Senior Cycle Physics

Senior Cycle Physics is a 2-year course that blends theoretical concepts with real-world applications and features an Additional Assessment Component (AAC), requiring students to complete a hands-on "Physics in Practice" project, worth 40% of their overall grade.

The Core Strands

The course content is divided into five main areas:

• Nature of Science: Focuses on the limitations of science, as well as the economic, ethical, and sustainability factors involved in physics.

• Forces and Motion: Explores Newtonian mechanics, including kinematics (how things move) and dynamics (why they move), covering motion in a circle and 1D motion.

• Waves and Energy Transfer: Dives into different wave characteristics, energy transfers, and gravitational and electromagnetic forces.

• Atomic and Nuclear Physics: Covers the evolution of the Bohr atomic model, spontaneous radioactive decay, and fundamental forces.

• Thermal Physics and Electromagnetism: Explores the interactions of charges, fields, and heat.