## Course Outline | **Week** | **Date** | **Topics** | **Chapter reference** | **Evaluations** | | -------- | ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | 1 | Jan 7 | -Introduction to course<br><br>-Intro to physics and creativity | Ch 1-2 | | | 2 | Jan 14 | -Describing motion<br><br>-Projectile motion<br><br>-Newton’s laws of motion | Ch 3-5 | Online simulation 1 (7.5%) Newtonian mechanics – the laws of motion. | | 3 | Jan 21 | -Planets and gravity<br><br>-Group research project intro<br><br>-Test 1 review | Ch 6 | | | 4 | Jan 28 | -Test 1 | | Online Test 1 (12.5%) – Ch 1 to 6 | | 5 | Feb 4 | -Energy and oscillations<br><br>-Momentum and impulse<br><br>-Fluids | Ch 7-12 | Online simulation 2 (7.5%) Collisions – conservation of momentum. | | 6 | Feb 11 | -Temperature and heat<br><br>-Engines and laws of thermodynamics<br><br>-Test 2 review | Ch 13-15 | | | 7 | Feb 18 | -Test 2 | | Online Test 2 (12.5%) – Ch 7-15 | | Break | Feb 24 – 28 – no classes | | | | | 8 | Mar 4 | -Electromagnetism<br><br>-Currents and circuits<br><br>-Electromagnetic waves | Ch 18-24 | Online simulation 3 (7.5%) Electric circuits | | 9 | Mar 11 | -Light and colour<br><br>-Image formation<br><br>-Test 3 review | Ch 25-27 | | | 10 | Mar 18 | -Test 3 | | Online Test 3 (12.5%) – Ch 18 to 27 | | 11 | Mar 25 | -Atomic structure<br><br>-Nuclear physics | Ch 29-32 | Online simulation 4 (7.5%) Optics | | 12 | Apr 1 | -Relativity<br><br>-Particle physics<br><br>-Test 4 review | Ch 28,33 | | | 13 | Apr 8 | -Group project presentations | | Group project (20%) | | 14 | Apr 15 | -Test 4 | | Online Test 4 (12.5%) – Ch 28 to 33 |