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PHYSICS SS2 FIRST TERM SCHEME

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT ACTIVITIES

Project: Teacher to
HEAT ENERGY -Temperature and its guide students on
1 measurement -Types of thermometer - calibration of a
Absolute scale of temperature thermometer in
Celsius scale.

The teacher leads the

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 HEAT ENERGY MEASUREMENT - students on how to
2 Concept of speci@c heat capacity i) Its determine the speci@c
measurement ii) Its signi@cance heat capacity of -A
solid -Liquid, using
method of mixture

The teacher guides the

students on the
HEAT ENERGY MEASUREMENT - determination of the
Latent heat -Evaporation, boiling and speci@c latent heat of
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sublimation -Relative humidity and due fusion of ice/speci@c
point latent heat of
vaporization of steam
by method of mixtures

GAS LAWS -Measurement of gas

The teacher to
pressure -Barometers in practical use -
demonstrate Boyle’s
4 Boyle’s Law and its application -
law using Boyle’s law
Charles Law and its application -The
apparatus.
pressure law -The general gas law

-Students to generate
PRODUCTION AND PROPAGATION
mechanical waves
OF WAVES -Production of mechanical
using ropes and
waves -Pulsating system i) Energy
springs. -The teacher
transmitted with de@nite speed,
5 to set up the ripple
frequency and wave length -Wave form
tank and demonstrate
i) Description and graphical
how it is used to
representation -Mathematical
generate various
relationships among: f, λ, T and V
waves

TYPES AND PROPERTIES OF WAVES -

Longitudinal waves -Transverse waves The teacher to use the
-Wave equation: Y= Asin(wt-2πx/λ) - ripple tank to
6 Properties of waves: Re\ection, demonstrate the
Refraction, Di]raction, Interference, interference of water

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 Polarization waves.

Project: Students to be
LIGHT WAVES -Sources of light -Light
guided on how to
7 and matter -Transmission of light
construct a pinhole
shadows, Eclipse, the pinhole camera
camera

Project: Students to
LIGHT WAVES -Re\ection of light at construct a simple
plane and curved surfaces -Laws of periscope. Teacher to
8 Re\ection -Formation of images by guide the students on
plane and curved mirrors -Application the determination of
of plane and curved mirrors the focal length of a
concave mirror.

Teacher to lead the

LIGHT WAVES -Refraction of light
students to verify
through rectangular glass block -Laws
9 Snell’s law using a
of refraction -Real and apparent depth
rectangular glass
-Total internal re\ection -Critical angle
block

Teacher to
LIGHT WAVES - guide the
Refraction of light students to
through triangular verify
10 glass block -Angle of Snell’s law
minimum deviation - using
Totally re\ecting triangular
prisms glass block

The teacher to
demonstrate the
LIGHT WAVES -Dispersion of white dispersion of light by a
light -Refraction of light through triangular glass prism
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converging and diverging lenses - The teacher to lead the

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 Images formed by lenses students to verify the
lens formula using
illuminated object

APPLICATION OF
LIGHT WAVES -Simple Project:
camera and @lm Teacher to
projector -The human guide the
12 eye -The simple students to
microscope and construct a
compound microscope simple box
-Telescope -Prism camera
binoculars

13 REVISION

14 EXAMINATION

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PHYSICS SS2 SECOND TERM SCHEME

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT ACTIVITIES

The teacher guides

students to
SOUND WAVES -Sources of
demonstrate that
sound -Transmission of
sound does not
1 sound -Speed of sound in
travel in a vacuum
solid, liquid, and gas -
by using the electric
Characteristics of sound
bell enclosed in a
bell jar

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 The teacher guides
SOUND WAVES -Noise and
students to
music -Forced vibration-
2 demonstrate forced
Resonance, harmonics and
vibration with the
overtones -Stationary waves
resonance tubes and
sonometer.

APPLICATION OF SOUND
Project: Teacher to
WAVES -Vibrations in strings
guide the students
and pipes -Wind instruments
on how to construct
3 -String instruments -
any local musical
Percussion instruments -
instrument of their
Echoes and their application -
choice
Hearing aids

MOLECULAR THEORY OF Using a small open

MATTER -Pressure in \uids i) can, teacher should
Concept of pressure ii) demonstrate increase
Pressure in liquids iii) of pressure with depth
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Atmospheric pressure - Project: Teacher to
Applications of atmospheric guide the students to
and gas pressure -Pascal’s construct a hydraulic
Principle press

The teacher leads

the students on
ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES di]erent types of
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-Electromagnetic spectrum radiation in
electromagnetic
spectrum

GRAVITATIONAL FIELD -
Gravitational force between The teacher discuss the
two masses (Newton’s law of movement of the
6 universal gravitation) -“G” as planets in the solar
a universal constant - system using a chart

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 Gravitational potential -
Escape velocity

GRAVITATIONAL FIELD - The teacher to show

Solar system -Kepler’s laws - @lms on the
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Natural and arti@cial launching of
satellites satellite

ELECTRIC FIELDS - The teacher leads

Production of continuous the students on how
charges: primary cells, to arrange cells in
8 secondary cells -Electric series and in
Circuit: series and parallel parallel and
arrangement of cells and determine the
resistors resultant e.m.f

The teacher to guide

ELECTRIC FIELDS -E.m.f of a
the students on the use
cell -Internal resistance of a
of potentiometer wire
9 cell -Standard resistors and
to: i) Measure e.m.f ii)
rheostats -Resistivity and
Compare the values of
conductivity
two e.m.f

ELECTRIC FIELD -
Shunts and
multipliers
The teacher guides the
(Galvanometer
student on how to set
10 conversions) -
up potentiometer
Principle of the
circuit and calibrate it.
potentiometer -
Wheatstone bridge -
Meter bridge

11 Revision Revision

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 12 Examination Examination

Education Resource Centre Senior Secondary School Sciences. SS 2 Physics Scheme

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PHYSICS SS2 THIRD TERM SCHEME

WEEK TOPIC/ CONTENT ACTIVITIES

ELECTRIC FIELD -Electrical conduction through

The teacher leads the
liquids(Electrolysis) i) Electrolytes and non-
students to identify
electrolytes ii) Dynamics of charged particles(ions)
1 solutions that conduct
in electrolytes iii) Voltameter iv) Examples of
electricity and those that
electrolysis -Faraday’s law of electrolysis -
do not
Applications of electrolysis

The teacher to lead

ELECTRIC FIELD -Conduction of electricity discussion on how the
through gases -Hot cathode, thermionic emission reduction in pressure of a
2 -The diode valve -Application of hot gas in a suitable
cathode(thermionic) emission i) Cathode-ray container is applied in the
oscilloscope \uorescent tube and
cathode ray oscilloscope

The teacher guides the

students on how to
calculate the electric
ELECTRIC FIELD -Electric force between point
force between two points
charges(coulomb’s law) -Concept of electric @eld
3 charges in free space and
i) Electric @eld intensity ii) Electric potential

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 to compare this force with
the gravitational force
between two protons

The teacher leads the

students to determine the
ELECTRIC FIELD -Capacitors and Capacitances i)
equivalent capacitance
4 De@nition ii) Arrangement of capacitors -Energy
for; series and parallel
stored in a capacitor -Application of capacitors
arrangement of
capacitors

MAGNETIC FIELD -Concept of magnetic @eld i)

Properties of magnet ii) Magnetic \ux and \ux The teacher demonstrate
density -Magnetic @eld around: i) A bar magnet ii) how to distinguish
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A straight conductor carrying current iii) A between magnetic and
solenoid -Methods of making magnets -Methods non-magnetic materials
of demagnetization

The teacher guides the

MAGNETIC FIELD -Magnetic properties of iron
students on how to
and steel -Magnetic screening or shielding -
investigate the @eld
6 Electromagnets and application of electromagnet
around a conductor by
-Temporary magnet i) The electric bell ii)
using a compass needle
Telephone earpiece, etc
and iron @llings

MAGNETIC FIELD -The earth’s magnetic @eld i) The teacher leads the
Magnetic elements of a place *Angle of students on how to
7 declination *Angle of dip *Horizontal component suspend a bar magnet
of the earth’s magnetic @eld -Bar magnet in horizontally and locate
earth’s @eld: Neutral point -Mariner’s compass the earth’s N-S direction

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD -Magnetic force on a

charge moving in a magnetic @eld -Concept of The teacher guide the
electromagnetic @eld -Interaction between students to investigate
magnetic @eld and currents in: i) A current – the e]ect of passing
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carrying wire in a magnetic @eld; ii) A current- current through a
carrying solenoid in a magnetic @eld -Applications solenoid in a magnetic

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 of electromagnetic @eld: i) Electric motor ii) @eld
Moving coil galvanometer

The teacher guide the

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD -Electromagnetic
students to investigate
9 induction -Faraday’s law -Lenz’s law -Motor
the e]ect of rotating wire
generator e]ect -Eddy currents
in magnetic @eld

The teacher guides the

students to investigate
ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD -The transformer - the e]ect of moving a
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Power transmission -The induction coil magnet in a solenoid or
coil carrying current near
a solenoid

11 Revision Revision

13 Examination Examination

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