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WEEK DAYS TOPICS COMPETENCIES1 5 Input of Pre-requisite

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2 5 Aristotelian vs. Galilean Views of Motion

Horizontal motion Vertical motion Projectile motion

Galileo’s Uniform Accelerated Motion

Compare and contrast the Aristotelian conceptions of vertical motion, horizontal motion, and projectile motion.explain how Galileo inferred that objects in vacuum fall with uniform acceleration, and that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion

3 2 Graphs x vs. t v vs. t a vs. t

Day 1-2: explain how the position vs. time, and velocity vs. time graphs of constant velocity motion are different from those of constant acceleration

2 1st Law of Motion vs. Galileo’s assertion that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion

Day 3-4: Explain the subtle distinction between Newton’s 1st law of Motion (or Law of Inertia) and Galileo’s assertion that force is not necessary to sustain horizontal motion

4 5 Newton’s Law of Gravitation(explaining the rate of free fall of objects with different masses)

Use algebra, Newton’s 2nd Law of Motion, and Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation to show that, in the absence of air resistance, objects close to the surface of the Earth fall with identical accelerations independent of their massesapply Kepler’s 3rd law of planetary motion to objects in the solar system

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9-10 Maxwell’s EquationUnification of Electricity and Magnetism

Explain the contribution of Franklin, Coulomb, Oersted, Ampere, Biot-Savart, Faraday, and Maxwell to our understanding of electricity and magnetism (computations)

11 Dispersion, Scattering, Interference, and DiffractionNewton’s and Descartes’ Theory of Light (Dispersion of Light through Prisms)

Differentiate scattering, interference, and diffraction Explain how Newton and Descartes described the emergence of light in various colors through prisms (concepts and computations)

12-13 Special Theory of Relativity

Relativity of Simultaneity

Time Dilation Length contraction Mass-energy

equivalenceCosmic Speed Limits

Explain how special relativity resolved the conflict between Newtonian mechanics and Maxwell’s electromagnetic theoryExplain the consequences of the postulates of Special Theory of Relativity (e.g. relativity of simultaneity, time dilation, length contraction, mass-energy equivalence, and cosmic speed limit)

14 General Theory of RelativityDoppler EffectsCosmic Ladder

Expansion of the UniverseDoppler Shifts

Explain the consequences of the postulates of General Relativity (e.g. correct predictions of shifts in the orbit of Mercury, gravitational bending of light, and black holes) (concepts)

Explain how the speeds and distances of far-off objects are estimated (e.g. Doppler Effect and Cosmic Distance Ladder)

Explain how we know that we live in an expanding universe, which used to be hot and is approximately 14 billion years old. (g11 1st sem)

Explain how Doppler Effects and transits can be used to detect extra solar planets

15 Wavelength-Speed-Frequency relationPhotoelectric EffectPhoton Energy (E=hf) Applications

Red Light (Emergency Rooms)

UV light (sunburn)

How we see colorsElectron Diffraction

Apply the wavelength-speed-frequency relation Explain how the photon concept and the fact that

the energy of a photon is directly proportional to its frequency can be used to explain why red light is used in photographic dark rooms, why we get easily sunburned in ultraviolet light but not in visible light, ad how we see colors

Cite experimental evidence showing that electrons can behave like waves

16 FINALS