Unit 01: Waves

• waves in one dimension
• Snell’s law
• circular wave patterns
• interference pattern from two point sources
• speed of sound
• sound intensity

Unit 02: Nature of Light

• wave-particle model of light – laws and theories
• speed of light

Unit 03: Mechanics

• motion and vectors: position, time, distance, speed, displacement, velocity
• kinematics: position, velocity, acceleration, graphs
• dynamics and diagrams
• linear motion

Unit 04: Fields

• gravitational fields
• magnetic fields
• Earth’s magnetic field

Unit 01: Mechanics

• kinematics
• dynamics
• momentum
• projectile motion
• circular motion
• work and energy

Unit 02: Fields

• space
• low earth orbit
• electric and magnetic fields

Unit 03: Electricity

• electric circuits
• electromagnetic induction

Unit 04: Medical Physics

• half-life
• alpha and beta decay
• gamma radiation
• radioisotopes

Unit 01: Wellness and Homeostasis

• personal wellness
• homeostasis and cells
• energy

Unit 02: Digestion and Nutrition

• digestion, absorption and enzymes
• the liver
• nutrition

Unit 03: Transportation and Respiration

• transport and respiratory systems
• blood components, groups, vessels, and pressure
• heart function and control
• respiration

Unit 04: Excretion and Waste Management

• metabolic wastes
• urinary system – processes, feedback, urinalysis

Unit 05: Protection and Control

• immune system and issues analysis
• nervous system
• homeostasis

Unit 06: Wellness and Homeostatic Changes

• body system interrelationships
• aging and death
• technology and wellness

Unit 01: Understanding Biological Inheritance

• autosomal, atypical, and sex-linked inheritance
• genetic testing genetic variability
• chromosome mutations

Unit 02: Mechanisms of Inheritance

• DNA structure and replication
• protein synthesis
• gene mutation

Unit 03: Evolutionary Theory and Biodiversity

• Darwin’s Theory
• adaptation
• natural and artificial selection
• population genetics
• mechanisms for genetic variation
• convergent and divergent evolution

Unit 04: Organizing Biodiversity

• defining biodiversity and species
• classifying organisms
• determining evolutionary relationships
• domains of life
• investigating evolutionary trends

Unit 05: Conservation of Biodiversity

• maintaining and monitoring biodiversity
• conservation strategies
• investigating a conservation issue

Unit 01: Physical Properties of Matter

• properties: density, compressibility, and diffusion
• kinetic molecular theory
• melting, solidification, sublimation and deposition
• freezing point, exothermic, and endothermic
• evaporation and condensation
• vapour pressure

Unit 02: Gases and Atmosphere

• naturally occurring gases in the atmosphere
• oxygenation of Earth’s atmosphere, changes in carbon dioxide content over time
• air quality
• relationships: pressure vs. volume of gases, pressure vs. temperature vs. volume
• industrial, environmental, and recreational applications of gases

Unit 03: Chemical Reactions

• atomic mass using isotopes
• the mole and molar mass
• volume, density, temperature, and pressure of gases
• limiting reactants
• theoretical and experimental yield

Unit 04: Solutions

•  polar and non-polar nature
• solubility curves
• saturated, unsaturated, and supersaturated solutions
• temperature and pressure effects on solubility of gases
• freezing-point depression and boiling-point elevation
• concentration and dilutions

Unit 05: Organic Chemistry

• structural characteristics and molecular structures
• isomers
• polymerization and natural and synthetic polymers

Unit 01: Reactions in Aqueous Solutions

• solubility and precipitation
• neutralization of strong acids and bases
• identifying unknown solutions
• oxidation and reduction reactions

Unit 02: Atomic Structure

• electromagnetic spectrum – frequency, wavelength, energy
• elements and unique line spectra
• electron configurations
• periodic trends

Unit 03: Chemical Kinetics

• reaction rate
• rate of formation and disappearance
• collision theory
• endothermic and exothermic reactions
• activation energy and orientation of molecules
• rate law and orders of reactions

Unit 04: Chemical Equilibrium

• Le Chatelier’s principle and shifts in equilibrium
• concentration vs. time graphs
• salts and solubility

Unit 05: Acids and Bases

• relationship between hydronium and hydroxide ion concentrations
• acid-base indicators
• strong and weak acids and bases
• percent dissociation and concentration

Unit 06: Electrochemistry

• spontaneity
• voltaic cells
• electrolytic cells
• Faraday’s law