Thermal Physics Unit

Topic

Syllabus Ref.

Text Ref

Lesson / Activity

Assignment

Temperature and Heat
Temperature and Thermometers

3.1.1 - 3.1.3

3.2.5

Sect 13-1, 13-2

(Sect 13-3,13-4 option)

Read 13-1
Heat and Internal Energy
Sect 14-1 to 14-2
Thermal Energy Transfer
Sect 14-7 to14-9 (IB does not need quantative analysis)
Specific Heat Capacity

Sect 14-4 to 14-5

also p442 q# 52

read 14-4 to 14-7

p439 #9,15,16,19

p439-440 #22,23,25,28

Phase Change and Latent Heat

Sect 14-6

Sect 13-14 p405 only

Gas Laws and Kinetic Theory

Gas Laws

Sect 13-7 to 13-10
lesson

determine what vapour pressure is

p412 #17,18,19,23

p414 #36,39

Kinetic Model of an Ideal Gas

3.3.7 - 3.3.8

Sect 13-11 to 13-12

piston demo

vacuum demo

Thermodynamics

Thermodynamic Systems

Sect 15-0 to 15-1

Sect 15-2 (part)

p471 # 2,3,7,9

First Law of Thermodynamics

Sect 15-1 to 15-2

 

Second Law of Thermodynamics

9.3.1 - 9.3.3

9.2.10 - 9.2.13

Sect 15-4 to 15-5

Review Package - handout do assortment of questions

Heat Engines and Heat Pumps

Sect 15-6

Lesson - chart

Refrigeration Cycle

Entropy

Sect 15-7 to 15-12

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