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SUBJECT OUTLINE

Class : Form 4
Subject : Physics
Resources : Cambridge IGCSE Physics Coursebook & Workbook
(Second Edition)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Form 4 Physics Stage 10
TEXTBOOKS & MATERIALS NEEDED

1. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE PHYSICS Coursebook written by: David Sang


ISBN: 9781107614581
2. CAMBRIDGE IGCSE PHYSICS Workbook written by: David Sang
ISBN: 9781107614888
COURSE OBJECTIVES / OUTCOMES
This course is the tenth stage for international Science learners. It adheres to the
Cambridge Form 4 Curriculum Framework.
Stage 10 encompasses 11 units/2 Blocks of study. Students will begin to Science with
basics of Physics such as:
A variety of activities and objectives within each of the 11 units / 2 Blocks scaffold onto
each other to allow the student to build a solid foundation by the end of Stage 10.
CAMBRIDGE IGCSE PHYSICS COURSE SCHEDULE
Through the course of study units will be covered which are
Block 1 : General Physics Block2:Thermal Physics
1.Making measurements 7. Energy resources
2. Describing motion 8. Work and power
3.Forces and motion 9. The kinetic model of matter
4. Turning effects of forces 10.Thermal properties of matter
5. Forces and matter 11. Thermal(heat)energy transfers
6. Energy transformations and energy
transfers

Coursebook Workbook
Month Week Unit Title
Page Page
Page 1|5
1 Orientation

Unit 1: Making measurements


2 2-4 1–2
October

Making measurements

Practicals: measuring length and measuring


3 volume
4-6 2–4

4 Density 6-9 5–6

1 Measuring time 9 - 14 7–8

Practicals: measuring density and


November

2 measuring time - -

Unit 2: Describing motion


3 Understanding speed
15 – 20 9 – 13

4 Distance-time graphs 20 - 33 14 – 19

1 Unit 3: Forces and motion 34 - 37 20 - 21


December

2 Unit 3: Forces and motion 34 - 37 22

3 Mid-Semester 1Exam

4 Mass, weight and gravity 37 - 41 23

1 Force, mass and acceleration 41 – 51 24 - 32


Janu
ary

Page 2|5
2 Unit 4: Turning effects of forces 52 – 55 33 - 34

3 Calculating moments 55 – 57 34 – 35

4 Stability and centre of mass 57 – 63 36 – 37

Unit 5: Forces and matter


1 Hooke’s law
64 – 69 38 – 42

Pressure
2
February

69 – 78 42 – 44

Practical: Investigating rubber


3

4 Practical: Demonstrating Hooke’s law

Group quiz competition


1 Practical: Investigating stability and centre of mass

2 Semester 1 Exam
March

3 Practical: Investigating gravity

4 Students’ research week – for project

1 Project work
April

2 Unit 6: Energy transformations and


79 – 95 45 – 51

energy transfers
Energy conversions; conservation of energy
Energy calculations

Page 3|5
3
SEMESTER 1 BREAK
4

Unit 7: Energy resources


1 The energy we use
96 – 101 52 – 55

Energy from the sun


2 101 - 103 56
May

Unit 8: Work and power


3 Doing work 104 – 108 57 – 61
Calculating work done

4 Power; calculating power 109 - 114 62

Unit 9: The kinetic model of matter


1 States of matter 115 - 122 63 – 66
The kinetic model of matter

2 Mid Semester 2 Exam


June

Forces and the kinetic theory


3 Gases and the kinetic theory
123 – 131 67 – 69

Unit 10: Thermal properties of matter


Temperature and temperature scales
4 Designing a thermometer
132 – 137 70 – 71

Thermal expansion
1 Thermal capacity 137 – 148 72 – 78
Specific heat capacity and latent heat
Unit 11: Thermal (heat) energy transfers
July

Conduction, Convection; Radiation


2 Some consequences of thermal (heat)
149 – 163 79 – 86
energy transfers
3 Practical: Investigating conduction

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4 Practical: Calibrating a thermometer and Observing Brownian motion

Practical: Convection experiments


1

2 Semester 2 Exam
August

3 Project work – Designing a vacuum flask

4 Project work – Designing a vacuum flask


September

1 Bridging Course

2 Bridging Course

New Gateway, Monday October 02, 2023


Prepared by

Nuom Samnang,
Senior Vice Principal

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