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Teaching Scheme
5
Book 3B
Wave Motion II
No. of periods: 44*
Nature of Waves
Topic
5.1 Wave motion
Core
1
2
5.2 Wave and
particle motion of
transverse waves
1
2
3
4
5.3 Graphical
descriptions of
transverse waves
1
2
Waves and energy
a Wave─a way to transfer energy
b Does matter travel with the wave?
Transverse and longitudinal waves
a Transverse pulses and waves
b Longitudinal pulses and waves
Extension
No. of
periods*
1
Experiment
(Practical Workbook)
5a Transverse pulses
and waves
5b Longitudinal pulses
and waves
Example
Exercises
Earthquake
Check-point 1
Practice 5.1
Particle vibrations
a Amplitude
b Period
c Frequency
Wave motion
a Amplitude
b Wavelength
c Period
d Frequency
e Wave speed
Particle vibration and wave motion
a Linking particle vibrations to wave
motion
b Phase
i
In phase
ii Out of phase
c Direction of motion of particles
Wave speed, frequency and
wavelength
4
Graphical descriptions of particle
vibration
Graphical descriptions of wave
propagation
2 + 2 (for
problem
solving
and
revision)
5c The transverse wave
model
5d Wave speed along a
stretched spring
1
2
3
4
5
Describing particle
vibration
Describing a
transverse pulse
Shaking a string
Particle motion in a
transverse wave
Calculating wave
speed
Movement of
the buoys
Check-point 2
Activity 5a
Check-point 3
Check-point 4
Check-point 5
Practice 5.2
6
7
8
9
Drawing
displacement–time
graph
Drawing
displacement–
distance graph
Getting the s–d
graph from the s–t
graph
Waves along a
stretched string
Teaching aids
Simulation
5.1 Transverse wave
5.2 Longitudinal wave
Video
5.1 Expt 5a - Transverse
pulses and waves
5.2 Expt 5b - Longitudinal
pulses and waves
Simulation
5.3 Amplitude of transverse
waves
5.4 Wavelength of
transverse waves
5.5 Frequency of
transverse waves
5.6 Particle movement and
wave motion
Video
5.3 Expt 5c - The
transverse wave model
5.4 Expt 5d - Wave speed
along a stretched
spring
Seismographs
Check-point 6
Check-point 7
Check-point 8
Practice 5.3
Revision
exercise 5
Total = 9
Chapter Quiz
3B-5
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New Senior Secondary Physics at Work
*The time allocation for covering the different chapters in the compulsory part and the elective part of New Senior Secondary Physics at Work follows, in the main,
that recommended by the Physics Curriculum and Assessment Guide (S4-6), viz.
Compulsory part
Book 1
Book 2
Book 3A and 3B
Book 4
Book 5
Elective part
Book E1
Book E2
Book E3
Book E4
Investigative Study
Heat and Gases
Force and Motion
Wave Motion
Electricity and Magnetism
Radioactivity and Nuclear Energy
38 periods
83 periods
72 periods
84 periods
24 periods
Astronomy and Space Science
Atomic World
Energy and Use of Energy
Medical Physics
41 periods
41 periods
41 periods
41 periods
24 periods
407 periods
Total:
(any 2 out of 4)
Note that the time allocation (24 periods in total) for ‘Investigative Study’, which is covered in the Assignment and Investigative Studies in the New Senior
Secondary Physics at Work series, has not been included in teaching schemes. It is understood that teachers will be selective in using the contents in the book
and will not use all of them.
The number of periods suggested in the teaching schemes is rough estimates for guidance purposes. The actual number will depend on students’ ability and the
school’s facility (whether, for example, the school has the datalogging equipment, and the class has easy access to the computer room for computer-based
activities). Furthermore, the course book provides such a wide range of teaching/learning activities that the teacher may find it difficult to cover them all within the
suggested time allocation. In such case, the teacher will have to exercise his/her professional judgement in selecting those activities that best suit his/her students
and assigning some as home assignments.
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