Physics September Newsletter

Dear parents and students,

This is Mr. Doymaz, physics teacher.
As you know the grade 9 students started the IGCSE program this year. This will be a bit more challenging than the middle school program.
At the end of the 2 years they will be sitting for the exams.
We offer combined science program where students will take a combine exam for the physics, chemistry and biology classes. With the other two science teacher we will work together to make sure that they are ready to get high scores at the end of this program.

Our aim is to complete the physics topic by the end of this year so that students can find some time to revise the units and practice the past papers at the beginning of next year.
Here are the topics we will cover this year.

Physics
P1. Motion
P2. Matter and forces
P3. Energy, work and power
P4. Simple kinetic molecular model of matter
P5. Matter and thermal properties
P6. Transfer of thermal energy
P7. Waves
P8. Light
P9. Electromagnetic spectrum
P10. Sound
P11. Electricity
P12. Electric circuits

Please note that we may not go in this order and some topics.
Assessment:
During the physics classes students will be given homework assignments and take quizzes. At the end of each unit they will take unit test. There will be some investigations and class activities which will be considered as class work.
Here is the categories and weights.
Classwork - 10%
Homework - 20%
Quiz - 30%
Tests - 40%

As you might already noticed that students are given assignments on our first topic called Motion.
It is recommended for all the students to review daily.
I am looking forward to having a great year.
Please feel free to get in touch at any time.

Best regards