Grade 9 Physics Short Lessons for Autumn 2021 for classes 9A and 9B
Assessments: Exoplanet task due in 15 October
Test date: Week 47
| Week number | Starting date | Lesson content | Lesson resources and links | Homework |
| 33 | 16.8 | Small things: structure of matter. Revising the structure of atoms. Subatomic particles - quarks. . Scale and powers of ten. | Coping with physics info sheet Cosmic Zoom (1968) Cosmic Eye (2018) Place in order of size Lesson notes | Click this link, watch the video and follow the instructions |
| 34 | 23.8 | Scientific hypotheses What is particle physics ? | Lesson notes Crash course in particle physics (in case you are interested) Part 1 Part 2 | No homework |
| 35 | 30.8 | Impacts of scientific discovery and their applications | In this lesson, you are asked to think critically about the advancement of science, and the investment of money and resources into projects that may seem to have no benefit beyond pure knowledge - eg large particle accelerators. There are no notes, but there is a video of the lesson on the 'This term's videos' page. Top 10 inventions that changed the world Blue LED Nobel Prize Big data Internet of things | Inside the atom form |
| 36 | 6.9 | Starting astronomy - ordering objects in the Universe.. | Lesson notes What things are in space, and where are they ? Planets, moons, asteroids, comets, meteors, meteorites, stars, space | No homework |
| 37 | 15.9 | Distance measurements; light years Exoplanets: can there be life elsewhere in the universe? | Lesson notes | Planning for the exoplanet task, which we start next week. Here are a couple of good sites to check Nasa Conditions for life on other planets There is also anIonising radiation What happens to nuclei when they decay ?interesting (fictional) miniseries on Netflix called 'Alien Worlds'. |
| 38 | 22.9 | Exoplanet task | Exoplanet task | Work on exoplanet task |
| 39 | 29.9 | |||
| 40 | 4.10 | Exoplanet task | Work on exoplanet task | |
| 41 | 11.10 | Exoplanet task | Exoplanet task - deadline is the START of next week's lesson (22.10) | Complete exoplanet task |
| 42 | 18.10 | Big bang' theory of the evolution of the Universe. Life cycles of stars including formation of neutron stars and black holes. | Lesson notes | This quiz |
| 43 | 25.10 | Autumn break | ||
| 44 | 1.11 | Einstein's Equation; binding energy, fusion, fission Types of nuclear radiation | Lesson notes | This form |
| 45 | 8.11 | Karin absent, and it was also Wellbeing Day. | Astrobiology video | |
| 46 | 15.11 | Ionising radiation Types of nuclear radiation and their properties. | Lesson notes | Study for the test |
| 47 | 22.11 | Test | ||
| 48 | 29.11 | Chernobyl. Chain reactions. How they are used in nuclear power stations. What went wrong ? How was it detected ? | How a nuclear power plant works Explaining what went wrong at Chernobyl European natural background radiation atlas | Watch the HBO series on Chernobyl at some point in the next few years.... |
| 49 | 6.12 | Paradoxes in physics - special relativity and Schrödinger's Cat | Special relativity Schrödinger's Cat | No homework. Except be curious about physics for the rest of your lives. |
| 50 | 13.12 | |||
| 51 | 20.12 |
