Quantum Physics & Special RelativityThe Big Ideas included in the Ontario Curriculum about Quantum Physics and Special Relativity are:
By the end of this section, students will:
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Current TopicWe are not currently studying Quantum Physics & Special Relativity
ScheduleIt is expected you will have read the relevant sections of the text book prior to class. Chapters 11 and 12 support this topic.
AssignmentsHomework:
Week 12: Chapter 11 Sections (ongoing); Chapter 11 Review (page 607-613) 47, 50, 54, 59, 60, 62, 64, 70, 71, 72, 73, 76; Week 13: Chapter 12 Sections (ongoing); Chapter 12 Review (660-665) 30, 38, 49, 52, 54, 56, 57, 60, 65, 67, 77, 81 (for exam) Formal Labs: Plank's constant (TBA) Test: Unit 5 (TBA) |
Canadian Nobel Prize Winners in Physics
- Richard E. Taylor affiliated with Stanford University, joint winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize for his work verifying quark theory.
- Bertram Neville Brockhouse affiliated with McMaster University, joint winner of the 1994 Nobel Prize for his work on neutron spectroscopy.
- Willard S. Boyle affiliated with Bell Laboratories, join winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize for his work on charged couple device.
- Arthur MacDonald affiliated with Queen's University, joint winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize for his research into neutrino oscillations.
- Donna Strickland at the University of Waterloo (at the Ultrafast laser group), joint winner of the 2018 Nobel Prize for her work in laser research.
Suggested videos connected to the Modern Physics unit...
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Check out the various Quantum Phenomena at PhET Simulations on alpha and beta decay (and others). Once you have had a chance to do that, go to the following link to see background radiation, americium 241 and radon 220 decay as captured in the cloud chamber at the Museum of Technology in Berlin of a diffusion chamber.
A great video about quarks shared by my students from 2013-2014: http://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_222362&feature=iv&src_vid=Yv3EMq2Dgq8&v=U0kXkWXSXRA If you haven't seen it already, check out "Particle Fever" (about the Higgs Boson). A monumental discovery on March 24, 2014: Evidence of the Big Bang is found. |