Download Ethiopian old Curriculum grade 11 physics Teacher's Guide PDF

The Ethiopian Old Curriculum Grade 11 Physics Teacher’s Guide is an essential pedagogical resource designed by the Ministry of Education to support teachers in delivering effective physics instruction under the old national curriculum framework. This teacher guide is structured into 8 units and spans 168 pages and provides a detailed blueprint for lesson delivery, assessment strategies, conceptual explanation, and scientific thinking enhancement. The Teacher’s Guide helps educators facilitate rigorous and engaging physics instruction covering classical mechanics, fluid dynamics, rotational motion, and thermodynamics.

The Teacher’s Guide was authored by internationally recognized contributors in science education:

• Jim Newall
• Susan Gardner
• Graham Bone

And published by the Ministry of Education (MoE), Ethiopia

The Ethiopian Old Curriculum Grade 11 Physics Teacher’s Guide is structured into eight comprehensive units. Each unit is built to assist teachers in delivering conceptually grounded, hands-on physics lessons while promoting active student engagement and critical thinking.

Unit 1: Measurement and Practical Work

This unit equips teachers with tools to guide students through the foundations of scientific measurement. Topics include the purpose and science of measurement, types and treatment of errors, significance and uncertainty in data, and fundamentals of writing scientific reports.

Unit 2: Vector Quantities

Teachers introduce the concept of vectors as essential physical quantities. The unit covers classification of vectors, vector resolution, addition and subtraction techniques (graphical and analytical), and multiplication through dot and cross products.

Unit 3: Kinematics

This unit guides educators in exploring motion. It addresses both straight-line and planar motion using kinematic equations, graphical methods, and real-life applications to deepen student understanding of displacement, velocity, and acceleration.

Unit 4: Dynamics

Teachers lead students through Newtonian mechanics. Key areas include force and inertia, Newton’s laws, momentum conservation principles, and the physics behind elastic/inelastic collisions. Additional topics include center of mass, circular motion dynamics, and systems with variable mass.

Unit 5: Work, Energy, and Power

A critical mechanics unit where teachers explain scalar products in work, energy conservation, the work-energy theorem, and real-world applications of mechanical power. Emphasis is placed on energy transfer and efficiency in both ideal and dissipative systems.

Unit 6: Rotational Motion

Students explore rotational analogs of linear motion. Teachers are supported in presenting torque, angular acceleration, moment of inertia, and conservation of angular momentum. Key instructional examples include rotating rings, rods, discs, and spheres.

Unit 7: Equilibrium

This unit focuses on static equilibrium. Topics include conditions for equilibrium of forces and torques, the concept of couples, and mechanical stability. Teachers are guided in conducting lab-based demonstrations to reinforce theoretical learning.

Unit 8: Properties of Bulk Matter

The final unit delves into the behavior of matter under stress and temperature. Educators teach concepts like elasticity, pressure in fluids (Pascal’s Principle), Bernoulli’s equation, and thermal expansion, helping students link macroscopic physics to everyday phenomena.