Grade 8 Physics Lessons for Autumn 2021 for classes
Assessments: investigation report due in week 41 (unless strange things happen)
traffic safety report will be assessed in lesson times
Test date: week 45
Test date: week 45
| Week number | Starting date | Lesson content | Lesson resources and links | Homework |
| 33 | 16.8 | Introduction - safety, classroom procedures. Units to be studied this term and probable assessment dates. Introduction to forces: what are forces ? How do we measure them? Correctly writing units. Calibration | Coping with physics info sheet Lesson notes | Click this link, watch the video and follow the instructions. |
| 34 | 23.8 | Measuring friction. Static and dynamic friction. Drawing force arrows. Air resistance. | If you missed the lesson, these videos explain the main concepts: units, friction Lesson notes | watch this video as preparation for next lesson. There is no written task with this homework. |
| 35 | 30.8 | Resultant forces. Newton's 1st Law. Unchanging motion and steady speed or velocity. Experiment: if you double the force on an object to move it, does it travel double the distance ? | Lesson notes If you missed the lesson, this video explains the main concepts: This link | watch this video as preparation for next lesson. There is no written task with this homework. |
| 36 | 6.9 | No lesson | ||
| 37 | 15.9 | The tortoise and the hare - 'speed' Distance-time graphs Velocity time graphs Converting units of velocity: m/s to km/h and vice versa. | Lesson notes Usain Bolt 100m world record Kinematics of Usain Bolt's runs - detailed analysis If you missed the lesson, this video on changing units might help you | Watch this video on recording data |
| 38 | 22.9 | Collecting data in an experiment and processing it using IT. Using googlesheets to process experimental data - averaging and graphs | If you missed the lesson then watch this video which covers the main aspects of using google sheets for collecting data and plotting graphs. Spreadsheet link | This link |
| 39 | 29.9 | Terminal velocity and falling Planning the paper helicopters investigation | Lesson notes Paper helicopter experiment sheets Cover sheet/instructions IB criteria in 'easy speak' Helicopter template Writing frame in word format (open with google docs and then download) Writing frame as pdf Bilingual instructions for the writing frame | Complete Purpose and Apparatus sections of the planning sheet. |
| 40 | 4.10 | Helicopters investigation - taking results. | Lesson notes This video clip is our discussion of variables at the start of the lesson | Complete the method/plan section. |
| 41 | 11.10 | complete the experiment | ||
| 42 | 18.10 | Write up the experiment | ||
| 43 | 25.10 | Autumn break | ||
| 44 | 1.11 | Revision to help you study for the test. |
| study for the test. It is open note - tips for this sort of test are here |
| 45 | 8.11 | Test | ||
| 46 | 15.11 | Balance and centre of gravity
| Lesson notes Finding centres of gravity - by instinct, by experiment, in theory. Fosbury flop history Centre point of Finland using a piece of card If you are interested in centre of gravity and sport, here's an interesting video. | At some point in your long and healthy lives, if you visit 'Manner - Suomen keskipiste' which is near Puolanka, take a photo of the marker there and email it to me ! |
| 47 | 22.11 | Mass and weight
| Lesson notes Mass and weight; what if we grew up in space ? Vsauce video g-force test pilots. Redbull races | This form |
| 48 | 29.11 | Acceleration
Acceleration and resultant force: Newton's Second Law | Lesson notes | No homework |
| 49 | 6.12 | Work and energy | Lesson notes Calculating work, energy and power. Dead lift record 501kg (2.06m tall athlete) Conservation of energy video Physics of rollercoaster - the maths is a bit advanced | No homework |
| 50 | 13.12 | Traffic safety | Car safety features Google self-driving cars presentation 2016 Buses - Finland Moove bus |
