Learning and Teaching Sequence for the SS Physics Curriculum
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S4 |
Heat and Gases | Temperature, heat and internal energy* |
| Transfer processes* | ||
| Change of state* | ||
| Wave Motion | Light (geometric optics) * | |
| Force and Motion | Position and movement* | |
| Force and motion* | ||
| Work, energy and power* | ||
| Momentum (in one dimension) * | ||
| Projectile motion* | ||
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S5 |
Force and Motion | Momentum (in two dimensions) * |
| Uniform circular motion | ||
| Gravitation | ||
| Astronomy and Space Science (Elective Part) |
Orbital motions under gravity | |
| Heat and Gases | Gases | |
| Wave Motion | Nature and properties of waves* | |
| Sound* | ||
| Electricity and Magnetism | Electrostatics* | |
| Circuits and domestic electricity* | ||
| Electromagnetism* | ||
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S6 |
Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy | Radiation and radioactivity |
| Atomic model | ||
| Nuclear energy | ||
| Atomic World (Elective Part) |
Rutherford’s atomic model | |
| Photoelectric effect | ||
| Bohr’s atomic model of hydrogen | ||
| Particles or waves | ||
| Probing into nano scale | ||
| Astronomy and Space Science (Elective Part) |
The universe as seen in different scales | |
| Astronomy through history | ||
| Stars and the universe | ||
* Part of these topics are included in the Physics part of the Combined Science (Biology, Physics) and Combined Science (Physics, Chemistry).
Assessment
| Component | Outline | Weighting | Duration | |
| Public Examination | Paper 1 | Compulsory Part | 60% | 2½ hours |
| Paper 2 | Elective Part | 20% | 1 hour | |
| School-based assessment (SBA) | Experiments, Investigative Study and Assignments (Refer to the timetable for the implementation of SBA) |
20% | ||
(Refer to the timetable for the implementation of SBA) |
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| Level | Number of assessments on SBA tasks | Number of experiments for learning and teaching | ||
| Experiment | Investigation Study | Assignment | ||
| S4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | At least 6 |
| S5 | At least 2 | 1 | At least 1 | At least 8 (apart from IS) |
| S6 | ||||
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2012 |
Schools are required to submit SBA marks for the EXPERIMENT component only. The mark of this component will contribute to 20% of the final subject mark. |
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2013 |
Schools are required to submit SBA marks for the EXPERIMENT component only. The mark of this component will contribute to 20% of the final subject mark. |
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2014 and thereafter |
Schools have to submit SBA marks for the EXPERIMENT, INVESTIGATIVE STUDY and ASSIGNMENT components. The marks of all components will contribute to 20% of the final subject mark. |
Relationship between Science (S1-3) Syllabus and SS Physics Curriculum
| Conducting a simple scientific investigation | Investigative Study in Physics |
| Forms of energy | Heat and Gaes Energy Electricity and Magnetism |
| Energy changes | |
| Generating electricity | |
| Energy sources and we | |
| States of matter | Heat and Gases |
| Illustrations for the support of the claims of the particle theory | |
| Particle model for the three states of matter | |
| Gas pressure | |
| Making use of electricity | Electricity and Magnetism |
| Forces | Force and Motion |
| Friction | |
| Force of gravity | |
| A space journey | Heat and Gases Force and Motion Astronomy and Space Science |
| Life of an astronaut in space | |
| Space exploration | |
| How we see | Wave Motion |