Grade 10 Term 1
Prefixes & Standard Form
Derived Quantities & Units
Errors
Area
Volume
Density
Introduction to Graphs
Potential Energy
Kinetic Energy
Power
Grade 10 Term 2
Force
Weight
Centre of gravity and Stability
Turning effect of force
Moment of force
Principle of Moments
Tools and levers
Hooke’s Law
Hooke’s law applications
Pressure
Pressure in fluids
Transmission of pressure in fluids
The manometer
Archimedes’ Principle
Rays of light
Laws of reflection
Image in a plane mirror
Refraction
Laws of refraction
Critical angle and total internal reflection
Applications of total internal reflection
Dispersion
Newton’s Prisms
Effects of lenses
Lens Terminology
Image Formation
Magnification
Focal length of converging lens
Optical instruments
The eye
Grade 10 Term 3
Effects of temperature
Thermometers
Fixed points
Thermal expansion
Temperature Scales
Boyle’s Law
Charles’ laws
Pressure and General gas law
Kinetic Theory
Brownian motion
Theories of heat
Joule’s experiment
Heat capacity and specific heat capacity
Specific heat capacity equation
Specific heat capacity experiments
Phases of matter
Properties of solids, liquids and gases
Specific latent heat equation
Specific latent heat experiment
Thermal Conduction
Thermal Convection
Thermal Radiation
Absorption and emission of radiation
Thermal energy transfer in devices.
Grade 11 Term 1
Electric Charge
Electric fields
Conductors and insulators
Electric current
Alternating Current
Conversion of electrical energy
Potential Difference and Power
Electrical energy cost and conservation
Circuit symbols and diagrams.
Zinc –carbon cell
Types of cells
IV characteristics
Electrical resistance and Ohm’s law
Ammeters and voltmeters
Series and parallel circuit characteristics
Series and parallel resistors
Fuses in circuits
The earth wire
Electrical wiring code
Semiconductor diodes and rectification
Electronic Logic Gates and Circuits
Characteristics of a magnetic dipole
Magnetic Materials
Magnetic fields
Mapping magnetic fields.
Magnetic field of an electric current.
Electromagnetic devices
Motor rule
Motors and Loudspeakers
Induced e.m.f
Generator Rule
A.c. generator
Transformer
Transmission of electrical energy
Grade 11 Term 2
Types of waves
Wave parameters
Wave phenomena with water waves
Refraction
Interference
Propagation of sound
Sound wave parameters
Electromagnetic waves
Wave particle duality of light
Discovery of the atom
Properties of sub-atomic particles
Shell models of the atom
Structure of the atom
Radioactivity pioneers
Nature of radioactive emissions
Representing nuclear reactions
Radioactive particles in media
Nature of Radioactive decay
Half-life
Radio isotopes: applications and handling
Nuclear reactions and nuclear energy