L. Matthews - SPH3U1

Home page for Ms. Matthews' SPH3U1 class

General Information

My email address is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Great on-line resource http://phet.colorado.edu/ Which has lots of simulations for you to use and learn from.

Physics extra help is available at lunch on Tuesdays and Thursdays in room 422 or 426. Extra help at lunch on a different day of the week can be arranged with me. I can be found in room 422 at lunch.

If lunch times are not an option for you, extra help may be available after school however I will need advance notice so please make arrangements with me ahead of time.

We are now working on the Sound Unit (Unit 4)

Unit 1

Graphing examples

Graphing practice

Here is the work from Thursday, Feb 14th

Note on Terminal Velocity and Acceleration due to Gravity_Blank copy

Note on Terminal Velocity and Acceleration due to Gravity_copy with my examples

Homework questions

Practice Test Answers

Practice Test Graphing question answer

Unit 2

Factors Affecting Friction Lab

Homework Answers:

Handout: Calculations Involving the Force of Gravity

BLM 12-1

BLM 14-1

Homework answers for textbook questions can be found in the back of the textbook. Numerical answers to Applying the Concepts questions (within the chapters) start on pg 683. The numerical answers to the end of chapter questions (the Problem type of questions) start on pg 686. The Conceptual questions do not have answers in the back. They are ones I can take up in class as needed.

Unit 2 Review

Unit 2 Review ANSWERS

Unit 2 Practice Test

Unit 2 Practice Test ANSWERS

Archive copy of last year's Unit 2 Test for extra practice

Archive Unit Test ANSWERS