PHYSICS HOMEWORK SCHEDULED FOR THIRD TERM

GRADE 7

  1. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Chapter 6: Science, Technology and Society.
  2. Using the notes in your copybook and textbook, prepare a one sheet (two pages) summary of the chapter Science, Technology and Society. You will also have to show me that you still have your first term and second term summaries. You will have to recite (learn by heart) your summary one to two weeks before the first term examinations. Your summary should be in question (in red ink) and answer (in blue ink) format and should answer the following questions:
    1. What is a microscope and which properties of light does it use to function?
    2. What is astronomy and how is it different from astrology?
    3. What did Galileo Galilei discover with his telescope?
    4. What is a satellite?
    5. How are artificial satellites used to predict the weather?

GRADE 8

  1. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Chapter 6: Work, Energy and Power.
  2. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Chapter 7: Science, Technology and Society.
  3. Using the notes in your copybook and textbook, prepare a one sheet (two pages) summary of the chapters Work, Energy & Power and Science, Technology & Society. You will also have to show me that you still have your first term and second term summaries. You will have to recite (learn by heart) your summary one to two weeks before the first term examinations. Your summary should be in question (in red ink) and answer (in blue ink) format and should answer the following questions:
    1. Define kinetic energy and state the unit in which it is measured.
    2. State the formulae, symbols and units used to calculate kinetic energy.
    3. Define gravitational potential energy and state the unit in which it is measured.
    4. State the formulae, symbols and units used to calculate gravitational potential energy.
    5. State the law of conservation of energy.
    6. State and explain the interchange of kinetic and potential energies in:
      1. an object allowed to fall freely under gravity,
      2. a simple pendulum.
    7. When is work said to be done in physics?
    8. State the formulae, symbols and units used to calculate work done.
    9. Define power and state the units in which it is measured.
    10. State the formulae, symbols and units used to calculate power.
    11. State three benefits of science and technology to humanity.
    12. State three limitations of science and technology.
    13. State one invention and one discovery that Sir Isaac Newton made in physics.

GRADE 9 (NATIONAL CERTIFICATE OF EDUCATION ASSESSMENT)

  1. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Chapter 7: Science, Technology and Society 3.
  2. Using the 2020 Syllabus prepare a two-sheet (four pages) summary of the chapter Electricity. You will also have to show me that you still have your first term and second term summaries. You will have to recite (learn by heart) your summary one to two weeks before the first term examinations. Your summary should be in question (in red ink) and answer (in blue ink) format and should answer the following questions:
    1. Explain in outline the physics of the greenhouse effect.
    2. How do you evaluate the information obtained through searches and investigations?
    3. How do you determine whether claims or views are consistent with science?
    4. Identify three ethical issues in the application of physics and technology.
    5. Describe the use of optical fibres in medicine and in communications technology.

GRADE 10

  1. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Unit 14: Light. Page 141 Question 3. Page 146 Questions 14 and 16. Page 147 Questions 17 and 18. Page 152 Question 28. Page 155 End-of-chapter question 13.5.
  2. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Unit 15: Electromagnetic Spectrum. Page 172 End-of-chapter questions 15.3 and 15.4.
  3. Read and underline/highlight the main points in Unit 16: Sound. Page 137 End-of-chapter questions 12.2 to 12.4.
  4. Prepare a summary containing all Physics Formulae, symbols and units (first term, second term and third term).
  5. Prepare another summary containing Physics Definitions (first term, second term and third term).
  6. Recopy Physics Experiments and Labelled Diagrams in a small copybook (first term, second term and third term).
  7. You will have to recite (learn by heart) all (first term, second term and third term) the Physics Formulae and Definitions & Terms one to two weeks before the third term examinations.
  8. A second, written test based on Physics Experiments and Labelled Diagrams (first term, second term and third term) is also scheduled one to two weeks before the third term examinations.

GRADE 11 (SCHOOL CERTIFICATE)

  1. At any time during the third term, any pupil may be asked any Physics formula (with symbols and units) or any Physics definition & Term.
  2. At any time during the third term, any pupil may be sent on board to describe a Physics Experiment or to draw a  Labelled Diagram.
  3. Students notes copy-books will be collected to check whether they have all (Grade 10 and Grade 11) notes. Your forecast grades will depend on the completion of your notes and homework during the two-year course.
  4. Students' strengths and weaknesses in the Dress-Rehearsal Examinations 2012 will be discussed by returning their scripts and analysing their answers. Students should bring their Multiple Choice Paper on the first day of the third term.
  5. How to Study Physics?
  6. How to Answer Examination Questions?
  7. Past Examinations Papers supported by Examiners' Reports.
  8. Hands-on practicals every alternate weeks.