Ontario Curriculum
SNC2D.B.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2D.B.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of the dynamic nature of ecosystems, including the relationship between ecological balance and the sustainability of life;
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.1.2: investigate factors that affect ecological systems and the consequences of changes in these factors;
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2D.B.2.1: describe the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration as they relate to the cycling of energy, carbon, and oxygen through abiotic and biotic components of an ecosystem (e.g., explain that photosynthesis and cellular respiration are essentially reverse processes, and identify the reactants and products of their overall reactions);
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
Pond Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.2.2: illustrate the cycling of matter through biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem by tracking nitrogen;
SNC2D.B.2.3: explain the process of bioaccumulation and assess its potential impact on the viability and diversity of consumers at all trophic levels;
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.2.4: examine the factors (natural and external) that affect the survival and equilibrium of populations in an ecosystem (e.g., resource limits of an ecosystem, competing populations, bioaccumulation, selective decline);
Evolution: Mutation and Selection
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Natural Selection
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.2.5: examine how abiotic factors affect the survival and geographical location of biotic communities (e.g., explain why deserts exist in different parts of the world);
SNC2D.B.2.6: explain why different ecosystems respond differently to short-term stresses and long-term changes (e.g., short term: the activity of tent caterpillars during a season; long-term: the effect of acid rain on maple trees);
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.2.7: compare a natural and a disturbed ecosystem and suggest ways of assuring their sustainability (e.g., compare a meadow and a lawn);
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.2.8: explain how soil composition and fertility can be altered in an ecosystem and identify the possible consequences of such changes.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
SNC2D.B.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2D.B.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
SNC2D.B.3.1.a: formulate scientific questions about observed ecological relationships, ideas, problems, and issues (e.g., "What impact will supplying an excess of food for a particular organism have on an ecosystem?");
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.3.1.b: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into ecological relationships, using instruments, apparatus, and materials safely and accurately, and controlling major variables and adapting or extending procedures where required;
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.3.2: design and conduct an investigation to examine the effects of one factor on soil composition and fertility and on water quality in an ecosystem (e.g., design and conduct an experiment to examine the effects of altering soil pH on the fertility of plants and on the concentration of dissolved oxygen in water, and graph the results);
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Pond Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Water Pollution
SNC2D.B.3.3: analyse a population case study (e.g., of deer, wolves, or humans) by producing population growth curves for each of the populations in the study, and use the graphs to explain how different factors affect population size and to predict the effect of varying factors (e.g., the availability of food) on the population.
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
SNC2D.B.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2D.B.4.2: describe ways in which the relationships between living organisms and their ecosystems are viewed by other cultures (e.g., First Nations);
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.B.4.3: identify and research a local issue involving an ecosystem; propose a course of action, taking into account human and environmental needs; and defend their position in oral or written form (e.g., organize and participate in a debate on converting a grass lot into a parking lot);
SNC2D.B.4.4: describe the physical and chemical processes involved in the methods used to clean up a contaminated site (e.g., how absorbent chemicals such as charcoal work in cleaning up oil spills);
SNC2D.B.4.5: identify and evaluate Canadian initiatives in protecting Canada's ecosystems;
SNC2D.B.4.6: explain changes in popular views about the sustainability of ecosystems and humans' responsibility in preserving them (e.g., the shift from a belief that all resources are inexhaustible to the belief that recycling, reusing, and reducing are important);
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Water Pollution
SNC2D.B.4.7: describe careers that involve knowledge of ecology or environmental technologies, and use resources such as the Internet to determine the knowledge and skill requirements of such careers.
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2D.C.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2D.C.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of chemical reactions, the symbolic systems used to describe them, and the factors affecting their rates;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Collision Theory
SNC2D.C.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2D.C.2.1: recognize the relationships among chemical formulae, composition, and names;
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
SNC2D.C.2.2: explain, using the law of conservation of mass and atomic theory, the rationale for balancing equations;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Bohr Model of Hydrogen
Bohr Model: Introduction
Chemical Equation Balancing
Element Builder
SNC2D.C.2.3: describe, using their observations, the reactants and products of a variety of chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions (e.g., the burning of magnesium, the production of oxygen from hydrogen peroxide, the reaction of iron in copper sulphate);
Balancing Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
Limiting Reactants
SNC2D.C.2.4: describe and explain qualitatively how factors such as energy, concentration, and surface area can affect rates of chemical reactions;
SNC2D.C.2.5: explain the interrelationships among metals and non-metals, acidic and basic oxides, and acids, bases, and salts;
Electron Configuration
Element Builder
Ionic Bonds
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SNC2D.C.2.7: describe how the pH scale is used to identify the acidity of solutions;
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SNC2D.C.2.8: name and write the formulae of common ionic and molecular compounds (e.g., H2SO4, NaNO3, CO2, NaOH), using a periodic table and an IUPAC table of ions.
SNC2D.C.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2D.C.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
SNC2D.C.3.1.b: formulate scientific questions about practical problems and issues involving chemical processes (e.g., "How does varying the concentration of a reactant affect the rate of a reaction?");
SNC2D.C.3.1.g: select and use appropriate vocabulary, SI units, and numeric, symbolic, graphic, and linguistic modes of representation to communicate scientific ideas, plans, results, and conclusions (e.g., descriptions of experimental procedures using the scientific method; data presented in tables);
SNC2D.C.3.2: represent simple chemical reactions using molecular models, word equations, and balanced chemical equations;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
SNC2D.C.3.4: conduct experiments to identify the acidity and basicity of some common substances (e.g., use acid-base indicators to classify common household substances according to the pH scale);
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SNC2D.C.3.5: conduct experiments on the combustion of metals and non-metals and react the oxides formed with water to produce acidic or basic solutions;
SNC2D.C.3.6: design an experiment to determine qualitatively the factors that influence chemical reactions (e.g., an experiment to measure the effect of surface area on rate of reaction);
SNC2D.C.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2D.C.4.1: explain how environmental challenges can be addressed through an understanding of chemical substances (e.g. challenges such as the renewal of the Great Lakes, the neutralization of acid spills, the scrubbing of waste gases in smokestacks);
SNC2D.C.4.3: identify everyday examples where the rates of chemical reactions are modified (e.g., the use of kindling to increase surface area in order to start a fire; the refrigeration of food to slow down spoilage);
SNC2D.E.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2D.E.1.2: investigate and analyse trends in local and global weather conditions to forecast local and global weather patterns;
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps
SNC2D.E.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2D.E.2.2: describe and explain heat transfer within the water cycle and how the hydrosphere and atmosphere act as heat sinks;
SNC2D.E.2.3: describe and explain heat transfer in the hydrosphere and atmosphere and its effects on air and water currents;
SNC2D.E.2.4: describe and explain the effects of heat transfer within the hydrosphere and atmosphere on the development, severity, and movement of weather systems (e.g., effects such as pressure gradients, cloud formation, winds);
SNC2D.E.2.6: describe the factors contributing to earth temperature gradients and to wind speed and direction;
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps
SNC2D.E.2.7: describe cyclones, hurricanes, tornadoes, and monsoons in terms of the meeting of air masses, atmospheric humidity, and the jet stream.
Hurricane Motion
Relative Humidity
SNC2D.E.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2D.E.4.1: explain the role of weather dynamics in environmental phenomena and consider the consequences to humans of changes in weather (e.g., the role of weather in air pollution, acid rain, global warming, and smog; the fact that smog aggravates asthma);
SNC2D.E.4.2: explain how people have utilized their understanding of weather patterns for various purposes (e.g., to harness wind as a power source; to participate in ocean sailing races);
SNC2D.E.4.3: compare various cultural (e.g., First Nations) and historical views on the origins and interpretations of weather;
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
SNC2D.E.4.4: explain how a scientific understanding of weather patterns can be used to modify environmental conditions (e.g., by seeding clouds to alleviate drought; by modelling the dynamics of fire-fighting strategies to fight forest fires);
SNC2D.E.4.5: describe examples of technologies, particularly those of Canadian origin, that contribute to the field of meteorology (e.g., satellite imaging).
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
SNC2D.P.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2D.P.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of different kinds of motion and of the quantitative relationships among displacement, velocity, and acceleration, and solve simple problems involving displacement, velocity, and acceleration;
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2D.P.1.2: design and conduct investigations on the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of an object;
Distance-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2D.P.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2D.P.2.1: distinguish among and provide examples of scalar and vector quantities as they relate to the description of linear motion (e.g., among distance delta d, displacement delta d1, and position d1, and between speed v and velocity v1);
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
SNC2D.P.2.2: add collinear displacement vectors algebraically and graphically and non-collinear displacement vectors graphically;
SNC2D.P.2.3: distinguish among constant, instantaneous, and average speed and among constant, instantaneous, and average velocity, and give examples involving uniform and non-uniform motion;
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
SNC2D.P.2.4: describe quantitatively the relationship among one-dimensional average speed vav, distance travelled delta d, and elapsed time delta t, and solve simple problems involving these physical quantities v to the log ave = delta d/delat t;
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
SNC2D.P.2.6: draw position-time graphs and calculate the average velocity and instantaneous velocity from such graphs;
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
SNC2D.P.2.7: describe quantitatively the relationship among one-dimensional average acceleration v1 to the log av, change in velocity delta v1, and elapsed time delta t, and solve simple problems involving these physical quantities a1 to the log av = delta v1/delta t
Distance-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2D.P.2.8: draw position-time and velocity-time graphs for constant velocity and for constant acceleration, and calculate the constant acceleration and displacement from velocity-time graphs;
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2D.P.2.9: use a velocity-time graph for constant acceleration to derive the equation for average velocity (v1 to the log av = (v1 to the log 1 + v1 to the log 2)/2 and the equations for displacement [delta d1 = (v1 to the log 1 + v1 to the log 2)/2 times delta t and delta d1 = v1 to the log 1(t) + 1/2 a1(delta t squared)] and solve simple problems in one dimension using these equations.
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
SNC2D.P.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2D.P.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
SNC2D.P.3.1.a: formulate scientific questions about observed relationships, ideas, problems, and issues related to motion (e.g., "What are the different acceleration characteristics of different transportation vehicles?");
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2D.P.3.1.b: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into motion, controlling major variables and adapting or extending procedures where required (e.g., determine the time or distance intervals at which measurements should be taken to calculate the average velocity of a bicycle rider);
SNC2D.P.3.1.c: use a broad range of tools and techniques safely, accurately, and effectively to compile, record, and analyse data and information, and apply mathematical and conceptual models to develop and assess possible explanations (e.g., stopwatches, photo-gates, length-measurement devices, and motion sensors to obtain data; electronic spreadsheets and graphs to record and analyse the data);
Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
Pendulum Clock
SNC2D.P.3.1.g: select and use appropriate vocabulary, SI units, and numeric, symbolic, graphic, and linguistic modes of representation to communicate scientific ideas, plans, results, and conclusions (e.g., present a graph showing an object's velocity, ensuring that the variables are on the appropriate axis);
SNC2D.P.3.2: design, conduct, and evaluate experiments to measure the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of a moving object in one dimension, for both uniform motion and constant acceleration;
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
SNC2D.P.3.3: design, conduct, and evaluate an experiment to measure acceleration due to gravity;
Atwood Machine
Freefall Laboratory
Golf Range!
SNC2D.P.3.4: use simple graphs and vector diagrams to describe predicted and observed motion in one dimension.
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
SNC2D.P.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2D.P.4.1: evaluate the costs and benefits, including the safety and environmental factors, of technologies which have enabled us to travel at ever-greater speeds, and the impact of the increased capacity for speed on risk behaviour and subsequent injuries (e.g., snowmobiles, automobiles, motorized personal water craft);
SNC2P.B.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2P.B.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of ecosystems, including the relationship between ecological balance and the sustainability of life;
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2P.B.1.2: analyse natural and human threats to a local ecosystem and propose viable solutions to restore ecological balance;
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Rabbit Population by Season
Water Pollution
SNC2P.B.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2P.B.2.1: describe the processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration as they relate to the cycling of energy, carbon, and oxygen through abiotic and biotic components of an ecosystem (e.g., explain how glucose, water, and carbon dioxide are produced and/or consumed during these processes);
Cell Energy Cycle
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Photosynthesis Lab
Pond Ecosystem
SNC2P.B.2.2: illustrate the cycling of matter through biotic and abiotic components of an ecosystem by tracking nitrogen;
SNC2P.B.2.3: illustrate the process of bioaccumulation through an example, and explain its potential impact on the viability and diversity of consumers at all trophic levels;
SNC2P.B.2.4: show the relationship between the resources available and the equilibrium of a natural population in an ecosystem (e.g., describe the impact on an aquatic ecosystem of fishing or of harvesting a resource such as seaweed);
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2P.B.2.5: explain why ecosystems with similar characteristics can exist in different geographical locations (e.g., why deserts exist in different parts of the world);
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2P.B.2.6: describe how different ecosystems respond differently to short-term stresses and long-term changes (e.g., short term: the activity of tent caterpillars during a season; long-term: the effect of acid rain on maple trees);
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2P.B.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2P.B.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
SNC2P.B.3.1.f: communicate the results of the investigation using a variety of oral, written, and graphic formats (e.g., write a letter to the mayor or organize a public debate);
Distance-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
SNC2P.B.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2P.B.4.1: assess the impact of technological change on an ecosystem (e.g., the introduction of fertilizer and pesticides to soil; the introduction of a genetically engineered plant; the effect of polluted water or air on plants and animals);
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Water Pollution
SNC2P.B.4.2: describe ways in which relationships between living organisms and their ecosystems are viewed by other cultures (e.g., First Nations);
Food Chain
Forest Ecosystem
Interdependence of Plants and Animals
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2P.B.4.3: identify and evaluate Canadian initiatives in protecting Canada's ecosystems;
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
Water Pollution
SNC2P.B.4.5: identify and describe careers based on ecology and environmental technology.
Forest Ecosystem
Prairie Ecosystem
SNC2P.C.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2P.C.1.1: demonstrate an understanding of chemical reactions and the symbolic systems used to describe them;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
Limiting Reactants
Stoichiometry
SNC2P.C.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2P.C.2.1: recognize the relationships among chemical formulae, composition, and names;
Covalent Bonds
Dehydration Synthesis
Ionic Bonds
Stoichiometry
SNC2P.C.2.2: demonstrate an understanding of chemical reactions, including conservation of mass, and their representation through balanced chemical equations;
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
SNC2P.C.2.3: describe, using their observations, the reactants and products of a variety of chemical reactions, including synthesis, decomposition, and displacement reactions (e.g., the burning of magnesium, the production of oxygen from hydrogen peroxide, the reaction of iron in copper sulphate);
Balancing Chemical Equations
Dehydration Synthesis
Limiting Reactants
SNC2P.C.2.4: describe qualitatively, using their observations, how factors such as heat, concentration, light, and surface area can affect rates of chemical reactions;
Calorimetry Lab
Collision Theory
SNC2P.C.2.5: classify substances as acids, bases, or salts based on their characteristic properties (e.g., reactions with indicators and with metals), names, and formulae (e.g., HCl, NaOH, NaCl);
Ionic Bonds
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SNC2P.C.2.7: describe how the pH scale is used to identify the concentration of acids and bases;
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SNC2P.C.2.8: name and write the formulae for common ionic and molecular compounds (e.g., H2SO4, NaNO3, CO2, NaOH).
SNC2P.C.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2P.C.3.2: use the pH scale to determine the acidity or basicity of some common household substances (e.g., vinegar);
pH Analysis
pH Analysis: Quad Color Indicator
SNC2P.C.3.3: conduct experiments to determine the factors that affect the rate of a chemical reaction (e.g., temperature, surface area of a solid, concentration of a solution);
SNC2P.C.3.4: represent simple chemical reactions using word equations, balanced chemical equations, and, where appropriate, molecular models.
Balancing Chemical Equations
Chemical Equation Balancing
SNC2P.C.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2P.C.4.3: relate chemical reactions (including the rates of reactions) to familiar processes encountered in everyday life (e.g., acid-base reactions in film processing, food processing, fabric and hair dyeing, agriculture, wine making, pulp-and-paper and mineral processing) and identify careers that require knowledge of such processes (e.g., environmental engineering, swimming-pool maintenance);
SNC2P.E.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2P.E.1.2: investigate and analyse trends in local and global weather conditions in order to forecast local weather patterns;
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Hurricane Motion
Weather Maps
SNC2P.E.1.3: describe new technologies in meteorology and explain the impact of weather on our daily lives.
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
SNC2P.E.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2P.E.2.2: describe and explain heat transfer within the water cycle and how the hydrosphere and atmosphere act as heat sinks;
SNC2P.E.2.3: describe and illustrate the factors affecting heat transfer within the water cycle in the atmosphere (e.g., temperature, pressure, humidity, winds);
Calorimetry Lab
Coastal Winds and Clouds
Relative Humidity
Water Cycle
SNC2P.E.2.4: observe, through experiment and simulation, and describe
SNC2P.E.2.4.(b)b: the pattern of air movement in convection,
SNC2P.E.2.4.(d)d: the greenhouse effect, and
SNC2P.E.2.4.(e)e: heat transfer through radiation (e.g., the use of dark solar panels for effective heat transfer);
SNC2P.E.2.6: describe and explain heat transfer in the hydrosphere and atmosphere and its effects on air and water currents;
SNC2P.E.2.7: describe and explain the effects of heat transfer within the hydrosphere and atmosphere on the development, severity, and movement of weather systems (e.g., effects such as pressure gradients, cloud formation, winds).
SNC2P.E.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2P.E.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
SNC2P.E.3.1.c: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct a weather-related inquiry, and collect data using appropriate instruments and techniques safely and accurately (e.g., record temperatures and atmospheric pressure; interpret weather maps and satellite photographs);
SNC2P.E.4: Relating Science to Technology, Society, and the Environment
SNC2P.E.4.2: describe examples of Canadian contributions to the field of meteorology (e.g., in satellite observation and imaging; in cold-climate meteorology);
Seasons Around the World
Seasons in 3D
Seasons: Earth, Moon, and Sun
Seasons: Why do we have them?
SNC2P.E.4.3: describe the impact of new technologies on our ability to predict local daily weather (e.g., Doppler radar, satellite imaging);
SNC2P.P.1: Overall Expectations
SNC2P.P.1.1: describe different kinds of motion and the quantitative relationships among displacement, velocity, and acceleration;
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Roller Coaster Physics
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2P.P.1.2: design and conduct investigations to study the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of a vehicle;
Distance-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2P.P.2: Understanding Basic Concepts
SNC2P.P.2.1: distinguish among and provide examples of scalar and vector quantities as they relate to the description of linear motion (e.g., among distance delta d, displacement delta d1, and position d1, and between speed v and velocity v1);
Atwood Machine
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Force and Fan Carts
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
SNC2P.P.2.2: distinguish among constant, instantaneous, and average speed and among constant, instantaneous, and average velocity, and give examples involving uniform and non-uniform motion;
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
SNC2P.P.2.3: describe quantitatively the relationship among one-dimensional average speed vav, distance travelled delta d, and elapsed time delta t, and solve simple problems involving these physical quantities v log av = delta d/delta t ;
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
SNC2P.P.2.5: draw position-time graphs and calculate the average velocity and instantaneous velocity from such graphs;
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
SNC2P.P.2.6: describe quantitatively the relationship among one-dimensional average acceleration a1 to the log av, change in velocity delta v1, and elapsed time delta t, and solve simple problems involving these physical quantities a1 to the log ave = delta v1/delta t.
Distance-Time Graphs
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2P.P.3: Developing Skills of Inquiry and Communication
SNC2P.P.3.1: through investigations and applications of basic concepts:
SNC2P.P.3.1.a: formulate scientific questions about the motion of an object, including displacement, velocity, and acceleration, and outline experimental procedures for finding answers (e.g., "How can you accurately measure the displacement, velocity, and acceleration of a person, a bicycle, or a falling object?");
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2P.P.3.1.b: demonstrate the skills required to plan and conduct an inquiry into motion, identifying the variables to be measured, and collect data using appropriate instruments and techniques safely and accurately (e.g., measure and analyse an object's motion in terms of displacement, velocity, and acceleration);
Force and Fan Carts
Freefall Laboratory
Uniform Circular Motion
SNC2P.P.3.1.d: analyse the data and information gathered to clarify aspects of the chosen questions (e.g., estimate journey times from road maps and average speeds);
Distance-Time Graphs
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
Correlation last revised: 2/2/2010