Physics Coverage

SY 2011-2012

1st SEMESTER

1st Grading:

  • Review in math (which are used in physics)
  • Units & Uncertainty in measurement
  • Mechanics: Motion along a straight line (including free-fall)
  • Mechanics: Motion in two dimensions (projectile)
2nd Grading:
  • Newton’s Laws of Motion
  • Pulley systems
  • Work and energy (KE & PE)

2nd SEMESTER

3rd Grading:
  • Sound*
  • Heat (thermal expansion, calorimetry, and heat transfer) & thermodynamics*
  • Electricity (DC and AC)
4th Grading:
  • Light: Geometric Optics*
  • Nuclear Physics*
  • High school introduction to relativity and quantum physics
* – including medical applications

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