Grade+8+Physics+Autumn+2017

Grade 8 Physics Autumn 2017
Click here for Ilmiö translations - username student.student. Password given in class (you probably wrote it at the front of your notebook....) Translations are in draft format - let me know if there are problems, please.


 * Assessment task dates: **
 * Test week: **

rules and safety.
 * Week || Date || Lesson content || Sheets/resource links || Homework ||
 * 33 || Aug 14 || Issue notebooks; go through

Schedule for the year: two groups with chem, one group with phys Timetable swap in spring.

Introduction to forces. Naming special forces

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Equipment sheet - bilingual || Read through the sheets given || Using newtonmeters. Resultant forces and motion || || complete this form before the lesson next week. ||
 * 34 || Aug 21 || Force arrows, contact and non-contact forces
 * 35 || Aug 28 || Can a rubber band be used as a newtonmeter? Planning and carrying out the experiment. Taking readings, calculating averages and drawing a graph. || [[file:8 phys 20170830.pdf]] || Complete graph and make conclusion. ||
 * 36 || Sep 4 || Forces and gravity: starting the paper helicopter investigation || Hammer and feather video



|| Complete this form ||
 * 37 || Sep 11 || Completing the investigation ||  || Complete the investigation sheet ||
 * 38 || Sep 18 ||  || Freefall video

What if you were born in space ? ||  ||
 * 39 || Sep 25 || Karin was absent. ||  || no homework ||
 * 40 || Oct 2 || Balance and centre of gravity || [[file:BALANCE.pdf]] || no homework ||
 * 41 || Oct 9 || Pressure

Mass and weight || ||   ||
 * 42 || Oct 16 || Distance, Speed/velocity || [[file:8 grp C phys 20171018.pdf]] ||  ||
 * 43 || Oct 23 ||  ||   ||   ||
 * 44 || Oct 30 || Calculations in physics || [[file:8 20171108.pdf]] || Study - learn the formulae for velocity, acceleration and weight (weight = mass . g) ||
 * 45 || Nov 6 || Calculations in physics - translating word problems || For help with these, see the videos on the front page ||  ||
 * 46 || Nov 13 || Calculations in physics || For help with these, see the videos on the front page ||  ||
 * 47 || Nov 20 || Test ||  ||   ||
 * 48 || Nov 27 || Karin was sick ||  ||   ||
 * 49 || Dec 4 || No lesson ||  ||   ||
 * 50 || Dec 11 || Self-driving cars and their physics || Selfdriving car ||  ||
 * 51 || Dec 18 ||  ||   ||   ||