NSS Physics

NSS PhysicsLearning

Targets

Sills & Processes

Values & Attitudes

Knowledge & Understandin

gs

Curriculum Framework

(270 hours)

Compulsory Part

(200 hours)

Heat Transfer and Gases(25 hours)

Force & Motion

(55 hours)

Wave Motion

(48 hours)

Electricity & Magnetism (56 hours)

Radioactivity& Nuclear Energy(16 hours)

Elective Part

(54 hours)

Energy & Use of Energy(27 hours)

Medical Physics

(27 hours)

Astronomy and Space Science (27 hours)

Atomic World

(27 hours)

SBA (Practical work)

Curriculum TopicsTeaching

Time (hours)

Teaching Time

(hours)

Core

Heat 25

200

Mechanics 55Wave 48Electricity & Magnetism 56

Radioactivity & Nuclear Phy 16

ElectiveEnergy & Use of Energy 27

54Medical Physics 27

SBA 　 16 16Total 270

Year No. of cycles No. of Hours per cycle

Teaching hours

S4 25.5 cycles3.8 hours

97 hoursS5 25.5 cycles 97 hoursS6 15.5 cycles 59 hours

Total 253 hours

Topics Level

I Heat and Gases (except gases)

S4II Force and Motion (except projectile motion, momentum, uniform circular motion and gravitation)

III Wave Motion (light only)

III Wave Motion (except light)

S5

I Heat and Gases (gases)

IV Electricity and Magnetism

II Force and Motion (projectile motion, momentum, uniform circular motion and gravitation)

V Radioactivity and Nuclear energy

X SBA (F5)

X SBA (F6)

S6VIII Energy and Use of Energy

IX Medical Physics

The graph below shows how the momentum of an object changes with time.

time / s

momentum / kg m s 1

1 2 3 40

5

10

15

A

B

C

D E

In which time interval is the unbalanced force acting on the object the greatest?

A. AB

B. BC

C. CD

D. DE

straight barrier

Figure (a)

shallow regionshallow region

deep regiondeep region

Fi

object

image

10 cm

light source

holes

slide

lens

l

Energy and Use of Energy

Medical Physics

AssessmentPaper Description Weightin

gDuration

1 compulsor

y part

Section A: M.C. (24%) 60% 2½ hours

Section B: (36%)Short, structured, essay questions

2 Electives

M.C. and Structured questions

20% 1 hour

3 School-based

Assessment

Practical related tasks

• Experiments : skills and reporting

(worksheets and ONE detailed

report)

20% 5-8 experiments

The End

Weaknesses of students

LAZY !*@#

Weak algebra,careless

Wrong interpretation of the prefix “m”

No sense of order of magnitu

de

Extension

component

Weak in communicat

ing in Physics terms