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• Description:

  The MS Word document comprises Grade 10 Physics Term 3 Schemes of Work 2026 - Triumph Physics. The PDF version is also available upon your request.

  This downloadable Grade 10 Physics Scheme of Work delivers comprehensive pedagogical planning for Term 3 2026. Based on the Triumph Physics 10 coursebook (pages 213–287), this resource integrates hands-on physics laboratory experiments, mathematical derivations, circuit testing, and environmental modeling.

  The scheme is organized into the following strands and substrands:

  • Electricity and Magnetism
    • Current Electricity
    • Introduction to Electronics
  • Environmental and Space Physics
    • Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change
    • Introduction to Space Physics

  The topics covered throughout the term include:

  • Current Electricity: Defining fundamental quantities (current, potential difference, resistance, e.m.f., internal resistance), stating SI units, deriving Ohm's Law ($V = IR$), and plotting $I$-$V$ graphs for ohmic (carbon) and non-ohmic (filament bulb) conductors. Learners examine factors affecting resistance (length, cross-sectional area, material resistivity $\rho = \frac{RA}{l}$, temperature), fixed/variable resistor types (rheostats, potentiometers, thermistors), color code resistor reading, measuring resistance using the ammeter-voltmeter method, Wheatstone bridge, and Metre bridge. Lessons extend to series ($R_T = R_1 + R_2 + R_3$) and parallel ($\frac{1}{R_T} = \frac{1}{R_1} + \frac{1}{R_2} + \frac{1}{R_3}$) resistor networks, electrical power ($P = VI$, $P = I^2R$), Joule's Law ($H = I^2Rt$), and fuse applications.
  • Introduction to Electronics: Classifying conductors, insulators, semiconductors, and superconductors using energy band theory, investigating temperature effects on electrical conductivity, studying intrinsic semiconductors (pure silicon/germanium), and forming extrinsic N-type and P-type semiconductors through Group III and Group V doping. Learners explore applications in diodes, transistors, integrated circuits, and medical MRI equipment.
  • Greenhouse Effect and Climate Change: Explaining greenhouse heat-trapping mechanisms, climate change impacts, human contributions (deforestation, industrial emissions, livestock methane), ozone layer role and depletion (CFCs, halons, UV radiation), and practical environmental mitigation solutions.
  • Introduction to Space Physics: Studying the Big Bang Theory, cosmic microwave background radiation, redshift, celestial bodies (stars, planets, moons, asteroids, comets), space observation technologies (ground telescopes, Hubble, James Webb, space probes, Kenya's Taifa-1 satellite), planetary rotation vs. revolution, solar system scale modeling, space exploration history, and space-related careers and Earth applications (GPS, weather forecasting).

  This 2026 downloadable PDF and Word Physics Scheme of Work provides high school teachers with complete experiment procedures, formula derivations, graph plotting exercises, and written evaluation tasks.

• Category:

  Schemes of Work
• Level:

  Grade 10
• Subject:

  PHYSICS
• Posted By:

  Caleb_Peter

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