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3 SCI (P) SYL (23/24) - 1

SPCC F.3 SCIENCE (P) TEACHING SYLLABUS AND SCHEDULE (2023-2024)

Textbooks: Active Physics (Modular) 1A: Heat, Active Physics (Modular) 3B: Ray Optics
Periods
Month Chapter Topic Objectives
(50 min)
Sep -- Treatment of Data  Use table to record experimental data 3

 Plot suitable graphs to depict the relationship between two physical quantities.
 Calculate the slope and y-intercept of a straight-line graph
 Learn how to represent a straight-line graph with a linear equation.
Sep 1 Temperature and  Realise temperature as the degree of hotness of an object 4

thermometers  Interpret temperature as a quantity associated with the average kinetic energy due to the random motion of
molecules in a system
 Explain the use of temperature-dependent properties in measuring temperature
 Define and use degree Celsius as a unit of temperature
 Calibration of liquid-in-glass thermometer
Oct 1 Conduction, convection  Identify the means of energy transfer in terms of conduction, convection and radiation 5

and radiation  Interpret energy transfer by conduction in terms of molecular motion

 Realise the emission of infra-red radiation by hot objects
 Determine the factors affecting the emission and absorption of radiation
Oct 1 Heat and internal  Realise that heat is the energy transferred as a result of the temperature difference between two objects 2

energy  Describe the effect of mass, temperature and state of matter on the internal energy of a system
 Relate internal energy to the sum of the kinetic energy of random motion and the potential energy of molecules in
the system
Nov 2 Heat capacity and Q Q 5
 Define heat capacity as C= and specific heat capacity as c =
specific heat capacity ∆T m∆T
 Determine the specific heat capacity of a substance
 Discuss the practical importance of the high specific heat capacity of water
 Solve problems involving heat capacity and specific heat capacity
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Nov SAW
Dec 3 Melting and freezing,  State the three states of matter 2

boiling and condensing  Determine the melting point and boiling point
Jan 1st Term Exam
Jan, Feb 3 Latent heat  Realise latent heat as the energy transferred during the change of state without temperature change 5

 Interpret latent heat in terms of the change of potential energy of the molecules during a change of state
Q
 Define specific latent heat of fusion as lf =
m
Q
 Define specific latent heat of vaporization as lv =
m
 Solve problems involving latent heat
Feb 3 Evaporation  Realise the occurrence of evaporation below boiling point 2

 Explain the cooling effect of evaporation

 Discuss the factors affecting rate of evaporation
 Explain evaporation in terms of molecular motion
Mar 17 Reflection of light  Light regarded as rays travelling along straight lines 7
 Luminous and non-luminous objects
 State the laws of reflection
 Construct images formed by a plane mirror graphically
 Solve problems involving plane mirrors
Mar, Apr 18 Refraction of light  Examine the laws of refraction 5
 Sketch the path of a ray refracted at a boundary
 Realise n = sin i / sin r as the refractive index of a medium
 Solve problems involving refraction at a boundary
May 18 Total internal reflection  Examine the conditions for total internal reflection 3

 Solve problems involving total internal reflection at a boundary

June Final Exam