Physics — 1st Year, Sciences (Biology-Chemistry-Earth Sciences track)

The complete Physics — 1st Year, Sciences (Biology-Chemistry-Earth Sciences track) curriculum, on Akaguriro Academy: the official Burundian syllabus, covered in full, term by term, like a real school year.

Physics A1 — the whole syllabus, no gaps

In the 1st year post-fondamental, Sciences section, the syllabus builds the foundations of experimental physics: measurement uncertainty, geometrical optics (mirrors, refraction, lenses), mechanics (equilibrium, forces, moments), gravitation and friction, work, simple machines, energy and power, hydrostatics, states of matter and calorimetry, physics and the environment, and an introduction to cosmology. This course covers the entire syllabus, with illustrated lessons, a 15-question quiz for every week, and graded term assignments to track real progress.

🎯 Course goals

• Master the entire Physics A1 Sciences syllabus as taught in Burundi.
• Build solid experimental-physics foundations (measurement, optics, mechanics) before tackling more advanced physics.
• Practice with a graded quiz on every chapter.
• Track your own progress objectively through graded term assignments, built on real-life scenarios.

📚 Detailed syllabus — 23 chapters, quizzes and assignments, over 3 terms

Term 1

1. Measurement uncertainty in physics
2. The laws of geometrical optics: rectilinear propagation, reflection, plane mirrors
3. Equilibrium of bodies: force, weight, action-reaction
4. Equilibrium under 3 forces, moment and couple
5. The theorem of moments and the balance scale
6. Refraction of light
7. Plane refracting surfaces, parallel-faced slabs and the prism
8. Gravitational forces and introduction to friction forces
9. Friction forces in detail (dynamic, static, rolling, road safety)

Term 2

1. The work of a force
2. Simple machines (pulley, winch, lever)
3. Thin lenses — definitions and foci
4. Ray tracing through a lens and introduction to energy
5. Energy sources and heat transfer
6. Energy chains and lens formulas (conjugation, magnification)
7. Resource management and power

Term 3

1. Hydrostatics: pressure, Pascal's principle, Archimedes' thrust
2. Surface tension and viscosity
3. Lens vergence (dioptres)
4. States of matter and calorimetry
5. Physics and the environment (greenhouse effect, humidity)
6. The eye and optical instruments
7. The camera and elements of cosmology

Every chapter includes its lesson, a 15-question quiz, and at the end of each term, two graded real-world assignments (a stability puzzle with a canoe, a campfire lit with a lens, a laboratory move with pulleys, an oven-vs-frying-pan mystery...).

🧭 Learning format

• 📖 Illustrated lessons, organized exactly like the real school year, each opening with a "why does this matter" section connecting physics to everyday life and other sciences.
• ✅ A 15-question quiz for every chapter, and graded term assignments with detailed marking guides.
• 💬 Forum, chat and private messaging to ask a question anytime, without waiting for the next class.
• ♾️ Unlimited access over time after purchase — review one specific chapter the night before a test, or go through the whole year again from the start.