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Evidence in favour of reading paper books rather than via electronic: ​https://theconversation.com/the-enduring-power-of-print-for-learning-in-a-digital-world-84352

Due Dates and Details: Assignments, Tests, Projects, etc

An interesting study comparing learning outcomes when taking notes by hand vs on a computer or other electronic device (posted below): ​
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The link below shows an excellent description of superconductivity (when electric resistance seems to drop to zero at extremely low temperatures - i.e. Ohm's law does not apply, and things get strange, at low temp). There's a short article, and a link to the award winning "Dance your PhD" video. If you watch the video 3 or 4 times I bet you'll develop a pretty good understanding of why conductivity changes at super-low temps :)  www.npr.org/2019/02/16/695119872/ph-d-student-breaks-down-electron-physics-into-a-swinging-musical?fbclid=IwAR0otPX8IvT5nud3Q7T9fNkgqXfp9vyn_fIsqFwLJypzUGgYFzw9Q2JzMXI
physics_ap-2_schedule_for_the_rest_of_the_year.pdf
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May 29 – Part 2 (Problem solving) of Phys 12 level Term 3 Exam (chapters 18 to 22)
May 21 – Part 1 (conceptual questions) of Phys 12 level Term 3 Exam (chapters 18 to 22)  
MAY 10 - AP-2 EXAM
April 24 - TEST - Chapter 12 to 14
April 10 - Fluids Test
April 4 - Fluids Project presentations
March 7 - TEST - Chapter 21 and 22
MARCH 1 - Last day to submit work to be included in Term 2 report card
FEB 25 - After School - OPTIONAL Phys 12 term 2 Exam for people who were in AP-1 last year (Chapters 4 to 7, 9.1 and 9.2) 
Due Feb 20 - Page 667 Focus on Concepts #12, 13, 16, 17; Problems 40, 53 to 60, 67
Due Feb 13 - Page 667 Focus on Concepts # 2 to 8; Problems # 1 to 7, 12, 15, 30 to 33
February 11: Test - Chapter 20
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Chapter 20 suggested problems: Textbook [if you're confident with these questions/problems, you'll be well prepared for the test]
Focus on Concepts: all questions except #7
Problems #65, 68, 71, 73 to 75, 79, 81, 82, 84, 93 to 97
answers to even # problems:
68. circuit A P = 4.0 W; Circuit B P = 8.0 W; Circuit C P = 2.0 W
74. r = 0.12 ohms
82. I = 2.0 A
84. V = 0.75 V; left end of the resistor is at the higher potential
94. 1.57
96. (a)
1.08×10-2 J  (b) 2.39×10-3 J

February 1:  Test - Chapter 18 + 19
GOAL DAY - January 23 
9 am - ReTest - Chapter 29
10 am - ReTest - Chapter 30
January 17 - Chapter 19 Assignment - due 
- Problems # 1 to 8, 13 to 17, 38, 39, 41, 42 to 46, 60
What to work on over Winter Break:
- Chapter 18 and 19 - In the last week of school in December you will be give a worksheet booklet. Give that a try! (conceptually this is a very challenging section, so take time to dig into it, and try the various on-line simulations to deepen your understanding)

Chapter 18 - Page 562 #29 to 35, 48, 52, 53
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key_-_review_of_sci_9_electrostatics_ws.pdf
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phys_ap_gpe_practice_quiz_answer_key.pdf
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physics_12_ap_–_summary_notes_-_electricity_and_magnetism.pdf
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electrostatics_-_links_to_videos_and_simulations.pdf
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  • Read - Chapter 18.1 to 18.5
  • Do - Page 559
    • Focus on Concepts #1 to 9
    • Problems # 1 to 6, 8 to 10, 14, 27
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answer_key_-_gpe_14.4_and_14.5_-_plus_a_circ_motion_question_set_4.4.pdf
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Dec 14 - TEST - Nuclear Physics - Chapter 31 and 32.2 to 32.4 - Refer to both the textbook and the handouts and worksheets
chemistry_honors_-_nuclear_decay_worksheet.pdf
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decay_chain_worksheet.pdf
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nuclear_decay_worksheet.pdf
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radioactive_decay_and_band_of_stability_worksheet.pdf
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carbon-14_--_radiocarbon_dating_worksheet.pdf
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DO: Chapter 31 Problems # 11 to 15, 19 to 25, 57
Page 978 Focus on Concepts # 1 to 9
NOV 26 - TEST - Chapter 30.1 to 30.4, and 30.8 (i.e. just the bits of Chapter 30 that we focused on). This will be another smallish test (rather than multi-unit test)
Origin of elements – Useful videos
Creating elements – Sixty Symbols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nhhdkYFmd7A   (6:11 minutes)
(2 minutes)
http://www.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.matter.origin/the-origin-of-the-elements/      
Fusion – creating the elements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neMEo8ZrwuI     (5 minutes)
Fission and Fusion – Cassiopeia Project (9 minutes)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTkojROg-t8
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NOV 22 - LAST DAY TO HAND IN TERM 1 ASSIGNMENTS 
​(if you submit them after Nov 22, I won't have time to mark them before report card marks are due)

Check your marks on your MyEd portal to make sure that you have handed everything in:
 https://myeducation.gov.bc.ca/aspen/logon.do  ​
This video explains the kg problem:   www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_e1wITe_ig&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR3ByoIahdzsnynGvM6hkCgstDNsfTajbgls18OLee-3EwvlPRGRJySI7V0
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in_the_balance__scientists_vote_on_first_change_to_kilogram_in_a_century___science___the_guardian.pdf
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Due Nov 15 (you'll have time in class on the 13th to work on it) 
- Page 947 Focus on Concepts # 1 and 3
- Problems #10 to 13, 45, 48, 55 (for #45, recall that Power = W/t = (change in E)/t; for #48 you need to read section 30.8 - especially for the term "metastable" and figure 30.25)

Nov 20 - GOAL DAY -
- 9 am to 11:30am: OPTIONAL - Physics 12 Term 1 Exam: For students who were in AP-1 last year and have not yet completed Physics 12. If you want to improve upon your Physics 12 mark, you can try an exam on Chapters 1 through 3 (vectors in 2-D and Kinematics). If your mark on the exam is higher than your corresponding marks from AP-1, your exam mark will be used as your Physics 12 Term 1 mark
Nov 20 - GOAL DAY -
- 12:30pm - Chapter 27 Re-Test: You may complete the whole re-test, the thin films section only [8] marks, or the Diffraction/double slit section only [17 marks]
- 1pm to 2:15pm - Optional Re-Test - Chapter 25+26
ch29_to_31_ap_exam_questions_-_samples.pdf
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chapter_30_-_summary_notes.pdf
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Thurs Nov 8 - TEST Chapter 29
Monday Oct 29 - TEST - Chapter 27 (boundary behaviour, Young's Double Slit, Diffraction Grating, thin films)
Modern Physics – helpful videos –
Corresponding to Chapter 29 -
Chapter 29.5 and 29.6: Electron Diffraction and the Wave Function and Probability
Wave Function – Sixty Symbols (10 minutes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRRnMS1sm6Y
Schrodinger’s cat (8 minutes)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrxqTtiWxs4
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle
  • Sixty Symbols (5 minutes)   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1yb1adU2vI
  • Minute Physics (2 minutes)  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vc-Uvp3vwg
  • Sixty Symbols – the Uncertainty Principle (16 minutes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwGyqJMPmvE

Wave Particle Duality (minute physics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_h4IoPJXZw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_riIY-v2Ym8
Black Body Radiation and The UV catastrophe (PBS)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXfrncRey-4
Minute Physics – black body radiation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TVZIBj7UA&vl=en
Black body radiation (8 minutes) – Part 1b (6 minutes)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_t8dn4c6_g
de Broglie – Sixty Symbols
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIGI-eXK0t
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Note: the following 5 documents relate to Chapters 29 to 32 (the concepts we'll be working on from now through November)
assignment_-_history_of_the_development_of_theories_on_light.pdf
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ch29_to_32_summary_notes_and_ap_exam_practice_qs_with_key.pdf
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chapter_29_summary_notes_and_worksheets_with_key.pdf
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photons_and_matter_waves_-_halliday_and_resnick_chapter_-_.pdf
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worksheet_-_quantum_fireworks_and_star_spectra_-_chapter_30.pdf
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physics_ap_diffraction_grating_lab.pdf
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waves_–_double_slit_of_ap_exam_questions_worksheet_–_answer_key.pdf
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Fri Oct 12 - TEST - Chapters 25 and 26 (Geometric Optics)
A useful simulation: Lenses in combination: ​https://www.geogebra.org/m/EB97GwWD
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NOTE: There is a MAJOR TYPO in the Chapter 27.1 and 27.3 handout!! 
So sorry everyone! I found a major typo in the "Chapter 27 - Superposition and Thin Films" handout (it changes the meaning significantly). I corrected it and reposted below, but the handout I distributed in class still has the typo. Please make the following corrections in your handout, or download the new (corrected) version:
Page 3 #3: "Now consider the interaction of the REFLECTED waves ..." (it should not say "incident waves")
Page 5 #6: "Now consider the
 interaction of the REFLECTED waves ..." (it should not say "incident waves")
Page 7 #9: "Now consider the
 interaction of the REFLECTED waves ..." (it should not say "incident waves")
(I made the mistake on page 3, then cut/paste to the other pages -- OOPS!)
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ch_27_intro_-_waves_ws_-_boundary_behaviour.pdf
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Due Wed Oct 3: Optics Lab 
** Don't for get the textbook questions:
- page 786/7 Focus on Concepts – all questions
Page 788/9 Problems # 19 to 22, 31, 32
- page 827/8 Focus on Concepts – all questions
Page 829 Problems #9, 13, 16 30, 31, 50, 51, 57, 108

Mon Oct 1 - Test (relatively small test - but more than a quiz): Chapter 24.1 to 24.3 (EM waves), and 24.6 (polarization)
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ap-2-_geometric_optics_-_mirrors_and_lenses_labs.pdf
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MAY 10 - Physics AP-2 EXAM
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A useful resource for exam prep -- old Physics 12 Provincial exam samples: www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/specs/resource_exams/physics.htm
Just saying ... more evidence in support of taking notes by hand rather than on computers ... ​http://www.npr.org/2016/04/17/474525392/attention-students-put-your-laptops-away
Fission and Fusion - ​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDeczF0azwww.youtube.com/watch?v=MtDeczF0azYY 
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