Description
This Grade 12 university preparation physics course deepens students’ understanding of dynamics, energy and momentum, gravitational/electric/magnetic fields, the wave nature of light, quantum mechanics and special relativity. Students further develop scientific investigation and advanced quantitative problem-solving skills while examining technological applications and their effects on society and the environment.
What You’ll Learn
- Analyze dynamics, circular motion and motion in a plane.
- Apply conservation of energy and momentum to one- and two-dimensional systems.
- Investigate gravitational, electric and magnetic fields and their interactions with matter.
- Study diffraction, refraction, interference, polarization and other wave properties of light.
- Investigate foundational ideas in quantum mechanics and special relativity.
- Analyze physics technologies and evaluate their social and environmental impacts.
Skills You’ll Develop
- Advanced quantitative physics
- Vector and field analysis
- Energy and momentum modelling
- Wave and modern-physics reasoning
- Scientific investigation, data analysis and evidence-based communication
Learning Outcomes
- Apply scientific investigation skills and identify physics-related careers and contributions.
- Analyze forces involved in circular motion and motion in a plane.
- Apply conservation laws to energy and momentum problems.
- Investigate and solve problems involving gravitational, electric and magnetic fields.
- Analyze wave behaviour and the wave nature of light, including diffraction, refraction, interference and polarization.
- Explain evidence and concepts underlying quantum mechanics and special relativity.
- Evaluate technological applications of physics and their social and environmental effects.
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