Grade 9 Physics SHORT Course Lessons for Spring 2023
Assessments: to be arranged
Test date: 2.5
| Week number | Starting date | Lesson content | Lesson resources and links | Homework | |
| 2 | 9.1 | Small things: structure of matter.. Scale and powers of ten. | Cosmic Zoom (1968) Cosmic Eye (2018) Lesson notes (well, not really notes, just the random stuff I wrote) 9B 9A | Watch this video, and be prepared to discuss your ideas about it next week. | |
| 3 | 16.1 | Scientific hypotheses Revising the structure of atoms. Subatomic particles - quarks What is particle physics ? | Place in order of size Atomic models through time Fact, hypothesis, theory, truth ? Lesson notes 9 Crash course in particle physics (in case you are interested) Part 1 Part 2 | ||
| 4 | 23.1 | Paradoxes in physics - special relativity and Schrödinger's Cat | In the lesson you are taken through the weird thinking of quantum mechanics with the wave-particle duality view of the world. The nature of paradoxes and a different way of viewing the world are introduced. No cats were harmed in the lesson Schrödinger's Cat Special relativity | No homework - apart from spend some time being amazed | |
| 5 | 30.1 | Scales in measuring the universe | Lesson notes 9b 9a If you missed the lesson, There is a video for the lesson (from 9b, but the 9a lesson is similar) on this page If you need the password, it is on the 'Terms and Conditions' sheet. | No homework - apart from spend some time being amazed | |
| 6 | 6.2 | Big bang' theory of the evolution of the Universe. | Timeline since the Big Bang Evidence for the Big Bang 5 min video (Cosmic Microwave Background radiation) Doppler shift Interesting background resources: Excellent documentary 'The Universe' Clip shown 6.30 to 7.50 Big Bang Cosmology 9B lesson notes 9A lesson notes | ||
| 7 | 13.2 | The life cycle of stars; planets | The life cycle of stars video (IOP, 5 minutes) Stars - introduction to birth, life, death (10 minutes) Webb space telescope graphic How stars form, fusion, types of planet Lesson notes 9b 9a In case anyone is interested, here is an excellent podcast on dark matter and particle physics - nerdy but fun | ||
| 8 | 20.2 | Can there be life elsewhere in the universe ? | Habitable zones; conditions for life. 9b lesson notes 9a lesson notes | read through the Exoplanet task - we will start it next lesson | |
| 9 | 27.2 | Video shown in 9a's lesson Exoplanet task | |||
| 11 | 13.3 | Exoplanet task | - do half an hour on your exoplanet project | ||
| 12 | 20.3 | Exoplanet task - deadline is start of next lesson | |||
| 13 | 27.3 | Einstein's Equation; fusion, fission | 9a lesson notes 9b lesson notes | no homework | |
| 14 | 3.4. |
| Quick video to explain the types Lesson notes 9a Chernobyl the severe days 9b | ||
| 15 | 10.4 | Final task |
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| 16 | 17.4 | Final task | |||
| 17 | 24.4 | Final task | |||
| 18 | 1.5 | Final task | Deadline is the start of next lesson | ||
| 19 | 8.5 | ||||
| 20 | 15.5 | ||||
| 21 | 22.5 |
