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 Define & calculate the momentum of a moving
object: p = mv
 Describe the vector nature of momentum & draw
MECHANICS: vector diagrams.
Week 1 Momentum &  State Newton’s second law in terms of momentum:
17 – 19 Impulse ∆p 99 8.6 2.9
Jan Fnet =
∆t
 Calculate the change in momentum when a
resultant force acts on an object.
 Define impulse
 Use the impulse momentum theorem (FnetΔt = mΔv)
in calculations for a variety of situations (1-D).

 Impulse and safety considerations.

 State the principle of conservation of linear
momentum.
 Explain what is meant by an isolated system, internal
Week 2 MECHANICS: and external forces.
Momentum &
22 – 26 Impulse  Prescribed Experiment (Formal) 101
Jan Verify the conservation of linear momentum 31.4 10.7
 Apply conservation of momentum to collisions of
two objects (one dimension). 100
Distinguish between elastic and inelastic collisions by
calculation.
 Explain what a projectile means.
Week 3  Use equations of motion to determine the position,
29 Jan – MECHANICS: velocity and displacement of a projectile at any given
02 Feb Vertical projectile time.
motion  Sketch x vs t, v vs t and a vs t graphs for a free 102 42.8 14.6
falling object, an object thrown vertically upwards,
an object thrown vertically downwards & bouncing
objects.
 For given x vs t, v vs t or a vs t graphs, determine
position, displacement and velocity or acceleration at
any time t.
Week 4 MECHANICS:  For given x vs t, v vs t or a vs t graphs, describe the
05 – 09 Vertical projectile motion of an object bouncing, thrown vertically
Feb
motion
upwards & thrown vertically downward. 102 -
54.2 18.4
 Recommended Experiment: 103
 (Informal)Investigate the motion of a falling body.
Draw a graph of position vs time and velocity vs
time for a free falling object and Use the data to
determine the acceleration due to gravity
 Define organic molecules, functional group,
hydrocarbon, homologous series, saturated and
unsaturated compounds, and structural isomers.
MATTER &  Write condensed, structural & molecular formulae
Week 5 MATERIALS: (max 8 C atoms, 1 functional group per molecule)
Organic molecules
12 – 16 for alkanes (no rings), alkenes (no rings), alkynes, 65.6 22.3
Feb alcohols, haloalkanes (no rings), carboxylic acids, 104
aldehydes, ketones and esters.
 Write IUPAC names for structural / condensed
structural formulae for compounds from above series.

 Write IUPAC names from structural or condensed

structural formulae for compounds listed (one
functional group per molecule, max. two functional
MATTER & groups for haloalkanes).
Week 6 MATERIALS:  Identify alkyl substituents (methyl- and ethyl-); max.
Organic molecules 104 -
19 – 23 THREE alkyl substituents. 77 26.2
108
Feb  Identify compounds that are saturated, unsaturated,
structural isomers (chain, positional and functional).
 Physical properties: boiling point, melting point,
vapour pressure

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MATTER &  Relationship between physical properties and
MATERIALS:
Organic molecules
strength of IMF, type of functional group, chain length
and branching
 Combustion of alkanes in excess O2 and use as
Week 7 fuels.
26 Feb –  Equation & reaction conditions for the formation of an 106 88.4 30.1
01 March ester and IUPAC names for reactant and products.
 Classify reactions as elimination, addition or
substitution.
 Equations and reaction conditions for addition
reactions of alkenes.
MATTER &  Equations and reaction conditions for elimination
MATERIALS:
Organic molecules
reactions: dehydrohalogenation of haloalkanes,
cracking of alkanes, dehydration of alcohols 107 –
100 34
 Equations and reaction conditions for substitution 117
Week 8 reactions: hydrolysis of haloalkanes, halogenation
04 – 08 of alkanes
March
CONTROLLED ONE PAPER (100 Marks)
TEST
 Newton’s laws of motion
Week 9 (2 Hours)
 Momentum and impulse
11 – 15
 Vertical projectile motion
March
 Organic molecules

CONTROLLED ONE PAPER (100 Marks)
TEST
(2 Hours)
 Newton’s laws of motion
Week 10
 Momentum and impulse
18 – 20  Vertical projectile motion
March  Organic molecules
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Discussion and corrections of March Controlled Test N/A 8.6 36.9

MECHANICS: Work 117

Week 1 Work, energy and
 Define the work done on an object.
03 – 05 power
 Draw force diagrams & free body diagrams.
April  Calculate the net work done on an object.
 Distinguish between positive work and negative net
work done on a system.

MECHANICS:  State the work-energy theorem. 118 17.2 39.8

Work, energy and
power  Apply the work-energy theorem on horizontal, vertical
and inclined planes.
 Define conservative and non-conservative forces and
Week 2 give examples.
08 – 12  State the principle of conservation of mechanical
April energy.
 Solve problems using the equation
 Wnc = ΔEk + ΔEp
Show that Emech is conserved in absence of non-
conservative forces
MECHANICS:  Define power and calculate the power involved when 117 - 25.8 42.7
Work, energy and
power
work is done 120
 Perform calculations using Pave= Fvave when an object
moves at a constant speed along a rough horizontal
surface or a rough inclined plane
Week 3  Calculate the minimum power required of an electric
15 – 19 motor to pump water from a borehole of a particular
April depth at a particular rate using Wnc = ΔEk + ΔEp
 Recommended practical investigating(Informal)
Perform simple experiments to determine the
work done in walking up (or running up a flight of
stairs). Record the time for the run or the walk
and calculate the power in each case
WAVES, SOUND &  State the Doppler Effect and explain (using 121 - 34.4 45.6
LIGHT: Doppler
Effect
illustrations) the change in pitch observed when a 122
Week 4 source moves toward or away from a listener (sound
22 – 26 and ultra sound).
April  State applications of the Doppler Effect.
 Solve problems using the Doppler formula.
V± VL
𝑓 = 𝑓 when EITHER source or listener
𝐿 V±Vs 𝑠
moves.
WAVES, SOUND &  Calculations involving Doppler formula. 122 43 48.5
LIGHT: Doppler
Effect
 With light, explain ‘red shifts’ & use the Doppler
Week 5 Effect to explain why we conclude that the universe
29 Apr – is expanding
03 May CHEMICAL  Rates of reaction and factors affecting rate (nature of 123
CHANGE: Rate and
extent of reaction
reacting substances, concentration [pressure for
gases], temperature and presence of a catalyst).
Chemical Change:  Explain in terms of the collision theory, how various 123 - 54.4 52.4
Rate & Extent of
reaction
factors affect the rate of chemical reactions. 124
 Answer questions, and interpret data (graphs or
tables) on different experimental techniques for
measuring the rate of reaction.
 Define the term positive catalyst
Week 6  Interpret graphs of distribution of molecular energies
06 – 10 to explain how a catalyst, temperature and
May concentration affect the reaction rate.
 Recommended experiment (Informal)
 Rate of chemical reactions with sodium thiosulfate
and hydrochloric acid.
 Recommended experiment (Informal)
 Rate of chemical reactions with sodium thiosulfate
and hydrochloric acid
Week 7
CHEMICAL  Explain: open & closed systems; reversible 124 65.8 56.3
CHANGE:
reactions; dynamic equilibrium
13 – 17 Chemical
equilibrium
May

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 List the factors that influence the position of an
equilibrium.
 State Le Charterlier’s principle and use it to explain
changes in equilibria.
 Interpret simple graphs illustrating equilibrium.
 List the factors that influence the value of the
equilibrium constant Kc.

 Write an expression for the equilibrium constant 125 77.2 60.2

CHEMICAL
CHANGE: Chemical
from a given equation.
equilibrium  Perform calculations(Stoichometry) based on Kc
values.
Week 8  Recommended experiment (informal):
Investigate equilibrium and the factors influencing
20 - 24
equilibrium in the equilibrium of CoCl2 and H2O.
May
 Design and perform an experiment to investigate
effects of pH on equilibrium systems such as Br2 in
water, and Cr2O 72- in water.
 Explain the significance of high and low values of
the equilibrium constant.
 Define acids and bases according to Arrhenius and 125 - 88.6 64.1
CHEMICAL
CHANGE:
Lowry-Brønsted. 126
Week 9 Acids & bases  Distinguish between strong and weak acids/bases
27 – 31 with examples.
May  Distinguish between concentrated and dilute
acids/bases.
 Identify conjugate acid-base pairs for given
compounds.
 Write neutralisation reactions of common laboratory
acids and bases.
 Prescribed experiment (formal)
How do you use the titration of oxalic acid
against sodium hydroxide to determine the
concentration of sodium hydroxide?
 Perform calculations(Stoichometry) based on
titration reactions & motivate the choice of an
indicator.
 Titration calculations 100 68
CHEMICAL
CHANGE:  Determine the approximate pH of salts in salt
Acids and bases hydrolysis.
 Explain the pH scale and calculate pH values of 126 -
Week 10 strong acids and strong bases. 128
03-07  Define the concept of Kw and explain the auto
June ionization of water.
 Compare the Ka and Kb values of strong and weak
acids and bases.
 Compare strong and weak acids by looking at pH,
conductivity & reaction rate.

June Examination (200 marks)

JUNE Paper 1
EXAMINATION
2hours Duration for  Newton’s laws of motion
each of papers 1  Momentum and impulse
and 2  Vertical projectile motion
 Work, energy and power
Week 11
 Doppler effect
10 – 14
 Electricity and Magnetism (Grade 11)
June
Paper 2
 Stoichiometry
 Organic Molecules
 Rate and Extent of Chemical Reactions
 Chemical Equilibrium Acids & Bases

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Discussion and corrections of June Controlled Test N/A
ELECTRICITY &  Electrostatics: 84 – 9.1 70.9
Week 1 MAGNETISM:
 Coulomb’s Law 85
09 – 12 Electrostatics
 Electric field
July
 Electric circuits 85
 Solve problems involving current, voltage and
resistance for circuits containing arrangements of
resistors in series and in parallel (maximum four
resistors excluding internal resistance)
ELECTRICITY &  Explain the term internal resistance. 21.2 74.8
MAGNETISM:
Electric circuits  Solve circuit problems using
Week 2
 ε =IRext+ Ir or ε = Vload + Vint resistance.
15 – 19 129
July  Solve problems, with internal resistance, for circuits
containing arrangements of resistors in series and in
parallel (maximum four resistors).
 State the energy conversion in generators & use 33.3 78.6
principle of electro-magnetic induction to explain how
ELECTRICITY & generators work.
MAGNETISM:  Give examples of uses of AC & DC generators &
Electrodynamics functions of components.
Week 3  State the energy conversion in motors & use motor
22-26 effect to explain how motors work. 130
July  Explain the functions of components of motors and
give examples of uses of motors.
 State the advantages of alternating current over
direct current.
 Draw and interpret sketch graphs of voltage vs time
and current vs time for AC and DC generators.
ELECTRICITY &  Define the term rms for an alternating voltage or an 39.4 80.6
MAGNETISM:
Electrodynamics
alternating current.
 Solve problems using 130
I
Irms = max
√2
Rmax
R rms =
√2
Week 4 Pave = Irms
2 R
29 July – 2
Vrms
02 August Pave =
R
1
Pave = IrmsVrms
2
M & M: Optical Optical phenomena and properties of materials 130
phenomena and
properties of  Describe the photoelectric effect and state its
materials significance.
 Define threshold frequency, fo.
 Define work function, Wo.
 Perform calculations using the photoelectric 132 51.5 84.5
equation:
MATTER & E =Wo+ Kmax, where
MATERIALS: E = hf and Wo= hfo and
Optical Kmax = ½ m(vmax)2
Week 5 phenomena
 Explain the effect of intensity and frequency on the
05 – 08 and
properties photoelectric effect.
August of materials  Explain the formation of atomic spectra by referring
to energy transition.
 Explain the difference between atomic absorption
spectra and atomic emission spectra
 Define oxidation & reduction in terms of electron 63.6 88.3
transfer & oxidation numbers.
CHEMICAL  Define oxidising & reducing agents in terms of
Week 6 CHANGE: oxidation and reduction.
12 – 16 Electrochemical  Define an anode and cathode in terms of oxidation 134 -
reactions
August and reduction. 138
 Define an electrolyte

Galvanic cells
 Define a galvanic cell.

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Week 6  State the function of a salt bridge.
12 – 16  Predict the movement of ions and the direction of
August electron flow in external circuit.
Continued  Write half-reactions at each electrode & the overall
cell reaction.
 Predict in which half-cell oxidation / reduction takes
place.
 Use cell notation or diagrams to represent a galvanic
cell.
 Calculate emf for a galvanic cell.
 Explain that Vcell decreases as [product ions]
increases and [reactant ions] decreases and Vcell = 0
when equilibrium is reached, (the cell is ‘flat’).
 State the standard conditions under which standard
electrode potentials are determined.
 Describe the standard hydrogen electrode and 134 75.7 92.2
explain its role as the reference electrode.
 Explain how standard electrode potentials can be
determined using the reference electrode; state the
convention regarding positive and negative values.

Electrolytic cells
 Define an electrolytic cell.
 Describe the movement of ions in the solution.
 State the direction of electron flow in the external
circuit.
Week 7
CHEMICAL  Write equations for the half-reactions at the anode
19 - 23 CHANGE: and cathode.
August Electrochemical
reactions  Write down the overall cell reaction.
 Describe, using half-reactions and the equation for
the overall cell reaction as well as the layout of the
particular cell using a schematic diagram, the
following electrolytic processes:
 The decomposition of copper(II) chloride
 Electroplating, e.g. the electroplating of an
iron spoon with silver/nickel
 Refining of copper
 The electrolysis of a concentrated solution of
sodium chloride.
 Paper 2 87.8 96.1
Paper 2  Representing chemical change (Gr 10)
Week 8 Revision  Intermolecular forces
26 – 30  Energy and chemical change (Gr 11)
August  Stoichiometry (application only) (Gr 11)
 Chemical Change
 Matter & Materials
 Newton’s laws (Gr 11) 100 100
Paper 1  Electrostatics (Gr 11)
Week 9 Revision  Electric circuits (Gr 11)
02 – 06  Mechanics
Sept  Waves, Sound and light
 Electricity and magnetism
 Matter & Materials
Week 10, PREPARATORY PAPER 1: 150 marks
11 EXAMINATION • Mechanics (65)
P1: 3 hrs • Waves, Sound and light (15)
09 – 20 P2: 3 hrs • Electricity and magnetism (55)
Sept
• Matter & Materials (15)

PAPER 2: 150 marks

• Chemical Change (92)
• Matter & Materials (58)

The following gr 10 and 11 topics will form part the

two papers: Paper 1:
• Newton’s laws (Gr 11)
• Electrostatics (Gr 11)
• Electric circuits (Gr 11)
• Paper 2

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Week 10, • Representing chemical change (Gr 10)
11 • Intermolecular forces
09 – 20 • Energy and chemical change (Gr 11)
• Stoichiometry (application only) (Gr 11)
Sept
Continued
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REVIEW:
Week 1
PREPARATORY Discussion and correction of errors in Preparatory Exams
01 – 04 Oct EXAMINATIONS (P1 & P2)
Week 2 REVIEW:
07 – 11 Oct PREPARATORY Discussion and correction of errors in Preparatory Exams
EXAMINATIONS (P1 & P2)
Week 3 CONSOLIDATION Preparation for final Exams
AND REVISION
14 – 18 Oct

Week 4 CONSOLIDATION
Preparation for final Exams
21-25 Oct AND REVISION

PAPER 1: 150 marks

• Mechanics (65)
Momentum and impulse; Vertical projectile motion,
Work, energy and power, Newton’s laws (Gr 11)
• Waves, Sound and light (15) Doppler effect
• Electricity and magnetism (55)
Electric circuits, Electrodynamics, Electrostatics (Gr
11), Electric circuits (Gr 11)
Week 5 • Matter & Materials (15)
28 Oct – 01 Optical phenomena and properties of materials
Nov PAPER 2: 150 marks
• Chemical Change (92)
Rate and extent of reaction, Chemical equilibrium,
Acids and bases, Representing chemical change (Gr
10), Energy and chemical change (Gr 11),
Stoichiometry (application only) (Gr 11),
Electrochemical reactions
• Matter & Materials (58)
Organic molecules, Intermolecular forces (Gr 11)