HST 2001 Spain Physics Syllabuses

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HST 2001 SpainPhysics Syllabuses

• Physics in the Spanish curriculum
• (Secondary Education Ages 12 - 18)
• Compulsory Secondary Education Ages 12 16
• Upper Secondary Education (Bachillerato) Ages
  16 - 18

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Compulsory Secondary Education

• In the first two years, all students have to take
  General Science courses (covering Physics,
  Chemistry, Biology and Geology) with 3 hours /
  week
• In the third year, the combined subject Physics
  and Chemistry is compulsory, with 2 hours / week

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Compulsory Secondary Education

• In the fourth and final year, Physics and
  Chemistry is outside the core curriculum, but
  students can take 4 hours / week of that
  subject.
• Topics covered in this year are marked with a 4
  in the following list

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Compulsory Secondary EducationSyllabus Outline
(Physics)

• The Structure of Matter
• (States of matter, kinetic theory, atoms and
  electrons, the nuclear model,)
• Kinematics and Dynamics (4)
• Energy (4)
• Electrostatics and DC Currents
• Waves and Geometrical Optics (4)
• Hydrostatics (4)

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Compulsory Secondary EducationSyllabus Outline
(Physics)

• During the four years, these topics are covered
  more than once, but you have to remember that
  those with a 4 make part of the optional final
  year, when the material is covered with a more
  formal approach.

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Upper Secondary EducationBachillerato

• Students can choose between four routes. In two
  of them (Science, Technology)
• Physics and Chemistry
• (First year, with 4 hours/week), and
• Physics (Second year, 4 hours / week)
• are compulsory. Many teachers complain about
  Physics and Chemistry being combined into one
  subject in the first year

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Upper Secondary EducationBachillerato
Syllabus Outline

• Kinematics and Dynamics.
• Work and Energy.
• Electric, Magnetic and Gravitational Fields.
• Electromagnetism (Induction).
• Vibrations and Waves.
• Modern Physics.

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Modern Physics in the Bachillerato

• Special Relativity
• Galilean Einstenian Relativity Principles.
• The Lorentz Transformations and its consequences.
• Rest mass and relativistic energy.
• In many schools, this subject is not covered
  (though it should be)

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Modern Physics in the Bachillerato

• Quantum Physics
• Blackbody Radiation. Planck s hypothesis.
• The photoelectric effect. Photons.
• Atomic Spectra.
• Wave particle duality. De Broglie s Formula.
• Heisenberg s uncertainty principle.

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Modern Physics in the Bachillerato

• Nuclear and Particle Physics
• The atomic nucleus. Binding energy.
• Radioactivity.
• Nuclear reactions.
• Hadrons and leptons, quarks.
• The fundamental interactions.

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Note

• Syllabuses can be slightly different in different
  regions.