{"id":1357,"date":"2016-06-15T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T15:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/?page_id=1357"},"modified":"2019-07-08T18:27:20","modified_gmt":"2019-07-08T18:27:20","slug":"italy-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/italy-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy: Description of Physics Programs and Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"carouselwrap\"><div id=\"menu-programs-and-curriculum-physics\" class=\"carouselmenu\"><a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/france-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>France<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/italy-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Italy<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/lebanon-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Lebanon<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/norway-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Norway<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/portugal-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Portugal<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/russian-federation-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Russian Federation<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/slovenia-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Slovenia<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/sweden-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>Sweden<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/timss2015.org\/advanced\/timss-advanced-2015\/physics\/curriculum\/united-states-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum\/\" class=\"menu-link main-menu-link menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page\"><span>United States<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/div><\/div>\t<style>\n\t\t.carouselwrap{\n\t\t\tbackground: #e5eaef;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a{\n\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #1FA67A solid;\n\t\t\tcolor: #000000;\n\t\t}\t\t\n\t\t.owl-item a:hover,\n\t\t.owl-item a:focus,\n\t\t.owl-item a.current-menu-item{\n\t\t\tbackground: #006544;\n\t\t\tborder: 4px #1FA67A solid;\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tcolor: #ffffff;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n\t\n<div><a class=\"aboutTIMSS-download\" href=\"http:\/\/timss2015.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/filebase\/advanced\/physics\/P11.-programs-and-curriculum\/P11_1_physics-description-of-physics-programs-and-curriculum.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"> Download Description of the Physics Programs and Curriculum<\/a><\/div>\n<h2>Italy: Description of Physics Programs and Curriculum<\/h2>\n<p>Students assessed in TIMSS Advanced 2015 followed the National Guidelines of 2010 for the upper secondary schools (<i>Licei, Istituti Tecnici, Istituti Professionali<\/i>). The five-year curriculum is divided into three parts by grade. The topics taught at each grade are listed below.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"CurrTable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 24%\">\nGrade\n<\/td>\n<th>\nTopics\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"borderBottom\">\n<td class=\"headingInside\">\nGrades 9 and 10\n<\/td>\n<td>\nScalar quantity and vector quantity, unit of measurement<\/p>\n<p>Geometrical optics: reflection and refraction, optical instruments <\/p>\n<p>Thermic phenomena (macroscopic viewpoint): temperature, definition of heat, calorimetry, thermal equilibrium, changes in states of matter<\/p>\n<p>Forces and equilibrium: machines and mechanical advantage <\/p>\n<p>Equilibrium of fluids: density and pressure, Pascal\u2019s principle, Archimedes\u2019 principle and buoyant force<\/p>\n<p>Kinematics: one-dimensional motion, displacement, velocity, acceleration <\/p>\n<p>Forces and Newton\u2019s laws of motion<\/p>\n<p>Work and energy: potential energy, kinetic energy, conservation of energy, power\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"borderBottom\">\n<td class=\"headingInside\">\nGrades 11 and 12\n<\/td>\n<td>\nTwo-dimensional motion<\/p>\n<p>Forces and Newton\u2019s laws of motion (study in depth): inertial and not inertial reference frame, Galilean principle of relativity; Conservation of energy (study in depth)<\/p>\n<p>Fluid Dynamics: volume flow rate and equation of continuity, Bernoulli\u2019s equation <\/p>\n<p>Linear momentum, conservation of momentum, and elastic collisions<\/p>\n<p>Center of mass, torque, angular velocity and angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum<\/p>\n<p>Gravitation: from Kepler to Newton <\/p>\n<p>Ideal gas, ideal gas law <\/p>\n<p>Molecular theory of gases <\/p>\n<p>Laws of thermodynamics, entropy <\/p>\n<p>Oscillatory motion: harmonic motion<\/p>\n<p>Mechanical waves: amplitude, period, frequency and wavelength of periodic waves<\/p>\n<p>Wave propagation: absorption, reflection, interference, refraction, diffraction, polarization, dispersion<\/p>\n<p>Acoustic waves <\/p>\n<p>Light waves <\/p>\n<p>Coulomb\u2019s Law, Electric field<\/p>\n<p>Electric potential energy, electric potential and voltage <\/p>\n<p>Capacitors and capacitance, dielectrics in capacitors, energy of a capacitor<\/p>\n<p>Circuits and Ohm\u2019s law, resistors in series and in parallel, resistivity and conductivity, voltmeters and ammeters, electrolytic conductivity, R-C circuits<\/p>\n<p>Magnets and magnetic force: magnetic force on a charge, magnetic force on a current carrying wire <\/p>\n<p>Magnetic field created by a current carrying wire, magnetic force between two currents going in the same and in opposite direction<\/p>\n<p>Electric motors\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"borderBottom\">\n<td class=\"headingInside\">\nGrade 13\n<\/td>\n<td>\nElectromagnetic induction<\/p>\n<p>Applications of induction <\/p>\n<p>R-L circuits <\/p>\n<p>Maxwell\u2019s Equations <\/p>\n<p>Electromagnetic radiation and electromagnetic spectrum <\/p>\n<p>Relativity, mass-energy equivalence <\/p>\n<p>The photoelectric effect and the nature of light<\/p>\n<p>Planck\u2019s theory of blackbody radiation<\/p>\n<p>Atomic spectra and quantum theory<\/p>\n<p>Structure of the nucleus, radioactivity<\/p>\n<p>Recommended insights: astrophysics and cosmology<\/p>\n<p>Elementary particles<\/p>\n<p>Nano- and micro-technologies, new materials <\/p>\n<p>Solid state physics: semiconductors<\/p>\n<p>Renewable energy\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download Description of the Physics Programs and Curriculum Italy: Description of Physics Programs and Curriculum Students assessed in TIMSS Advanced 2015 followed the National Guidelines of 2010 for the upper secondary schools (Licei, Istituti Tecnici, Istituti Professionali). 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