By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify action and reaction forces.
Describe Newton’s third law.
Explain why people might experience pain when placing a force on an object.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the parts that make up the ear.
Describe how the ear manipulates sound.
Explain why people can experience hearing loss / damage.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the cause of sound waves.
Describe how amplitude, loudness, frequency and pitch are connected.
Explain why people can’t talk to another in space.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different types of waves.
Describe how to measure properties of waves.
Compare constructive and destructive interference.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by refraction.
Describe how light refracts through mediums.
Explain why refraction is useful.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the equation for acceleration
Describe how to measure the acceleration of an object.
Explain why a change in acceleration indicates a change in direction
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify acceleration, constant velocity and deceleration on a velocity-time graph.
Describe how to calculate distance travelled using a velocity-time graph.
Compare the movement of two objects on a velocity-time graph.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the formula for speed.
Describe what’s shown in a distance-time graph
Explain why the gradient is the same as the speed on a distance-time graph.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the 8 energy stores.
Describe how energy can be transferred.
Justify the type of energy transfer within a system.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify thinking and braking distances.
Describe how to calculate stopping distance.
Explain why the braking and thinking distances can change.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the effect of force.
Describe how to calculate force.
Explain why mass and acceleration affects force.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify what’s meant by a radioactive atom.
Describe how a GM tube measures radiation.
Explain why radioactive sources become less dangerous as time passes.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by kinetic and gravitational energy.
Describe how to calculate kinetic and gravitational energy.
Explain why pendulums within a closed system will remain swinging at a fixed height.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the law of conservation of energy.
Describe what’s meant by energy efficiency.
Create Sankey diagrams.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what’s produced when an unstable atom breaks down.
Describe what is meant by half-life.
Explain why atoms with a high radioactivity will have a short half-life.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify standing and progressive waves.
Describe how to produce a standing wave.
Explain why resonance can be dangerous.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the waves of the EM spectrum.
Describe how frequency and wavelength change throughout the EM spectrum.
Explain why radio waves can be used safely.