Physics
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Course Description
This Physics course covers the key elements of the practical approach to teaching across the modules presented. The modules cover key knowledge, skills and activities required for the teacher to effectively deliver in selected topics of the curriculum. Teaching and learning activities have been suggested. It is expected that the teacher will carry out all these activities as a foundation to apply similar approach in all other topics of the curriculum.
The Modules covered are:
- Module 1: Physics Teaching Methods, Assessment and Evaluation
- Module 2: Introduction to the Physics Laboratory
- Module 3: Mechanics
- Module 4: Electricity and magnetism
- Module 5: Heat and temperature
- Module 6: Light, waves and sound
- Module 7: Radioactivity and electronics
General Objective
By the end of this courses , the trainees should be able to:
- Teach the physics content more competently by giving real life examples to the learners
- Teach physics using the appropriate teaching methods (learner – centered methods)
- Improvise teaching and learning materials which are not available in the school laboratories
- Teach physics in line with the national goals of education
- Equipped with the necessary knowledge and skills to enable them apply the 21st Century teaching skills which include creativity, innovation, critical thinking, collaboration and problem solving.
Course Features
- Lectures 94
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 24 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 1
- Assessments Self
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MODULE ONE: METHODS OF TEACHING PHYSICS
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MODULE TWO: INTRODUCTION TO THE PHYSICS LABORATORY
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MODULE 3: MECHANICS
- Physical quantities
- Properties of Matter
- Force
- Newton’s laws of motion
- Momentum
- Equilibrium and stability
- Pressure
- Pressure in liquids
- Hydraulic brake
- Pressure in gases
- MOTION
- Vectors and scalars
- Equations of Linear Motion
- Transformation of energy
- Simple Machines
- Efficiency of Simple Machines
- Simple pendulum
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MODULE 4: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM
- Introduction
- Electrostatics
- Conductors and Insulators
- Action of Sharp Points
- Electric fields
- Coulomb’s law of electrostatics
- Electric field Intensity E
- Electrostatic potential
- Capacitors
- Electric current
- Voltage
- Resistance
- Ohm’s law
- Arrangement of resistors
- Electricity in the home
- Magnetism
- Making magnets
- Current carrying conductors and magnetic fields
- Force on a conductor placed in a magnetic field
- The motor effect
- ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION
- Faraday’s experiment
- Lenz’s law of electromagnetic induction
- A.C GENERATORS
- Self induction and mutual induction
- The A.C transformer
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MODULE 5: HEAT AND TEMPERATURE
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MODULE 6: LIGHT, WAVES AND SOUND
- Light rays and shadows
- Reflection of light
- Reflection in curved (spherical) mirrors
- Spherical aberration
- The mirror formula
- REFRACTION
- Real and apparent depth
- Critical angle and total internal reflection
- Refraction in prisms
- Refraction in thin lenses
- Image formation in thin lenses
- Uses of convex lenses
- Uses of concave lenses
- Colours
- The eye
- Defects of vision
- Deviation and dispersion in the prism
- Addition of colours of light
- Waves and Oscillations
- SOUND WAVES
- Atomic Physics
- Radio Activity
- Properties of decay particles
- Detection of types of decay
- Radioactive decay rates
- Half-life t
- Applications of radio – isotopes
- Nuclear fusion and nuclear fission
- Electronics
- Semiconductors
- P-n junction diode
- Rectification of alternating current
- Transistors
- Configurations of Bipolar Transistor
- Common Base Configuration
- Common Emitter Configuration
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Module 7: RADIOACTIVITY AND ELECTRONICS