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The document outlines a revised physics syllabus for a pre-university remedial program, spanning six months and totaling 96 hours of instruction. It covers various topics including physical quantities, motion, dynamics, work and energy, fluids, waves, electricity, magnetism, and basic electronics. The course employs an interactive teaching approach and includes a combination of continuous and final assessments.

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Physics

The document outlines a revised physics syllabus for a pre-university remedial program, spanning six months and totaling 96 hours of instruction. It covers various topics including physical quantities, motion, dynamics, work and energy, fluids, waves, electricity, magnetism, and basic electronics. The course employs an interactive teaching approach and includes a combination of continuous and final assessments.

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PRE-UNIVERSITY REMEDIAL PROGRAM

Physics Syllabus (REVISED)


Credits-
4hr
Duration: Six months (96 hours)
Prepared by
Alemayehu Girma (PhD)
Kotebe University of Education

February 2025
1. Physical Quantities and Measurement(2hrs)
1.1. Scales, Standards, and Units (Prefixes)
1.2. Measurement and Safety
1.3. Classification of Physical Quantities
1.4. Unit Conversion

2. Vectors (2hrs)
2.1. Scalars and Vectors
2.2. Vector Representations
2.3. Vector Addition and Subtraction
2.4. Graphical Method of Vector Addition
2.5. Vector Resolution
2.6. Product of Vectors
3. Motion in One and Two Dimensions(10hrs)
3.1. Position, Distance, and Displacement
3.2. Average Speed and Instantaneous Speed
3.3. Average Velocity and Instantaneous Velocity
3.4. Acceleration
3.5. Uniformly Accelerated Motion in 1D
3.6. Equations of Motion with Constant Acceleration
3.7. Graphical Representation of Uniformly Accelerated Motion
3.8. Vertical Motion
3.9. Uniform Circular Motion
3.10. Projectile motion
4. Angular motion(3hrs)
4.1. Angular Position
4.2. Angular velocity
4.3. Angular Acceleration
4.4. Relation between linear and angular motion
5. Dynamics (10hrs)
5.1. The Concept of Force
5.2. Newton’s Laws of Motion
5.3. Forces of Friction
5.4. Impulse and Linear Momentum (elastic and non-elastic collision)
5.5. Center of mass and moment of inertia

5.6. Torque and Rotational Inertia (Moment of Inertia)


5.7. Rotational Kinetic Energy
5.8. Angular Momentum and Its Conservation
5.9. Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
6. Work, Energy, and Power(8hrs)
6.1. Work done by constant and variable forces
6.2. Conservation of energy
6.3. Work energy theorem
6.4. Conservative forces
6.5. Power
7. Fluids and Pressure(6hrs)
7.1. Definition of Pressure and Its Units
7.2. Pressure in Liquids (Pascal’s Principle)
7.3. Atmospheric Pressure and Barometers
7.4. Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
7.5. Fluid Dynamics (Continuity Equation and Bernoulli’s Principle)
7.6. Applications of Pascal’s, Archimedes’, and Bernoulli’s Principles
8. Simple Machines(4hrs)
8.1. Simple Machines and Their Purposes
8.2. Simple Machines at Home and Workplaces
8.3. Classification of Simple Machines
8.4. Mechanical Advantage, Velocity Ratio, and Efficiency
8.5. Designing Simple Machines
9. Waves (6hrs)
9.1. Common Characteristics of Waves
9.2. String, Pendulum, and Spring
9.3. Propagation of Waves and Energy Transmission
9.4. Sound Waves
9.5. Superposition of Waves
9.6. Characteristics of Sound Waves
10. Temperature and Heat Transfer(6hrs)
10.1. Temperature and Our Life
10.2. Extreme Temperature Safety
10.3. Temperature Change and Its Effects
10.4. Measuring Temperature with Different Thermometric Scales
10.5. Types of Thermometers and Their Use
10.6. Conversion between Temperature Scales
10.7. Thermal Expansion of Materials
11. Electrostatics and Electric Circuits(8hrs)
11.1. Charges in Nature
11.2. Methods of Charging a Body
11.3. Coulomb’s Law of Electrostatics
11.4. The Electric Field
11.5. Electric Current, Voltage, and Ohm’s Law
11.6. Combination of Resistors in a Circuit
11.7. Electrical Safety
11.8. Electric Projects
12. Magnetism and Its Applications(5hrs)
12.1. Magnet and Magnetic Field
12.2. The Earth’s Magnetic Field and the Compass
12.3. Magnetic Field of a Current-Carrying Conductor
12.4. Applications of Magnetism
13. Electromagnetic Waves and Light(6hrs)
13.1. Electromagnetic (EM) Waves
13.2. EM Spectrum
13.3. Light as a Wave
13.4. Laws of Reflection & Refraction
13.5. Mirrors and Lenses
13.6. Human Eye and Optical Instruments
13.7. Primary Colors of Light and Human Vision
13.8. Color Addition and Subtraction of Light
14. Nuclear Physics and Radiation(5hrs)
14.1. The Nucleus
14.2. Radioactivity
14.3. Use of Nuclear Radiation
14.4. Nuclear Reactions and Energy Production
14.5. Safety Rules Against Hazards of Nuclear Radiation
15. Basic Electronics(4hrs)
15.1. Semiconductors
15.2. Diodes and Their Functions
15.3. Rectification
15.4. Transistors and Their Applications
15.5. Integrated Circuits
15.6. Logic Gates and Logic Circuits
15.7. Applications of Electronics

References

➢ High School Physics Text books ( Grade 9-12 )


➢ Serway, R. A. and Vuille, C., 2018, College Physics, 11th ed., Cengage Learning, Boston,
USA
➢ University Physics with Modern Physics by Young, freedman and Lewis Ford
➢ Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics by Douglas C. Giancoli
➢ Fundamentals of physics by David Halliday, Robert Resnick and Gearl Walker
➢ College Physics by Hugh D. Young Sears Zemansky, 9th edition

Mode of delivery

➢ An activity-based interactive teaching approach will be applied

Assessment

➢ 50% Continues assessment


➢ 50% final
➢ Central exam (100%)

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