The syllabus is evolved from the Senior Secondary School teaching syllabus and is intended to indicate the scope of the course for Physics examination. It is structured with the conceptual approach. The broad concepts of matter, position, motion and time; energy; waves; fields; Atomic and Nuclear Physics, electronics are considered and each concept forms a part on which other subconscious are further based. AIMS The aims of the syllabus are to enable candidates (1) acquire proper understanding of the basic principles and applications of
Physics; (2) develop scientific skills and attitudes as prerequisites for further scientific activities; (3) recognize the usefulness, and limitations of scientific method to appreciate its applicability ion other disciplines and in every life; (4) develop abilities, attitudes and skills that encourage efficient and safe practice; (5) develop scientific attitudes such as accuracy, precision, objectivity, integrity, initiative and inventiveness. The following activities appropriate to Physics will be tested: (1) Acquisition of knowledge and understanding:
Candidates should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of (a) Scientific phenomena, facts laws, definitions, concepts and theories; (b) Scientific vocabulary, terminology and conventions (including symbols, quantities and units); (c) The use of scientific apparatus, including techniques of operation and aspects of safety; (d) Scientific quantities and their determinations; (e) Scientific and technological applications with their social economic and environmental implications.
Candidates should be able, using visual, oral, aural and written (including symbolic, diagrammatic, graphical and numerical) information to a) locate select, organize and present information from a variety of sources including everyday experience; (b) analyses and evaluate information and other data; (c) use information to identify patterns, report trends and draw inferences; (d) present reasonable explanations for natural occurrences, patterns and relationship as; (e) make predictions from data. 3) Experimental and Provisioning Techniques Candidates should be able to (a) follow instructions; (b) carry out experimental procedures using apparatus; (c) make e and record observations, measurements and estimates with due regard to precision, accuracy and units; d) interpret, evaluate and report on observations and experimental data; (e) identify problems, plan and carry out investigations, including the selection of techniques, apparatus, measuring devices and materials; (f) evaluate methods and suggest possible improvements; (g) state and explain the necessary precautions taken in experiments to obtain accurate results.
