: analyze a graph of empirical data to infer the mathematical relationships among displacement, velocity, acceleration and time for uniform and uniformly accelerated motion
Atwood Machine
Free-Fall Laboratory
20-A.1.3s.3: solve, quantitatively, projectile motion problems near Earth?s surface, ignoring air resistance
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
20-A.1.3s.4: relate acceleration to the slope of, and displacement to the area under, a velocity-time graph
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Free-Fall Laboratory
20-A.1.4s.1: use appropriate International System of Units (SI) notation, fundamental and derived units and significant digits
Unit Conversions 2 - Scientific Notation and Significant Digits
20?B.1.1k: explain that a nonzero net force causes a change in velocity
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
20?B.1.2k: apply Newton?s first law of motion to explain, qualitatively, an object?s state of rest or uniform motion
20?B.1.3k: apply Newton?s second law of motion to explain, qualitatively, the relationships among net force, mass and acceleration
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Free-Fall Laboratory
20?B.1.4k: apply Newton?s third law of motion to explain, qualitatively, the interaction between two objects, recognizing that the two forces, equal in magnitude and opposite in direction, do not act on the same object
20?B.1.5k: explain, qualitatively and quantitatively, static and kinetic forces of friction acting on an object
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
20?B.1.6k: calculate the resultant force, or its constituents, acting on an object by adding vector components graphically and algebraically
20?B.1.7k: apply Newton?s laws of motion to solve, algebraically, linear motion problems in horizontal, vertical and inclined planes near the surface of Earth, ignoring air resistance.
Free-Fall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
20?B.1.2sts: explain that science and technology are developed to meet societal needs and that society provides direction for scientific and technological development
20-B.1.2s.1: conduct experiments to determine relationships among force, mass and acceleration, using available technologies; e.g., using interval timers or motion sensors to gather data
20-B.1.3s.1: analyze a graph of empirical data to infer the mathematical relationships among force, mass and acceleration
20-B.1.3s.2: use free-body diagrams to describe the forces acting on an object
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pith Ball Lab
20?B.2.1k: identify the gravitational force as one of the fundamental forces in nature
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
20?B.2.2k: describe, qualitatively and quantitatively, Newton?s law of universal gravitation
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
20?B.2.3k: explain, qualitatively, the principles pertinent to the Cavendish experiment used to determine the universal gravitational constant, G
Gravitational Force
Pith Ball Lab
20?B.2.6k: predict, quantitatively, differences in the weight of objects on different planets.
Beam to Moon (Ratios and Proportions) - Metric
20-B.2.1s.1: identify, define and delimit questions to investigate; e.g., What is the relationship between the local value of the acceleration due to gravity and the gravitational field strength?
20-B.2.2s.1: determine, empirically, the local value of the acceleration due to gravity
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
20-B.2.2s.2: explore the relationship between the local value of the acceleration due to gravity and the gravitational field strength
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
20-B.2.3s.2: treat acceleration due to gravity as uniform near Earth?s surface
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
20?C.1.1k: describe uniform circular motion as a special case of two-dimensional motion
20?C.1.2k: explain, qualitatively and quantitatively, that the acceleration in uniform circular motion is directed toward the centre of a circle
20-C.1.3k: explain, quantitatively, the relationships among speed, frequency, period and radius for circular motion
20?C.1.4k: explain, qualitatively, uniform circular motion in terms of Newton?s laws of motion
20?C.1.7k: explain, qualitatively, how Kepler?s laws were used in the development of Newton?s law of universal gravitation.
Orbital Motion - Kepler's Laws
20?C.1.2sts: explain how science and technology are developed to meet societal needs and expand human capability
20-C.1.1s.1: design an experiment to investigate the relationships among orbital speed, orbital radius, acceleration and force in uniform circular motion
20-C.1.2s.1: perform an experiment to investigate the relationships among net force acting on an object in uniform circular motion and the object?s frequency, mass, speed and path radius
20-C.1.3s.1: organize and interpret experimental data, using prepared graphs or charts
Determining a Spring Constant
Earthquakes 1 - Recording Station
Seasons Around the World
20-C.1.3s.2: construct graphs to show relationships among frequency, mass, speed and path radius
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
20-C.1.3s.4: solve, quantitatively, circular motion problems in both horizontal and vertical planes, using algebraic and/or graphical vector analysis
20?C.2.1k: define mechanical energy as the sum of kinetic and potential energy
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
20?C.2.2k: determine, quantitatively, the relationships among the kinetic, gravitational potential and total mechanical energies of a mass at any point between maximum potential energy and maximum kinetic energy
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
20?C.2.3k: analyze, quantitatively, kinematics and dynamics problems that relate to the conservation of mechanical energy in an isolated system
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
20?C.2.4k: recall work as a measure of the mechanical energy transferred and power as the rate of doing work
20?C.2.6k: describe, qualitatively, the change in mechanical energy in a system that is not isolated.
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
20-C.2.1s.1: design an experiment to demonstrate the conservation of energy; e.g., Is energy conserved in a collision?
2D Collisions
Air Track
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
20?C.2.2s: conduct investigations into relationships among observable variables and use a broad range of tools and techniques to gather and record data and information
Determining a Spring Constant
Pendulum Clock
Real-Time Histogram
Triple Beam Balance
20-C.2.3s.1: use free-body diagrams to organize and communicate solutions to work-energy theorem problems
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
20-C.2.3s.2: solve, quantitatively, kinematics and dynamics problems, using the work-energy theorem
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
20-C.2.3s.3: analyze data to determine effective energy conservation strategies; e.g., analyze whether lowering the speed limit or modifying the internal combustion engine saves more energy in vehicles
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
20?C.2.4s: work collaboratively in addressing problems and apply the skills and conventions of science in communicating information and ideas and in assessing results
20?D.1.1k: describe oscillatory motion in terms of period and frequency
Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Simple Harmonic Motion
20?D.1.2k: define simple harmonic motion as a motion due to a restoring force that is directly proportional and opposite to the displacement from an equilibrium position
20?D.1.4k: determine, quantitatively, the relationships among kinetic, gravitational potential and total mechanical energies of a mass executing simple harmonic motion
20-D.1.1s.1: design an experiment to demonstrate that simple harmonic motion can be observed within certain limits, relating the frequency and period of the motion to the physical characteristics of the system; e.g., a frictionless horizontal mass-spring system or a pendulum
Pendulum Clock
Period of Mass on a Spring
Period of a Pendulum
Simple Harmonic Motion
20-D.1.2s.1: perform an experiment to determine the relationship between the length of a pendulum and its period of oscillation
Pendulum Clock
Period of a Pendulum
Simple Harmonic Motion
20?D.2.1k: describe mechanical waves as particles of a medium that are moving in simple harmonic motion
20?D.2.3k: define longitudinal and transverse waves in terms of the direction of motion of the medium particles in relation to the direction of propagation of the wave
20?D.2.4k: define the terms wavelength, wave velocity, period, frequency, amplitude, wave front and ray as they apply to describing transverse and longitudinal waves
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
20?D.2.5k: describe how the speed of a wave depends on the characteristics of the medium
20?D.2.7k: explain, qualitatively, the phenomenon of reflection as exhibited by mechanical waves
20?D.2.8k: explain, qualitatively, the conditions for constructive and destructive interference of waves and for acoustic resonance
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
20?D.2.9k: explain, qualitatively and quantitatively, the Doppler effect on a stationary observer of a moving source.
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
20?D.2.1s: formulate questions about observed relationships and plan investigations of questions, ideas, problems and issues
Real-Time Histogram
Sight vs. Sound Reactions
20-D.2.3s.1: determine the speed of a mechanical wave; e.g., water waves and sound waves
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020