SUCCESS LAVENTILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL

SCIENCE DEPARTMENT:

SCHEME OF WORK

FORM 4: Term III

Subject Teacher: Mr. Tacuma Jones
Duration: 12 weeks (9 Teaching weeks)
Schedule Class Times:
Monday

1 period

8:20 8:55 am (35 minutes)

Tuesday

2 periods

9:55 am 11:15 am (1hr 20 minutes)

Thursday

2 periods

9:55 am 11:15 am (1hr 20 minutes) (LABS)

Contact Hours: 17 hours 15 minutes

Projected End of Term Examination: June 15th , 2015
Aims:
On completion of this Section, students should:

be familiar with the development of the theory of heat;

relate macroscopic phenomena to the kinetic theory of matter;

have a conceptual understanding of thermal quantities and the relationship between them;

Understand the various modes of thermal energy transfer.

2014/2015

WEEK

STRAND

Review End of Term

Examination

OBJECTIVE

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Re-establish a safe and comfortable learning environment

Review the end of term examination

Energy
1. Introduce the concept of power and efficiency as it relates to
MECHANICS

energy
2. Perform calculations to determine the power in Watts
3. Perform calculations to determine the efficiency

SUGGESTED
TEACHING
STRATEGIES
1. Class Discussions /
questions
2. Paired Board Work
3. Whole Class Discussions
1. Note Taking with
relevant examples and
illustrations
2.
Research by students
3.
Class discussions /
questions

EVALUATION /
ASSESSMENT

1. Oral Questioning
2. Paper pencil test

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1. In-class exercises
Class Assignments
Worksheet
Oral Questioning
Paper Pencil test

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Hydrostatics
1. Define and apply the definition of pressure;
MECHANICS

2. Relate the pressure at a point in a fluid to its depth and the

density

1. Note Taking with

relevant examples and
illustrations
2.
Research by students
3.
Class discussions /
questions

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In-class exercises
Class Assignments
Worksheet
Oral Questioning
Paper Pencil test

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In-class exercises
Class Assignments
Worksheet
Oral Questioning
Paper Pencil test

3. Understand and apply Archimedes principle to predict

whether a body would float or sink in a given fluid
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Nature of Heat
1. Differentiate between the caloric and kinetic theories of heat
as they existed in the eighteenth century;
THERMAL PHYSICS

2. Discuss the role of Joules experiments in establishing the

principle of conservation of energy.
Temperature
3. relate temperature to the direction of net thermal energy
transfer;
4. identify physical properties which vary with temperature and
may be used as the basis for measuring temperature;
5. relate the use of a thermometer to its design;
6. define the fixed points on the Celsius scale;
7. relate the temperature of a body to the kinetic energy of
molecules;

Note Taking with

relevant examples and
illustrations
5.
Research by students
6.
Class discussions /
questions

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Phases of Matter
1. distinguish among solids, liquids and gases;
THERMAL PHYSICS

2. use the Kinetic theory to explain the different macroscopic

properties of solids, liquids and gases;

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Note Taking with

relevant examples and
illustrations
8.
Research by students
9.
Class discussions /
questions

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In-class exercises
Class Assignments
Worksheet
Oral Questioning
Paper Pencil test

1. Note Taking with relevant

examples and illustrations
2. Research by students
3. Class discussions /
questions

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3.
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5.

In-class exercises
Class Assignments
Worksheet
Oral Questioning
Paper Pencil test

4. Note Taking with relevant

examples and illustrations
5. Research by students
6. Class discussions /
questions

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10.

In-class exercises
Class Assignments
Worksheet
Oral Questioning
Paper Pencil test

Expansion
3. explain observations of the effects of thermal expansion;
Gas Laws
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1. relate graphs of pressure or volume against temperature to

THERMAL PHYSICS

the establishment of the Kelvin temperature scale;

2. use the relationship between Kelvin and Celsius scale;
3. Understand and apply the gas laws;
4. Qualitatively explain the gas laws in terms of the Kinetic
theory.

Specific Heat Capacity

1. distinguish between specific heat capacity, c and heat
THERMAL PHYSICS

capacity C;
2. apply the relationship EH = mc , or EH = mc T;
3. determine the specific heat capacity of metals and liquids;

Specific Latent Heat

1. demonstrate that temperature remains constant during a
THERMAL PHYSICS

phase change;
2. apply the relationship EH = ml ;
3. determine the specific latent heat of vaporization lv, and
fusion, lf of water;

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Review for End of Term
Examination

10 12
End of Term Examinations