Physics — 3rd Year (Biology-Chemistry-Earth Sciences track)

The complete Physics — 3rd Year, 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 A3 BCST — the whole syllabus, no gaps

From mechanical energy to the atomic nucleus, this course follows the exact structure of the Burundian curriculum, with real historical experiments (Rutherford's nucleus discovery, the Joliot-Curies' first artificial transmutation), real worked examples, and real integration situations reconstructed from the official teacher's guide — not invented content. This is a course of its own, distinct from Physics for the Mathematics-Physics track: a lighter syllabus adapted to a science track where physics is a secondary subject.

🎯 Course goals

• Master the entire Physics A3 BCST syllabus as taught in Burundi.
• Understand mechanical oscillations, acoustics, alternating current, fluid mechanics, and nuclear physics in depth.
• Practice with corrected exercises and random-question quizzes on every chapter.
• Track your own progress objectively through built-in practice quizzes.

📘 Detailed syllabus — 29 weeks, exercises and quizzes, over 3 terms

Term 1 — Mechanics: energy, dynamics, oscillations, waves

1. Potential and kinetic energy
2. Mechanical energy — conservation and variation
3. Dynamics — material systems, forces, centre of inertia
4. Fundamental principle of dynamics and its applications
5. Mechanical oscillators — the simple pendulum
6. Forced oscillations and resonance
7. Periodic phenomena and propagation of a disturbance
8. Propagation of a sinusoidal vibratory motion
9. Mechanical interference and standing waves
10. Integration situation: a military parade (resonance)
11. Integration situation: calculating a speed value (free fall)

Term 2 — Acoustics, alternating current, electromagnetic waves

1. Acoustics — nature and characteristics of sound
2. Properties of sound waves and the Doppler effect
3. Applications of the Doppler effect
4. Alternating current — general properties and the RLC circuit
5. Electrical resonance and power
6. Electromagnetic radiation — propagation
7. Radio and the electromagnetic spectrum
8. Integration situation: mobile phones and their dangers
9. Integration situation: radio and the population (real ARCT Burundi statistics)

Term 3 — Fluid mechanics and atomic/nuclear physics

1. Introduction to fluid mechanics
2. Fluid dynamics — conservation of mass, flow rate
3. Bernoulli's theorem and its applications
4. Introduction to atomic physics — the atomic nucleus (Rutherford's discovery)
5. Nuclear mass, mass-energy equivalence, binding energy
6. Spontaneous nuclear reactions (radioactivity)
7. Induced nuclear reactions (transmutation, fission, fusion)
8. Integration situation: two ways to die (radiation hazards)
9. Integration situation: radioactivity and radiation all around us

Every chapter includes its lesson and a random-question practice quiz; integration weeks bring together real, complete situations with model answers.

🎓 Learning format

• 📖 Illustrated lessons, organized exactly like the real school year.
• ✅ Corrected exercises for every chapter, and random-question practice quizzes.
• 💬 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.