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Technical Sciences
Grades 10-12
The CAPS technical track: mechanics, moments, materials, electricity and heat, taught through workshop and machine contexts.
Topics
Units, measurement & formulae
Vectors & motion in one dimension
Introduction of force
Moment of a force (torque)
Classification of matter
Metals, metalloids & non-metals
Structure of the atom
Electrostatics
Electric circuits & resistance
Heat & thermodynamics
Topics by grade
The full Technical Sciences curriculum covered for every grade.
Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Units, measurement & formulae — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Vectors & motion in one dimension — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Introduction of force — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Moment of a force (torque) — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Classification of matter — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Metals, metalloids & non-metals — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Structure of the atom — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Electrostatics — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Electric circuits & resistance — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
- Heat & thermodynamics — Grade 10 Technical Sciences
Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Vectors in two dimensions — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Friction — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Magnetism — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Electrostatics & Coulomb's law — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Electric field — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Electric circuits & Ohm's law — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Waves — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Sound — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Specific heat capacity — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Thermodynamics — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
- Redox & electrolysis — Grade 11 Technical Sciences
Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Newton's laws — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Momentum & impulse — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Work, energy & power — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Elasticity — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Viscosity — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Hydraulics — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Semiconductors & diodes — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Organic chemistry — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Polymers & plastics — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Light: refraction & lenses — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Electromagnetic radiation — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Electrostatics & capacitance — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Electric circuits, power & heating — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Electromagnetism & induction — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Alternate energy sources — Grade 12 Technical Sciences
- Electrochemical cells — Grade 12 Technical Sciences