1. STANDARD GRADE PHYSICS Course outline

2. Waves Speed of sound Speed of light Communicating by wires Telegraphy Morse code Telephones Radio Television Satellites Geostationary satellites TELECOMMUNICATIONS

3. Household electrics Plug wiring Fuses Earth wire AC / DC Ring circuit Electromagnet Electric bell Relay Electric motor ELECTRICITY 1

4. Space physics • Solar system • Stars and galaxies • Lenses • Telescopes • Electromagnetic spectrum

5. Thermometers Sound Stethoscopes Ultrasound Lenses and the eye Sight defects and glasses Optical fibres Lasers X-rays Infra red and ultra violet radioactivity HEALTH PHYSICS

6. Current Resistance Voltage Ohm’s law Series circuits Parallel circuits Energy and power Resistors Circuit faults ELECTRICITY 2

7. Input, process and output Analogue and digital Output devices Input devices Capacitors Voltage dividers transistors AND, OR and NOT gates Clock pulses Decision making circuits Amplifiers ELECTRONICS

8. Instantaneous speed Average speed Speed time graphs Acceleration Forces Newton’s laws of motion Work, energy and power Kinetic energy Potential energy Rocket motion Gravity and projectiles TRANSPORT

9. Renewable energy Non-renewable energy Nuclear fission Power stations Efficiency Generators Transformers Electrical transmission Heat in the home Specific heat capacity Specific latent heat ENERGY