ACADEMIC TRACK: STEM STRAND

SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MATHEMATICS

GRADE-TERM COURSE TITLE TOPICS
Grade 11 – 1st Term Pre-Calculus  Conic Sections – Circle, Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola
 Systems of Nonlinear Equations
 Series and Mathematical Induction
 Circular Functions
 Trigonometric Identities
 Inverse Trigonometric Functions and Trigonometric Equations
 Polar Coordinate System
General Biology 1  The Cell
 The Cell Cycle
 Transport Mechanism
 Structure and Function of Biological Molecules
 Energy Transformation
Grade 11 – 2nd Term Basic Calculus  Evaluating Limits Numerically and Graphically
 Defining and Calculating Limits
 Continuity
 Intermediate and Extreme Values
 Introduction to Derivatives, Derivatives of Algebraic Functions and
Transcendental Functions
 Application of Differentiation
 Antiderivatives
 Areas of Plane Regions
General Biology 2  Organismal Biology
 Genetics
 Evolution and Origin of Biodiversity
 Systematics Based on Evolutionary Relationships
Grade 12 – 1st Term General Chemistry 1  Matter and its Properties
 Measurements
 Atoms, Molecules, and Ions
 Stoichiometry
 Gases
General Physics 1  Fundamentals in Physics
 Scalars and Vectors
 Kinematics: Rectilinear Motion, 2D and 3D Motion, Newton's Laws of
Motion
 Work, Energy, and Energy Conservation
 Center of Mass, Momentum, Impulse, and Collision
 Rotational Motion, Gravity and Periodic Motion
 Mechanical Waves and Sound, Fluid Mechanics
 Temperature and Heat
 Ideal Gases and the Laws of Thermodynamics
Grade 12 – 2nd Term General Chemistry 2  Intermolecular Forces and Liquids and Solids
 Physical Properties of Solutions
 Thermochemistry
 Chemical Kinetics
 Chemical Equilibrium
 Acid-Base Equilibria and Salt Equilibria
 Electrochemistry
General Physics 2  Electrostatics, Voltage
 Capacitors and Dielectrics
 Electric Circuitry
 Magnetostatics, Magnetic Circuitry
 The Electromagnetic Spectrum
 Optics
 Relativistic Physics, Quantum and Nuclear Physics

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