Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad (SJPO)
The Singapore Junior Physics Olympiad (SJPO) is an annual Physics competition catered to Secondary 1 to Secondary 4 students. This competition is to encourage to study and appreciation of Physics among all secondary school students. In addition, it also highlights Physics talents, serving as part of the process to select students for early training in the SPhO (Singapore Physics Olympiad) and the IPhO (International Physics Olympiad).
Our Physics specialists have meticulously developed a tried-and-tested curriculum that fully prepares contestants for the SJPO and its associated competition SPhL. Our curriculum can be tailored based on our students’ strengths and weaknesses to best prepare them for the SJPO.
| Lesson | Topic | Content |
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| 1 | Kinematics | • Instantaneous and Average Values • Constant Acceleration • Graphical Representation of 1D Motion • Projectile Motion • Relative Motion |
| 2 | Dynamics | • Newton’s 1st, 2nd and 3rd Law • Free Body Diagrams • Resolving Forces into Components • Normal, Friction and Tension Forces |
| 3 | • Hooke's Law • Application of Newton's 2nd Law on Various Systems • Applying Kinematics to Analyse Systems |
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| 4 | Work, Energy and Power | • Work Done • Conservation of Energy • Work Done-Kinetic Energy Theorem • Gravitational and Elastic Potential Energy • Power |
| 5 | Impulse, Momentum and Collision | • Conservation of Momentum • Momentum and N2L • Impulse-Momentum Theorem • Centre of Mass of Point Mass Systems |
| 6 | • Collisions - Elastic, Inelastic, Disintegration • Coefficient of Restitution |
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| 7 | Circular Motion | • Angular Quantities • Period, Frequency, Angular Frequency • Centripetal Force • Dynamics of Circular Motion • Gravitation |
| 8 | Rotational Mechanics | • Rotational Kinematics • Rigid Bodies • Centre of Mass • Energy in Rotation • Moment of Inertia |
| 9 | • Torque and Moments • N2L in Rotational Form • Fixed Axis Rotation • Rolling with Slipping • Power • Conservation of Angular Momentum |
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| 10 | Simple Harmonic Motion | • Definition of SHM • Spring-Mass System • Simple Pendulum • Sinusoidal Description of SHM • Energy in SHM • Graphs of Mechanical Quantities Against Time |
| 11 | Fluid Mechanics | • Pressure and Pascal's Law • Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle • Fluid Flow and Continuity Equation • Bernoulli's Principle |
| 12 | Direct Current | • Electromotive Force of a Source • Potential Difference • Current and Conventional Current • Resistance and Ohm’s Law • Series and Parallel Circuits • Voltage and Current Divider Rules • Kirchhoff’s Laws |
| 13 | Electric Fields | • Coulomb’s Law • Electric Field • Electric Potential Energy and Electric Potential • Relation between Potential Energy and Electrical Force • Conductors |
| 14 | Capacitors | • Electric Field Between Parallel Plates • Capacitance of a Parallel-Plate Capacitor • Combinations of Capacitors • Energy Stored in a Capacitor • Dielectric |
| 15 | Electromagnetism | • Magnetic Field and Magnetic Field Lines • Current-Carrying Wires and B-fields • Flat Circular Coils • Magnetic Fields of Solenoids |
| 16 | • Magnetic Force on Moving Charge • Current-Carrying Wire in Magnetic Field • Current Loop in Magnetic Field • Velocity Selector |
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| 17 | Electromagnetic Inductance | • Magnetic Flux • Lenz's Law and Faraday's Law • Motional EMF • Transformers |
| 18 | Thermodynamics | • Thermometers and Temperature • Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics • Specific Heat Capacity • Latent Heat • Heat Transfer • Newton's Law of Cooling |
| 19 | • Ideal Gas Law • Root Mean Square Speed • First Law of Thermodynamics • Isobaric, Isochoric, Isothermal and Adiabatic Processes • Work Done in PV Cycles |
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| 20 | Waves | • Snapshot and History Graphs • Period and Frequency • Transverse and Longitudinal Waves • Phase and Phase Difference • Intensity of Waves |
| 21 | • Polarisation of Light • Polarisation of Reflection, Brewster's Law • Superposition • Standing Waves • Doppler Effect |
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| 22 | Optics | • Snell's Law • Interference of Light Waves • Diffraction of Light Waves • Young's Double Slit Experiment • Diffraction Grating |
Contact us now so that we can evaluate your child and customise a curriculum based on his/her abilities.
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