| Physics Lessons for
Grades 6 - 11 |
Comets:
Learn about Comets.
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Circuit Diagrams:
Learn how to draw simple circuits and the symbols used to represent them.
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Electric Current:
Learn that current is the flow of electricity around a circuit and that the greater the resistance of the circuit, the less current flows.
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Friction:
Find out how frictional forces, including air resistance, can affect the motion of an object.
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Mass, Weight and Gravity:
Learn that the weight of an object on Earth is the result of the gravitational attraction between its mass and that of the Earth, and know that weight is a force so is measured in Newtons.
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Pivots and Levers:
Learn that forces can cause objects to turn about a pivot and that the turning effect of a lever depends on the force and its distance from the pivot.
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Refraction:
Learn about refraction of light and know some examples.
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Series and Parallel Circuits:
Learn how to design and construct series and parallel circuits, and understand the differences between them
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Unbalanced Forces:
Learn that unbalanced forces change the speed or direction of movement of objects and that balanced forces produce no change in the movement of an object.
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What Forces Do:
Learn what forces can do and how to measure them.
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| Physics Multimedia
Resources for Grades 6 - 11 |
Forces:
Learn what forces can do and how to measure them.
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Gravity:
Learn that gravity is a force of attraction which acts on Earth
towards the centre of the planet, and that the size of the force of gravity
depends on the mass of each object and the distance between them. |
Plotting a Magnetic Field:
Learn how to plot the magnetic field around a bar magnet using a plotting
compass.
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Measuring Speed:
Learn how to work out the speed of a moving object and understand
how to make calculations using the relationship between speed, distance and
time.
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Comets
Learn how comets orbit around the sun.
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Extra Terrestrial Life
Find out about the search for extra terrestrial life outside our solar system.
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Gravity
Learn how gravity affects the planets in our solar system.
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Planets, Galaxies and Orbits
An introduction to the objects in our universe.
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Satellites
Find out how the moon orbits the Earth.
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Stars
Interesting facts about the formation and death of a star.
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The Universe and its Origin
Learn about the theory behind the "Big Bang".
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Calculating Kinetic Energy
Understand what kinetic energy is - see how it can be calculated. Learn that The kinetic energy of a moving object depends on the mass of the object and the velocity of the object.
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Car Safety
Explain that every person in a moving car has kinetic energy and every moving object is capable of doing work on anything with which it collides. With this in mind show how the design of modern cars aims to protect the people within them.
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Energy and Springs
Observe how potential energy can be converted to kinetic energy. Also learn how work done in stretching a spring/bow can be converted to potential energy and then converted to kinetic energy.
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Force and Shape
See that forces don’t just speed things up or slow them down. They can also change the shape of objects.
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Potential and Kinetic Energy
Learn that energy is the ability to do work. Understand how kinetic/potential energy gained and what Gravitational Potential energy is. Find out how the force or weight of an object can be found with one simple formula.
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Power
See that power is the rate at which work is done ( the faster the work is done, the greater the power). Learn how power can be calculated.
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Springs and Elastic Limit
Introducing Hooke’s Law. See what the elastic limit is and what happens if a spring is stretched beyond it.
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Turning Forces - Moments
Learn about turning forces, or moments, and how you go about calculating them.
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Using the Properties of Materials
See why the properties of certain materials make them suitable of certain jobs.
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Types Of Waves
Learn about waves and see the characteristics and differences between Transverse Waves Longitudinal Waves and Sound Waves.
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The Wave Equation
Explain what frequency and amplitude are. Show the wave equation and how it can be used (wave frequency = wave speed time wave length)
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Properties Of Waves - Reflection
Learn about the law of reflection and how sound waves can be reflected (echo). Explain how distances are measured using echoes.
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Properties Of Waves Refraction
Learn what refraction is (as light crosses the boundary between mediums, the pathway is bent). See how this can make the depth of water appear to be different!
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Total Internal Reflection
See that when an angle of incidence is above a critical angle, light does not emerge and so is totally internally reflected.
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Drawing Waves
Learn how to draw waves.
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Wave Theory
Learn the specifics of the Wave Theory.
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Refraction of water waves
See how waves in water can be used to show refraction.
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Properties Of Waves - Diffraction
See what happens when water waves go past an obstacle - they spread out into the space behind the object. This spreading out is called diffraction.
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Wavelengths
Explain the differences in the wavelengths of sound waves and light waves - show how this effects the properties of sound and light
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Understanding the Earth's Structure
Learn what an epicentre is and about the spreading vibrations, called seismic waves. Introduce seismograms. Look in detail at seismic waves and earth quakes.
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Electromagnetic radiation
Explain what Electromagnetic radiation is. Show the differences in properties of waves in the electromagnetic spectrum
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Uses of Electromagnetic radiation
Show how the different properties of different electromagnetic waves make them suitable for different uses - give examples. Show how Radio Waves use the Ionosphere.
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Microwaves
Look in detail at micro waves (properties and uses).
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Infrared Radiation
Look in detail at Infrared Radiation (properties and uses). See how Infrared travels through optical fibres.
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Visible Light
Look at the properties of visible light and how we see it. Explain how visible light travels through optical fibres. Show how Optical Fibres are used in Surgery.
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Ultraviolet Radiation
Look in detail at Ultraviolet Radiation (properties and uses). Explain the dangers of excessive exposure to UV.
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Ultraviolet Light
Look in detail at Ultra violet light (properties and uses).
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X-Ray Radiation
Look in detail at X-Ray Radiation (properties and uses). Explain the dangerous of excessive exposure to X-Ray.
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Gamma Radiation
Look in detail at Gamma Radiation (properties and uses). Understand the dangers of excessive exposure to Gamma.
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Uses of sound and ultra sound
Look at the properties of sound and ultra sound. See uses of sound and ultrasound being used in industry.
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Analogue and digital signals
Explain the difference between analogue and digital signals.
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Unbalanced Forces
Explain the difference between analogue and digital signals.
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Balanced Forces*
Learn that balanced forces produce no change in the movement of an object.
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Calculating Moments
Understand the principle of moments and its application to situations involving one pivot.
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Clockwise and Anticlockwise Moments
Learn that a moment is a turning force, which can be clockwise or anticlockwise.
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Day and Night
Understand how the movement of the Earth causes day and night and the apparent daily movement of the Sun.
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Distance-time Graphs*
Learn how to plot a distance-time graph and understand what it shows.
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Factors affecting Breaking distance
Understand that the braking distance of a car depends on its speed and other factors which affect the frictional forces needed to stop the car.
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Factors affecting thinking distance
Understand that the stopping distance of a car depends on the alertness of the driver as well as its speed and frictional forces.
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Fuses and Circuit Breakers
Understand how a fuse protects a circuit and learn some uses of resettable circuit breakers.
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Gravity and the Solar System
Understand how the movement of planets around the Sun is related to gravitational forces.
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Magnetic Fields*
Understand that a magnetic field is a region of space where magnetic materials experience forces and learn that magnetic field line patterns show the relative strength of magnetic fields.
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Magnetism and Electric Current
Learn that wires carrying an electric current produce a magnetic field and that a current in a coil produces a magnetic field pattern similar to a bar magnet.
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Satellites
Learn that the moon is a natural satellite of the Earth and how satellites stay in orbit around the Earth.
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Stopping Distances
Find out how to calculate the total stopping distance of a car.
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Stretching Materials*
Learn that extension is proportional to load, within the elastic limit of a material.
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The Seasons and Day Length
Understand how the tilt and movement of the Earth causes the seasons.
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Understanding Magnets
Learn that magnets attract magnetic materials and that like poles repel and unlike poles attract.
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Useful Friction*
Learn how frictional forces can be useful.
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Uses of Satellites
Learn some uses of artificial satellites.
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Year Length*
Learn that a year is the time it takes for a planet to orbit the Sun and that a year on Earth is 365.25 days. Understand why planets further from the Sun have a longer year.
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Conserving energy
Non-renewable energy sources are limited so it is important that we conserve energy.
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Forms of energy
Introduction to identifying and naming different forms of energy.
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Fossil fuels
An introduction to the formation of fossil fuels and problems and alternatives.
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Non-renewable sources of energy
Energy sources are divided into two groups - renewable and non-renewable. This LO focuses on non-renewable sources.
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Renewable sources of energy
Energy sources are divided into two groups - renewable and non-renewable. This LO focuses on renewable sources.
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Sound
Sound transfers energy from a vibrating body to our ears. Vibrations travel through a medium, which may be a solid, a liquid or a gas
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The Earth and beyond
The moon’s apparent shape changes in a predictable way. These changes may be explained by the moon’s motion relative to the earth and sun.
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The electric circuit
An electrical circuit is a system. It is a path of electrical components and conductors with no breaks in it, and an energy source to make electric charges flow around the conducting path. The energy source may be cells or the ‘mains’ electricity supply.
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What is energy?
Explain what energy is and give examples of how energy makes things happen.
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Measuring Voltage:
Learn how to measure voltage with a voltmeter.
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Parallel Circuits:
Learn how to design and construct parallel circuits.
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Measuring Current:
Learn how to measure current with an ammeter.
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Series circuits:
Learn how to design and construct series circuits.
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Gravity
Learn that gravity is a force of attraction which acts on Earth towards the centre of the planet, and that the size of the force of gravity depends on the mass of each object and the distance between them.
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Measuring Speed
Learn how to work out the speed of a moving object and understand how to make calculations using the relationship between speed, distance and time.
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Pivots and Levers
Learn that forces can cause objects to turn about a pivot and that the turning effect of a lever depends on the force and its distance from the pivot.
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Stopping Distances
Find out how to calculate the total stopping distance of a car.
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Understanding Magnets
Learn that magnets attract magnetic materials and that like poles repel and unlike poles attract.
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Density Investigation Tool
This tool enables students and teachers explore mass and volume for a variety of solids and liquids and hence determine their densities. The investigation is set in a crime lab where finding the densities of the various items can solve the crime.
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Mirrors Simulation
This simulation illustrates the reflection of light by plane mirrors. It can be used to demonstrate and explain ray diagrams and the operation of a simple periscope.
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Lenses Simulation
This simulation illustrates an application of light refraction using lenses. The challenge is to complete a series of tasks based on light refraction using both concave and convex lenses.
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Electromagnet Simulation
This simulation explains how an electromagnet works. It illustrates the connection between the power applied, the number of coils and magnetism. The challenge is to change the magnetism of a scrap lifter in a scrap yard to remove various amounts of scrap.
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Expansion and Contraction Simulation
This simulation illustrates the expansion of solids, liquids and gases when heated and contraction when cooled. The challenge is to control virtual bridges using expansion and contraction so that a car can pass over them.
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