Philippine Science High School - Cagayan valley Campus

Masoc, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya

Extended Topics in Fundamental Physics

(Physics 3)

First Quarter Third Quarter

I. Unit Vectors I. Circuits
 Unit Vector Representations  Kirchhoff’s Rules
 Kinematics in Unit Vector Notation  Inductors
II. Vector Addition  Time – dependent Circuits
 Relative Velocity  RC Circuits
 Superposition of Forces  RL Circuits
 Superposition of Fields  LC Circuits
 Conservation of Linear Momentum  AC Circuits
III. Scalar/Dot Product II. Physical Optics
 Work  Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves
 Potential Energy  Young’s Double – slit Experiment
 Electric/Magnetic Flux  Single Slit Diffraction
IV. Vector/Cross Product  Multiple Slit Experiment
 Torque  Thin Film Experiment
 Stability  Polarization
 Angular Momentum
 Magnetic Force
V. Other vector Applications
 Electric Dipoles
 Magnetic Dipoles
 Current loop in a Magnetic Field

Second Quarter Fourth Quarter

I. Fluids I. Relativity
 Fluid Pressure and Depth  Galilean Relativity
 Pascal’s Principle  Principles of Relativity
 Archimedes Principle  Postulates of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity
 Continuity Equation  Simultaneity
 Bernoulli’s Equation  Time Dilation and Length Contraction
II. Thermodynamics  Energy Mass Equivalence
 Temperature and Heat  Relativistic Momentum and Energy
 Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics II. Quantum Physics
 Temperature Scales  Blackbody Radiation
 Heat Transfer Mechanisms  Photoelectric Effect
 Consequences of Heat Transfer  X-ray Production and Scattering
 First Law of Thermodynamics  Atomic Spectra
 Heat, Work and Internal Energy  Models of the Atom
 Thermodynamic Processes  De Broglie Waves
 PV Diagrams  Wave Function
 Second Law of thermodynamics  Schrödinger Equation
 Entropy  Uncertainty Principle
 Engines  Principle of Complementarity
 Refrigerators III. Nuclear Physics
 Nuclear Stability
 Nuclear Fusion and Fission
 Radioactive Decay: 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 − decay
IV. Particle Physics
 Particles and particle Accelerators
 Fundamental Interactions
 Standard Model

Course Requirements (per quarter):

Prepared by:  Long test (2)
 6 – 8 Laboratory activities
Mrs. Precila Baclig and Mrs. Rosalinda O. Luwang  1-2 projects
(Physics 3 Teachers)  exam