Grade 12 – Physics by S.E. Honaker

An understanding of scientific principles and theories allows students to better understand our position in the world and our understanding of life. Putting physics to use is a rewarding experience as students can conduct simple experiments and add further clarity to how objects and waves move around us. This course will cover some of the following topics:

• relative motion within a stationary reference frame
• postulates of special relativity
• uniform circular motion
• First Peoples knowledge and applications of forces in traditional technologies
• gravitational field and Newton’s law of universal gravitation
• gravitational potential energy
• gravitational dynamics and energy relationships
• electric field and Coulomb’s law
• electric potential energy, electric potential, and electric potential difference
• electrostatic dynamics and energy relationships
• magnetic field and magnetic force
• electromagnetic induction
• conservation of momentum and energy in collisions
• graphical methods in physics