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O Level Reviewed Syllabus Break UP

Subject: Physics

TIME
LEVEL Proposed SYLLABUS Reviewed SYLLABUS RATIONALE
ALLOCATED

First Term First Term No changes are required.

 Physical  Physical Quantities

Quantities & & Measurements 2 weeks
Class 9 Measurements  Kinematics
 Kinematics  Dynamics 4 weeks
 Dynamics  Mass, Weight and 2 weeks
 Mass, Weight and Density 2 weeks
Density  Deformation 2 weeks
 Deformation

Second Term Second Term

 Turning effect of  Turning effect of

Forces Forces 3 weeks
 Pressure  Pressure
 Energy Sources &  Energy Sources & 3 weeks
Transfer of Transfer of Energy 2 weeks
Energy  Kinetic Model of
 Kinetic Model of Matter 1 week
Matter  Transfer of Thermal
2 weeks
 Transfer of Energy
Thermal Energy

First Term First Term First Term

 Temperature  Temperature Topics have been rearranged 2 weeks

 Thermal  Thermal properties in a sequential manner. 3 weeks
Class
10 Properties of of Matter
Matter  General Wave 2 weeks
 Light Properties
 General Wave  Electromagnetic 1 weeks
Properties Spectrum
 Electromagnetic  Light 4 weeks
 Spectrum

Second Term Second Term Second Term

 Sound 2 weeks
 Static Electricity  Sound Current Electricity topic has 2 weeks
 Current Electricity  Static Electricity been shifted to Grade 11
syllabus as this topic is so
important and will be served
as basic fundamentals for
students for the further
topics they will study in
Grade 11.

First Term First Term First Term

Static Electricity has been

 Static Electricity  Current Electricity 2 weeks
shifted to Grade 10 second
 Current Electricity  DC Circuits 1 week
term syllabus according to
 DC Circuits  Practical Electricity its difficulty level. 1 week
 Practical  Magnetism & 1 week
Electricity Electromagnetism Only first term of Grade 11
 Electromagnetis  Electromagnetism topics and thermal theme( 4 1 week
Class m  Electromagnetic chapters) from Grade 10 2 weeks
11  Electromagnetic Induction syllabus should be included
Induction  Introductory in MYE syllabus so students 1 week
 Introductory Electronics will be more focused on
Electronics  Electronic System recent studied topics as well 1 week
 The Nuclear as a small portion of 4
Atom chapters from Grade 10,
 Radioactivity which will definitely enhance
 Electronic System Note: It is proposed that their MYE results.
MYE should only include
Note: Complete CAIE 1st term topics and
syllabus included in MYE. thermal theme.
Second Term
Second Term
Second Term Two topics The Nuclear
 The Nuclear Atom Atom and Radioactivity
1 week
Revision complete  Radioactivity should be shifted to second
2 weeks
syllabus  Revision complete Term. After this complete
6 weeks
syllabus revision from grade 9 topics
will be covered and in
MOCK, whole syllabus will
be covered and students can
 experience a difference
between MYE and MOCKs.

Review
1. Electronic systems is an optional chapter and it is expected that Cambridge will exclude
is as per the survey I submitted in end of May 2019. No response yet.
2. Electromagnetism too requires at least 1.5 or 2 weeks.