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Chapter 1 – Making Measurements
When students have completed this lesson they will find out:
- How to make measurements of length, volume, and time
- How to increase the precision of measurements of length and time
- How to determine the densities of solids and liquids
Chapter 2 – Describing MotionWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- How to interpret distance-time and speed-time graphs
- How to calculate speed and distance
- How to calculate acceleration
- The difference between scalar and vector quantities
Chapter 3 – Forces and MotionWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- How to identify the forces acting on an object
- How a resultant force changes the motion of an object
- The difference between mass and weight
- How a resultant force can give rise to motion in a circle
- The effect of air resistance on a moving object
- How force, mass and acceleration are related
- How a force changes an object’s momentum
- How to calculate the resultant of two or more vectors
Chapter 4 – Turning Effects of ForcesWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- How to describe the turning effect of a force
- The conditions needed for an object to be in equilibrium
- How to calculate moments, forces and distances
- How the center of mass of an object affects its stability
Chapter 5 – Forces and MatterWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- That forces change the shape and size of a body
- How to carry out experiments to produce extension – load graphs
- How to interpret extension – load graphs
- About Hooke’s law and how to apply it
- What factors affect pressure
- How to calculate pressure
Chapter 6 – Energy Transformations and Energy TransfersWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- How to identify forms of energy
- How to describe energy conversions
- About applying the principle of conservation of energy
- The meaning of energy efficiency
- How to calculate percentage efficiency
- How to calculate potential energy and kinetic energy
Chapter 7 – Energy ResourcesWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- About the different energy resources we use
- How we rely on the sun for most of our energy resources
Chapter 8 – Work and PowerWhen students have completed this lesson they will find out:- The ideas of work and power
- How to calculate work and power