Semester 1
Formula sheet
Exam Revision
Semester Plan
| Term Week | Topics & subtopics | Assignment/Prac |
|---|---|---|
| Term 1 Week 1 | Experimental Skills |
Prac: Horizontal Motion |
| Term 1 Week 2 | Introduction: Units, significant figures, exponential notation, SI prefixes | |
| Term 1 Week 3 | Forces and Newton's Laws: Forces, Newton's 1st Law |
Prac: Newton's 2nd Law |
| Term 1 Week 4 | Newton's 2nd Law, Newton's 3rd Law | Newton's Laws |
| Term 1 Week 5 | Revision: Forces and Newton's Laws |
Research Task |
| Term 1 Week 6 | Proportionality | |
| Term 1 Week 7 | Electricity and Magnetism: Electrostatics |
Prac: Electroscope |
| Term 1 Week 8 | Electric Fields |
Research: Application Issue |
| Term 1 Week 9 | Voltage, Current |
Prac: Ohm's Law |
| Term 1 Week 10 | Magnetic Fields | Mag. Fields & Electromagnetism |
| Term 1 Week 11 | Electromagnetism | Research presentation/displays |
| Term 2 Week 1 | Revision: Electricity and Magnetism | |
| Term 2 Week 2 | Waves and Light: Types and Properties of Waves, Electromagnetic Spectrum |
Prac: Pendulum |
| Term 2 Week 3 | Interference, Standing Waves, Doppler Effect | Waves and Light |
| Term 2 Week 4 | Diffuse and Specular Reflection, Refraction, Snell's Law | Prac: Snell's Law |
| Term 2 Week 5 | Revision: Waves and Light | |
| Term 2 Week 6 | Revision | |
| Term 2 Week 7 | Exams |