Syllabus

Month SPS Values Remark

Learning Area Learning Outcome
January 1 Introduction to Explain what physics is grouping and Realizing
Week 1 Physics - Recognize the physics in classifying that science
1.1 Understanding everyday object and natural is a means to
Physics phenomenon making understand
1.2 Understanding base - Explain what base and derived generalization nature
quantities and quantities are
derived - Express quantities using analyzing
quantities prefixes and scientific notation
- Express derived quantities as
well as their units in term of
base quantities and base units.

Week 2 1.3 Understanding - Define scalar and vector Analyzing Thinking

scalar quantities rationally
and vector - Measure physical quantities Making
quantities using appropriates instrument conclusion Being
1.4 Understanding - Explain accuracy and systematic
measurement consistency Making inference
- Explain sensitivity Being
- Explain types of Attributing honest and
experimental errors accurate in
- Use appropriates recording
techniques to reduce errors

Week 3 1.5 Analysing scientific - Identify variables in a given Making Having

investigation situation inferences critical and
- Identify a question suitable for analytical
 scientific investigation Making thinking
hypothesis
Being
Making cooperative
conclusion
Week 4 Chinese New Year Holiday
26 – 30 Jan 2009
February 2 Force and Motion - Define distance and Analyzing Being
Week 5 2.1 Analysing linear displacement systematic
motion - Define speed and velocity and Comparing and
state the average contrasting Being
- Define acceleration and diligent and
deceleration Making preseving
- Solve problem on linear motion conclusions
with uniform acceleration

Week 6 2.2 Motion Graph - plot and interpret displacement- Making Being ChapGohMei
2.3 Inertia time and velocity-time graph conclusion systematic
- deduce from the shape of a 9 Feb
displacement-time graph Making Being
when a body is: inferences honest and
i. at rest. accurate in
ii. moving with uniform Relating recording
velocity. and
iii. moving with non-uniform Making validating
velocity. conclusion data
- deduce from the shape of a
velocity-time graph when a
body is:
i. at rest.
 ii. moving with uniform
velocity.
iii. moving with uniform
acceleration.

- Explain what inertia is.

- relate mass to inertia
- give examples of situation
involving inertia
Week 7 2.4 Momentum - define momentum of an object Making inference Thinking Ujian Formatif
- state the principle of rationally (16 – 18 Feb)
conservation of momentum Making
- describe application of hypothesis
conservation of momentum
Analyzing
Week 8 2.5 Understanding the - describe the effects of Making Being
effect of force balanced forces acting on an inferences systematic
object.
- describe the effects of Analyzing Being
unbalanced forces acting on cooperative
an object. Relating
- determine the relationship
between force, mass and
acceleration i.e. F = ma.
Week 9 2.6 Analysing impulse - explain what is impulsive force Making Having Ulang Tahun
and impulsive force is conclusion critical and Sekolah
- define the impulse as a change analytical 3 March
in momentum Analyzing thinking
Week 10 2.7 Safety feature in the - describe the important of safety Analyzing Being Maulidur rasul
design of vehicles feature in vehicles responsible 9 March
2.8 Gravity - explain acceleration due to about safety
gravity of oneself,
- state what a acceleration field is others and
- define weight (W) as the product the
of mass (m) and acceleration environment
due to gravity. i.e. W = mg

Week 11 Cuti Pertengahan Penggal 1

(14 – 22 March 2009)
Week 12 2.9 Force in equilibrium - describe situations where Analyzing Thinking
forces are in equilibrium rationally
- state what a resultant force is Making
- add two forces to determine inferences being
the resultant force cooperative
- resolve a force into the Making
effective component forces conclusions

Week 13 2.10 Work, Energy, - define work (W) as the Conceptualizing Realizing
Power and efficiency product of an applied force (F) that science
2.11 The importance of and displacement (s) of an Making is a mean to
maximizing the object in the direction of the inferences understand
efficiency of applied force i.e. W = Fs nature
devices - state that when work is done Making
energy is transferred from one conclusions
object to another
- define kinetic energy and state
that Ek = ½mv2
- define gravitational potential
 energy and state that Ep = mgh.
- state the principle of
conservation of energy
- recognize the importance of
maximizing efficiency of
devices in conserving
resources.
Week 14 2.12 Elasticity - define elasticity Making Being Ujian Formatif
- define Hooke’s law inferences systematic (6 – 8 April)

Making Being Good Friday

hypothesis objectives (10 April)
Week 15 2.12 Elasticity - define elastic potential energy
and state that Ep= ½ kx2 Relating
- determine the factors that
affect elasticity Predicting
- describe applications of
elasticity.
Week 16 3 Force and motion - define pressure and state that Analyzing Having
3.1 Pressure P = F/A critical and
- describe applications of Relating analytical
Pressure thinking
- solve problems involving Predicting
pressure
Week 17 3.2 Pressure in Liquid - relate depth to pressure in a Making Being Sukan Sekolah
liquid conclusion cooperative (29 & 30 April)
- relate density to pressure in a
liquid Relating Being Hari Pekerja
- explain pressure in a liquid thankful to (1 May)
and state that P=hρ g Analyzing God
- describe applications of
 pressure in liquids

Week 18 3.2 Pressure in liquid - explain pressure in a liquid Analyzing Realizing Hari Wesak
3.3 Gas Pressure and and state that P=hρ g that science (9 May)
Atmospheric - describe applications of Making is a mean to
Pressure pressure in liquids conclusions understand
- explain gas pressure nature
- explain atmospheric pressure
- describe applications of
atmospheric pressure
Week 19, 20 & Peperiksaan Penggal 1
21 12 – 29 May 2009
Week 22 & 23 Cuti Pertengahan Tahun
2 – 14 June 2009
Week 24 3.4 Pascal’s Principal - state Pascal’s principle Analyzing Realizing Hari
- explain hydraulic systems that science Permuafakatan
- describe applications of Making is a mean to (20 June 2009)
Pascal’s principle conclusion Understand
- solve problems involving nature
Pascal’s principle

Week 25 3.5 Archimedes’ - explain buoyant force Analyzing Thinking

Principle - relate buoyant force to the rationally
weight of the liquid displaced Conceptualizing
- state Archimedes’ principle Realizing
- describe applications of Problem solving that science
Archimedes principle is a mean to
understand
nature
Week 26 3.6 Bernoulli’s Principle - state Bernoulli’s principle Interpreting dataHaving an
- explain that a resultant force interest and
exists due to a difference in Making inference curiosity
fluid pressure towards the
- describe applications of Relating environment
Bernoulli’s principle
Conceptualizing
Week 27 3.6 Bernoulli’s Principle - solve problem involving Ujian Formatif
Bernoulli’s principle (6 – 8 July)

Perkhemahan
Unit
Beruniform
(10 – 12 July)
Week 28 4 Heat - explain thermal equilibrium Making inference being
4.1 Thermal Equilibrium - explain how a liquid-in-glass systematic
thermometer works Analyzing

Week 29 4.2 Specific Heat - define specific heat capacity Making inference Being
Capacity (c). honest and
- state that c = Q/m Making accurate in
- determine the specific heat conclusions recording
capacity of a liquid and
- determine the specific heat validating
capacity of a solid data
- describe applications of
specific heat capacity
Week 30 4.3 Specific Latent Heat - state that transfer of heat Making Having an
during a change of phase inferences interest and
does not cause a change in curiosity
temperature Analyzing towards the
 - define specific latent heat (l) environment
- state that l = Q/m
- determine the specific latent
heat of fusion
- determine the specific latent
heat of vaporization
- solve problems involving
specific latent heat

Week 31 4.4 The Gas Laws - explain gas pressure, Making inference Realizing Ujian Formatif
temperature and volume in that science (3 – 5 August)
terms of the behavior of gas Making is a mean to
molecules hypothesis understand
- determine the relationship nature
between pressure and volume Relating
at constant temperature for a Being
fixed mass of gas i.e. pV = Analysing honest and
constant. accurate in
recording
Week 32 4.4 The Gas Laws - determine the relationship and
between volume and validating
temperature at constant data
pressure for a fixed mass of
gas i.e. T/ V constant
- between pressure and
temperature at constant
volume for a fixed mass of gas
i.e. T / p = constant
- explain absolute zero
- explain the absolute/Kelvin
scale of temperature
Week 33 5 Light - describe the characteristics Relating Being
5.1 Reflection of Light of the image formed by systematic
reflection of light Making inference
- state the laws of reflection of Being
Light Analyzing objectives
- draw ray diagrams to show
the position and
characteristics of the image
formed by a
i. plane mirror,
ii. convex mirror,
iii. concave mirror
- describe applications of
reflection of light

Week 34 Cuti Pertengahan Penggal 2

22 – 30 August 2008
Week 35 5.2 Refraction of Light - explain refraction of light Making Appreciating Hari Merdeka
- define refractive index as inferences the (31 August)
n = sin i / sin r contribution
- Determine the refractive Relating of science
index of a glass or perspex and
block. Analyzing technology
- state the refractive index, n, as
speed of light inamedium
speed of light inavacuum
- describe phenomena due to
refraction
Week 36 5.3 Total internal - explain total internal Analyzing
Reflection reflection of light
 - define critical angle (c). Making
relate the critical angle to the conclusion
refractive index i.e.
n = 1 / sin c Relating
- describe natural
phenomenon involving total
internal reflection
- describe applications of total
internal reflection

Week 37 5.4 Lenses - explain focal point and focal Making Realizing Hari jadi TYT
length. conclusions that science (16 September)
- determine the focal point and is a mean to
focal length of a convex lens Analyzing understand
- determine the focal point and nature
focal length of a concave lens
- draw ray diagrams to show
the positions and
characteristics of the images
formed by a convex lens
- define magnification as
m=v/u
- relate focal length (f) to the
object distance (u) and image
distance(v), i.e.
1/ f = 1/ v + 1/ u
- describe, with the aid of ray
diagrams, the use of lenses
in optical devices
 Week 38 Cuti Hari Raya
20 – 27 September 2009

Week 39 Minggu Ulang kaji

Week 40 Peperiksaan Akhir Tahun 2009

Week 41 Minggu Peperiksaan PMR

Week 42, 43 Sambungan Peperiksaan Akhir Tahun 2009

Week 44 Majlis Konvokesyen & Hari Anugerah cermelang

5 November 2009
Week 45 Mesyuarat Akhir Tahun (9 November)

Peperiksaan SPM / STPM ( 11 November)

Week 46 Minggu Penyediaan Laporan Peperiksaan Akhir tahun

Cuti Akhir Tahun

21 November 2009 – 4 January 2009