1st Year
4 periods per week
Book title: Physics 1st year, Scientifica Series, Dar Habib
The program is formed of four units:
· Electricity: The laws of electrostatics are introduced. The students acquire experimental skills on charged bodies and their interaction, and they establish Ohm’s laws for ohmic conductors, generators and receivers.
· Waves: Students should understand the properties of electromagnetic and mechanical waves. They verify experimentally the laws of reflection and refraction.
· Light: The paths of rays in optical systems, including plane mirrors, converging and diverging thin lenses, and the human eye, are studied.
· Mechanics: Students are introduced, through experimental activities, to uniform and uniformly accelerated rectilinear motions, to forces and interactions, and to Newton’s laws of motion. They also study gravitational interaction and Kepler’s laws.
2nd Year - Scientific section
5 periods per week
Book title: Physics 2nd year Scientifica Series, Dar Habib
· Mechanical waves: Students should verify experimentally the laws of reflection, refraction and superposition of mechanical waves. They study the propagation of sound waves, sound emitters and receivers, and the physiological properties of sound.
· Mechanics: Students apply Newton’s laws to two-dimensional motions like projectile motion. They also study rotational equilibrium, rotational dynamics, work, and mechanical energy.
· Thermodynamics: Ideal gases are defined and their laws established. Change of phase and thermal equilibrium are investigated. The first law of thermodynamics, Carnot’s law, and heat engines are studied.
· Electricity and Electromagnetism: Electric and magnetic fields are defined. The motion of charged particles in these fields is studied.
· Electronics: Students verify the characteristics and understand the applications of semi-conductors, diodes, transistors and operational amplifiers.
2nd Year - Humanities section
1 period per week
Book title: Physics 2nd year Humanities, NCERD
· Electricity: The general properties of direct and alternating currents are studied as well as the sources of electric energy and the transmission of this energy. The students acquire basic knowledge about electric circuits and their components in houses and cars. They develop awareness of the dangers of electricity, of the adequate measures of protection, and of the pollution caused by power plants.
· Electromagnetic waves: Students acquire knowledge on the propagation of light, frequency, wavelength and spectra. They also study radiant energy, and its applications and effects on health. The properties of lasers and their medical applications are explained.
· Sound waves: Propagation of sound, frequency and wavelength are introduced. Students should understand sound emitters and receivers, acoustic energy and ultrasounds with their applications.
· Optics: Students acquire experimental skills on the principle and use of a microscope. They also study optical fibers and the human eye.
3rd Year - General Science and Life Science sections
5 periods per week for LS – 7 periods per week for GS
Book title: Physics 3rd year, GS/LS, NCERD
· Electromagnetism: Electromagnetic induction is verified experimentally. Students also verify Faraday’s and Lenz’s laws, and they study the characteristics of coils, generators and motors. Properties of alternating currents and the electric energy transmission are also explained.
· Mechanics: This unit deals mainly with conservation laws: Linear momentum, angular momentum, and energy. Fluid Statics and Dynamics – including Bernoulli’s equation – are studied. The special relativity theory is introduced, Einstein’s postulate and the equivalence of mass and energy.
· Optics: The dual aspect of light is studied: Wave nature through diffraction, interference, and polarization, and particle nature through photoelectric effect and quantization of energy.
· Atomic Physics: Atomic models, energy levels, spectra, and lasers are studied. Students should understand the composition of nuclei, nuclear reactions, and radioactivity and its effects on living organisms.
3rd Year - Sociology and Economics sections
5 periods per week
Book title: Physics 3rd year, SE/H, NCERD
· Energy: Students should understand the different forms of energy. They should know about the sources of energy, its transformations, and the pollution resulting from these transformations.
· Energy and economy: This part is concerned with the study of oil: its extraction, reserves, offer and demand, prices, revenues, and international organizations. The use of oil in transportation is studied in all its aspects and implications.
· Radioactivity: This unit includes the identification of the sources of radioactivity and its effects on health and environment, its detection, and protection measures. The unit also discusses spontaneous and stimulated nuclear reactions.
· The Universe: The student should acquire an adequate knowledge about the historical development of astronomy, the Solar system, the space stations and the instruments of observation. The study of cosmology includes the Big Bang, the age of the Universe, and Hubble’s law.
Grade 11
3 periods per week
Book title: Holt Physics, Serway & Faughn
· Mechanics: Students should recognize uniform and uniformly varied rectilinear motions. They should understand acceleration and the laws of falling bodies. The laws of motion are explained, verified experimentally, and applied to some aspects of everyday life. Work, energy and power are also introduced in this section.
· Thermal physics: Students should recognize the difference between temperature and heat, know the heat energy concepts and exchange of heat. They should understand the microscopic aspect of heat energy in relationship to kinetic energy and potential energy. students should also know the ideal gas law and the relations between the three parameters of a gas.
· Waves: Students should understand and verify experimentally the propagation of waves, their reflection and refraction. The latter phenomena are applied to light waves.
· Optics: students should understand the concept of rectilinear propagation of light and apply the laws of geometrical optics to reflection and refraction.
Grade 12 – Arts section
2 periods per week
Book title: Holt Physics, Serway & Faughn
· Electrostatics: The laws of electrostatics are introduced. The students acquire experimental skills on charged bodies and their interaction, coulomb's law and the concept of electric fields, uniform and non-uniform.
· Electricity: Students should be able to construct electric circuits containing resistors, generators and receivers, and to apply the voltage and current laws on these circuits.
· Electromagnetism: The magnetic effects of electric currents are introduced. Magnetic fields and electromagnetic forces are studied and applied on simple examples.
· Modern physics: Atomic models, energy levels, spectra, and lasers are studied. Students should understand the composition of nuclei, nuclear reactions, and radioactivity and its effects on living organisms.
Grade 12 – Science section
3 periods per week
Book title: Holt Physics, Serway & Faughn
· Electrostatics: The laws of electrostatics are introduced. The students acquire experimental skills on charged bodies and their interaction, coulomb's law and the concept of electric fields, uniform and non-uniform. The potential concepts are introduced.
· Electricity: Students should be able to construct electric circuits containing resistors, generators and receivers, and to apply the voltage and current laws on these circuits. In addition more complex circuits are studied in relationship to Kirchoff's laws.
· Electromagnetism: The magnetic effects of electric currents are introduced. Magnetic fields and electromagnetic forces are studied and applied on simple examples. Students must study the motion of charged particle in an electric field and in a magnetic field.
· Modern physics: Atomic models, energy levels, spectra, and lasers are studied. Students should understand the composition of nuclei, nuclear reactions, and radioactivity and its effects on living organisms.
Classe de Seconde
4 périodes par semaine
Titre du Livre: Physique – Chimie 2nde, Durandeau, HACHETTE.
· Exploration de l’espace: Les élèves étudient la présentation de l’Univers et les méthodes de mesure des longueurs. La réfraction et la dispersion de la lumière sont étudiées théoriquement et expérimentalement, ainsi que les spectres d’émission et d’absorption.
· L’Univers en mouvement et le temps: Les élèves apprennent à décrire le mouvement d’un point dans des référentiels différents, ils modélisent les action mécaniques et mettent en application leurs effets sur le mouvement des corps. Le principe de l’inertie et la loi de la gravitation universelle sont aussi appliqués.
· L’air qui nous entoure: Les élèves étudient la constitution particulaire d’un gaz et les grandeurs macroscopiques qui décrivent l’état gazeux. Ils apprennent l’interprétation microscopique de la force pressante, et les propriétés physiques qui dépendent de l’état thermique et de l’équilibre thermique. L’équation d’état qui définit le modèle du gaz parfait est introduite.
Classe de Première S
5 périodes par semaine
Titre du Livre: Physique 1re S, Durandeau, HACHETTE.
· Interactions: Les interactions électriques sont étudiées. Les élèves étudient et appliquent la loi de Coulomb. Ils doivent aussi savoir que la cohésion de la matière est assurée par l’interaction gravitationnelle, l’interaction électromagnétique et l’interaction forte.
· Forces et mouvements: Les élèves étudient les forces et leurs effets. Ils appliquent les lois de Newton et le théorème de l’énergie cinétique. On définit dans cette partie les différentes formes de l’énergie ainsi que leurs modes de transformation.
· Electrodynamique et électromagnétisme: Les générateurs et les récepteurs électriques sont étudiés. Les élèves appliquent la loi de Joule et étudient le transport de l’énergie électrique. On introduit ensuite les forces électromagnétiques, et on étudie le haut-parleur et le moteur électrique comme application de ces forces.
· Optique: Les élèves apprennent dans cette partie le mécanisme de la vision. On introduit ensuite les systèmes optiques et les images qu’ils donnent. Les élèves étudient en particulier les images données par les lentilles convergentes et les miroirs plans. Le principe de quelques appareils d’optique est aussi étudié.
Classe de Première L
1 période par semaine
Titre du Livre: Enseignement scientifique 1re L, HACHETTE.
A- Thème obligatoire: Représentation visuelle du monde.
· Formation des images et vision: Les éléments caractéristiques d’une lentille mince sont définis, et l’on étudie les images données par les lentilles convergentes. Les élèves étudient ensuite les éléments optiques de l’œil et le mécanisme de l’accomodation. Lumières colorées et phénomènes optiques: Dans cette partie on étudie expérimentalement la déviation des rayons lumineux dans les prismes pour aboutir à l’étude du spectre lumineux. Les élèves vérifient les lois de la réflexion et de la réfraction de la lumière, et apprennent le principe de la stroboscopie.
B- Thème au choix: Enjeux planétaires énergétiques.
· Energie fossile: Les élèves étudient les sources de l’énergie fossile et les produits de la combustion.
· Production d’énergie dans une centrale: Les élèves apprennent dans cette partie le principe de l’alternateur. Ils étudient aussi les sources d’énergie, ses transformations, et ses différentes formes.
Classe Terminale S
8 périodes par semaine
Titre du Livre: Physique TS, Durandeau, HACHETTE.
A- Enseignement obligatoire
L’élève doit être capable de comprendre progressivement comment se développe l’approche du physicien sur la réalité à travers un questionnement adapté à des exemples choisis relatifs à l’évolution temporelle des systèmes.
Parmi les questions possibles on cite par exemple :
- Quelles sont les grandeurs pertinentes dont les variations témoignent de l’évolution du système ?
- Quels sont les paramètres extérieurs qui pilotent cette évolution ?
- L’évolution peut-elle être caractérisée par un ou plusieurs temps caractéristiques ?
- Quel est le rôle des conditions initiales dans l’évolution d’un système ?
- L’évolution est-elle lente, rapide, monotone, variée, oscillante, oscillante amortie ?
L’élève doit être capable de répondre à ces questions à travers l’étude des systèmes qui font intervenir
- la propagation d’une onde,
- les transformations nucléaires,
- les régimes électriques transitoires dans les circuits RC, RL, et RLC,
- le mouvement et la mécanique de Newton.
B- Enseignement de spécialité
Dans cette partie, les élèves enrichissent leur compétence en matière de communication, avec ou sans support matériel, à propos de:
- la formation des images avec les différents systèmes optiques,
- la production des sons par les instruments de musique,
- la production des signaux électromagnétiques par modulation et démodulation de l’amplitude.
Grade 12 – Standard Level
4 periods per week
Book title: Advanced physics: Steven Adams and Jonathan Allday (Oxford)
· Physics and physical measurement: Students should know the units of the SI system and manipulate conversion techniques as well as work with measurements and uncertainties. They also have to master the graphical techniques and differentiate between vectors and scalars.
· Mechanics: Students study one-dimensional motions, forces and dynamics, momentum, work energy and power in addition to uniform circular motion.
· Thermal physics: The students must apply the thermal concepts and know the thermal properties of matter as well as the ideal gas laws.
· Waves: Students have to differentiate between the types of waves and know their properties, then experiment with standing waves.
· Mechanics extension: Students have to apply Newton’s laws in two-dimensional systems, explore orbital motion and study rotational statics and friction. (Additional)
Grade 13– Standard Level
4 periods per week
Book title: Advanced physics: Steven Adams and Jonathan Allday (Oxford)
· Electricity and magnetism: Students have to study electrostatics and know the electric current then build electric circuits. Also they have to know the magnetic forces and relate magnetism to electricity.
· Atomic and nuclear physics: Students must know the atomic and nuclear structures. Radioactivity is studied too through knowing the different types of radiation and solving half-life problems.
· Mechanics extension: Students should study in addition the projectile motion, gravitational attraction, circular motion and friction.
· Optics: Students have to know the nature of light, study reflection and refraction as well as experiment with optical instruments. (Additional)
Grade 12– Advanced Level
6 periods per week
Book title: Advanced physics: Steven Adams and Jonathan Allday(Oxford)
· Physics and physical measurement: Students should know the units of the SI system and manipulate conversion techniques as well as work with measurements and uncertainties. They also have to master the graphical techniques and differentiate between vectors and scalars.
· Mechanics: Students study two-dimensional motions, forces and dynamics, momentum, work, energy and power in addition to uniform circular motion, orbital motion and gravitation.
· Thermal physics: The students must apply the thermal concepts and know the thermal properties of matter as well as the ideal gas laws. Students must know also the thermodynamic concepts and the laws of thermodynamics with entropy.
· Waves: Students have to differentiate between the types of waves and know their properties then experiment with standing waves. Students also have to study beats, interference and solve problems related to Doppler effect.
· Electricity and magnetism: Students have to study electrostatics and know the electric current then build electric circuits. They also have to know the magnetic forces and relate magnetism to electricity. The study of electrostatic potential, electromagnetic induction and alternating currents is also introduced.
Grade 13– Advanced Level
6 periods per week
Book title: Advanced physics: Steven Adams and Jonathan Allday(Oxford)
· Atomic and nuclear physics: Students must know the atomic and nuclear structures. Radioactivity is studied too through knowing the different types of radiation and solving half-life problems. Quantum physics and particle physics are detailed.
· Optics: Students have to know the nature of light, study reflection and refraction as well as experiment with optical instruments. A detailed study of interference is introduced in this level. (Additional)
· Relativity: students have to study the concepts and postulates of special relativity, relativistic kinematics and know some consequences of the special relativity. (Additional)