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Core Subject Description: Evolution of our understanding of matter, motion, electricity, magnetism, light, and the universe from ancient times to the present; applications
of physics and chemistry concepts in contexts such as atmospheric phenomena, cosmology, astronomy, vision, medical instrumentation, space technology, drugs, sources of
energy, pollution and recycling, fitness and health, and cosmetics.
Explain how
Brahe’s
innovations and
extensive
collection of
data in U Analyzing Journal Long commu Teacher
observational writing Quizzes nication guided
astronomy discussio
paved the way n
for Kepler’s
discovery of his
laws of
planetary
motion
Compare and
contrast the
Aristotelian and
Galilean
conceptions of
vertical motion,
horizontal U Analyzing Quiz Love of commu Teacher
motion, and lab(activ nication guided
projectile ity discussio
motion. sheet) n
explain how
Galileo inferred
that objects in
vacuum fall
with uniform
acceleration, U Analysing Recitati
and that force is on
not necessary
to sustain
horizontal
motion
Explain the
subtle
distinction
between
Newton’s 1st
Law of Motion
(or Law of
Inertia) and U Analyzing Essay Long commu Teacher-
Galileo’s Quizzes nication guided
assertion that discussio
force is not n
necessary to
sustain
horizontal
motion
Light as a wave Design and Describe how
and a particle create a useful the propagation
product for of light,
practical reflection, and U Analysing Sample Long Commu Group
purposes that refraction are proble Quizzes nication discussio
uses mirrors explained by ms n &
and lenses the wave model reportin
and the particle g
model of light
Differentiate
dispersion,
scattering, K Remembering Identific Commu Group
interference, ation nication activity
and diffraction
Explain various
light U Analysing Essay Quiz
phenomena
such as: A. Your
reflection on
the concave and
convex sides of
a spoon looks
different B. U Analysing Recitati Long Commu Teacher-
Mirages C. Light on quiz nication guided
from a red laser discussio
passes more ns on
easily though various
red cellophane light
than green phenom
cellophane D. ena.
Clothing of
certain colors U Applying Essay
appear different
in artificial light
and in sunlight
E. Haloes,
sundogs,
primary
rainbows,
secondary U Post – activity
rainbows, and
supernumerary
bows F. Why
clouds are
usually white
and rainclouds
dark G. Why the
sky is blue and
sunsets are K Remembering Identific
reddish ation
Describe how
Hertz produced U Applying Quiz Love of connecti Group
radio pulses lab(activ on activity
ity
sheet)
1. Relativity and Create a video
the Big Bang 2. presentation
Planets in and that details Explain how
beyond the the impact of special resolved
Solar System the Theory of the conflict
Relativity to between
human Newtonian U Understandin
mechanics and g
Maxwell’s
electromagnetic
theory
Explain the
consequences
of the
postulates of
Special
Relativity (e.g.,
relativity of U Applying Essay Long commu Teacher
simultaneity, Quizzes nication guided
time dilation, discussio
length n
contraction,
mass-energy
equivalence,
and cosmic
speed limit
Explain the
consequences
of the
postulates of
General
Relativity (e.g.,
correct U Remembering Identific Love of commu Group
predictions of ation lab nication research
shifts in the
orbit of
Mercury,
gravitational
bending of light,
and black holes)
Explain how we
know that we
live in an
expanding U Analysing Recitati Quiz commu Teacher
universe, which on nication guided
used to be hot
and is
approximately
14billion years
old
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