Objectives. You should know:

• 1. How energy can be stored.

  2. How energy can be transferred.

  3. The changes in energy stores that occur when an object falls.

  4. the energy transfers that occur when a falling object hits the ground without bouncing back.

Study Resources

• • Basics

  • Knowledge Quiz

  • Assignment -Foundation (15 minutes)

  • Assignment - Higher (16 mins)

  • BBC Bitesize

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What conservation of energy is.

  2. Why conservation of energy is a very important idea.

  3. What a closed system is.

  4. The changes to energy stores in a closed system.

Study Resources

• • Basics

  • Online Lesson

  • Animation - Pendulum

  • Assignment - Conservation of energy (17 mins)

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What 'work' means in science.

  2. How work and energy are related.

  3. How to calculate the work done by a force.

  4. What happens to work done to overcome friction.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - Energy & work (15 mins)

  • BBC Bitesize

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What happens to the gravitational energy stores of an object when it moves up and down.

  2. Why an object moving up has an increase in gravitational potential energy.

  3. Why it is easier to lift an object on the moon than on the Earth.

  4. How to calculate the change in gravitational potential energy of an object when it moves up or down.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - GPE stores (17 mins)

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What the amount of energy in a kinetic energy stores depends upon.

  2. How to calculate the amount of energy in a kinetic energy store.

  3. What an elastic energy store is.

  4. How to calculate the amount of energy in an elastic energy store.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - KE & EE stores (24 mins)

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What is meant by useful energy.

  2. What is meant by wasted energy.

  3. What eventually happens to wasted energy.

  4. If energy is still as useful after it has been used.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - Energy dissipation (25 mins)

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What is meant by efficiency.

  2. What is meant by the maximum efficiency of an energy transfer.

  3. How machines waste energy.

  4. How energy transfers can be made more efficient. H

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - Energy & efficiency (16 mins)

  • BBC Bitesize

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. How energy is supplied to your home.

  2. Why electrical appliances are so useful.

  3. Be able to describe what most everyday electrical appliances are used for.

  4. Be able choose an electrical appliance for a particular job.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - Electrical appliances (15 mins)

Objectives. You should know:

• 1. What is meant by power.

  2. How to calculate the power of an appliance.

  3. How to calculate the efficiency of an appliance in terms of power.

  4. How to calculate the power wasted by an appliance.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

  • Assignment - Energy & power (40 mins)

Objectives.

• 1. Describe materials as good or poor thermal conductors.

  2. Compare the thermal conductivities of materials in simple terms.

  3. Describe the changes in the behaviour of the particles in a material as the temperature of the material increases.

Study Resources

• • Basics

  • Basics

Objectives

By the end of the lesson you should be able to:

• Define the term ‘specific heat capacity’

• Substitute into & rearrange the equation for specific heat capacity to determine missing values

• Measure the specific heat capacity of a substance using practical methods

Study Resources

• • Basics

Objectives.

• 1. State that an object cools by emitting IR radiation and heats by absorbing IR radiation.

  2. Measure the difference in cooling of objects of different colours.

  3. Describe the cooling of objects in terms of the rate of emission of radiation.

  4. Describe the heating of objects in terms of the rate of absorption of radiation.

Study Resources

• • Basics

Objectives.

• 1. State that IR radiation is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength shorter than red light.

  2. State that an object cools by emitting IR radiation and heats by absorbing IR radiation.

  3. Compare the emission of IR radiation from hot and cold objects.

  4. Outline the evidence that changes in the concentration of atmospheric gases are the likely cause of global warming.

Study Resources

• • Basics

Objectives.

• 1. State some design features used to prevent energy transfer to the surroundings in the home and describe how they reduce energy transfer.

  2. Describe the use of solar heating panels.

  3. Calculate the payback time of a simple home improvement feature.

Study Resources

• • Basics

Lesson Objectives:

• 1. Identify which fuels are renewable and which are non-renewable.

  2. Identify activities that require large energy transfers, e.g. transport and electricity production.

  3. Explain why biofuels are considered carbon neutral.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

How much power? worksheet task

eschoolstoday

energy UK

renewable UK

NASA: onboard systems

conserve energy future

HIVE energy: solar

energy.gov

openEI

earth org

renewable UK (wave & tidal)

National Geographic

Lesson Objectives:

• 1. State that wind turbines, wave generators, hydroelectric systems, and tidal systems are renewable energy resources.

  2. State some simple advantages or disadvantages of renewable energy systems.

  3. Suggest the most appropriate energy resource to use in a range of scenarios.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

Lesson Objectives:

• 1. Explore the operation of a solar cell.

  2. State one difference between solar cells and solar heating systems.

  3. State that radioactive decay is the source of heating in geothermal systems.

  4. Compare and contrast the operation of solar cells (photovoltaic cells) with solar heating panels.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

Lesson Objectives:

• 1. Identify the waste products of fossil fuels and nuclear fuel.

  2. State simple advantages and disadvantages of a variety of renewable energy resources.

  3. Describe the effects of acid rain and climate change.

  4. Describe techniques to reduce the harmful products of burning fossil fuels.

Study Resources:

• • Basics

Lesson Objectives:

• 1. Compare some of the advantages and disadvantages of various energy resources.

  2. Discuss the construction of a power plant in the local area in simple terms by using information provided.

  3. Use base load and start-up time data to explain why some power stations are in constant operation whereas others may be switched on and off.

  4. Compare energy resources in terms of capital and operational costs.

Study Resources:

• • Basics