New Brunswick Curriculum
1.1.3: use vectors to represent position, displacement, velocity, and acceleration
1.1.3.a: define scalar and vector quantities
1.1.3.b: distinguish between scalar and vector quantities, using distance and displacement, respectively, as examples
1.2.1: analyze graphically and mathematically the relationship among displacement, velocity, and time
1.2.1.a: explain how one can tell from the position-time graph whether the magnitude of an objectâ??s velocity is increasing, decreasing, or constant
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Free-Fall Laboratory
1.2.1.b: using the sign convention that motion to the left is negative, determine the direction of motion of uniformly accelerating objects from its position-time graph and its velocity-time graph
Atwood Machine
Free-Fall Laboratory
1.2.1.c: given velocity-time graphs, tell if the velocity is increasing, decreasing or remaining constant
Distance-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs - Metric
Free-Fall Laboratory
1.2.1.d: use a velocity-time graph for uniform acceleration to derive an equation for
1.2.1.d.i: displacement in terms of initial velocity (or final velocity), acceleration, and elapsed time
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
1.2.1.d.ii: relating final velocity, initial velocity, acceleration, and displacement
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Free-Fall Laboratory
Golf Range
1.3.1: analyse graphically and mathematically the relationship among displacement, velocity and time
Feed the Monkey (Projectile Motion)
Golf Range
1.3.4: carry out an experiment to investigate the motion of an object falling vertically near Earth
1.3.6: evaluate and select appropriate instruments for collecting evidence and appropriate proceses for problem solving, inquiring, and decision making
1.3.7: interpret trends in data, and infer or calculate relationships among variables
Determining a Spring Constant
Pendulum Clock
2.1.4: use vectors to represent forces
2.1.4.a: draw free-body diagrams
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pith Ball Lab
2.1.4.b: explain what is meant by net force and apply it to several situations
2.2.1: apply Newtonâ??s laws of motion to explain inertia; the relationships among force, mass, and acceleration; and the interaction of forces between two objects
2.2.1.a: state Newtonâ??s first law of motion, and describe applications
2.2.1.c: physically demonstrate the property of inertia
2.2.1.d: state Newtonâ??s second law of motion, and describe applications
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
2.2.1.e: explain how Newtonâ??s second law of motion may be used to define the Newton as a unit of force
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
2.2.1.f: given two of the net force, the mass, and the acceleration, or information from which they can be determined, calculate the third quantity
Atwood Machine
Free-Fall Laboratory
2.2.2: apply Newtonâ??s laws of motion to explain inertia; the relationships among force, mass, and acceleration; and the interaction of forces between two objects
2.2.2.a: state Newtonâ??s third law of motion, and describe applications
2.2.2.c: explain, qualitatively and quantitatively, what is meant by friction, and describe static and kinetic friction
Golf Range
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
2.2.2.e: solve exercises / problems involving Newtonâ??s laws of motion
Atwood Machine
Fan Cart Physics
2.2.3: investigate the relationship between acceleration and net force
Atwood Machine
Free-Fall Laboratory
2.2.4: evaluate and select appropriate instruments for collecting evidence and appropriate processes for problem solving, inquiring, and decision making
2.2.5: investigate the relationship between acceleration and mass, for a constant net force
Atwood Machine
Free-Fall Laboratory
2.2.6: use instruments effectively and accurately for collecting data
2.2.8: interpret patterns and trends in data, and infer or calculate linear and nonlinear relationships among variables
Determining a Spring Constant
Pendulum Clock
2.2.9: provide a statement that addresses the problem or answers the question investigated in light of the link between data and the conclusion
2.3.1: use Newtonâ??s second law to show how impulse is related to change in momentum
3.1.1: analyse quantitatively the relationships among force, distance, and work
3.1.3: design and carry out an experiment to determine the efficiency of simple machines
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Pulley Lab
3.2.1: analyse quantitatively the relationships among mass, speed, kinetic energy, and heat using the law of conservation of energy
3.2.1.a: define gravitational potential, elastic potential, and kinetic energies
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Potential Energy on Shelves
Roller Coaster Physics
3.2.1.b: relate energy transformations to work done
Energy Conversion in a System
Pulley Lab
3.2.1.c: solve problems using the law of conservation of energy, including changes in gravitational potential energy, elastic potential energy, and kinetic energy
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
3.2.1.d: explain the role of friction and the loss of mechanical energy from a system
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
3.2.2: describe quantitatively mechanical energy as the sum of kinetic and potential energies
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
3.2.4: analyse quantitatively the relationships among mass, speed, and thermal energy, using the law of conservation of energy
Air Track
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
3.2.5: analyse quantitatively problems related to kinematics and dynamics using the mechanical energy concept
Energy of a Pendulum
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
Roller Coaster Physics
3.2.6: analyse common energy transformation situations using the closed system work-energy theorem
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Simple Machine
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
3.2.8: determine the percent efficiency of energy transformation
Energy Conversion in a System
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
3.2.9: design an experiment, select and use appropriate tools, carry out procedures, compile and organize data, and interpret patterns in the data to answer a question posed regarding the conservation of energy
Inclined Plane - Sliding Objects
3.2.10: distinguish between problems that can be solved by the application of physics-related technologies and those that cannot
4.1.1: describe the production, characteristics, and behaviours of longitudinal and transverse mechanical waves
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
4.1.2: formulate operational definition of major variables
4.1.2.a: describe how energy input affects the appearance/ behaviour of a wave
4.1.6: analyse societyâ??s influence on scientific and technological endeavours
4.1.9: apply the universal wave equation to explain and predict the behaviour of waves
4.1.11: apply the laws of reflection and the laws of refraction to predict wave behaviour
4.1.11.b: draw a diagram and explain the refraction of water waves passing from deep to shallow or shallow to deep water
4.1.12: state a prediction and a hypothesis about wave behaviour based on available evidence and background information
4.2.1: apply the laws of reflection and the laws of refraction to predict wave behaviour
Basic Prism
Refraction
Ripple Tank
4.2.2: explain qualitatively and quantitatively the phenomena of wave interference, diffraction, reflection, and refraction, and the Doppler-Fizeau effect
Basic Prism
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Refraction
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
4.2.3: explain qualitatively and quantitatively the phenomena of wave interference, diffraction, reflection, and refraction, and the Doppler effect
Basic Prism
Doppler Shift
Doppler Shift Advanced
Refraction
Sound Beats and Sine Waves
4.2.4: apply the laws of reflection and the laws of refraction to predict wave behaviour
Basic Prism
Refraction
Ripple Tank
4.2.5: compare and describe the properties of electromagnetic radiation and sound
Longitudinal Waves
Ripple Tank
4.2.6: describe how sound and electromagnetic radiation, as forms of energy transfer, are produced and transmitted
4.2.6.a: describe how sound is produced, giving an example of each in nature and technology
4.2.6.b: describe how sound is transmitted
4.2.6.c: list the factors on which the speed of sound depends
4.2.6.d: produce beats (physically) using two sources of slightly different frequency
4.2.6.g: make use of the phenomenon of resonance in pipes to experimentally determine the speed of sound in air
Correlation last revised: 9/16/2020