KS3yr9Physics

YEAR 9 - SUMMARY OF THE COURSE (2015-16)


 * __ Unit no. __ ||  __ Unit title __  ||  __ Duration (approximate) __  ||
 * 8 ||  Electric current  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 9 ||  Voltage and resistance  ||  2 weeks  ||
 * 12 || Light ||  1 week  ||
 * 13 ||  Bending light  ||  1 week  ||
 * 14 ||  Waves  ||  1 week  ||
 * 16 ||  Heat  ||  2 week  ||
 * || Energy calculations  ||  1 week  ||

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===Time This is a suggested period of duration for each part of the unit. It is not intended to be rigid and more time is spent on a particular area if the needs of the pupils necessitate it. ===

Risk In any practical work risk assessment is crucial, the key is as follows:

 * ===B: Minor risk from hot objects (burns) === ||
 * ===E: minor risk from electrical equipment === ||
 * ===N: no significant risk === ||
 * ===S: specific risk assessment === ||
 * ===H: minor risk from heavy objects === ||

In year 9 students are taught in one mixed ability group.

Homework
Students are given the chapter from the book. They are asked to read it, make notes on it and answer all the questions. They are also occasionally asked to complete class-work and plot graphs.

Year 9 have an end of year examination consisting of three individual papers, one each of Biology, Chemistry and Physics. This takes place at the end of year usually during exams / outings week.
 * Outings: **
 * Assessment: **
 * Textbook: Smart Science (Smart Learning): Also KS3 Science Handbook. **
 * Lesson allocation: 2 **** ´ **** 80 minutes per week (rotation between Biology / Chemistry / Physics) for ONE term (between 12 and 15 lessons in total). **
 * Homework allocation: 2 x 30 minutes per week **

**(homework)** ||  **Different-** **iation** ||  **Resources**  ||  ** Risk **  || Learn:
 * = Week = || **Learning Objectives**  ||  **Learning Activities/Strategies**  || **Assessment**
 * || Unit 8: Electric current:


 * a) ** **about conductors and insulators **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">b) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">how to draw circuit diagrams **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">c) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">how electric current is measured **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">d) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">how current flows in circuits ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Answer:


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. Why is the lamp sometimes not shining?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. How do we represent different components in a circuit?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. What is a series circuit?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. How do we measure electric current and what is the symbol for this meter?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. What can we say about the current in a series circuit?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6. What is a parallel circuit?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7. How does the current vary around a parallel circuit?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8. What is actually happening in a wire when a current flows? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[]

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[] ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Smart Science <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 8: page 272

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Batteries, wires, bulbs, ammeters

Series and parallel circuits: [] (only green is unblocked)

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">, switches, || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">E || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Learn: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a)How Voltage is measured
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2 || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 9: Voltage and resistance

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">b) how cells combine to make a battery

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">c) how current depends on voltage

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">d) why lights come on straight away

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">e)what electrical resistance means || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Answer:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. How do we measure voltage?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. What happens when cells are connected together?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. What happens if we increase the voltage in a circuit?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. What does potential difference means?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. What does resistance mean?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6. How do we calculate resistance?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7. How do we calculate current?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8. Why are electrical wires insulated? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[]

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Potential difference, measured in Volts, battery and bulb ratings, resistance, measured in Ohms, as the ratio of potential difference (p.d) to current ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">E ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 12: Light **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 7: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Learn: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How objects can be charged with static electricity **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">b) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How electric charges affect each other **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">c) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How we can explain the effects of static electricity **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 14: Waves **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Learn: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How water waves behave **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">b) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How sound and light waves differ **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">c) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How waves transfer energy ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Answer:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. What happens when electric charge stops moving?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. What effect does a charged rod have on small pieces of paper?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. What effect does a charged rod have on a thin stream of flowing water?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. How do similar charges behave when placed close together?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. How do opposite charges behave when placed close together?

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Answer
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. Why are waves so important?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. Where do waves come from?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. How does water move to make a wave?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. How can we investigate waves?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. How can we show that water waves reflect?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6. How can we represent waves?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7. What do we mean by wavelength and frequency?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8. What happens when waves meet?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9. What are the two types of waves?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10. What do waves carry


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">11. What are earthquakes? || __ [] __

__ [] __ ||  || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Static electricity: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Separation of positive and negative charges when objects are rubbed together: transfer of electrons, forces between charged objects. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Learn: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a) How heat moves from place to place <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">b) How evaporation cools us down || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Answer:
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">The idea of electric field, forces acting across the space between objects not in contact ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">E ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 16: Heat **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. What is “heat energy”?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. In what three ways can heat energy travel?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. How does conduction work?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. How does convection work?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. How does radiation work?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6. What are thermals?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7. What is evaporation and how does it cool us down?


 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8. What affects the amount of evaporation from a body? || __ T:\Science\PHYSICS __ ||   ||   ||   ||
 * || **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Unit 18: Energy Calculations **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Learn: **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">a) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">About the measurements of energy and power **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">b) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How electricity bills are calculated **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">c) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How to calculate the energy transferred by a force **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">d) ** **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">How to calculate the energy transferred in an electric circuit ** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Answer:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. How much energy do we use?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. How much energy do we get from our food?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. Why is it useful to give energy values per serving and per 100g?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. How much energy is stored in different fuels?
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. Why is petrol used as an energy source for cars?
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6. What are the problems with using Hydrogen as a fuel in vehicles?
 * 7) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">7. How much energy does a light bulb use?
 * 8) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">8. What are the power ratings of some commonly used appliances?
 * 9) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">9. How do we calculate energy and power?
 * 10) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">10. How much energy do we use at home?
 * 11) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">11. How are energy bills calculated?
 * 12) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">12. How can energy be transferred by a force?
 * 13) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">13. Where else do we do work?

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Investigate how the number of turns of an electromagnet affects its strength.
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1. Learn about variables in an investigation
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. Independent / Dependent / Control
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. Health & safety using power supplies
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. Learn how to make tables of results
 * 5) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">5. Learn how to plot graphs
 * 6) <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">6. Lines of best fit

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Feedback from the experiment: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Further investigation s. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1.Outline mistakes in tables of results <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. Outline mistakes in graphs <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">3. Lines of best fit. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">4. Investigate how the position of the coil affects its strength. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Results in tables with headings and units <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">all numbers to an appropriate accur including averages

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">1.table of results <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">2. Graph of results

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Table of results <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Graph of results <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Line of best fit.

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Unit 8: Electric current Learn: **a)****about conductors and insulators** **b)****how to draw circuit diagrams** **c)****how electric current is measured** **d)****how current flows in circuits** Why is the lamp sometimes not shining? How do we represent different components in a circuit? What is a series circuit? How do we measure electric current and what is the symbol for this meter?

What can we say about the current in a series circuit? What is a parallel circuit? How does the current vary around a parallel circuit? What is actually happening in a wire when a current flows?

Unit 9: Voltage and resistance Learn: a)How Voltage is measured b) how cells combine to make a battery c) how current depends on voltage d)why lights come on straight away e) what electrical resistance means How do we measure voltage? What happens when cells are connected together? What happens if we increase the voltage in a circuit? What does potential difference means? What does resistance mean? How do we calculate resistance? How do we calculate current? Why are electrical wires insulated?

What happens when electric charge stops moving? What effect does a charged rod have on small pieces of paper? What effect does a charged rod have on a thin stream of flowing water? How do similar charges behave when placed close together? How do opposite charges behave when placed close together?
 * Unit 7: Static electricity**
 * Learn:** **a)****How objects can be charged with static electricity** **b)****How electric charges affect each other** **c)****How we can explain the effects of static electricity**


 * Unit 14: Waves**
 * Learn:** **a)****How water waves behave** **b)****How sound and light waves differ** **c)****How waves transfer energy**

Why are waves so important? Where do waves come from? How does water move to make a wave? How can we investigate waves? How can we show that water waves reflect?

How can we represent waves? What do we mean by wavelength and frequency? What happens when waves meet? What are the two types of waves? What do waves carry?

What are earthquakes?

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