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PES Physics - Course Structure

The Physics syllabus has undergone many changes in the past ten years including a name change from syllabus to course of study. The content includes the study of some of the most fundamental theories in physics such as those developed by Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) and Albert Einstein (1879-1955) to the most recent developments in quantum theory by Werner Heisenberg (1901-1976) and Paul Dirac (1902- ).
The course is divided into four main sections: Motion in Two Dimensions, Electricity and Magnetism, Light and Matter and the Atom & Nuclei. Each Area is designed to be approximately equal in length and together the
y comprise the total course. The sections and topics are presented below in a suggested teaching order.

Section 1:
Motion in Two

Dimensions
(25 to 30 hours)

Section 2:
Electricity and
Magnetism

(25 to 30 hours)

Section 3:
Light and Matter

(25 to 30 hours)

Section 4:
Atoms and Nuclei

(25 to 30 hours)

Topic 1:
Projectile Motion

Application:
Projectiles in Sport

Topic 1:
Electric Fields

Application:
Photocopiers and Laser Printers

Topic 1:
Electromagnetic Waves
Application: Laser Airborne Depth Sounder (LADS)

Topic 1:
The Structure of the Atom
Application: Lasers

Topic 2:
Uniform Circular Motion
Application: The Banking of Road Curves

Topic 2:
The Motion of Charged Particles in Electric Fields
Application: The Use of Electric Fields in Cyclotrons

Topic 2:
The Interference of Light
Application: Compact Discs

Topic 2:
The Structure of the Nucleus
Application: The Production of
Radioisotopes

Topic 3:
Gravitation and Satellites
Application: Weather and Communication Satellites

Topic 3:
Magnetic Fields
Application: The Moving-coil
Loudspeaker

Topic 3:
Photons
Application: The Use of X-rays in Medicine

Topic 3:
Radioactivity
Applications: Radioactive Dating; Radiation Dosages

Topic 4:
Momentum in Two Dimensions
Application: Rockets

Topic 4:
The Motion of Charged Particles in Magnetic Fields
Application: The Use of Magnetic Fields in Cyclotrons

Topic 4:
Wave Behaviour
of Particles
Application: Electron Microscopes

Topic 4:
Nuclear
Fission and Fusion
Application: Fission Nuclear Power

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