Download Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Secondary Section) S4

Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic School (Secondary Section)
S4 Physics Teaching Schedule (2016-2017)
There are 26 teaching weeks in this year. There are about 156 periods.
Topic
List of Experiments
Teaching Period
Heat and Gases
1. Temperature and
Heat Transfer
Observing different types of
thermometers
Convection in air
Conducting heat in water
Conducting heat in air
12
Which surface is a better absorber of
radiation
Which surface is a better emitter of
radiation
2. Heat Capacity
Specific heat capacity of water
Specific heat capacity of aluminium
Mixing hot and cold water
8
3. Change of State
Cooling curve of octadecan-1-ol
Specific latent heat of fusion of ice
8
Specific latent heat of vaporization of
water
4. Gas Laws and
Kinetic Theory
Relation between the pressure and
volume of a gas
Relation between the pressure and
temperature of a gas
Relation between the volume and the
temperature of a gas
Observing Brownian motion in a gas
A three-dimensional kinetic theory
12
model
Force and Motion
5. Motion
‘Coin and feather’ experiment
Measuring the acceleration due to
gravity
12
6. Force
Verifying Newton’s second law
Newton’ third law of motion
8
7. More about force
Addition of forces
8
P.1
Balancing a lever
Locating the centre of gravity
8. Work, Energy and
Power
Conservation of energy
7
9. Momentum
Studying impact forces
Collision on a linear air track
6
10. Projectile Motion
Monkey and hunter experiment
7
11. Uniform Circular
Motion
Centripetal force
9
12. Gravitation
7
Wave Motion
13. Wave Motion
Transverse waves
Longitudinal waves
7
14. Reflection,
Refraction and
Diffraction
Straight and circular waves
Laws of reflection
Refraction of water waves
Diffraction of water waves
4
15.
Superposition of pulses
Transverse stationary waves
Particle motion in a stationary wave
6
Interference and
Stationary Waves
Interference of water waves
16.
Light and Sound
Double slit experiment
Plane diffraction grating
13
17. Reflection of Light
Laws of reflection
Plane-mirror image
5
18. Refraction of Light
Refraction phenomena
The laws of refraction
Total internal reflection
Prisms
9
19.
Convex and concave lenses
8
Lenses
Convex lens images
Concave lens images
Measuring focal length
Lens formula and graphs
Result(100%) = Examination (50%) + Course Work (50%)
Course Work (100%) = Test result (70%) + Homework and Laboratory Report (30%)
Term Result (100%) = First Term result (50%) + Second Term (50%)
P.2