Wk Topic CONTENT Activities Resources and Experiments Assessment and Homework 1 Unit 5 Intro. ENERGY and recap on SIS skills General overview of types of energy – link with forces Spider diagrams to establish prior learning – energy and forces. ICT exercise – find appropriate diagrams and label them to identify where each energy type and force is being demonstrated. 2 Pendulum Investigation Scientific Investigation: Pendulum and Length, while recognising the constant interchange of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy Plan, Conduct, Analyse Data and Evaluate Investigation Pendulum bobs, 1.1 m length of thread, rules, stopwatches Investigation Write Up: Due Week 3 3 Unit 5.1: Energy Around You Definitions and units: Energy measured in joules (J), weight (a force) measured in newtons (N) Specific Types of Energy – Light, Sound, Heat, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear, Mechanical (Kinetic and Potential Energy – gravitational, elastic and magnetic) Unit 5.1 Review p 175-176 q 1-16 Spring balances and Potential and Kinetic Energy worksheet Creepy Crawly Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg173 Pearson Interactive Drag and Drop: Forms of Energy Unit 5.1 Worksheet: Hero of the Hudson Spring balances and slotted masses Measure the mass and weight of common objects (pencil case, ruler, pen) Making Spiders Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg171 Creepy Crawly Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg173 p. 177 Making a spinning snake Investigation Validation (5%)
4 Unit 5.1: Energy Around You cont’d Consider sources of energy – non-renewable (fossil fuels and nuclear) and renewable (wave, wind, tidal, geothermal, hydroelectric, solar and biomass). Links with SHE. Investigate why it is important to develop renewable energy resources and how they can ‘captured’ to make useful types of energy, especially electricity and heat Content will help provide knowledge and ideas for the ‘energy efficient design’ activity in week 10. Good SHE opportunities. 5 Unit 5.2: Energy Changes Investigate different forms of energy in terms of the effects they cause, such as gravitational potential causing objects to fall and heat energy transferred between materials that have a different temperature Energy things happen Heat Transfer Hot Stuff Use flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy Unit 5.2 Review p 185- 186, q 1-2 Energy Circus. p. 187 Investigating Heat Pearson Untamed Science: Potential for Fun Eureka Videos: Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy Cooling Cups Investigation 6 Unit 5.2: Energy Changes, cont’d Investigate different forms of heat transfer – conduction, convection and radiation Make a ‘vacuum flask’ – try to insulate a beaker of hot water using everyday materials Glass beakers, thermometers, newspaper, aluminium foil, cotton wool, cardboard, etc. 7-8 Unit 5.3: Energy Efficient Design : recognising that heat energy is often produced as a by-product of energy transfer, such as brakes on a car and light globes. Using flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy Shading a house Effect of double glazing Solar panels Wind turbines Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg187 Presentation: Energy Efficient Design Pearson Video: Renewable Energy Resources Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg193-201 9 Revision, Exam preparation and Examination Revise concepts from weeks 1-8 Revision Ch 1 Review p. 36 Thinking scientifically p. 37 Chapter 5 Review p. 200 Thinking Scientifically p. 201 Energy and Force Revision Sheet Science Inquiry Skills revision sheet End of Year Exam (25%)
Assessment Outline Assessment Type Title Weighting Scientific Investigation Pendulums 5% Exam End of Year 25% Year 7 8 9 10 Science Understanding Physical Sciences They represent and predict the effects of unbalanced including gravity, on motion. They identify different forms of energy and describe how energy transfers and transformations cause change in simple Energy transfer through different mediums can be explained using wave and particle models They explain the concept of energy conservation and represent energy transfer and transformation within They apply between mass and acceleration to predict changes in the motion of objects. Science as a Human Endeavour Nature and development of Science Use and influence of Science Scientific knowledge changes as new evidence becomes available, and some scientific discoveries have significantly changed people’s understanding of the world Science knowledge can develop through collaboration and connecting ideas across the disciplines of science Science and technology contribute to finding solutions to a of Contemporary issues; these solutions may impact on other areas of society and involve ethical considerations Refer to year 7 descriptors. Scientific understanding, including models and theories, are contestable and are refined over time through a process of review by the scientific community Advances in scientific understanding rely on developments in technology and technological advances are often linked to scientific discoveries People can use scientific knowledge to evaluate whether they should Refer to year 9 descriptors.