Physics 30 - Introduction

Materials


                              

  
The approved textbook for this course is Pearson Physics.  You may find additional support such as unit pre-quizzes, web links, chapter highlights, and study tips at the Pearson Physics website . Please search "physics source" in a web browser.   

 

                             
            
     
The other main resource used in this course
is the Physics 30 Workbook produced by
Edmonton Public Schools.
You may wish to review specific pages  from this resource
before completing the assignments.

Workbook Pages 
    

 Significant digits are important to the precision of scientific data, please review the guidelines
 Significant Digits 

                                         
You will also need a Physics 30 Data Booklet
which you will be allowed to reference
when writing the Physics 30 Diploma Examination.

  Data Booklet 


 Interactives

This course has many interactives - some of which use Flash which Google Chrome no longer supports.  If you come across an interactive that doesn't work, please try downloading Adobe Flash for free from:  https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/ for PC's or https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/otherversions/ for Macs.  If you have a Mac, you will need to follow the directions at this link to enable Flash to work with Safari.

If you have a PC you can get the interactives to work by using Firefox as your web browser.  It can be downloaded for free from:  https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/.  Firefox can also be used on Macs if you have trouble getting the interactives to work with Safari.