Extending+physics

**Extending Physics study work**
Useful links: International Physics Olympiad

Finnish curriculum - p.188 onwards for Physics and Chemistry

Study sessions Vectors and scalars- definitions and examples Triangle of forces - using scale drawing to solve problems || Questions from printed sheet - vectors and scalars, triangle of forces. ||
 * Date || Work covered || 'Homework' ||
 * 8 Nov || Energy as the interconnecting principal of physics, leading to unit equivalence; base units; defining units; units J and N in M L T format.

Grade 8 content of physics: Forces and Motion

Defining terms: s,u,v,a,t Deriving the five equations Self-study: problems using Newton's equations of motion
 * **Content to cover - as taken from the ****IPO specification ** || **How this will be done ** || **How learning is monitored ** ||
 * **MECHANICS (Grade 8) ** ||  ||   ||
 * Foundation of kinematics of a point mass || Tutorial: introduction to equations of motion.

Tutorial: Vectors and scalars - resolving. Introduction to cos, sine, tan ? Range equation. Self-study: problems || Self-study: problems using Newton's equations of motion

Resources:

Abbott/Webster/?? || and work in a gravitational field ||  ||   || conservation of angular momentum || Not to be covered ||  || fixed axis, moment of inertia,  kinetic energy of a rotating body || Not to be covered ||  ||  linear polarization, the classical Doppler effect, sound waves ||  ||   ||
 * Newton's laws, inertial systems ||  ||   ||
 * Closed and open systems, momentum and energy, work, power ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Conservation of energy, conservation of linear momentum, impulse ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Elastic forces, frictional forces, the law of gravitation, potential energy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Centripetal acceleration, Kepler's laws || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not to be covered ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Statics, centre of mass, torque ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Motion of rigid bodies, translation, rotation, angular velocity,angular acceleration,
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">External and internal forces, equation of motion of a rigid body around the
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Accelerated reference systems, inertial forces || <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Not to be covered ||  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">WAVES (GRADE 7) ** ||  ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Harmonic oscillations, equation of harmonic oscillation || Equation not to be covered? ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Harmonic waves, propagation of waves, transverse and longitudinal waves,
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Superposition of harmonic waves, coherent waves,interference, beats, <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 1.5;">standing waves ||  ||   ||