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Curriculum resources 2014 – Physics
KS3 Physics - Energy
Pupils should be taught about:
Calculation of fuel uses and costs in the domestic context
• comparing energy values of different foods (from labels) (kJ)
Big energy project
Project where students explore the energy in the food they eat. Energy in food
Investigating the energy content in food, including practical activity. Is food a fuel?
This PowerPoint presentation guides students through an investigation on the energy content in various food samples.
• comparing power ratings of appliances in watts (W, kW)
Business power and time
Students choose whether they want to set up their own beauty salon, gym, restaurant or cinema and then, using the information given, decide which appliance to use and design a price list to ensure they gain maximum profits.
Power rating cards Students match the appliance to its power rating.
Electricity bills A worksheet designed for pupils to use power ratings to calculate an electricity bill from electricity meter.
Power, energy and the kilowatt-hour A PowerPoint presentation introducing pupils to Power equals Current multiplied / times by Voltage (P = I x V). Energy equals Power multiplied / times by time (E = P x t). The kilowatt-hour (kWh); uses examples of various appliances and power ratings to calculate electrical energy used.
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• comparing amounts of energy transferred (J, kJ, kW hour)
Using electricity
A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet to introduce the concept of watts, kilowatt hour and electrical energy consumption.
Calculate the cost of electricity Calculate the energy transferred by an electrical appliance and the cost of using an appliance for a certain amount of time.
Bev and Kev’s electricity bills A script about Bev and Kev preparing for their first date, to be read by the teacher and acted out by a pair of students, the remainder of students in the class listen carefully to the story so that they can calculate the cost of preparing for a date, using the student worksheet.
Getting to know the joule and the watt Students use a hand-turned generator to gain direct experience of measuring energy and to get a ‘feel’ for the size of a joule and the size of a watt.
• domestic fuel bills, fuel use and costs
Big energy project
Project where students explore the energy used to travel, its cost and possible alternatives.
How much for my electricity? Students use the worksheets to calculate how much money a person has spent on electricity during the week based on the power of the appliances she has used and for how long.
Payback time A PowerPoint presentation and worksheets for students to explore saving on domestic fuel bills.
Comparing the cost of electricity A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet investigating the cost of putting appliances on standby and the cost of alternatives to electricity.
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fuels and energy resources.
Generating electricity
An extensive PowerPoint presentation looking at energy resources, environmental impact and saving energy.
Generating electricity: Top Trumps Top Trumps-style game to help students understand the different types of power station; before playing for each card they ask the question at the bottom of the card.
Renewable energy – Which sources should we choose? Lesson plans and resources for teaching about renewable energy, the sources available and their advantages and disadvantages; students work in groups, each representing a different renewable energy source.
Generating electricity and energy chains A PowerPoint-based lesson that teaches pupils about the different ways in which electricity can be generated and the energy transfer chains involved.
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Energy changes and transfers
• simple machines give bigger force but at the expense of smaller movement (and vice versa): product of force and displacement unchanged
Olympics sports clinic: Forces and levers
London 2012/Olympics-themed lesson on forces and levers, explaining the differences between force multipliers and movement multipliers.
Levers Lesson explaining the different types of levers and how they work.
Simple machines Lesson exploring what a machine is, the three ways that machines make work easier and simple and compound machines.
Simple machines Six simple machines with descriptions, sample calculations, and methods for finding mechanical advantages.
• heating and thermal equilibrium: temperature difference between two objects leading to energy transfer from the hotter to the cooler one, through contact (conduction) or radiation; such transfers tending to reduce the temperature difference: use of insulators
Conduction
A PowerPoint presentation exploring conduction of heat including practical and design activities.
Conduction experiment A PowerPoint presentation and worksheets based around students performing an experiment in which they observe conduction along a heated metal rod.
Radiation A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet based around students performing investigation into amount of heat loss using conical flasks – one black, one foil covered.
Heat energy transfer A PowerPoint presentation explaining how heat always transfers from hot to cold and the how a vacuum flask works.
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• other processes that involve energy transfer: changing
motion, dropping an object, completing an electrical circuit, stretching a spring, metabolism of food, burning fuels.
Different types of energy and energy transfer
Lesson introducing the types of energy and how energy can be transferred from one type to another.
Energy transformation Lesson investigating energy transfer with a practical activity looking at energy transfer when a ball is bounced.
Energy and its transfer Three experiments investigating the change from potential to kinetic energy.
Energy transfer in an electric circuit Practical activities investigating energy transfer in a simple circuit and possible factors affecting the transfer.
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Changes in systems
• energy as a quantity that can be quantified and calculated; the total energy has the same value before and after a change
Using energy
A PowerPoint presentation explaining how energy is transferred and how to calculate energy values related to the transfer.
Sankey diagrams Lesson explaining how to calculate output energy and draw Sankey diagrams.
Energy transfer, Sankey diagrams and efficiency Series of PowerPoint presentations and worksheets exploring energy input and output.
Defining the joule Introducing the concept of conservation of energy and a definition of the 'joule'.
• comparing the starting with the final conditions of a system
and describing increases and decreases in the amounts of energy associated with movements, temperatures, changes in positions in a field, in elastic distortions and in chemical compositions
• using physical processes and mechanisms, rather than energy, to explain the intermediate steps that bring about such changes
Work and change of energy
A worksheet assessing knowledge of how to calculate work and identify energy changes.
Kinetic and gravitational energy Comparing energy change as an object moves.
Forces and energy A worksheet on work, energy and power suitable for revising, testing knowledge or taking notes from books.
Rubber band Information sheet on the elastic properties of rubber and energy changes that occur when stretched.
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KS3 Physics – Motion and forces
Pupils should be taught about:
Describing motion
• speed and the quantitative relationship between average speed, distance and time (speed = distance ÷ time)
Speed, distance, time challenges
A series of seven simple challenges to help students develop the skill of calculating speeds, distances and times.
Introduction to speed Introduction to measuring speed including practise questions, practical activity using marble runs and true/false plenary.
Animal speed calculations Series of animated slides on loop to encourage students to use speed=distance/time equation.
Speed formula triangle game This PowerPoint presentation reviews Sidot triangles (Speed Is Distance Over Time) and provides instructions for a Sidot game.
• the representation of a journey on a distance-time graph
Distance-time graph worksheet
Introduction to interpreting distance-time graphs with 4 graphs, which pupils must match to the descriptions then sketch a graph from a description.
Interactive distance-time graph Interactive quiz on distance-time graphs.
Distance-time graph A simplified worksheet for less-able pupils who may struggle with the idea of drawing and interpreting this kind of graph.
Speed, distance and time This worksheet contains a series of questions about applying the speed equation and drawing distance-time graphs.
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• relative motion: trains and cars passing one another.
Relative motion
Presentation explaining relative motion. Relative motion
Video tutorial explaining relative motion.
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Forces
• forces as pushes or pulls, arising from the interaction between two objects
Forces unit
A series of PowerPoint presentations and worksheets covering types of forces and measuring forces.
Forces introduction investigation A series of small practical and thinking activities to introduce students to the idea of forces.
Forces in action circus Circus activity for students to find about the different types of forces.
Forces Animations and interactive applets to illustrate the concept of force.
• using force arrows in diagrams, adding forces in one dimension, balanced and unbalanced forces
Force dance mat
Activity where students need to move in the direction of the resultant force.
Balanced and unbalanced forces A PowerPoint presentation and worksheets on calculating resultant forces.
Resultant force worksheet A worksheet for pupils to start to work out resultant forces after a brief introduction by the teacher.
Balanced and unbalanced forces Lesson explaining balanced and unbalanced forces and their effects on an object.
• moment as the turning effect of a force
Moments unit
A PowerPoint presentation and worksheets exploring moments. Levers and moments
Lesson covering levers and calculating moments. Moments and levers
A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet covering levers and moments. Shrek and moments
Use the popular cartoon character to explain how moments are calculated.
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• forces: associated with deforming objects; stretching and
squashing – springs; with rubbing and friction between surfaces, with pushing things out of the way; resistance to motion of air and water
Friction
A lesson explaining how friction affects objects. Forces and their effects
A series of PowerPoint presentations covering the effect of different forces on objects.
Forces and motion Practical lesson where students design, build and test their own balloon powered buggies using cheap and recycled materials.
Forces question time Quick-fire forces cut and stick question sheet.
• forces measured in newtons, measurements of stretch or
compression as force changed
Stretching forces
Lesson investigating stretching force on a string. Deformation
Lesson measuring stretch as force is changed when applied to a string. Forces
Lesson measuring the stretch of a spring when force is applied. Forces introduction
A series of small practical and thinking activities to introduce students to the idea of forces; includes measuring using Newton meters, seeing what happens to an object when a constant force acts on it and thinking about types and effects of force.
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• force-extension linear relation; Hooke’s Law as a special case
Hooke’s Law
Forces explaining Newton’s laws of motion with cartoons, springs and Hooke’s Law.
Hooke’s Law A PowerPoint presentation and worksheets on Hooke’s Law.
Deformation A PowerPoint presentation on elasticity and the linear relationship between force and extension of different materials.
Spring extension investigation Use a story in the Hundred Acre Woods to investigate the proportionality of extension of a spring.
• work done and energy changes on deformation
Energy, power and work unit
A PowerPoint presentation explaining what work is and how it is calculated. Work done
Students complete a circuit training session and work out which exercise requires the most work by using the W=FD equation.
Work Information sheet explaining how to calculate work.
Work done quiz Students get a card each, pair up and ask each other the question on the card.
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• non-contact forces: gravity forces acting at a distance on
Earth and in space, forces between magnets and forces due to static electricity.
Space, mass, gravity, weight and satellites
A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on weight, mass, gravity and satellites.
Magnetism, magnets and electromagnets A PowerPoint presentation covering the history of magnetism, magnetic materials, non-magnetic materials, poles, attraction, repulsion, magnetic field, domains and uses of magnets.
Introduction to electrostatics A circus of activities exploring static electricity.
Forces and their effects Lesson on forces including non-contact forces.
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Pressure in fluids
• atmospheric pressure, decreases with increase of height as weight of air above decreases with height
Pressure in fluids
Lesson looking at pressure and solving pressure problems in the context of fluids.
Air pressure and altitude Lesson exploring atmospheric pressure and how it changes with increasing altitude, and how air pressure is used.
Why do your ears pop? Lesson explaining the affect of air pressure on human ears.
The magic of air pressure Lesson involving playing with ideas around air pressure to get pupils thinking about how it works.
• pressure in liquids, increasing with depth; upthrust effects,
floating and sinking
Floating and sinking
A lesson plan to learn that not all materials will float and why. Underwater pressure
Starter activity to introduce the concept that pressure increases with depth. Titanic forces lesson
Students use the sinking of the Titanic to explain upthrust, floating and sinking.
Water pressure v depth Graph with questions about the relationship between depth and water pressure.
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pressure measured by ratio of force over area – acting
normal to any surface
Pressure
Students learn about how to apply the pressure calculation to a real-life scenario.
Pressure – Hydraulics A PowerPoint presentation and worksheet to explain hydraulics.
Introducing pressure An introduction to pressure, surface area and the equations used.
Pressure Lesson on pressure where students are challenged to explain how the shape of objects affects the pressure they exert.
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Balanced forces
• opposing forces and equilibrium: weight held by stretched spring or supported on a compressed surface.
Balanced forces
Lesson on balanced and unbalanced forces and their effects, how to represent balanced and unbalanced forces in force diagrams.
Balanced and unbalanced forces chatterbox An interactive activity to reinforce knowledge about forces, a bit of cutting and folding origami style, leads to the children asking and answering forces questions.
Static equilibrium Worksheet with answers for students to calculate the force(s) need to produce equilibrium.
Springs A PowerPoint presentation explaining weigh held and supported by springs.
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Forces and motion
• forces are needed to cause objects to stop or start moving, or to change their speed or direction of motion (qualitative only)
Skitch a force
Lesson plan outlining an activity run using Android Tablets and smartphones, the Skitch App lets students take and edit photos of different situations in which forces affect the shape and motion of the object; force arrows and labels can be added.
Forces on a car A worksheet exploring the forces acting on a car as it accelerates.
Stopping distances Lesson on stopping distances including thinking and braking distances in addition to an investigation carried out by the police to establish the cause of an accident.
Forces on objects and forces in motion Two lessons used as revision to identify the forces acting on an object and identify the forces acting on moving objects.
change depending on direction of force and its size.
Avengers forces
Activity using Avengers characters to calculate forces. 1D forces – interactive simulation
Explore the forces at work when you try to push an object; create an applied force and see the resulting friction force and total force acting on the object.
Forces lesson A Star Wars-themed PowerPoint presentation featuring Yoda and resources exploring movement, motion and resultant forces.
Explaining motion Lesson explaining how the direction and size of a force can bring about change.
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KS3 Physics - Waves
Pupils should be taught about:
Observed waves
• waves on water as undulations which travel through water with transverse motion; these waves can be reflected, and add or cancel – superposition.
Water waves seen in section
Practical demonstrating the transverse motion of particles in a water wave. Slosh! What happens when water has walls
Tutorial on superposition forming standing waves. Superposition of waves
This spreadsheet will allow students or the teacher to play with amplitude and phase differences between two waves showing the resultant wave.
Introducing waves The point of these questions is to stimulate curiosity and to demonstrate that waves have some interesting properties; at an introductory stage you must leave many questions unanswered.
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Sound waves
• frequencies of sound waves, measured in hertz (Hz); echoes, reflection and absorption of sound
Sound waves
Lesson covering the properties of sound waves including reflection. What is sound?
Introduction to sound and it explains some basic concepts like sound waves, amplitude, frequency, etc, in a visual and auditory way.
Sound – Interactive simulation This simulation lets you see sound waves, adjust the frequency, volume, and harmonic content and you can see and hear how the wave changes.
Sound Full scheme of work including investigation into how different materials reflect or absorb sound.
• sound needs a medium to travel, look at the speed of sound
in air, in water, in solids
Speed of sound
Lesson looking at echoes and the speed of sound in solids, liquids and gases. Sound
A PowerPoint presentation covering sound including the speed of sound through different media.
Speed of sound investigation An activity where students use their data to calculate the speed of sound and plot a distance/time graph for the speed of sound.
Wave unit A series of resources on waves including the properties of sound.
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• sound produced by vibrations of objects, in loud speakers,
detected by their effects on microphone diaphragm and the ear drum; sound waves are longitudinal
Model loudspeaker
Instructions to make a loud speaker. Sound: how do we hear?
Lesson to help students understand how the ear works to make us hear. Introduction to sound
A PowerPoint presentation and resources for introducing the sound topic, looks at everyday sounds in a circus task and how vibrations reach our ears.
Wave unit A series of resources on waves including the properties of sound.
• auditory range of humans and animals.
Range of human hearing
Activity allowing students to investigate the range of human hearing, to get an appreciation of pitch and frequency of sounds, and to calculate the wavelength of sounds.
Sound waves Lesson looking at the properties of sound including the auditory range of humans and animals.
Sound and hearing Series of resources including information on the auditory range of humans and animals.
Auditory range Lesson looking at the auditory range of humans and animals
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Energy and waves
• pressure waves transfer energy; used for cleaning and physiotherapy by ultra-sound; waves transfer information for conversion to electrical signals by microphone.
Ultrasound
PowerPoint presentations looking at waves and their shape, the uses of ultrasound and medical impacts.
Ultrasound Uses of ultrasound, including links to the relevant pages of the BBC website.
Telecommunication Document containing a number of different worksheets exploring telecommunication, including waves transferring information for conversion to electrical signals by microphone.
Ultrasonics Information sheet on the uses of ultrasound.
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Light waves
• the similarities and differences between light waves and waves in matter
Sound and light
A quick guide through some of the properties of sound and light. Differences between light and sound
Lesson covering some of the differences between light and sound. Similarities between light and sound
Lesson covering some of the similarities between light and sound. Sound and light: energy carriers
The classic experiment to show that light can radiate across a vacuum, but sound requires a medium through which to travel.
• light waves travel through a vacuum; speed of light
How does light travel? Lesson with practical activities exploring the properties of light. Determining the speed of light This worksheet accompanies an experiment that can be used to determine the
speed of light to an incredible accuracy. Speed of light Information sheet on the speed of light. Light and sound Lesson comparing light and sound, including speed and ability to travel through
a vacuum.
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• the transmission of light through materials: absorption,
diffuse scattering and specular reflection at a surface
Light and shadow chatterbox
A VAK activity involving a bit of cutting out – followed by some origami – leading to the children asking and answering questions on light and shadow.
Making a 360o periscope An activity involving making a periscope and drawing in the path the light rays take on a diagram.
Light Series of lessons on light, including diffuse scattering and specular reflection.
Absorption of light Practical activity exploring the absorption of light.
• Use of ray model to explain imaging in mirrors, the pinhole
camera, the refraction of light and action of convex lens in focusing (qualitative); the human eye
Pinhole camera
Very simple instructions on how to make a pinhole camera. Light and sight
Information and experiment sheets for ‘light and sight’. Cameras and eyes
A PowerPoint presentation looking at the similarities and differences between the human eye and a camera.
Refraction of light A PowerPoint presentation that works through the key points about refraction of light and culminates in a task slide that instructs the students to complete the refraction practical and make a conclusion.
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• light transfers energy from source to absorber leading to
chemical and electrical effects; photo-sensitive material in the retina and in cameras
Sun-sensitive paper Make amazing white on blue prints with your favourite objects; just place
leaves, flowers, shells or whatever you choose on the photo-sensitive paper and place in the sun.
Classifying non-luminous objects and the human eye A PowerPoint presentation to briefly discuss properties of non-luminous objects
(ie, opaque, translucent and transparent) and also the human eye. Seeing colours Series of lessons covering many aspects of light including photo-sensitive
material in the retina. Camera Lesson exploring how the photo-sensitive material in a camera works.
• colours and the different frequencies of light, white light and prisms (qualitative only); differential colour effects in absorption and diffuse reflection.
Seeing colour
A worksheet students can colour in to aid understanding of how we see coloured objects, and the effect of different filters on light.
Seeing colour through different eyes A PowerPoint presentation using carefully selected colours to play tricks on your learners.
Dispersion, colours and filters Gap-fill and true-or-false activities assessing knowledge on colour.
Light and colour SOLO lesson A lesson using hinge questions and SOLO taxonomy looking at primary and secondary colours of light and how we both see coloured objects and coloured objects through filters.
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KS3 Physics – Electricity and electromagnetism
Pupils should be taught about:
Electricity and electromagnetism: Current electricity
• electric current, measured in amperes, in circuits, series and parallel circuits, currents add where branches meet and current as flow of charge
Building electric circuits
Three circuit building simulators to help consolidate pupils’ understanding of circuits.
Current and voltage in parallel and series circuits A combination of worksheets for students to complete in class using electricity kits to test the effect of using series and parallel circuits on both current and voltage
Stickperson electrical circuit worksheet A simple worksheet with a ‘stickperson’ representation of a series circuit; students fill in the names of components and answer questions on energy transfer and current, among other things.
Series and branching circuits Experiments to show that current (and therefore charge) is conserved around a circuit.
• potential difference, measured in volts, battery and bulb
ratings; resistance, measured in ohms, as the ratio of potential difference (p.d.) to current
Resistance worksheets
The first sheet uses Ohm's law in graded questions getting more difficult – the second sheet is adding resistances in series and parallel.
Circuits Lesson covering circuit components and circuit diagrams, series circuit, parallel circuit, measuring current and voltage in series and parallel circuits.
Current, charge and power A full set of resources covering current, charge and power rating of bulbs.
Current, voltage and resistance Gap-fill worksheet covering current, voltage and resistance.
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• differences in resistance between conducting and insulating
components (quantitative).
Conductor or insulator investigation
Students are introduced to the terms conductor, insulator and ammeter; over the course of the lesson, students work out which material could be used to fix some Christmas tree lights through collecting evidence and evaluating its reliability.
Conductors and insulators Information sheets for students about conductors and insulators, including: why metals are good conductors; how temperature affects conduction; examples of conductors and insulators and their relative resistances.
Investigating the resistance of wires A simple investigation of the factors affecting the resistance of a wire.
Circuit with extra resistance Practical activity investigating how a circuit conducts electricity depends on materials along the path and their dimensions.
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Static electricity:
• separation of positive or negative charges when objects are rubbed together: transfer of electrons, forces between charged objects
Forces due to electric charges
Charged materials exert forces on each other that might be attractive or repelling; the closer the materials, the larger the forces.
Electrostatics Lesson covering how static electricity is generated and its effects.
Electrostatics A PowerPoint presentation exploring the basic laws of electrostatics and common applications.
Static electricity Lesson plan and resources that cover static electricity, including worksheets with answers, practical guide and a PowerPoint presentation.
• the idea of electric field: forces acting across the space
between objects not in contact.
Static charge experiments
A worksheet for students to complete while carrying out small practical activities covering key points of static charges.
Forces in an electrostatic field Demonstration using a shuttling ping-pong ball to serve as a model of ions moving in an electric field.
Static electricity Worksheet covering how static electricity is generated and its effects.
Electric fields Demonstration showing the shape of electric fields, in much the same way that magnetic fields are demonstrated with iron filings.
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Magnetism:
• magnetic poles, attraction and repulsion
Introduction to magnets
Worksheet introducing magnetism including poles, field lines, magnetic and non-magnetic materials.
Magnetic problems A series of problems for pupils to solve using their knowledge of magnetism and electromagnetism.
Electricity and magnetism A series of PowerPoint presentations on parallel circuits, series circuits, magnets, electromagnets, circuit symbols, voltage, current, electromagnets and static.
Magnetism A work-through worksheet with activities and questions to teach magnetism to SEN students.
• magnetic fields by plotting with compass, representation by
field lines
Plotting a magnetic field
A PowerPoint presentation to guide pupils through the basics of using a plotting compass to plot the magnetic field around a bar magnet.
Earth’s magnetic field Levelled worksheet for undertaking a practical where pupils plot the earth’s magnetic field.
Magnets and compass An app exploring the interactions between a compass and bar magnet.
Magnetism A work-through worksheet with activities and questions to teach magnetism to SEN students.
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• Earth’s magnetism, compass and navigation
Compasses and navigation treasure map
Activity introduces the concept of compasses, direction and navigation; designed for users with low literacy skills and other SEN.
Magnetism Lesson on magnetism covering the earth’s magnetism and its effects.
Earth’s magnetic field A PowerPoint presentation exploring the earth’s magnetic field.
Making your own compass Video tutorial on making a simple compass and how a compass works.
• the magnetic effect of a current, electromagnets, D.C.
motors (principles only)
Electromagnets investigation
A class investigation into how the number of coils on an electromagnet affects its magnetic strength.
DC motor Animation that shows the operation of a simple DC electric motor.
Force on a wire carrying a current in a magnetic field The effect that is the basis of all electric motors.
Electromagnetism Information sheet exploring the magnetic effect of a current.
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KS3 Physics - Matter
Pupils should be taught about:
Physical changes
• conservation of material and of mass, and reversibility, in melting, freezing, evaporation, sublimation, condensation, dissolving
Conservation of mass
Lesson introducing the concept of conservation of mass including practical activity.
Conservation of mass Worksheet exploring how mass is conserved in various situations.
Dissolving and solutions A PowerPoint presentation explaining conservation of mass in solutions.
Changing states of matter Class presentation and investigation into changing states of matter.
• similarities and differences - including density differences -
between solids, liquids and gases
Solids, liquids and gases
Lesson exploring the properties of solids, liquids and gases. States of matter
Class presentation and activities introducing students to states of matter and particles, they also investigate some of the properties of solids, liquids and gases.
Finding and exploring densities Explore different densities to discover whether the objects will float or sink.
State of matter: Density Presentation and experiment looking at the density of solids.
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• Brownian motion in gases
Brownian motion
Factsheet about particles and Brownian motion. Brownian motion
This video from Frankly Chemistry demonstrates Brownian Motion in air using a smoke cell.
Evidence for particles Students carry out three small experiments and think about what their observations suggest about the particles in solids, liquids and gases.
Molecules in gases Information sheet explaining Brownian motion in gases.
• diffusion in liquids and gases driven by differences in
concentration
Diffusion of gases
Class presentation and activities on diffusion of gases, students will be able to explain diffusion in terms of particle theory.
Diffusion of liquids Class presentation and activities on diffusion of liquids, students will be able to explain diffusion in terms of particle theory.
Diffusion Lesson on diffusion; students perform an experiment in which they observe potassium permanganate diffusing through water.
Diffusion A PowerPoint presentation with a visual representation of how diffusion works.
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• the difference between chemical and physical changes.
Chemical and physical changes
Lesson looking at physical and chemical changes; including demonstration of chemical reaction using an instant ice pack.
Dissolving Lesson exploring reversible and irreversible changes and solutions, then introduces the concept of dissolving.
Physical and chemical changes PowerPoint investigating the differences between physical and chemical changes.
Is it a chemical reaction? Starter activity where students distinguish chemical changes from physical changes.
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Particle Model:
• the differences in arrangements, in motion and in closeness of particles explaining changes of state, shape and density, the anomaly of ice-water transition.
Particle model of solids, liquids and gases
Lesson looking at the particle model of solids, liquids and gases. States of matter
Online activity where different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas and conditions can be changes.
Water – freezing and expansion Cloze-style worksheet to accompany a simple demonstration of the expansion of water when it freezes.
Rooting out misconception Three misconception images and worksheets, one each for solid, liquid and gas, to show students’ opinions about that state of matter.
• atoms and molecules as particles.
States of matter
Online activity where different types of molecules are shown to act as particles.
Solids, liquids and gases Lesson using particle and kinetic theories to explaining the arrangement and properties of solids, liquids and gases.
Atoms and elements Lesson explaining what an atom is.
Atoms and elements Scheme of work exploring atoms and elements including how atoms and molecules act as particles.
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Energy in Matter:
• changes in temperature impact on the movement and spacing of particles
States of matter
Online activity where different types of molecules form a solid, liquid, or gas and temperature can be changed.
Expansion and contraction of liquids and gases Presentation and experiment investigating the expansion and contraction of liquids and gases.
State of matter: Expansion and contraction Class presentation with explanation and instructions for doing a Bimetallic strip experiment.
Expansion Lesson exploring how particles move on heating and the problems this can cause in everyday situations.
• internal energy is stored in materials.
Introduction to energy
Video on energy by Bill Nye the Science Guy and a worksheet of questions for students to answer as they watch the video.
Internal energy Video tutorial explaining what is internal energy.
Stored energy Lesson to learn how energy can be stored in materials.
Stress-strain graph Lesson calculating energy stored in stretched material.
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Space Physics:
• gravity force, weight = mass x gravitational field strength (g), on Earth g=10 N/kg, different on other planets and stars; gravity forces between Earth and Moon, and between Earth and Sun (qualitative only)
Space, mass, gravity, weigh and satellites
A PowerPoint presentation on weight, mass, gravity and satellites with built in questioning and activities.
Gravity misconception cards Twelve cards (six true and six false) about gravity for students, can be used to find what students already know or to assess learning.
Gravity and space A series of worksheets covering gravity and space.
The solar system and beyond A PowerPoint presentation exploring the Solar System, including the force of gravity between the earth and moon, and the earth and sun.
• our Sun as a star, other stars in our galaxy, other galaxies
Sun trek
Online resource exploring the sun. Relative sizes of the sun and stars
Numeracy activity comparing the sizes of stars. A big ball of fire
eBook with information (some student-produced) covering the Sun, Solar System, light, spectrum, distances, solar flare, solar max, magnetic field, aurora, sunspots, corona, satellites, Hinode and SunTrek.
Life cycle of a star PowerPoint-based animations explaining the life cycle of a star.
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• the seasons and the Earth’s tilt, day length at different times
of year, in different hemispheres
Earth, Sun and Moon
Presentation and activities looking at the Earth, Sun and Moon and their various orbits, including how the tilt of the Earth on its axis produces the seasons of the year.
The Earth’s seasons Lesson including a practical activity using a globe, a lamp and two temperature strips.
Seasons A PowerPoint presentation with worksheets exploring why we have different seasons.
Day, night and seasons A PowerPoint presentation and activities explaining why we have day and night, as well as explaining the seasons.
• the light year as a unit of astronomical distance.
Astronomical distance
Information sheet explaining the meaning of light years. Our place in the universe
A PowerPoint presentation to show the relative size of the universe using ideas about distance and time to travel at the speed of light.
How can you look back in time? A PowerPoint presentation to guide students through how to work out speed and what is meant by a light year.
What is a light year? A video explaining light years and why it is used to measure distances in space.
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