Study Guide - Motion
Learning Activities
Learning outcomes
Scipad Tasks
Other
Calculate speed, distance or time
P37-38 “Need for speed”
Introduce the units of time “Time”
Introduce correct units of distance ”Distance”
p39 , 40 Show how to calculate speed “Speed”
Demonstrate how to use the magic triangle to calculate v, t and d
Activity booklet “Using Formula Triangles”
BBC Bitesize: Speed, distance, time
STEM - Speed
STEM - Speed simulation
Draw and interpret a distance time graph
p42 “TBC Race and Rally Team”
BBC Bitesize: Distance time graphs
STEM: Distance time graphs
Name some simple forces and their units of measure
Explain what the arrow in force diagrams means
P43, 44 “Forces and Motion”
BBC Bitesize: Motion
STEM - Unbalanced forces
STEM - Forces
Describe the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces on an object
p45-47“Mr “Car crash’ Nash”
Use this link for stopping distances to complete the table on p46
Online interactive - stopping distance
STEM - Braking distance
STEM - Thinking distance
STEM - Friction
STEM - Stopping Distance
STEM - Stopping Distance simulation
Identify common types of energy as Chemical, electrical, gravitational, heat, light, sound, and kinetic and explain how energy can be transformed from one sort into another
p52 ,“The faster you go the bigger the mess”
P53 “Energy transfer”
1) BBC Bitesize - Energy Transfer and Storage. Revise, take the test then complete activity
Describe heat transfer
P60 “Water cooling- The radiator”
Identify the difference between series and parallel wiring
p61 “Car electrics
STEM - Series and Parallel Circuits
STEM - Series circuit simulation
STEM - Parallel circuit simulation
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