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GCSE Science

P1a- Energy and Electricity

Specification reference: How is heat (thermal energy) transferred and what factors affect the rate at which heat is transferred?

Topics: Thermal conduction, thermal convection, thermal radiation.

Specification reference: What is meant by the efficient use of energy?

Topics: Types of energy, energy flow diagrams, efficiency, efficient use of energy.

Specification reference: Why are electrical devices so useful?

Topics: The cost of electricity, the national grid.

Specification reference: How should we generate the electricity we need?

Topics:  Power stations, renewable energy resources, generating electricity - advantages and disadvantages.

P1a - Assessment
Energy game - energy test, generating electricity game - generating electricity test, P1a Battle star game, P1a interactive crossword.

P1a - Simulations / Online Experiments
Generating electricity in different power stations, electromagnetic induction.

P1b- Radiation and the Universe

Specification reference: What are the uses and hazards of the waves that form the electromagnetic spectrum?

Topics: Basics of waves, wave speed, types of waves, electromagnetic waves, analogue, digital.

Specification reference: What are the uses and dangers of emissions from radioactive substance?

Topics: Atomic structure, isotopes, alpha particle, beta particle, gamma waves, half-life, uses of radiation, radiation hazards.

Specification reference: What do we know about the origins of the Universe and how it continues to change?

Topics:  Telescope, solar system, comets, life of a star, the Universe.

P1b - Assessment
Quizzes: Electromagnetic radiation - radioactivity - the universe, P1b millionaire game, P1b interactive test, P1b interactive crossword.

P1b - Simulations / Online Experiments
Half life.

GCSE Additional Science

P2 - Forces & motion

Specification reference: How can we describe the way things move?

Topics: Speed, velocity, distance-time graph, acceleration, velocity-time graph. 

Specification reference: How do we make things speed up or slow down?

Topics: Mass, weight, force and acceleration, balanced forces, unbalanced forces, thinking distance, braking distance, stopping distance, work done, kinetic energy, potential energy.

Specification reference: What is momentum?

Topics:  Momentum, conservation of momentum.

P2 - Assessment
Forces and motion: interactive crossword + DungeonPedia game.

P2 - Simulations / Online Experiments
Terminal velocity.

P2 - Electricity

Specification reference: What is static electricity, how can it be used and what is the connection between static electricity and electric currents?

Topics: Charge, uses of static electricity, dangers of static electricity.

Specification reference: What does the electric current through an electrical circuit depend on?

Topics: Electric current, electric current in series circuit, electric current in parallel circuit, voltage, voltage in series circuit, voltage in parallel circuit, resistance, resistors in series, resistors in parallel, voltage-current relationship for: resistor - filament lamp - diode, properties of thermistor, properties of LDR.

Specification reference: What is mains electricity and how can it be used safely?

Topics:  Three-pin plug, fuse, direct current, alternating current.

Specification reference: Why do we need to know the power of electrical appliances?

Topics:  Electric energy, electric power.

P2 - Assessment
Electricity: interactive test + interactive crossword.

P2 - Simulations / Online Experiments
Current - voltage relationship for: resistor, lamp and diode.

P2 - Nuclear physics

Specification reference: What happens to radioactive substances when they decay?

Topics: Atomic structure: Plum Pudding Model - Rutherford Scattering, atomic structure: atom, isotopes, background radiation, the three types of radiation.

Specification reference: What are nuclear fission and fusion?
Topics: Nuclear fission, nuclear fusion.

P2 - Assessment
Nuclear physics: interactive test + interactive crossword.

How Science works

Practice ISA, practical glossary, Sc1 keywords progress check, interactive crossword.

GCSE Physics

Moment

Specification reference: 13.1: How do forces have a turning effect?

Moving in a circle

Specification reference: 13.2: What keeps bodies moving in a circle?

Centripetal force for planets and satellites

Specification reference: 13.3: What provides the centripetal force for planets and satellites?

Mirrors

Specification reference: 13.4: What do mirrors do to light? 

Lenses

Specification reference: 13.4: What do lenses do to light? 

Sound

Specification reference: 13.5: What is sound?

Ultrasound

Specification reference: 13.6: What is ultrasound and how can it be used?

Motor Effect

Specification reference: 13.7: How can electricity be used to make things move?

Generators

Specification reference: 13.8: How do generators work?

Transformers

Specification reference: 13.9: How do transformers work?

The Universe

Specification reference: 13.10: What is the life history of stars?