Forces
Students will learn about scalar and vector quantities, contact and noncontact forces, gravity, resultant forces, forces and elasticity, work done and energy transfer, moments, levers and gears, pressure in a fluid, atmospheric pressure, forces and motion, describing motion along a line, distance and displacement, speed, velocity, the distance-time relationship, acceleration and Newton’s Laws of motion, forces and braking, stopping distances and reaction time, factors affecting braking distance, momentum and conservation of momentum (Physics only). Assessment throughout the course via quizzes, homework tasks and end of topic tests followed by feedback to students.
Waves
Students will learn about the properties of waves, transverse and longitudinal, reflection of waves, sound waves, types of electromagnetic waves, properties of electromagnetic waves, uses and applications of electromagnetic waves, lenses, visible light, black body radiation, emission and absorption of infrared radiation. Assessment throughout the course via quizzes, homework tasks and end of topic tests followed by feedback to students.
Magnetism and Electromagnetism
Students will learn about permanent and induced magnetism, magnetic forces and fields, poles of a magnet, electromagnetism, induced potential, transformers and the National Grid, Fleming’s left-hand rule (HT only), electric motors, loudspeakers and microphones (HT only). Assessment throughout the course via quizzes, homework tasks and end of topic tests followed by feedback to students.