First Term
- Position, distance, and displacement
- Vectors: Addition, subtraction, and resolution
- Speed, velocity, and acceleration
- Newton’s equations of motion
- Equilibrium of forces and moments
- Centre of gravity
- Archimedes’ principle
Second Term
- Projectile motion
- Simple harmonic motion
- Linear momentum and Newton’s laws
- Conservation of momentum
- Mechanical energy: Work, potential, kinetic
- Machines and efficiency
- Heat and temperature: Measurement, scales, thermometers
Third Term
- Heat capacity and specific heat capacity
- Change of state: Melting, freezing, evaporation
- Wave motion: Sound waves, beats, echoes
- Vibration in springs and pipes
- Optics: Reflection, refraction, lenses
- Gravitational field and escape velocity
- Electric field and capacitance