Describe the effect of heating on the energy stored within a system. 1.7.5 and 1.7.6; Technician’s notes 1.7 9 1 5/6 1.8 Specific heat capacity Describe the effect of increasing the temperature of a system in terms of particles. State the factors that are affected by an increase in temperature of a substance. Explain specific heat capacity. P1.2d (part), e Worksheet 1.8; Practical sheet 1.8; Technician’s notes 1.8 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 5/6 1.9 Specific latent heat Explain what is meant by latent heat. Describe that when a change of state occurs it changes the energy stored but not the temperature. Perform calculations involving specific latent heat. P1.2d (part), f Worksheet 1.9; Practical 1.9; Technician’s notes 1.9 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 7/8 1.10 Maths skills: Drawing and interpreting graphs Plot a graph of temperature against time, choosing a suitable scale. Draw a line of best fit (which may be a curve). Interpret a graph of temperature against time. Comment on the specific heat capacity and specific latent heat of a substance. PM1.2 I, ii Worksheet 1.10, Practical sheet 1.10, Technician’s notes 1.10 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 7/8 1.11 Required practical: Investigating specific heat capacity Use theories to develop a hypothesis. Evaluate a method and suggest improvements. Perform calculations to support conclusions. Prac P5 Worksheet 1.11; Practical sheet 1.11; Technician’s notes 1.11 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 7/8 1.12 Particle motion in gases Relate the temperature of a gas to the average kinetic energy of the particles. Explain how a gas has a pressure. Explain that changing the temperature of a gas held at constant volume changes its pressure. P1.3 a, b, c Worksheet 1.12; Practical sheet 1.12; Technician’s notes 1.12 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
9 1 9/10 1.13 Increasing the pressure of a gas Describe the relationship between the pressure and volume of a gas at constant temperature. Calculate the change in the pressure or volume of a gas held at constant temperature when either the pressure or volume is increased or decreased. Explain how doing work on a gas can increase its temperature. P1.3d, e Worksheet 1.13; Practical sheet 1.13; Technician’s notes 1.13 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 9/10 1.14 Pressure in a Explain how pressure acts in a fluid. Calculate pressure at different depths in a liquid. Explain what causes upthrust. P1.3h, I, j Worksheets 1.14.1, 1.14.2 and 1.14.3; Practical sheet 1.14; Technician’s notes 1.14 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 9/10 1.15 Atmospheric pressure Show that the atmosphere exerts a pressure. Explain variations in atmospheric pressure with height. Describe a simple model of the Earth’s atmosphere and atmospheric pressure. P1.3f, g Worksheets 1.15.1, 1.15.2 and 1.15.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 11/12 1.16 Maths skills: Handling data Recognise the difference between mean, mode and median. Explain the use of tables and frequency tables. Explain when to use scatter diagrams, bar charts and histograms. M2 c, f Worksheets 1.16.1, 1.16.2 and 1.16.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 1 11/12 Assessment End of Chapter test Student Book End of Chapter test Collins Connect Chapter 2: Forces (22 lessons) 9 1 11/12 2.1 Scalars and vectors Define distance, displacement, speed, velocity and acceleration. P2.1.2c, d Worksheets 2.1.1, 2.1.2 and 2.1.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet
Identify the transfers between energy stores when work is done against friction. 2.14.1 and 2.14.2; Technician’s notes 2.14 Homework quiz 9 2 9/10 2.15 Understanding power Define power. Compare the rate of energy transfer by various machines and electrical appliances. Calculate power. P2.2o Worksheet 2.15; Practical sheets 2.15 and 2.15.2; Technician’s notes 2.15.1 and 2.15.2 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 2 9/10 2.16 Key concept: Forces and acceleration Explain what happens to the motion of an object when the resultant is not zero. Analyse situations in which a non-zero resultant force is acting. Explain what inertia is. KC Practical sheets 2.16.1, 2.16.2 and 2.16.3; Technician’s notes 2.16 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 2 11/12 2.17 Forces and energy in springs Explain why you need two forces to stretch a spring. Describe the difference between elastic and inelastic deformation. Calculate extension, compression and elastic potential energy. P2.3a, b Worksheets 2.17.1 and 2.17.2, Practical sheet 2.17, Technician’s notes 2.17 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 2 11/12 2.18 Required practical: Investigate the relationship between force and the extension of a spring Interpret readings to show patterns and trends. Interpret graphs to form conclusions. the equation for a straight line to the graph. P2.3c, d, e Practical sheet 2.18, Required practical 2.18, Technician’s notes 2.18 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 2 11/12 2.19 Potential energy Consider what happens when a spring is stretched. P2.3f Worksheet 2.19; Practical sheet Quick starter Homework worksheet
Use the idea of an electric field to explain electrostatic attraction and sparking. Recall that an electric current is a rate of flow of electric charge Homework quiz 9 3 5/6 3.3 Electric currents and potential difference Know circuit symbols. Recall that current (I) depends on resistance (R) and potential difference (V) Explain how an electric current passes a circuit. P3.1e, f, g Worksheets 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3 and 3.3.4 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 3 5/6 3.4 Series and parallel circuits Recognise series and parallel circuits. Describe the changes in the current and potential difference in series and parallel circuits. P3.2a, i and j (part) Worksheets 3.4.1, 3.4.2 and 3.4.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 3 5/6 3.5 Resistance Set up a circuit to investigate resistance. Investigate the changing resistance of a filament lamp. Compare the properties of a resistor and filament lamp. P3.2 e, f, g Practical 3.5; Technician’s notes 3.5 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 3 7/8 3.6 Required practical: Use circuit diagrams to set up and check appropriate circuits for investigating resistance Use a circuit to determine resistance. Gather valid data to use in calculations. the circuit to determine the resistance of combinations of components. P3.2h, k (part) Practical 3.6 Technician’s notes 3.6 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 3 7/8 3.7 Investigating circuits Classify materials as either conducting or insulating. Use series circuits to test components and make measurements. out calculations on series circuits. P3.2j (part) Worksheets 3.7.1, 3.7.2 and 3.7.3; Practical sheet 3.7; Technician’s notes 3.7 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 9 3 7/8 3.8 Control circuits Use a thermistor and light-dependent resistor (LDR). P3.2k (part) Worksheet 3.8; Practical sheet 3.8; Technician’s notes 3.8 starter Homework worksheet
9 3 11/12 Assessment End of chapter test Student Book End of chapter test Collins Connect Chapter 4: Magnetism and magnetic fields (10 lessons) 10 1 1/2 4.1 Magnetism and magnetic forces Explain what is meant by the poles of a magnet. Plot the magnetic around a bar magnet. Describe magnetic materials and induced magnetism. P4.1a, b Worksheet 4.1; Practical 4.1; Technician’s notes 4.1; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 1/2 4.2 Compasses and magnetic fields Describe the magnetic field. Describe the magnetic effect of a current. P4.1c, d, e, f Worksheet 4.2; Practical 4.2; Technician’s notes 4.2; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 1/2 4.3 Magnetic effects Draw the magnetic field around a conducting wire and a solenoid. Describe the force on a wire in a magnetic field. Apply the left-hand rule to work out the direction of a magnetic field, a current or a force around a wire. P4.1g Worksheets 4.3.1 and 4.3.2; Practical sheet 4.3; Technician’s notes 4.3; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 3/4 4.4 Calculating the force on a conductor Explain the meaning of magnetic flux density, B. Calculate the force on a current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field. P4.2c Worksheets 4.4.1 and 4.4.2; Technician’s notes 4.4; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 3/4 4.5 The generator effect Describe how a current is induced in a wire when it moves in a magnetic field. Identify the factors that affect the size and direction of the induced current or induced potential difference. P4.2e Worksheet 4.5; Practical sheet 4.5; Technician’s notes 4.5; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
10 1 3/4 4.6 Electric motors List equipment that uses motors. Describe how motors work. Describe how to change the and direction of rotation of a motor. P4.2d Worksheets 4.6.1 and 4.6.2; Practical sheet 4.6; Technician’s notes 4.6; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 5/6 4.7 Generators and transformers Explain how an alternator generates alternating current. For an alternator, draw and interpret graphs of potential difference generated in the coil against time. Understand how induced alternating electric currents are used in transformers. Apply the transformer equation linking the numbers of turns and the potential differences induced. P4.2g Worksheets 4.7.1, 4.7.2 and 4.7.3, Practical sheet 4.7, Technician’s notes 4.7; PowerPoint 4.7 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 5/6 4.8 Loudspeakers and microphones Describe how a moving-coil loudspeaker works. Compare loudspeakers and headphones. Describe how a moving-coil microphone works. P4.2j Worksheets 4.8.1 and 4.8.2; Technician’s 4.8; PowerPoint presentation 4.8 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 5/6 4.9 Key concept: The link between electricity and magnetism Explore how electricity and magnetism are connected. Describe how electromagnetic induction occurs. Describe the principle of the electric Key concept Worksheets 4.9.1 and 4.9.2; Practical sheets 4.9.1, 4.9.2, 4.9.3 and 4.13.4; Technician’s notes Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
4.9; PowerPoint presentation 10 1 7/8 4.10 Maths skills: Rearranging equations Know how to rearrange equations. Know how to use the transformer equation. Know how to calculate the force on a conductor. P4.2h, i Worksheets 4.10.1 and 4.10.2 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 7/8 Assessment End of chapter test Student Book End of chapter test Collins Connect End of teaching block test Collins Connect End of year test Collins Connect Chapter 5: in matter (19 lessons) 10 1 7/8 5.1 Describing waves Describe wave motion. Define wavelength and frequency. Apply the relationship between wavelength, frequency and wave velocity. P5.1a, b, c, d Worksheets 5.1.1, 5.1.2, 5.1.3, 5.1.4 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 9/10 5.2 Transverse and longitudinal waves Compare the motion of transverse and longitudinal waves. Explain why water waves are transverse waves. Explain why sound waves are longitudinal waves. P5.1e, f, k Worksheets 5.2.1, 5.2.2 and 5.2.3; PowerPoint presentation Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 9/10 5.3 Reflection and refraction of waves Describe reflection, transmission and absorption of waves. Construct ray diagrams to illustrate reflection. Construct ray diagrams to illustrate refraction. P5.1g Worksheets 5.3.1, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3; Practical sheets 5.3.1, 5.3.2 and 5.3.3; Technician’s notes 5.3.1 and 5.3.2 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 1 9/10 5.4 Sound waves Describe how we hear sound and state the range of frequencies we can hear. Explain that travels faster in a denser medium. Explain reflection, absorption and transmission of sound. P5.1h, i Worksheets 5.4.1, 5.4.2 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
Describe some uses and hazards of ultraviolet radiation. Describe some uses of infrared radiation. Technician’s notes 5.11 Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 3/4 5.12 Microwaves List some properties of microwaves. Describe how microwaves are used for communications. P5.2g (part), i (part) Worksheet 5.12 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 3/4 5.13 Radio and microwave communication Describe how radio waves are used for television and radio communications. Describe how microwaves are used in satellite communications. Describe the reflection and refraction of waves. P5.2g (part), j Worksheets 5.13.1, 5.13.2 and 5.13.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 5/6 5.14 Reflection, refraction and wave fronts Explain reflection and refraction and how these may vary with wavelength. Construct ray diagrams to illustrate refraction. Use wave front diagrams to explain refraction in terms of the difference in velocity of the waves in different substances. P5.3a (part), b Worksheets 5.14.1, 5.14.2 and 5.14.3; Practical sheet 5.14; Technician’s notes 5.14 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 5/6 5.15 Required practical: Investigate how the amount of infrared radiation absorbed or radiated by a surface depends on the nature of that surface Explain reasons for the equipment used to carry out an investigation. Explain the rationale for carrying out an investigation. Apply ideas from an investigation to a range of practical contexts. P5.3a (part) Practical 5.15, Technician’s notes 5.15 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
10 2 5/6 5.16 Required practical: Investigate the reflection of light by different types of surface and the refraction of light by different substances Make and record observations of how light is reflected and transmitted at different surfaces. Measure angles and discuss the method, apparatus and uncertainty in measurements. Draw conclusions from experimental results. P5.3c (part) Worksheets 5.16.1 and 5.16.2; Practical sheets 5.16.1, 5.16.2, 5.16.3 and 5.16.4; Technician’s notes 5.1 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 7/8 5.17 Lenses Understand what a lens does. Draw ray diagrams to show the formation of images by lenses. Describe the difference between a real and a virtual image. P5.3c (part) Worksheets 5.17.1, 5.17.2 and 5.17.3; Technician’s notes 5.17 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 7/8 5.18 Images and magnification Draw ray diagrams to show the formation of real and virtual images by lenses. Calculate the magnification of an image. P5.3c (part) Worksheets 5.18.1, 5.18.2 and 5.18.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 7/8 5.19 Colour Describe what happens when light of different wavelengths lands on an object. Explain what determines the colour of an opaque object. Explain the effect of coloured filters. P5.3e Worksheets 5.19.1, 5.19.2 and 5.19.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 2 9/10 Assessment End of chapter test Student Book End of chapter test Collins Connect Chapter 6: Radioactivity (12 lessons) 10 2 9/10 6.1 Atomic structure Describe the structure of the atom. Use symbols to represent particles. Describe ionisation. P6.1a, b, c, h Worksheets 6.1.1, 6.1.2 and 6.1.3 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
10 3 7/8 7.3 Specific heat capacity Understand how things heat up. Find out about heating water. Find out about specific heat capacity. P7.1c (part) Worksheets 7.3.1, 7.3.2 and 7.3.3; Practical 7.3; Technician’s notes 7.3 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 3 7/8 7.4 Electrical energy and Recall that energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred. Describe the energy transfers in different domestic appliances. Describe as a rate of energy transfer. P7.2a, b, c Worksheets 7.4.1, 7.4.2 and 7.4.3, Practical sheet 7.4, Technician’s notes 7.4 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 3 9/10 7.5 Dissipation of energy Explain ways of reducing unwanted energy transfer. Describe what affects the rate of cooling of a building. Understand that energy is dissipated. P7.2a, g Worksheets 7.5.1, 7.5.2 and 7.5.3, Practical sheets 7.5.1, and 7.5.2, Technician’s notes 7.5 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 3 9/10 7.6 Energy efficiency Explain what is by energy efficiency. Calculate the efficiency of energy transfers. Find out about conservation of energy. P7.1a Worksheets 7.6.1 and 7.6.2, one of Practical sheets 7.6.1–7.6.4 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 3 9/10 7.7 Required practical: Investigating ways of reducing the unwanted energy transfers in a system Use scientific ideas to make predictions Analyse data to identify trends. Evaluating an experimental procedure. P7.2f Worksheet 7.7; Practical sheet 7.7; Technician’s notes 7.7 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 10 3 11/12 7.8 Key concept: Energy transfer Understand why energy is a key concept in science. Use ideas about stores and transfers to explain what energy does. KC Worksheet 7.8, Practical sheets 7.8.1 and 7.8.2, Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz
Describe the main features of live, neutral and earth wires. Homework worksheet Homework quiz 11 1 3/4 8.6 Red-shift Describe red-shift. Describe evidence for the expanding Universe. P8.3a, b Worksheet 8.6, Practical sheet 8.6, Technician’s notes 8.6 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 11 1 5/6 8.7 The Sun and other stars Describe how the Sun and other stars formed. Describe the nuclear fusion reactions in the Sun. P8.7c Worksheet 8.7, Practical sheet 8.7, Technician’s notes 8.7 starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 11 1 5/6 8.8 Emission and absorption of infrared radiation Realise that all bodies emit and absorb infrared radiation. Compare emission and absorption of radiation from different surfaces. Define a perfect body. Explain that the intensity and distribution of wavelengths of any emission depend on the temperature of the body. P8.3d Worksheets 8.8.1, 8.8.2 and 8.8.3, Practical sheet 8.8, Technician notes 8.8 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 11 1 5/6 8.9 The System Describe the orbits of planets and moons in the Solar System. Distinguish between planets, dwarf planets and moons. P8.3e (part) Worksheet 8.9, Practical sheets 8.9.1, 8.9.2 and 8.9.3, Technician’s notes 8.9 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz 11 1 7/8 8.10 Orbits of planets, moons and artificial satellites Compare the orbital motion of artificial satellites and planets in the Solar System. Describe what keeps bodies in orbit around planets and stars. Explain how for circular orbits an object can have a changing velocity but unchanged Explain why bodies must move at a particular speed to stay in orbit at a particular distance. P8.3e (part), f, g Worksheet 8.10, Practical sheets 8.10.1 and 8.10.2, Technician’s notes 8.10.1 and 8.10.2 Quick starter Homework worksheet Homework quiz