Kinematics

Students will demonstrate an understanding of uniform and non-uniform linear motion, in one and two dimensions. They will investigate, in qualitative and quantitative terms, uniform and non-uniform motion, and solve related problems. They will analyse technologies that apply concepts related to kinematics and assess the technologies' social and environmental impact.

22 hours

Forces

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between changes in velocity and unbalanced forces in one dimension. They will investigate qualitatively and quantitatively net force, acceleration, and mass; and solve related problems. They will analyse and propose improvements to technologies that apply concepts related to dynamics and Newton's laws and assess the technologies' social and environmental impact.

22 hours

Energy and Society

Students will demonstrate an understanding of work, efficiency, power, gravitational potential energy, kinetic energy, nuclear energy, and thermal energy and its transfer as heat. They will investigate energy transformations and the law of conservation of energy and solve related problems. They will analyse technologies that apply principles of, and concepts related to energy transformations, and assess the technologies' social and environmental impact.

Waves and Sound

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the properties of mechanical waves and sound and of the principles underlying their production, transmission, interaction, and reception. They will investigate the properties of mechanical waves and sound and solve related problems. They will analyse how mechanical waves and sound affect technology, structures, society, and the environment, and assess ways of reducing their negative side effects.

21 hours

Electricity and Magnetism

Students will demonstrate an understanding of the properties of magnetic fields, the principles of current and electron flow, and the operation of selected technologies that use the properties and principles to produce and transmit electrical energy. They will investigate magnetic fields and electric circuits and solve related problems. They will analyse the social, economic and environmental impact of electrical energy production and technologies related to electromagnetism and propose ways to improve the sustainability of electrical energy production.

Exam

This course includes a proctored exam worth 30% of the final grade.