Quiz Topics
1.1 Laboratory Skills and Safety
Specific Competence: Practice laboratory safety rules, practice waste management principles, use apparatus in Physics. Learning Activities: Working safely in the lab, properly disposing of waste, and using physics equipment correctly. Expected Standard: Following safety rules, managing waste, and using equipment well.
2.1.1 Work, Energy, and Power
Specific Competence: Students will be able to build a system that uses the ideas of work, energy, and power. Learning Activities: Students will build systems that make the most of mechanical energy, like a pendulum or a ramp. They will figure out how much work a force does on something. They will do experiments to see how force and movement are linked. They will measure and calculate mechanical energy (movement energy and stored energy). They will show that energy stays the same in mechanical systems. They will look at machines that use less energy, like cranes. They will calculate how well energy changes from one form to another. They will solve math problems about power in mechanical systems. Expected Standard: Students will correctly build a system that uses work, energy, and power.
3.1 LIGHT
Specific Competence: Students will understand and apply the principles of light: how it travels straight (rectilinear propagation), bounces off surfaces (reflection), bends through different materials (refraction), and how lenses work. Learning Activities: Students will conduct experiments to show light's straight path, analyze shadows, and build a pinhole camera. They will explore reflection using mirrors, verify its laws, and solve related problems. For refraction, they will create optical illusions, verify Snell's Law with prisms, and demonstrate total internal reflection. They will also investigate lenses, draw ray diagrams, apply lens equations, and design simple optical instruments like periscopes, kaleidoscopes, telescopes, and microscopes, researching their real-world uses. Expected Standard: Students will correctly apply the concepts of rectilinear propagation, reflection, refraction, and the function of lenses.
1.2 Fundamental Physics Concepts and Applications
Specific Competence: Demonstrate curiosity and inquiry in exploring fundamental concepts, relate concepts of Physics to everyday life. Learning Activities: Exploring basic physics ideas and connecting physics to daily experiences. Expected Standard: Showing curiosity about physics and understanding how it applies to the real world.
3.2 STATIC ELECTRICITY
Specific Competence: Students will design experiments to study static electricity and correctly install lightning arresters. Learning Activities: Students will perform experiments to generate static electricity by rubbing, induction, and conduction, investigating factors like heat and humidity. They will demonstrate charging and discharging, explain lightning formation, and test material conductivity. They will also learn about lightning arresters, the importance of grounding, and safety procedures for handling electrostatic charges. Expected Standard: Students will correctly design static electricity experiments and properly install a lightning arrester.
2.1.2 Linear Momentum
Specific Competence: Students will be able to use the idea of linear momentum in daily life. Learning Activities: Students will explore momentum in real-life situations, like in sports, transport, accidents, and car safety. They will understand what momentum is. They will solve math problems about momentum. They will show that momentum stays the same when things crash (both bouncy and sticky crashes). They will explain what happens when someone drives too fast. Expected Standard: Students will correctly use the idea of linear momentum in real life.
2.1 Basic Principles of Scientific Investigations
Specific Competence: Apply principles of scientific investigations. Learning Activities: Using scientific methods to study things. Expected Standard: Being able to conduct simple scientific studies.
2.1.3 Simple Machines
Specific Competence: Students will be able to build simple machines to fix problems in daily life. Learning Activities: Students will build simple machines like levers, pulleys, wedges, screws, wheels and axles, and gears. They will show how simple machines are used. They will find out the Mechanical Advantage (how much a machine multiplies force) and Velocity Ratio (how much faster the effort moves than the load). They will learn and use the formula to calculate how well simple machines work. Expected Standard: Students will build and use simple machines well.
3.3 CURRENT ELECTRICITY
Specific Competence: Students will construct basic electric circuits, apply electric cell technology, use Ohm's Law, solve problems related to electrical energy and power, and design safe and efficient home electrical systems. Learning Activities: Students will define electric charge, current, and potential difference, building simple circuits to demonstrate these. They will measure voltage and current, calculate resistance in series and parallel circuits, and investigate factors affecting wire resistance. They will explore electric cells for energy storage, including charging, discharging, and environmental impacts. Students will verify Ohm's Law, analyze conductors, and solve related problems. They will also calculate electrical power and energy consumption, design energy-efficient systems, and develop domestic circuits incorporating safety features like fuses, circuit breakers, insulation, earthing, and surge protectors. Expected Standard: Students will correctly build simple electric circuits, apply electric cell technology, construct circuits demonstrating Ohm's Law, build energy-efficient systems, and design safe and efficient domestic electrical circuits.
3.4 MAGNETISM
Specific Competence: Students will demonstrate a clear understanding of how magnets work. Learning Activities: Students will explore the properties of magnets, the domain theory (how tiny regions in magnetic materials align), and induced magnetism (making other materials magnetic). They will plot magnetic field lines, learn how to create and demagnetize magnets, and understand the use of magnetic keepers (for storing magnets) and magnetic screening (for blocking magnetic fields). They will also design new applications that use magnets. Expected Standard: Students will correctly show their understanding of magnetism.
2.1.4 Pressure
Specific Competence: Students will be able to use the ideas of pressure to solve problems in daily life. Learning Activities: Students will explain what pressure is and its units. They will learn how force and area are linked to pressure. They will measure pressure using tools like a manometer and barometer. They will learn Pascal’s Law (P = ρgh), which helps calculate pressure in liquids. They will calculate pressure in liquids and gases. They will find out what changes pressure, like how thick a liquid is, its depth, and gravity. They will do experiments on things floating and the upward push of water (Archimedes’ principle). They will build models that use pressure, like a hydraulic press, a car jack, or a barometer. Expected Standard: Students will correctly use pressure ideas to solve problems.
2.2 Physical Quantities
Specific Competence: Classify physical quantities as basic and derived. Learning Activities: Identifying and sorting different types of measurements (like length, mass, speed). Expected Standard: Knowing the difference between fundamental measurements and ones made from them.
2.3 Precision and Accuracy in Measurement
Specific Competence: Demonstrate precision and accuracy in measurements. Learning Activities: Making careful and correct measurements. Expected Standard: Measuring things precisely (close values) and accurately (close to the true value).
3.5 ELECTROMAGNETISM
Specific Competence: Students will apply the principle that electric currents create magnetic effects to solve real-world problems. Learning Activities: Students will demonstrate magnetic field patterns around electric currents using rules like the right-hand grip rule. They will build systems that use this effect, such as electric bells, and show how currents behave in magnetic fields (Fleming's left-hand rule). They will investigate forces between parallel currents, research the health and environmental effects of magnetic fields, and design innovative solutions involving current-carrying conductors in magnetic fields, like electric motors. Expected Standard: Students will correctly apply the concept of the magnetic effect of electric currents to solve problems.
2.2.1 Simple Kinetic Theory of Matter
Specific Competence: Students will be able to explain how the kinetic theory has led to new technologies. Learning Activities: Students will explain the kinetic theory and how matter is made of tiny moving particles. They will show Brownian motion (random movement of particles), diffusion (spreading out), and evaporation (turning into gas). They will create new ideas based on kinetic theory, like a gas leak detector, something that stops heat transfer (insulator), or a fridge. Expected Standard: Students will correctly explain how the kinetic theory affects new inventions.
2.4 Equilibrium (General Physics)
Specific Competence: Apply equilibrium concepts to design systems for solving problems. Learning Activities: Using ideas about balanced forces to create solutions for problems. Expected Standard: Designing systems that are stable and balanced.
2.2.2 Measurement of Temperature
Specific Competence: Students will be able to measure temperature using the right tools. Learning Activities: Students will use different types of thermometers, like liquid thermometers, thermocouples, and infrared thermometers. They will find the boiling and melting points of substances. They will do experiments to see how pressure and dirt affect boiling and melting points. They will set up thermometers to give correct readings. They will look at how things like size, heaviness, and electrical resistance change with temperature. They will compare alcohol and mercury thermometers. They will link the Celsius and Kelvin temperature scales. Expected Standard: Students will accurately measure temperature using the correct tools.
3.6 ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
Specific Competence: Students will create systems based on Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction, build simple AC and DC generators, solve problems involving transformers, and understand electrical energy transmission. Learning Activities: Students will demonstrate Faraday's law, identifying factors affecting induced current magnitude and direction (Lenz's and Fleming's right-hand rules). They will construct simple AC and DC generators. For transformers, they will demonstrate mutual induction (how a changing current in one coil induces a current in another) and operation, solve related problems (including efficiency), and build a simple transformer. They will also discuss and explore different methods and factors involved in transmitting electrical energy over distances. Expected Standard: Students will correctly build systems using Faraday's law, create simple AC and DC generators, solve transformer-related problems, and understand electrical energy transmission.
2.2.3 Expansion of Solids, Liquids and Gases
Specific Competence: Students will be able to show how solids, liquids, and gases get bigger. Learning Activities: Students will show how different forms of matter get bigger when heated (including water, which acts strangely when it gets cold). They will show that different materials expand at different rates. They will use gas laws (Boyle’s, Charles’, Gay-Lussac’s, and the Ideal Gas Law) to understand how gases behave. Expected Standard: Students will correctly show expansion using experiments.
3.1 The Universe (Elementary Astronomy)
Specific Competence: Construct astronomical models to demonstrate conceptual understanding. Learning Activities: Building models (like a solar system model) to show understanding of space. Expected Standard: Creating models that explain ideas about the universe.
4.1 Structure and Composition of the Earth
Specific Competence: Demonstrate understanding of the Earth. Learning Activities: Learning about the layers and materials that make up the Earth. Expected Standard: Explaining how the Earth is built and what it is made of.
2.2.4 Internal Combustion Engine
Specific Competence: Students will be able to show how internal combustion engines work. Learning Activities: Students will name different kinds of engines, like those that use sparks, compression, or a spinning design. They will build a model of a four-stroke engine. They will compare how well diesel engines work compared to petrol engines. They will learn about hybrid engines and new engine technologies. Expected Standard: Students will accurately show how engines work.
2.2.5 Heat Transfer
Specific Competence: Students will be able to use the ideas of how heat moves. Learning Activities: Students will show conduction (heat moving through touch), convection (heat moving through liquids or gases), and radiation (heat moving through waves). They will apply these ideas to daily life, like how flasks keep drinks hot or cold, how fridges work, car radiators, breezes, and heating elements. They will show which materials let heat pass through easily (good conductors) and which do not (bad conductors), and which materials soak up heat well. They will show the greenhouse effect. Expected Standard: Students will correctly use the ideas of heat transfer.
4.2 Structure and Composition of the Earth’s Atmosphere
Specific Competence: Analyze the structure and composition of the Earth’s atmosphere. Learning Activities: Studying the layers of air around Earth and what gases are in them. Expected Standard: Describing the different parts of the atmosphere and what they contain.
5.1 Scalar and Vector Quantities
Specific Competence: Apply concepts of scalars and vectors in everyday life. Learning Activities: Using ideas about quantities with only size (scalars) and quantities with size and direction (vectors) in daily situations. Expected Standard: Distinguishing between scalars (like speed) and vectors (like velocity) and using them correctly.
2.2.6 Measurement of Heat
Specific Competence: Students will be able to solve real-world and math problems about heat. Learning Activities: Students will learn terms like heat capacity (how much heat something can hold), specific heat (heat needed to warm up a specific amount of a substance), and latent heat (heat needed to change state without changing temperature). They will solve math and real-world problems about heat. They will tell the difference between heat energy and temperature. They will measure heat capacity and specific heat capacity. They will find out the latent heat needed for melting and boiling. Expected Standard: Students will accurately solve heat problems.
5.2 Linear Motion and Falling Bodies
Specific Competence: Apply concepts of linear motion in real-life situations. Apply concepts of falling bodies in real-life situations. Learning Activities: Using ideas about straight-line movement and things falling to understand daily events. Expected Standard: Explaining how things move in a straight line and how gravity affects falling objects.
2.3.1 Longitudinal & Transverse Waves
Specific Competence: Students will be able to solve real-world and math problems about waves. Learning Activities: Students will explain wave terms like amplitude (wave height), wavelength (distance between wave peaks), period (time for one wave), frequency (how many waves per second), and wavefront (the front of a wave). They will tell the difference between longitudinal waves (particles move back and forth in the same direction as the wave) and transverse waves (particles move up and down, across the wave direction). They will solve math problems about waves. They will build devices to show waves. Expected Standard: Students will solve wave problems and create wave devices.
5.3 Forces
Specific Competence: Apply force-body interaction concepts. Learning Activities: Understanding how forces push or pull objects. Expected Standard: Explaining how forces make objects move or change shape.
2.3.2 Electromagnetic Spectrum
Specific Competence: Students will be able to understand information about electromagnetic waves. Learning Activities: Students will explain the electromagnetic spectrum (the range of all types of light). They will show the spectrum using different wave types. They will learn about their features, where they come from, and how they are used. They will find out how to detect these waves. They will look into the harmful effects and how to stay safe from them. Expected Standard: Students will correctly understand information about electromagnetic waves.
5.4 Circular Motion
Specific Competence: Apply circular motion concepts to solve problems and make predictions. Learning Activities: Using ideas about movement in a circle to figure out problems and guess what will happen. Expected Standard: Solving problems and predicting outcomes for objects moving in circles.
2.4.1 Properties and Applications of Sound
Specific Competence: Students will be able to use devices to show the features of sound. Learning Activities: Students will point out the parts that vibrate in things that make sound, like a guitar, drums, or a tuning fork. They will do experiments to see how sound travels through solids, liquids, and gases. They will measure sound using tools like an oscilloscope and a sound meter. They will use a slinky to show rarefaction (spread out parts of a wave) and compression (squashed parts of a wave). They will do experiments to find the speed of sound. They will talk about sound features like frequency (how high or low), pitch (how high or low a sound seems), loudness, timbre (sound quality), interference (waves combining), and diffraction (waves bending). They will use computer programs to copy sound features. They will sort sounds by how often they vibrate, what they travel through, where they come from, and how we hear them. They will talk about how sound is used in music, ultrasound, sonar, and technology. They will look into how noise pollution affects health and the environment. Expected Standard: Students will correctly use devices to show sound features.
5.5 Moment of a Force (Turning Effect)
Specific Competence: Create a tool that applies the moment of a force in solving problems. Learning Activities: Designing a tool (like a lever) that uses turning forces to solve issues. Expected Standard: Building a tool that effectively uses turning forces.
5.6 Equilibrium (Mechanics)
Specific Competence: Apply equilibrium concepts to solve real-world problems. Learning Activities: Using ideas about balanced forces to solve problems in the real world. Expected Standard: Solving real-world problems by applying principles of balance.