Learning question: How do resultant forces affect the motion of objects ?
Retrieval starter.
Intro to resultant forces and freebody diagrams
Whiteboard activity
Effects of resultant forces DEMO
Resultant force activity
Plenary whiteboard activity
Learning question: What would my weight be on the moon ?
Retrieval starter.
Intro to mass vs weight
Weight equation, worked example and practice questions
Intro to centre of mass
Practical to determine the centre of mass of an irregular shaped object
Whiteboard plenary questions
Learning question: If a force acts to the North and one acts to the East , what is the resultant force ?
Retrieval starter.
Resultant forces recap whiteboard activity
Intro to parallelogram of forces and using it to determine direction of resultant force.
Using parallelogram of forces to determine direction activity
How to use scale drawings and the parallelogram of forces to determine the size and direction of resultant force.
Parallelogram of forces practice questions
Learning question: How does a tightrope walker stay upright ?
Retrieval starter.
Intro to the principle of moments
Principle of moments worked example and practice problems
Whiteboard plenary questions
Learning question: How can we calculate the acceleration of an object?
Retrieval starter.
Introducing specific vectors and scalar examples (speed vs velocity, distance vs displacement)
Whiteboard AFL activity.
Intro to acceleration, equations , equation practice.
Whiteboard plenary activity
Learning question: What is a tangent and why is it useful?
Retrieval starter.
Distance-time graphs recap.
Distance-time graphs and changing speeds
Tangents, instantaneous speed and average speed.
Student activity various worksheets
Whiteboard plenary activity.
Learning question: What are the different features of a distance time graph ?
-Retrieval starter.
-Intro to speed and speed equation
-Worked example and speed calculation question
-Introduction to distance-time graph.
-Distance time graph activity
-Whiteboard plenary activity
Learning question: How can I interpret a v-t graph?
Retrieval starter.
Intro to velocity-time graphs
Whiteboard AFL activity.
Acceleration and distance travelled from a velocity time graph
Student activity various worksheets
Whiteboard plenary activity
Learning question: How does the national grid deal with changes in demand ?
Retrieval starter.
Annual energy use in the UK
Base load and energy demands
Student activity
Whiteboard activity
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: How useful is the electromagnetic spectrum ?
Retrieval starter.
Card sort activity with feedback to discuss uses of the EM spectrum
Questions and answers (One set for Higher and one for Foundation)
Mobile phone radiation dangers activity
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: How fast is the speed of light ?
Retrieval starter.
Introduction to speed of light
Wave speed equation in the context of EM waves
Practice questions with answers
Radio waves and AC currents.
Whiteboard AFL activity
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: Can electromagnetic waves be dangerous ?
Retrieval starter.
Dangers an uses of UV
Dangers and uses of X-rays and Gamma rays
Venn diagram activity
Guess the X-ray quiz
Lesson powerpoint with activities and worksheet to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Introduction to activity with student practical to model it.
Introduction to half-life with worked examples.
Student activity with worksheet
Whiteboard activity
Lesson powerpoint with activities and worksheet to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
How to write nuclear decay equations for alpha, beta , gamma and neutron emission.
Student activity with worksheet and extra questions
Whiteboard activity and quiz
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: How do we waste energy ?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions.
Discussion of waste and how it relates to energy.
Student written activity.
Useful and wasted energy discussion.
Student Sankey diagram activity.
Plenary whiteboard questions.
Powerpoint with resources and activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: Do all moving objects have the same amount of kinetic energy ?
Retrieval starter questions
Video activity to discuss energy transfers
Kinetic energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: Explain how an electrical appliance can have a positive impact on society?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions
Demo activity to discuss electrical appliances and energy transfers in appliances
Tasks to accompany computer lesson
Discussion of appliances benefit to society.
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: What factors affect the gravitational potential energy of an object ?
Retrieval starter questions
Lesson content:
Discussion of gravity on Earth vs Moon
Gravitational potential energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Student practical (measuring change in GPE)
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: What is work?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions
Video and discussion of work done
Work done equation, worked examples and student calculation activity.
Student practical
Plenary whiteboard questions