Class 11 Physics for Maharashtra Board students has a comprehensive yet well-structured syllabus for the year 2014-15. Students of Class 11 Physics will learn various concepts of the subject, without feeling the burden of a lengthy syllabus. Topics like Measurements, Scalars and Vectors, Projectile Motion, Force, and many others have been included in the syllabus to prepare students for higher level academics.
1. Emphasis on basic conceptual understanding of the content.
2. Emphasis on use of SI units, symbols, nomenclature of physical quantities and formulations as per international standards.
3. Providing logical sequencing of units of the subject matter and proper placement of concepts with their linkage for better learning.
4. Reducing the curriculum load by eliminating overlapping of concepts/ content within the discipline and other disciplines.
5. Promotion of process-skills, problem-solving abilities and applications of Physics concepts.
6. Strengthen the concepts developed at the secondary stage to provide firm foundation for further learning in the subject.
7. Expose the learners to different processes used in Physics-related industrial and technological applications.
8. Develop process-skills and experimental, observational, manipulative, decision making and investigatory skills in the learners.
9. Promote problem solving abilities and creative thinking in learners.
10. Develop conceptual competence in the learners and make them realize and appreciate the interface of Physics with other disciplines.
1. Measurements
2. Scalars and Vectors
3. Projectile motion
4. Force
5. Friction in solids and liquids
6. Sound Waves
7. Thermal properties of matter
8. Refraction of Light
9. Ray optics
10. Electrostatics
11. Current electricity
12. Magnetic effect of electric current
13. Magnetism
14. Electromagnetic waves
1. Use of Vernier Callipers.
2. Use of Screw gauge.
3. To determine radius of curvature of a given spherical surface by a spherometer.
4. To find the weight of a given body using parallelogram law of vectors.
5. To study the relationship between force of limiting friction and normal reaction and to find coefficient of friction between a block and a horizontal surface.
6. To determine resistance per cm of a given wire by plotting a graph of potential difference versus current.
7. To find the value of ‘v' for different values of ‘u' in case of a ‘concave mirror and to find the focal length.
8. To find the focal length of a convex lens by plotting graphs between ‘u' and ‘v'or between ‘1/u' and ‘1/v'.
9. To find the focal length of a convex mirror, using a convex lens.
10. To find the focal length of a concave lens, using a convex lens.
11. To determine angle of minimum deviation for a given prism by plotting a graph between angle of incidence and angle of deviation.
12. To determine refractive index of a glass using a travelling microscope.
13. To find refractive index of a liquid by using (i) concave mirror, (ii) convex lens and plane mirror.
14. To determine specific heat capacity of a given (i) liquid (ii) solid, by method of mixtures.
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