Catch Up

This page includes work you need to cover if you have missed aspects of Physics due to studying outside of the Finnish curriculum.  The work is based around the 'Target Science Physics, Foundation Tier' book by Stephen Pople.

The Finnish curriculum covers:

Waves and Heat in Grade 7

Forces and Motion in Grade 8

Electricity and Nature's Structures (Astronomy and atomic physics) in Grade 9

To catch up the work, complete the tasks as show for each section. There will be an assessment of the work you have done - talk to Karin about the nature of this assessment.

If you have any problems please contact karin    karin DOT parker  (AT) eduouka DOT fi

 Grade 7

Heat

Topic	Pages in ‘Target Science’ book	What you should learn	Additional information or resources - many of these are links to videos or animations	Task to complete
How heat moves, 1	154-155	What are conduction and convection? Where do they take place? How do they work?	Conduction of heat along a bar Conduction animation  Convection particle video Quick video clip explaining convection currents	Questions 1-5 p 155
How heat moves, 2	156-157	What is thermal radiation? What surfaces are the best emitters of it? What surfaces are the best absorbers of it?	Heat loss from a human body in cold weather Radiation   video	Questions 1-4 p157
Coping with Cold	p170-171			Use the ideas of conduction, convection and radiation to explain how a feather-lined winter jacket keeps you warm.
How a thermometer works	This is not in the book - instead go to this website Solids Liquids and Gases  From the menu on the left, read the parts and watch the videos for the sections on ‘Solids, liquids and gases’, ‘Changing state’ and ‘Expansion and contraction’	How are particles arranged in solids, liquids and gases? How do the particles move in each state? How do states change? What does heat do to the position of particles? What is thermal expansion?		Explain using the idea of particles how the liquid inside a thermometer is used to measure temperature. Do not just write something as simple as ‘the heat makes it expand’ - show you really understand about the way the heat changes the particle movement.

Waves

Topic	Pages in ‘Target Science’ book	What you should learn	Additional information or resources - many of these are links to videos or animations	Task to complete
Introduction to Waves	88-90	How can energy move as a wave? What are transverse and longitudinal waves? What are reflection, refraction and diffraction?		P.89 question 1 P.91 question 1
Light rays - reflection	92-95 For curved mirrors watch this video	How does light move? What is the rule about incident and reflected angles? What happens when light reflects from curved mirrors?		P.92-3 questions 1-7 P.95 question 1
Light rays - refraction  To help with total internal reflection here is a demonstration video  (no sound, just a visual demo) A video showing how glass fibres use TIR	96-99	What is refraction? Why does a triangular prism split light into different colours? What is total internal reflection?		P. 96-97 Qn 1-5 P. 99 questions 1 & 2
Electromagnetic waves	100-101	What is the electromagnetic spectrum? What are the main uses and dangers of each part?		Draw a table with three columns,with the headings ‘Part’, ‘uses’ and  *Dangers’. For each of the seven named parts of the spectrum (radio waves, microwaves etc.) complete the table.
Sound waves	106- 111	What is sound? How can the speed of sound be calculated? What is meant by the frequency of a sound? What is ultrasound and how can it be used?		P 104-5 Questions 1 -6  P 106 questions 1 & 2 P 110-111 questions 1-5

Forces and Motion Grade 8

8 - Forces and Movement

Topic	Pages in ‘Target Science’ book	What you should learn	Additional information or resources - many of these are links to videos or animations	Task to complete
Speed, velocity and acceleration	p.54.55	How to calculate speed, and what units to use The difference between speed and velocity Changing units from m/s to km/h and vice versa	video on changing unit	Questions 1-10
Showing movement on graphs	p.58- 59	How to show movement of distance-time and velocity-time graphs.	A video on showing movement on graphs	Questions 1-2
Forces and gravity	P. 60 -61	What a force is and how it is measured. Gravity causes weight Weight and mass are different things . weight is a measure of gravity on an object and is measured in newtons. Mass is measured in kg and relates to how much material is in an object Weight = mass x g G is the gravitational field strength or acceleration due to gravity. On Earth it is 9.8 N/kg  or  9.8 m/s2	Read this web page	Questions 1-4
Friction and balanced forces	p.62.65	Friction is a force which stops or tries to stop motion. Friction is caused by forces from particles as surfaces rub together Friction is also called drag or resistance All objects, no matter what their mass, fall at the same rate to Earth (Galileo’s experiment) but air resistance will slow them. When falling, air resistance will slow down an object until terminal velocity is reached. The amount of air resistance will depend on velocity and surface area. When all forces are balanced on an object, its speed will not change.	Read this webpage  Videos: Galileo's ball dropping experiment On the Moon On Earth in a vacuum Sky diver and forces from freefall	P. 62 q 1-2 P 63 q 3-5 P65 q 1-2 Task: explain why a hammer and feather will fall  to the surface of the Moon at the same time, but not on Earth.
Unbalanced forces	P 66-67	Forces are represented by arrows with size and direction Resultant forces cause acceleration and direction change	This web page	Q 1-3
Balance and centre of mass	P 73	All objects have a point called the centre of mass which is at the point of average distribution of the total mass. To balance, the centre of mass must be above an area of contact with the ground.	What is centre of mass? very short video Stable, unstable and neutral equilibrium video (ball, pencil) Fosbury Flop Ted-Ed video
Conservation of energy	P.148 - 151	Energy never disappears, it just changes form. When an object falls, its gravitational potential energy turns to kinetic energy Work in physics is done when energy changes form eg when a force moves an object	Conservation of energy video    Rollercoasters and energy video	P.148 q 1-3 P 149 q 4 P150 q 1-2 P151 q 3-7
Weightlessness and g forces	P 80-81	We feel ‘g-forces’ when we are accelerated We live in a world of 1-g on Earth. We feel weight because of the force of gravity pulling us down and the force of the floor pulling us up When we fall we feel weightless as there is no floor to push us up Astronauts orbiting the Earth are NOT weightless, they simply fall to the Earth at the same rate as their spacecraft so there is nothing pushing back on them	Some videos Red bull races and g-forces Launching a satellite Vsauce video - what if we grew up in spce? Wet washcloth in space Flame in space g-force test pilots. Redbull races Centrifuge training	Task: Explain why the ISS does not crash down to Earth, despite the fact it experiences gravity from the planet.

Electricity Grade 9

Under development!

 Nature's Structures (Astronomy and atomic physics) Grade 9

Topic	Pages in ‘Target Science’ book	What you should learn	Additional information or resources - many of these are links to videos or animations	Tasks
Inside atoms	p.202-3	What is in the nucleus of an atom Atomic number and atomic mass number		Questions 1-5 p.203
Nuclear radiation	p.204-205	Where nuclear radiation comes from. Alpha, beta and gamma radiation - properties	Quick video to explain the types of radiation Video: why radiation is harmful	Questions 1-5
Using radioactivity	p.210-211	Radiation has many uses depending on its properties	Video: Using radiation in medicine	Q 1-4
Energy from the atom	p.212 -213	Energy is released in nuclear reactions Fusion and fission	Video: fission and fusion	Explain the difference between nuclear fission and fusion
The Solar System	p.128-133	What is found in the Solar System	Video: solar system 101	P.134 Q 1-6
Star Life Cycle	p.138-139	Stars have different life stages	Video: life cycle of stars	P.139 q 1-4
Beyond the Solar System	p.142-143	Stars make up galaxies There are exoplanets orbiting other stars There may be life on exoplanets; if there is, then it would have to be in a habitable zone of a star	Websites: Conditions for life on other planets’ Nasa - the search for life Videos: What is an exoplanet?  what is the habitable zone?	Answer: do you think there is life on other planets? Explain your reasoning.
The Big Bang		The Big Bang is believed to be the origin of the Universe	Video: Origin of the Universe 101	No exercises to do!