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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
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 3-4
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 5
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
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
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 3-4
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 5
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 
4 1
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 
4 2
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 
4 3-4
Quantity Of Heat
Change of state
Boiling and melting
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


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

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

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

File
Water
Thermometer
Weighing balance
Source of heat

Pressure cooker
Refrigerator
Charts on melting and boiling points
Ice
Heat
Sufuria
water
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 
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 5
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
5 1
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 
5 2
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 
5 3-4
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 
5 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
6 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
6 2
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
6 3-4
Lenses
Conveying and diverging lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:

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

Using light beams to distinguish between diverging and converging lenses

Diverging lenses
Converging lenses
Source of light beam
screen
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 1-2
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 1
6 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 
7 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 
7 2
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 
7 3-4
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 
7 5
Lenses
Images in fair lenses
By the end of the lesson, the learner should be able to:


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

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

Converging lenses
Diverging lenses
Graph papers
Ruler
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 3-6
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 7-12 
8

Midterm Break

9 1
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 
9 2
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 
9 3-4
Lenses
Images in converging lenses
Images in diverging 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


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

Describing the characteristics of images formed in converging lenses

Describe the characteristics of the formed in diverging lenses

Graph paper
Geometrical set
Converging lenses
screen
Graph paper
Geometrical set
Diverging 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 
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 5
teachers book 3 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 11 
9 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 
10 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 
10 2
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 
10 3-4
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
10 5
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
11 1
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 
11 2
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 
11 3-4
Lenses
The camera
Image formation in the human eye
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


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

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

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

Camera
Charts showing the parts of a camera

Chart showing the parts of human eye
Model of the human eye
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 11-12
teachers book 4 pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 33 
Comprehensive secondary physics students book 4 pages 12-13
teachers book 34pages 1-5
Secondary physics KLB students book 4 page 29-31
11 5
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
12 1
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
12 2
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
12 3-4
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
12 5
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

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