Secondary Technical School
TOPIC AND ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Course Code
Course Name
PHYSI1001
Term/Year
Term 1 - 2013/14
Program
Grade 10
Periods
40 (4 periods per week – 10 weeks of instruction) 1week for revision and 1 week for Assessment
Physics
Course Purpose
Our mission in delivering this applied science course is to provide excellence in applied scientific
knowledge in the field of mechanics. The course gives students an idea about the moments and
introduce toque to be applied on a spindle. It also give them an idea how friction can be reduced
between surfaces and qualitatively explains the friction process. Also, the work calculation techniques
for constant and variable force are discussed. In the second part of the course, the above knowledge
is applied on machines and the course present a sequence of discussions starting with simple
machines and the main physical quantities that are measured in order to determine the usefulness of
a machine, then the ideas are applied on simple an complex systems, for example the pulleys and
jacks are discussed to represent complex machine system.
This course also provides the learner with the skills and knowledge to enable them to develop general
scientific thinking to make sense of their daily personal and workplace lives.
Pre- Requisite/Co-Requisite
Teacher Contact Details
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Office Location
Email Address
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Week
Elements
Performance criteria
Use and describe the use of rules and measuring
cylinders
W1
Sep
15th
W3
Length and time
W2
Calculate a length or a volume.
1. General Physics
Sep
8th
Measuring length
and volume
Using micrometer
to measure small
distances
Measuring short
intervals of time
Sep
22nd
Week
Assessment
event
Contents
Booklet
distribution
Use and describe the use of clocks and devices for
measuring an interval of time
Use and describe the use of a mechanical method for
the measurement of a small distance
(including use of a micrometer screw gauge)
Measure and describe how to measure a short
interval of time (including the period of a pendulum)
CA1
Paper 6 questions
Elements
Performance criteria
Assessment
Event
Content
Show familiarity with the idea of the mass of a
body.
State that weight is a force.
Demonstrate understanding that weights (and hence
masses) may be compared using a balance.
1. General Physics
Sep
29th
Mass and weight
W4
Concepts of mass
and weight
Demonstrate an understanding that mass is a
property that ‘resists’ change in motion.
Booklet
follow
up
Describe, and use the concept of, weight as the
effect of a gravitational field on a mass.
W5
Oct 6th
W6
Oct
Elements
Performance criteria
Content
Assessment
Event
Adha
Week
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Oct
20th
Describe an experiment to determine the density
of a liquid and of a regularly shaped solid.
Write a procedure
Density
W7
1. General physics
13th
Density of
regular shapes
Measure volume using formula of regular shapes
Measure mass
Use the formula of density
Oct
27th
Performance criteria
CA2
Describe the determination of the density of an
irregularly shaped solid by the method of
displacement, and make the necessary calculation.
Nov
3rd
Use the method of displacement
p
h
y
s
i
c
s
Use the formula to calculate density after performing the
necessary calculations
press
ure
1. G
e
n
e
r
a
l
Assessment
Event
Perform the necessary calculations for determining
the densities of both.
W9
W10
Content
Density
W8
Elements
1. General physics
Week
Define pressure
Relate (without calculation) pressure to force and
area, with examples.
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Nov
10th
Describe the simple mercury barometer and its use in
measuring atmospheric pressure.
W11
Measuring
pressure
Nov
17th
W12
Use the
manometer
Nov
24th
W14
Dec
7th
Booklet
assessed
National
day week
Dec
1st
Use and describe the use of a manometer.
Exams
W13
Relate (without calculation) the pressure beneath a
liquid surface to depth and to density, using
appropriate examples.
Learning Resources Required
Books, Work Books, PowerPoint Notes, etc.
Laptop, calculators, projector
Internet access, software packages
Hands-on materials: calculators, different blocks, spring balance, objects that have spindles and shafts(workshops),
bottles, tins, rulers, graph paper, card, scissors, glue
Measuring instrument: scales, measuring tapes, thermometers.
Worksheets, Activity Sheets
Websites, i-pad applications relevant to the material
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Grading Calculation
Assessment Name
Assessment Type
Weighting
Booklet
IGCSE Passed papers, projects, investigations included
20%
CA Task
2 Summative Tests/Tasks (Minor Assessment)
40%
Prepared by CDU/assessment unit
Major Test
Exam (Major Assessment) prepared by
CDU/assessment unit
40%
While every effort is made to ensure this Topic and Assessment Guide is accurate changes may be required for a variety of
reasons. Your teacher will always advise you of any such changes and issue a revised Topic and Assessment Guide.
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