TERM TWO 10 April 2018 – 22 June 2018 (11 Weeks) Week number Knowledge Area Topics Time-frame (Teaching) Date Comments Started Completed 15 -18 Waves,Sound & Light 10/4/18 – 26/4/2018 Geometrical Optics (10 Hours) * Refraction 3 Hrs 3Classwork 3Homework * Snell’s Law 4 Hrs 4Classwork 4Homework * Critical angles and total internal reflection 3 Hrs 3Classwork 3Homework 3D and 2D Wavefronts (3 Hours) * Diffraction 3 Hrs 3Classwork 3Homework 19 -20 Matter,Materia 2 -04 /05/2018 Informal Test (Waves,Sound,light) 08/05/2018 Ideal Gases and Thermal Properties (8 Hours) * Motion of particles; kinetic theory of gases 1 Hr 1Classwork 1Homework * Ideal gas law 6 Hrs 6Classwork 6Homework * Temperature and heating; pressure 1 Hr 1Classwork 1Homework 21- 23 ChemicalChang 7/5/18 – 18/5/18 Quantitative Aspects of Chemical Change (12 Hours) * Molar volume of gases; concentration of solutions 3 Hrs 3Classwork 3Homework * More complex stoichiometric calculations 6 Hrs 6Classwork 6Homework * Volume relationships in gaseous reactions 3 Hrs 3Classwork 3Homework 24- 26 Informal Test (Matter,Material, Chemical Change) 28 / 05 / 2017 TERM 2 SBA FILES MUST BE READY FOR SUBMISSION ON 20 / 06 / 2018
MID-YEAR EXAMINATION (± 3 Weeks) Paper 1: 08 June 2018 AND Paper 2: 11 June 2018 Formal Assessment to include Experiment 2 + Mid-year Exam (refer to Programme of Assessment) Informal Assessment to be on a daily basis and to include tests after each topic and experiments (refer to Programme of Assessment) 27–29 School holidays: 22 June 2018 – 16 July 2018 TERM THREE 17July 2018 – 28 September 2018 (11 Weeks) Week number Knowledge Area Topics Time-frame (Teaching) Date Comments started completed 30 -35 Electricity Magnetism 17/7/18 – 8/08/2018 ELECTROSTATICS (6 Hours) * Coulomb’s law 3 Hrs 3Class/3Hom * Electric field 3 Hrs 3Class/3Hom Electromagnetism (6 Hours) * Magnetic field associated with current carrying wires 3 Hrs 3Classwork 3Homework * Faraday’s law 3 Hrs 3Class/3Hom ELECTRIC CIRCUITS (8 Hours) * Ohm’s law 4 Hrs 4Class/4Hom * Power; energy 4 Hrs 4Class/4Hom 36 -40 Chemical Change 13/8/18 -24/8/18 Informal Test ( Electric/Magnet) 14/8/18 Energy and Chemical Change (4 Hours) * Energy changes in reactions related to bond energy change 2 Hrs 2Classwork 2Homework * Exothermic and endothermic reactions 1 Hr 1Classwork 1Homework * Activation energy 1 Hr 1Class/1Hom Types of Reactions (6 Hours) * Acid-base reactions 6 Hrs 6Class/6Hom Informal Test ( Chemical Changes) 24/8/2018 Formal Assessment to include a Research Project + Control Test 2 FORMAL / CONTROL TEST 20 SEPTEMBER 2018 Informal Assessment to be on a daily basis and to include tests after each topic and experiments (refer to Programme of Assessment)
41 TERM 3 SBA FILES MUST BE READY FOR SUBMISSION ON 26 / 09/ 2018 School holidays: 28 September 2018 – 08 October 2018 TERM FOUR 09 0ct 2018 – 14 Dec 2018 (9 Weeks) Week number Knowledge Area Topics Time-frame (Teaching) Date Comments started completed 42 -43 Chemical Change 9 – 12 /10 /2018 Types of Reactions (6 Hours) * Redox reactions 5 Hrs 6Class/6Hom * Oxidation number of atoms in molecules to explain their relative “richness” in electrons 1 Hr 1Classwork 1Homework 44 -45 Chemical Systems 15/10/18 – 19/10/18 Exploiting the Lithosphere or Earth’s Crust (8 Hours) * Mining and mineral processing: gold; iron; phosphate 8 Hrs 8Classwork 8Homework TERM 4 SBA FILES MUST BE READY FOR SUBMISSION ON 18 / 10 /2018 INFORMAL TEST ( Chemical Change, Systems ) 22/10/2018 Other weeks reserved for Revision and Examinations Formal Assessment : Final Examinations Informal Assessment to be on a daily basis and to include tests after each topic and experiments