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Grade 11 in British Columbia: what your child learns this year
Grade 11 has 136 short lesson videos on Knowledge Made Fun across Chemistry, Life Sciences and eight more subjects. Each lesson is about a minute long, follows the British Columbia curriculum and comes with a transcript. Two lessons play free without an account.
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Subject
Chemistry
42 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Chemistry lessons
Atoms and electrons
- Electrons in Orbitals: The Quantum Mechanical ModelThe quantum mechanical model: electrons in orbitals
- Writing Electron ConfigurationsWriting electron configurations
- Valence electrons: the outer electrons that bond
Bonding
- Electron Pairs Push Apart: VSEPR Molecule ShapesVSEPR: electron pairs push apart to shape a molecule
- Drawing Lewis structures step by step
- Ionic and Covalent Bonds: Transfer or Share?Ionic and covalent bonds: transferring or sharing electrons
- Electronegativity difference decides the bond type
- Polar Bonds, Polar Molecules: Shape DecidesPolar bonds, polar molecules: shape decides
- Forces Inside Molecules vs Forces Between MoleculesForces inside molecules versus forces between molecules
- Dispersion and Dipole Forces: Why Some Substances Boil HigherDispersion and dipole forces: why some substances boil higher
- Hydrogen Bonds: Why Water Boils at 100 °CHydrogen bonds: why water boils at 100 °C
Organic chemistry
- Carbon makes four bondsOrganic compounds: carbon makes four bonds
- Naming Alkanes, Alkenes and AlkynesNaming alkanes, alkenes and alkynes
- Functional groups: the part that gives a molecule its behaviour
- Isomers: Same Formula, Different StructureIsomers: same formula, different structure
- Polymers: Long Chains of Repeating UnitsPolymers: long chains of repeating units
- Fractional Distillation: Separating Crude Oil by Boiling PointFractional distillation: separating crude oil by boiling point
- Medicines from Organic Molecules: Shape Fits the TargetMedicines from organic molecules: shape fits the target
The mole and stoichiometry
- The mole: counting particles by weighing
- Molar mass: adding up atomic masses
- The factor-label method: let the units guide you
- Significant Figures: How Precise Is Your Answer?Significant figures in measurements and calculations
- Grams to Moles to ParticlesConverting grams to moles to particles
- Stoichiometry: Using Mole Ratios to Predict AmountsStoichiometry: using mole ratios to predict amounts
- Gas volumes: one mole of any gas at STP
- Limiting and Excess ReactantsLimiting and excess reactants
Reactions
- Balancing Chemical EquationsBalancing chemical equations
- Reaction types and predicting their products
- Exothermic and endothermic reactions: the sign of ΔH
- Smelting: Getting Iron Out of OreSmelting: getting metal out of ore
- Photosynthesis and Respiration: Two Halves of One CyclePhotosynthesis and cellular respiration: mirror-image reactions
- Photochemical Smog: How Exhaust and Sunlight Make OzonePhotochemical smog: exhaust plus sunlight makes ozone
- Pulp and Paper: Freeing Wood Fibres with ChemistryPulp and paper: freeing wood fibres with chemistry
- Why Food Browns When It CooksFood chemistry: why food browns when it cooks
- Green Chemistry: Designing Out Waste and HarmGreen chemistry: designing out waste and harm
Solutions
- Ionic compounds split into ions; molecular ones stay whole
- Writing Dissociation EquationsWriting dissociation equations
- Molarity: moles of solute per litre of solution
- Dilution: More Solvent, Same Moles of SoluteDilution: more solvent, same amount of solute
- Ion concentrations when two solutions are mixed
- Acids and bases: the pH scale
- Testing Water: Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrates and PhosphatesTesting water: dissolved oxygen, nitrates and phosphates
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Earth Sciences
4 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Earth Sciences lessons
Plate tectonics
- Plate Tectonics: Moving Plates and the EvidenceClues that continents move: coastlines, fossils and rocks
- Plate Boundaries: Apart, Together or Sliding PastPlate boundaries: divergent, convergent and transform
Water and oceans
- The Sun Powers the Water CycleThe water cycle: how the Sun's energy moves water around Earth
Atmosphere and climate
- The Carbon Cycle: Sources and SinksThe carbon cycle: sources and sinks of carbon
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Environmental Science
6 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Environmental Science lessons
Energy and matter cycles
- Photosynthesis and Respiration: Two Halves of One CyclePhotosynthesis and cellular respiration: mirror-image reactions
- The Sun Powers the Water CycleThe water cycle: how the Sun's energy moves water around Earth
- The Carbon Cycle: Sources and SinksThe carbon cycle: sources and sinks of carbon
- The Nitrogen Cycle: From Air to Living ThingsThe nitrogen cycle: how bacteria make nitrogen usable
- The Phosphorus Cycle: From Rock to Life and BackThe phosphorus cycle: a slow cycle through rock
People and ecosystems
- Bioaccumulation and Biomagnification: Toxins Up the Food ChainBiomagnification: how pollutants build up a food chain
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Foundations of Mathematics
21 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Foundations of Mathematics lessons
Logic and reasoning
- Inductive reasoning: conjectures and counterexamples
- Deductive Reasoning: Proving Odd + Odd Is Always EvenDeductive reasoning: proving a statement is always true
- Tower of Hanoi: From Pattern to ProofPuzzle analysis: the Tower of Hanoi
Geometry
- Angles made by parallel lines and a transversal
- Proving the angle sums of triangles and polygons
- Scale Factor: Lengths by k, Areas by k², Volumes by k³Scale factor: lengths by k, areas by k squared, volumes by k cubed
- The Square-Cube Law: Why Giants Can't Just Be Scaled UpThe square-cube law: why giants cannot just be scaled up
Graphical analysis
- Graphing a Linear Inequality: Boundary Line and Shaded SideGraphing a linear inequality: boundary line and shaded side
- The Parts of a Parabola: Vertex, Axis of Symmetry and InterceptsThe parts of a parabola: vertex, axis of symmetry and intercepts
- Opening Up or Down: Maximum, Minimum and End BehaviourOpening up or down: maximum, minimum and end behaviour
- Solving a System by Graphing: The Point Both Lines ShareSolving a system by graphing: the point both lines share
- Linear programming: the best answer is at a corner
- Largest Area for a Fixed PerimeterLargest area for a fixed perimeter
- Maximizing the volume of an open box
Statistics
- Standard deviation: how spread out the data are
- The Normal Distribution and Z-ScoresThe normal distribution and z-scores
- What "plus or minus 3%" really means in a pollConfidence intervals: what plus or minus 3% means in a poll
- Choosing the best average: mean, median or mode
Financial literacy
- Compound interest: earning interest on interest
- Regular Payments: How a Loan Shrinks and Savings GrowRegular payments: how a loan shrinks and savings grow
- Lease or Buy a Car? Compare the Full CostBuying or leasing a car: comparing the full cost
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
History of Mathematics
1 lesson for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 History of Mathematics lessons
Geometry
- Why the Pythagorean theorem works: a rearrangement proofA proof of the Pythagorean theorem by rearranging triangles
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Life Sciences
31 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Life Sciences lessons
Cells
- Levels of Organization: From Molecules to EcosystemsLevels of organization: from molecules to ecosystems
- Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells: is there a nucleus?Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
- Organelles: The Jobs Inside a CellInside a eukaryotic cell: organelles and their jobs
- Cell Specialization: Same DNA, Different JobsCell specialization: same DNA, different jobs
- The Stages of Mitosis: One Cell Becomes TwoMitosis: one cell becomes two identical cells
- Meiosis: Making Sex Cells with Half the ChromosomesMeiosis: making cells with half the chromosomes
- Binary Fission, Budding and ConjugationBinary fission, budding and conjugation in microbes
- Asexual or Sexual Reproduction: Fast Copies or New VarietySexual or asexual reproduction: speed versus variation
- Photosynthesis and Respiration: Two Halves of One CyclePhotosynthesis and cellular respiration: mirror-image reactions
- ATP: How Cells Store and Spend EnergyATP: how cells store and spend energy
Viruses
- Are viruses alive? Why scientists disagreeAre viruses alive? Life at the boundary
- Lytic and lysogenic cycles: how viruses copy themselves
- How Vaccines Train the Immune SystemHow vaccines train the immune system
- Community immunity: how vaccination stops a disease spreadingHerd immunity: protecting people who cannot be vaccinated
- How Viral Diseases Spread and How to Slow ThemHow viral diseases spread and how to slow them
Evolution and genetics
- Adaptations Are Inherited, Not Earned in a LifetimeAdaptations are inherited, not earned in a lifetime
- Antibiotic resistance: how superbugs evolveAntibiotic resistance: how bacteria evolve to survive antibiotics
- Mutations: DNA Changes That Help, Harm or Do NothingMutations: DNA changes that help, harm or do nothing
- Evolution as Changing Allele FrequenciesPopulation genetics: evolution as changing allele frequencies
- Three patterns of natural selection
- How New Species Form: Isolation and SpeciationHow new species form: isolation and speciation
- Gradualism and Punctuated EquilibriumGradualism and punctuated equilibrium
- Genetic Drift: Evolution by ChanceGenetic drift: evolution by chance
- Sexual Selection: Traits That Win MatesSexual selection: traits that win mates
- Adaptive radiation: one ancestor, many species
- Fossils and Transitional Forms: Evidence for MacroevolutionFossils and transitional forms as evidence of evolution
- Artificial selection: people choose the traits
- Genetic Engineering: Moving a Gene into Another OrganismGenetic engineering: moving a gene into another organism
- Gene therapy: fixing a faulty geneGene therapy: treating disease by fixing a faulty gene
Diversity of life
- Aerobic and anaerobic organisms
- Body Symmetry and Cephalization in AnimalsBody symmetry and cephalization in animals
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Physics
5 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
Energy
- Conservation of Energy: Tracking the TotalConservation of energy: tracking the total in a closed system
- Efficiency: where the wasted energy goesEfficiency: why every energy change wastes some heat
- Specific heat capacity: Q = mcΔT
Circuits
- Ohm's Law: V = I × ROhm's law: voltage, current and resistance
Graphs and data
- Interpolating and extrapolating from a linear graphInterpolating and extrapolating from a graph
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Pre Calculus
27 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Pre Calculus lessons
Real numbers and powers
- The Real Number System: From Natural Numbers to IrrationalsThe real number system: from natural numbers to irrationals
- Simplifying with exponent laws and negative exponents
- Rational exponents: a fraction power is a root
- Simplifying, Adding and Multiplying RadicalsSimplifying, adding and multiplying radicals
- Solving a Radical Equation and Checking for Extraneous RootsSolving a radical equation and checking for extraneous roots
Algebra
- Factoring Trinomials by DecompositionFactoring trinomials by decomposition
- Simplifying Rational Expressions and Their Non-Permissible ValuesSimplifying rational expressions and their non-permissible values
- Adding and Subtracting Rational ExpressionsAdding and subtracting rational expressions
- Solving a Rational Equation and Rejecting an Extraneous RootSolving a rational equation and rejecting extraneous roots
- Factoring by SubstitutionFactoring by substitution
- Multiplying and Dividing Rational ExpressionsMultiplying and dividing rational expressions
Quadratics
- The Parts of a Parabola: Vertex, Axis of Symmetry and InterceptsThe parts of a parabola: vertex, axis of symmetry and intercepts
- Vertex form: how a, p and q shape a parabola
- Completing the Square: From Standard Form to Vertex FormCompleting the square: from standard form to vertex form
- The quadratic formula and the discriminant
Inequalities
- Solving Linear Inequalities and Interval NotationSolving linear inequalities and writing them in interval notation
- Solving a Quadratic Inequality with Sign AnalysisSolving a quadratic inequality with sign analysis
Trigonometry
- The Sine Law: How Far Away Is the Fire?The sine law: solving a triangle with no right angle
- The cosine law: two sides and the angle between them
- The Ambiguous Case: Two Triangles from the Same FactsThe ambiguous case: two triangles from the same facts
- Angles in Standard Position and Reference AnglesAngles in standard position and reference angles
- Exact Values from the Special TrianglesExact values from the special triangles
- The Unit Circle and Trig RatiosThe unit circle and trig ratios
- Solving Trigonometric Equations from 0° to 360°Solving trigonometric equations from 0° to 360°
Financial literacy
- Compound interest: earning interest on interest
- Regular Payments: How a Loan Shrinks and Savings GrowRegular payments: how a loan shrinks and savings grow
- Lease or Buy a Car? Compare the Full CostBuying or leasing a car: comparing the full cost
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Science For Citizens
10 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Science For Citizens lessons
Health
- How Vaccines Train the Immune SystemHow vaccines train the immune system
- Community immunity: how vaccination stops a disease spreadingHerd immunity: protecting people who cannot be vaccinated
- Antibiotic resistance: how superbugs evolveAntibiotic resistance: how bacteria evolve to survive antibiotics
- Antibiotics kill bacteria, not virusesAntibiotics work on bacteria, not viruses
Safety
- Why You Must Never Mix CleanersHousehold chemical safety: why some cleaners must never be mixed
Science at work
- Dilution: More Solvent, Same Moles of SoluteDilution: more solvent, same amount of solute
- Fractional Distillation: Separating Crude Oil by Boiling PointFractional distillation: separating crude oil by boiling point
- Ohm's Law: V = I × ROhm's law: voltage, current and resistance
- Specific heat capacity: Q = mcΔT
Technology
- Ionizing and Non-Ionizing RadiationIonizing and non-ionizing radiation
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
Subject
Workplace Mathematics
8 lessons for Grade 11, by strand.
All Grade 11 Workplace Mathematics lessons
Financial literacy
- Compound interest: earning interest on interest
- Regular Payments: How a Loan Shrinks and Savings GrowRegular payments: how a loan shrinks and savings grow
- Lease or Buy a Car? Compare the Full CostBuying or leasing a car: comparing the full cost
Rates and slope
- Angles of Elevation and Depression: Measuring What You Cannot ReachAngles of elevation and depression: measuring what you cannot reach
Interpreting graphs
- Misleading Graphs: Broken Axes and Stretched PicturesMisleading graphs: broken axes and stretched pictures
Geometry
- Top, Front and Side Views of a 3D ObjectFront, top and side views of a 3D object
- Reading a Map Scale: From Centimetres to KilometresScale diagrams: from a drawing to real measurements
Probability and statistics
The full curriculum is on the Province's site.
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