SPH4U Course Handouts
Here you will find the daily class handouts, including assignments and labs. If you are looking for the class notes, please go to the Class Notes page. All pages will open in a new window.
Handouts will be available online at the beginning of the month for the following month. They are listed by unit. Not all handouts listed here may be assigned, and sometimes a (new) handout is not listed ahead of time. Every effort will be made to update the list monthly. Note: Sometimes I get overzealous in my scanning and make a file too large to upload, which means I need to rescan it. That is what is usually happening when a handout is listed but gives a 404 error. Be patient, and remind me to rescan them.Modern Physics
- Maxwell's Equations powerpoint notes
- Time Dilation & Length Contraction questions
- Simultaneity handout
- Relativistic Mass & E=mc2
- Video of Einstein explaining E = mc2
- Relativity Powers Your Car Battery from Phys. Rev. Focus. Includes links at bottom of article.
- Mass questions
- That Famous Equation summary assignment
- Summary rubric
- General Relativity powerpoint notes
- Quicklab 2.1: Gravity models
- Quicklab 2.2: General Relativity
- Quicklab 2.3: Observation & models
- Blackbody radiation and Planck's quantum hypothesis
- Photoelectric effect powerpoint notes
- Quicklab 2.4: Photoelectric effect
- Photoelectric effect BW
- Compton Effect and de Broglie equation handout
- Irregular Webcomic Feynman diagram explanation
- Quantum Oddities notes
- Lab 2.2: Measuring Planck's constant
- Modern physics review sheets
Wave Nature of Light
- Demo 1.5: 2 pt Interference pattern sheet
- Quicklab 1.1: Testing Young's double slit formulae
- Young's double slit practical
- Slit plate and colour wavelength handout
- Interference pattern questions
- Lab: Double slit Experiment
- Waves vs Particles
- the relevant section from the Nelson text -- don't print out. It's 8 pages long.
- Compare and Contrast light assignment
- Assignment: Measuring hair width or Phone pixels
- Lab: CDs vs DVDs
- Mock Light Test
Introduction
- Course Outline
- Safety Rules and Contract
- Lab Book Information
- Writing Formal or Informal Lab Reports or an Abstract
- Lab book ToC
- Learning logs Page 1 and 2
- Grade 11 Review Sheets: Part A, Part B, extra review sheets
- Math review sheets
- Accuracy & Error Analysis
- Curve straightening
- Lab Abstract
- Formal lab reports
- Group practicals
General Rubrics
Assignments & Labs
Assignments and labs will only be available online after they have been assigned in class. See Class Calendar on the menu at left for due dates.