This document outlines the curriculum for the Extended Topics in Fundamental Physics (Physics 3) course taught over 4 quarters at the Philippine Science High School - Cagayan valley Campus. The course covers advanced topics in physics including vectors, mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electricity and circuits, optics, relativity, quantum physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. Students are required to complete laboratory activities, projects, and exams each quarter to assess their understanding of the material. The course is taught by Mrs. Precila Baclig and Mrs. Rosalinda O. Luwang.
This document outlines the curriculum for the Extended Topics in Fundamental Physics (Physics 3) course taught over 4 quarters at the Philippine Science High School - Cagayan valley Campus. The course covers advanced topics in physics including vectors, mechanics, fluids, thermodynamics, electricity and circuits, optics, relativity, quantum physics, nuclear physics, and particle physics. Students are required to complete laboratory activities, projects, and exams each quarter to assess their understanding of the material. The course is taught by Mrs. Precila Baclig and Mrs. Rosalinda O. Luwang.
Philippine Science High School - Cagayan valley Campus
Masoc, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya
Extended Topics in Fundamental Physics
(Physics 3)
First Quarter Third Quarter
I. Unit Vectors I. Circuits Unit Vector Representations Kirchhoff’s Rules Kinematics in Unit Vector Notation Inductors II. Vector Addition Time – dependent Circuits Relative Velocity RC Circuits Superposition of Forces RL Circuits Superposition of Fields LC Circuits Conservation of Linear Momentum AC Circuits III. Scalar/Dot Product II. Physical Optics Work Maxwell’s Equations and Electromagnetic Waves Potential Energy Young’s Double – slit Experiment Electric/Magnetic Flux Single Slit Diffraction IV. Vector/Cross Product Multiple Slit Experiment Torque Thin Film Experiment Stability Polarization Angular Momentum Magnetic Force V. Other vector Applications Electric Dipoles Magnetic Dipoles Current loop in a Magnetic Field
Second Quarter Fourth Quarter
I. Fluids I. Relativity Fluid Pressure and Depth Galilean Relativity Pascal’s Principle Principles of Relativity Archimedes Principle Postulates of Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity Continuity Equation Simultaneity Bernoulli’s Equation Time Dilation and Length Contraction II. Thermodynamics Energy Mass Equivalence Temperature and Heat Relativistic Momentum and Energy Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics II. Quantum Physics Temperature Scales Blackbody Radiation Heat Transfer Mechanisms Photoelectric Effect Consequences of Heat Transfer X-ray Production and Scattering First Law of Thermodynamics Atomic Spectra Heat, Work and Internal Energy Models of the Atom Thermodynamic Processes De Broglie Waves PV Diagrams Wave Function Second Law of thermodynamics Schrödinger Equation Entropy Uncertainty Principle Engines Principle of Complementarity Refrigerators III. Nuclear Physics Nuclear Stability Nuclear Fusion and Fission Radioactive Decay: 𝛼, 𝛽, 𝛾 − decay IV. Particle Physics Particles and particle Accelerators Fundamental Interactions Standard Model
Course Requirements (per quarter):
Prepared by: Long test (2) 6 – 8 Laboratory activities Mrs. Precila Baclig and Mrs. Rosalinda O. Luwang 1-2 projects (Physics 3 Teachers) exam