SOME REVISION NOTES FOR PHYSICS STUDENTS WILL FOLLOW........
The aims of the Physics syllabus for students are:
- To give students an understanding of the
fundamental principles of physics and their application to everyday life
and technology.
- To develop an appreciation of
physics as a human endeavour, thereby enriching the student’s experience
of life.
- To provide a reasonably broad
perspective of physics, thus developing an understanding of the physical
environment and of how human beings interact with it.
- To provide a general education
in physics for all students, whether or not they proceed to further
studies in physics.
- To develop the ability to
observe, to think logically, and to communicate effectively.
- To develop an understanding of
the scientific method.
- To develop an appreciation of physics as a creative activity, using informed intuition and imagination to create an understanding of the beauty, simplicity and symmetry in nature.
Above is a video from YouTube showing a physics experiment called the 'Reubens Tube'. It demonstrates how standing waves are created in a hollow tube. These waves are represented by the flames.
This video explains through the medium of rap (what better medium) how the Large Hadron Collider at CERN works.
- Linear Motion
- Vectors and Scalars
- Conservation of Momentum
- Circular Motion *
- Gravity
- Density and Pressure
- Moments
- Conditions for Equilibrium
- Simple Harmonic Motion and
Hooke’s Law *
- Work
- Energy
- Power
- Temperature
- Thermometric Properties
- Thermometers
- Heat
- (Specific) Heat Capacity
- (Specific) Latent Heat
- Conduction
- Convection
- Radiation
- Properties of Waves
- Wave Phenomena
- Doppler Effect
- Wave Nature of Sound
- Characteristics of Notes
- Resonance
- Vibrations in Strings and
Pipes
- Sound Intensity Level
- Laws of Reflection of Light
- Mirrors
- Laws of Refraction
- Total Internal Reflection
- Lenses
- Diffraction and Interference
- Light as a Transverse Wave
Motion
- Dispersion
- Colours
- Electromagnetic Spectrum
- The Spectrometer
5th Year Physics topics
- Electrification by Contact
- Electrification by Induction
- Distribution of Charge on
Conductors
- Electroscope
- Force Between Charges
- Electric Fields
- Potential Difference
- Capacitors and Capacitance
- Electric Current
- Sources of Emf. and Electric
Current
- Conduction in Materials
- Resistance
- Potential
- Effects of Electric Current
- Domestic Circuits
- Magnetism
- Magnetic Fields
- Current in a Magnetic Field
- Electromagnetic Induction
- Alternating Current
- Mutual and Self Induction
- The Electron
- Thermionic Emission
- Photoelectric Emission
- X-Rays
- Structure of the Atom
- Structure of the Nucleus
- Radioactivity
- Nuclear Energy
- Ionising Radiation and Health
Hazards
- Conservation of Energy and
Momentum in Nuclear Reactions *
- Acceleration of Protons *
- Converting Mass into Other
Forms of Energy *
- Converting Other Forms of
Energy into Mass *
- Fundamental Forces of Nature *
- Families of Particles *
- Anti-Matter *
- Quark Model *
* denotes Higher Level only
