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WK LSN TOPIC SUB-TOPIC OBJECTIVES T/L ACTIVITIES T/L AIDS REFERENCE REMARKS
2 1
The Heating Effect Of Electric Current
Electric current heating effect
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Perform and describe experiments to illustrate the heating effect of electric current

Experiments to illustrate heating effect of electric current
Discussions on heating effect of electric current

Complete circuit
Water in a beaker
Metallic rod
Thermometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 88
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 39-41
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 246-247 
2 2-3
The Heating Effect Of Electric Current
Electric current heating effect
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Perform and describe experiments to illustrate the heating effect of electric current

Experiments to illustrate heating effect of electric current
Discussions on heating effect of electric current

Complete circuit
Water in a beaker
Metallic rod
Thermometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 88
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 39-41
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 246-247 
2 4
The Heating Effect Of Electric Current
Heating devices fuses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


describe the working of electric iron, bulb filament and an electric water

discussion on electric devices
observations and experiments on heating devices

electric irons
electric bulb
electric kettle
electric heater
fuses
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 90-91
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 39-41
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 255-258
2 5
The Heating Effect Of An Electric Current
Factors affecting electric current
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State and explain the factors affecting electrical energy

Discussions on the factors affecting electrical energy
Experiments on electrical energy
Stating and explaining factors affecting the electrical energy

Complete circuit
Wires
Rheostat
Ammeter
battery
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 88-90
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 39-41
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 247-255 
3 1
Quantity Of Heat
Heat capacity Specific heat capacity Units of heat capacity
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to
Define heat capacity and specific heat capacity and derive their SI units

Experiments on heat capacity and specific heat capacity
Discussion on heat capacity and specific h eat capacity
Defining heat capacity and heat specific heat capacity

Source of heat
Water
Lagged can
Thermometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 93-96
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 42-46
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 246-260-271 
3 2-3
Quantity Of Heat
Heat capacity Specific heat capacity Units of heat capacity
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to
Define heat capacity and specific heat capacity and derive their SI units

Experiments on heat capacity and specific heat capacity
Discussion on heat capacity and specific h eat capacity
Defining heat capacity and heat specific heat capacity

Source of heat
Water
Lagged can
Thermometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 93-96
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 42-46
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 246-260-271 
3 4
Quantity Of Heat
Change of state
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to define and explain latent heat of fusion, specific latent heat of fusion
Define and explain latent heat of vaporization, specific latent heat of vaporization
State the SI units of latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization

Experiments on latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization
Discussion on latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporization

File
Water
Thermometer
Weighing balance
Source of heat
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 96-97
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 42-46
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 246-271-281 
3 5
Quantity Of Heat
Boiling and melting
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Distinguish between boiling and melting
State the factors affecting melting points and boiling points of a substance
Describe the working of a pressure cooker and a refrigerator

Distinguishing between boiling and melting points
Stating factors affecting boiling and melting points
Experiments to illustrate boiling and melting point

Pressure cooker
Refrigerator
Charts on melting and boiling points
Ice
Heat
Sufuria
water
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 97-101
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 42-46
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 246-282-288 
4 1
The Gas Laws
Pressure law
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State and verify the gas laws for an ideal gas experimentally

Experiments to verify pressure law
Demonstrations on pressure law
Discussion on pressure law

Water
Thermometer
Measuring cylinder
Syringe
Narrow glass tube
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 103-104
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 47-50
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 299-302
4 2-3
The Gas Laws
Pressure law
Charles?s law
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State and verify the gas laws for an ideal gas experimentally


State and verify Charles?s law experimentally

Experiments to verify pressure law
Demonstrations on pressure law
Discussion on pressure law

Experiments to verify Charles?s law
Discussion on Charles?s law

Water
Thermometer
Measuring cylinder
Syringe
Narrow glass tube

Water
Thermometer
Measuring cylinder
Syringe
Narrow glass tube
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 103-104
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 47-50
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 299-302
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 105-106
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 47-50
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 295-298 
4 4
The Gas Laws
Charles?s law
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State and verify Charles?s law experimentally

Experiments to verify Charles?s law
Discussion on Charles?s law

Water
Thermometer
Measuring cylinder
Syringe
Narrow glass tube
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 105-106
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 47-50
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 295-298 
4 5
The Gas Laws
Boyle?s law
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State and verify Boyle?s law experimentally

Experiments verifying and explain Boyle?s law
Discussion on Boyle?s law

Water
Thermometer
Syringe
Measuring cylinder
Narrow glass tube
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 106-107
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 47-50
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 290-294
5 1
The Gas Laws
The kinetic theory of gases
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Convert Celsius scales to Kelvin scale of temperature and state basic assumptions of kinetic theory of gases

Discussion on basic assumptions of kinetic theory of gases
Conversion of Celsius to Kelvin scales

Graph paper
Clinical thermometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 110-111
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 50-51
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 107
5 2-3
The Gas Law?s
Lenses
The kinetic theory of gases
Conveying and diverging lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Explain law absolute zero temperature may be obtained from pressure and temp. graphs

By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to
Describe converging lenses
Describe diverging lenses

Discussions on the absolute zero temperature from pressure using kinetic theory of gases

Using light beams to distinguish between diverging and converging lenses

Graph paper
Clinical thermometer
Working out sums

Diverging lenses
Converging lenses
Source of light beam
screen
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 3 pages 108-110
Comprehensive secondary physics teachers book 3 pages 47-50
Secondary physics KLB students book 3 page 303 
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 1-2
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 1
5 4
Lenses
Parts of fair lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the principal focus using ray diagram
Describe the optical center using ray diagram
Describe the focal length of thin lenses using ray diagram

Description of principal focus, optical centre and focal length of a thin lens

Chart showing the parts of thin lens
Graph paper
Diverging lens
Converging lens
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 1-3
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 6-7 
5 5
Lenses
Parts of fair lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the principal focus using ray diagram
Describe the optical center using ray diagram
Describe the focal length of thin lenses using ray diagram

Description of principal focus, optical centre and focal length of a thin lens

Chart showing the parts of thin lens
Graph paper
Diverging lens
Converging lens
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 1-3
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 6-7 
6 1
Lenses
Focal length
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Determine experimentally the focal length of a converging lens
Determine the focal length of a converging lens using estimation method

Experiment to determine the focal length of a fair lens

Converging lenses
Screen
Pins
candle
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 2-3
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 17-20 
6 2-3
Lenses
Focal length
Images in fair lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Determine experimentally the focal length of a converging lens
Determine the focal length of a converging lens using estimation method


Construct the principal rays for converging lens
Construct the principal rays for diverging lenses

Experiment to determine the focal length of a fair lens

Constructing the principal rays for diverging lenses
Constructing the principal rays for converging lenses

Converging lenses
Screen
Pins
candle

Converging lenses
Diverging lenses
Graph papers
Ruler
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 2-3
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 17-20 
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 3-6
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 7-12 
6 4
Lenses
Images in converging lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Locate imaged formed by converging lenses using ray construction method
Describe the images formed in converging lenses

Describing the characteristics of images formed in converging lenses

Graph paper
Geometrical set
Converging lenses
screen
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 5-6
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 7-10 
6 5
Lenses
Images in diverging lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Locate imaged formed by diverging lenses using ray construction method
Describe the images formed in diverging lenses

Describe the characteristics of the formed in diverging lenses
Graph paper
Geometrical set
Diverging lenses
Screen
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 5
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 11 
7 1
Lenses
The microscope
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Explain the working of a simple microscope
Explain the working of a compound microscope

Drawing and labeling the parts of a microscope
Describing the work of a microscope

Simple microscope
Compound microscope
Magnifying lens
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 10-11
teachers book 4 pages 1-5 
7 2-3
Lenses
The microscope
The telescope
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Explain the working of a simple microscope
Explain the working of a compound microscope


Describe the structure of a telescope
Describe the working of a telescope

Drawing and labeling the parts of a microscope
Describing the work of a microscope

Drawing and labeling the parts of a telescope
Describing how a telescope works

Simple microscope
Compound microscope
Magnifying lens

Telescope
Lenses
Manilla paper
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 10-11
teachers book 4 pages 1-5 
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 11
teachers book 4 pages 1-5
7 4
Lenses
The telescope
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the structure of a telescope
Describe the working of a telescope

Drawing and labeling the parts of a telescope
Describing how a telescope works

Telescope
Lenses
Manilla paper
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 11
teachers book 4 pages 1-5
7 5
Lenses
The camera
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the parts of a camera
Explain the working of a camera
Explain the use of lenses in a camera

Describing the parts of a camera
Explaining the use of lenses in a camera

Camera
Charts showing the parts of a camera
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 11-12
teachers book 4 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 33 
8

MIDTERM

9 1
Lenses
Image formation in the human eye
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the parts of a human eye
Explain the function of each part of the human eye

Describing the parts of the human eye
Explaining the function of each part of the human eye

Chart showing the parts of human eye
Model of the human eye
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 12-13
teachers book 34pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 29-31
9 2-3
Lenses
Working of the human eye
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Explain the image formation in the human eye

Explaining the image formation in the eye

Chart showing the image formation in the human eye
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 13-14
teachers book 34pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 29-31
9 4
Lenses
Defects of vision
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the defects of the human eye
Explain the corrections of human eye defects

Describing the defects of the human eye
Explaining the eye defects are corrected

Charts showing eye defects and how they are corrected
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 13-14
teachers book 34pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 31-32
9 5
Uniform Circular Motion
Circular motion
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Define circular motion

Observing and running a hoop
Rotate a stone tied to the end of a rope

Hoop
String/rope
store
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 18
teachers book 34pages 10-12
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 37-4
10 1
Uniform Circular Motion
Radiant, angular displacement and angular velocity
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Define the radiant measure
Define the angular displacement and velocity
Explain the angular displacement and velocity

Discussions
Experiment

Illustration of angular displacement and angular velocity on a chart
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 18-20
teachers book 34pages 10-12
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 37-42
Golden tips Physics pages 34-35
10 2-3
Uniform Circular Motion
Radiant, angular displacement and angular velocity
Centripetal force
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Define the radiant measure
Define the angular displacement and velocity
Explain the angular displacement and velocity


Describe simple experiment on centripetal force
Illustrate centripetal force
Determine the magnitude of centripetal force experimentally

Discussions
Experiment

Experiments
Discussions
observations

Illustration of angular displacement and angular velocity on a chart

Pendulum
String
Stone
Round table
Ball/bob
Stop clock
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 18-20
teachers book 34pages 10-12
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 37-42
Golden tips Physics pages 34-35
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 20-21
teachers book 34pages 10-12
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 42-47 
10 4
Uniform Circular Motion
Centripetal force
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe simple experiment on centripetal force
Illustrate centripetal force
Determine the magnitude of centripetal force experimentally

Experiments
Discussions
observations

Pendulum
String
Stone
Round table
Ball/bob
Stop clock
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 20-21
teachers book 34pages 10-12
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 42-47 
10 5
Uniform Circular Motion
Application of uniform circular motion
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Explain centrifuge
Explain vertical and horizontal circles
Explain banked tracks

Discussions
Explanations
Experiments

String
Stone
Ruler
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 22-25
teachers book 34pages 10-12
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 47-53 
11 1
Floating And Sinking
Archimedes? principle
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State Archimedes? principle
Verify Archimedes principle
Use of Archimedes principle to solve problems

Experiments
Discussions
Calculations based on Archimedes Principle

Water
Measuring cylinder
Weighing balance
Overflow can
Objects denser than water
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 28-29
teachers book 34pages 14-17
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 58-60 
11 2-3
Floating And Sinking
Archimedes? principle
The laws of floatation Relative density
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


State Archimedes? principle
Verify Archimedes principle
Use of Archimedes principle to solve problems


State the law of floatation
Define relative density

Experiments
Discussions
Calculations based on Archimedes Principle

Discussions
Measuring

Water
Measuring cylinder
Weighing balance
Overflow can
Objects denser than water

Density bottle
Overflow can
Spring balance
measuring cylinder
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 28-29
teachers book 34pages 14-17
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 58-60 
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 29-33
teachers book 34pages 14-17
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 64-70 
11 4
Floating And Sinking
Applications of floating and sinking
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the applications of Archimedes Principle
Describe the applications of relative density (hydrometer)

Discussions
experiments

charts depicting the uses of Archimedes principle and the law of floatation
A hydrometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 33-35
teachers book 34pages 14-17
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 75-77 
11 4-5
Floating And Sinking
Applications of floating and sinking
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


Describe the applications of Archimedes Principle
Describe the applications of relative density (hydrometer)

Discussions
experiments

charts depicting the uses of Archimedes principle and the law of floatation
A hydrometer
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 33-35
teachers book 34pages 14-17
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 75-77 
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