Scheme of Work

 

Subject:      AS Physics

         

Year:           1       

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sixth Form Centre

 

Week number

Date

Topic 1

                    Waves

Topic2

              Particle Physics     

Other

 

 

 

 

 

 

17

 

 

·        Radioactivity

·        1930 description of nucleus

·        Nuclear equations, Z, A

·        isotopes

·        Spreadsheet on thermistor thermometer due.

18

 

·        Origin of waves

·        Wavelength, period and frequency

·        Graphical and phasor descriptions

·        v = f ?

·        a, ß, ? particles

o       ionisation / energy losses

o       absorption and physical properties

o       inverse square law for ?

·        background radiation

 

19

 

·        Transverse and longitudinal waves

·        Polarisation

·        Speed of sound

·        Exponential changes .. probability

·        Decay constant, ?

·        Half-life measurements

·        Essay on Radioactivity due.

20

 

·        Reflection, refraction and absorption at interfaces

·        Total internal reflection

·        The neutrino problem (ß-decay)

·        Industrial uses of radioactivity

 

21

 

·        Phase, coherence, principle of superposition

·        Superposition of two waves (Young’s experiment on light)

·        n ? = d sin?

·        Use of ? D/d for ? << d

·        Rutherford scattering

o       Nuclear atom vs plum pudding

·        Cloud chambers and bubble chambers

·        Spreadsheet on exponential changes due.

22

 

·        Multiple beam interference

·        Diffraction grating

·        Spectral order

·        Diffraction

·        Review

 

23

 

·        Diffraction    m  ? = b sin?

·        Applications of diffraction

·        Resolution

 

·        Scattering from proton and neutron

·        Quarks (intro)

·        antiparticles

·        Essay on  an industrial application of waves due.

24

 

·        Stationary Waves

o       Graphical treatment

o       Nodes and antinodes

·        Strings

·        Standing wave in atom

·        Classification of particles

o       Leptons

 

25

 

·        Fundamental frequency

·        Spectral analysis

·        Classification of particles

o       hadrons

·        Spreadsheet on interference pattern due.

26

 

·        Spectra

o       Absorption, emission

o       Line, band, continuous

o       Electromagnetic spectrum

·        Information contained within spectrum

·        Quarks

 

27

 

·        Doppler effect ?f/f = v/c

·        Red shift

·        Hubble law     v = Hd

 

·        Essay on particle physics due.

28

 

·        Information from space

o       Relation to particle physics

·        Use of waves (X-rays, ultrasound)

 

 

29

 

·        Review

·        Review

 

30

 

·        Nature of audio signals

·        Spectral analysis

·        Human hearing

 

·        Spreadsheet on addition of waves (different frequencies in square, sawtooth waves)

31

 

·        Radio

o       Transmission of sound using e-m radiation

·        Modulation and demodulation

·        Transmission and detection

 

 

32

 

·        Bandwidth

·        Analogue vs digital

·        Air, glass-fibre and wire media

 

Essay on audio signals due.

33

 

·        revision

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

 

36

 

Preparation for A2 physics