Strand
Energy and Change |
Key Concepts The forces acting on objects influence their motion, shape, behaviour and energy. In interactions and changes, energy is transferred and transformed but is not created or destroyed. There are different ways of obtaining and utilising energy and these have different consequences.
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Chapter/ Topic |
Activities/ Notes/ Resources |
| 1 - 4 |
Chapter 13 -
Forces and Motion
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Resources : Text and Year10 Motion Booklet
Activities
- Mass and Weight p236
- Ticker timer - Booklet (Report for assessment)
- Falling objects page 248
- Tennis ball gravitational acceleration activity - booklet
Topics:
- Force - units, balanced and unbalanced, contact and non-contact, mass and weight, gravity, Newton's Laws of Motion - 1, 2, 3 and Law of Gravitation.
- Motion - distance, displacement, speed, velocity, accleration, linear motion/ vertical motion problems, interpretation of motion-time graphs
Revision Lessons for students away on camps - Notes
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| 5 - 7 |
Chapter 5- Light |
Resources
- Text and BookletCharts & Posters Hodson Light Boxes
- Mirrors, candles, glass.
Activities -
- Refraction p95-96 and booklet Refraction p98 and booklet Lenses and images p101
- Dispersion and total internal reflection p105
Topics:
- Refraction - causes, Laws, labelled ray diagrams showing effect of different materials on refraction of light.Total internal reflection, critical angle, complete ray diagrams. applications.Dispersion, cause of rainbow
- Biconvex and bicvoncave lenses - draw ray diagrams and describe the image.
Revision Lessons for students away on camps - Notes
Related Internet Sites
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| 8 - 9 |
Chapter 12 -Waves
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This topic will be completed if time permits.
Resources
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| 10 |
Testing |
Assessment
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