Student Required One hour lessons Learning Outcomes Specification Content Skills Covered Book Section Practicals CHAPTER 1 – Measuring the Universe (8 hours) 1 The scale of the Universe Develop confidence with 3.1.1 Fundamental (base) units MS 0.1 Recognise and make use 1.2 powers of 10 and standard form of appropriate units in Students work with orders of Knowledge and use of the SI calculations magnitude and standard Appreciate the scale of various prefixes, values and standard form to get a sense of the objects in our Universe form MS 0.2 Recognise and use size of various objects in the expressions in decimal and Practise using prefixes Students should be able to use Universe. standard form the prefixes: T, G, M, k, c, m, µ, n, p, f MS 1.4 Estimate approximate values of physical quantities to 3.1.3 Orders of magnitude the nearest order of magnitude Estimation of approximate values of physical quantities 2 Making measurements Take measurements using 3.1.1 Use of mass, length, time, PS 2.3 Identify random and 1.2, 1.3 stopwatches, balances, quantity of matter, temperature, systematic errors and suggest Students make a range of micrometers, rulers and vernier electric current and their ways to reduce or remove them measurements with a range callipers associated SI units of measuring devices. ATd Use stopwatch or light gates Understand the meanings of SI units derived for timing random error, systematic error, Knowledge and use of the SI ATe Use callipers and precision and accuracy, and be prefixes, values and standard micrometers for small distances, able to identify examples of form using digital or vernier scales where each is relevant Students should be able to Learn which are SI base or convert between different units of derived units the same quantity, e.g. J and eV, J and kW h 3.1.2 Random and systematic errors Precision, repeatability, reproducibility, resolution and accuracy
One hour lessons Learning Outcomes Specification Content Skills Covered Student Book Section Required Practicals CHAPTER 1 – Measuring the Universe (8 hours) 1 The scale of the Universe Students work with orders of magnitude and standard form to get a sense of the size of various objects in the Universe. Develop confidence with powers of 10 and standard form Appreciate the scale of various objects in our Universe Practise using prefixes 3.1.1 Fundamental (base) units Knowledge and use of the SI prefixes, values and standard form Students should be able to use the prefixes: T, G, M, k, c, m, µ, n, p, f 3.1.3 Orders of magnitude Estimation of approximate values of physical quantities MS 0.1 Recognise and make use of appropriate units in calculations MS 0.2 Recognise and use expressions in decimal and standard form MS 1.4 Estimate approximate values of physical quantities to the nearest order of magnitude 1.2 2 Making measurements Students make a range of measurements with a range of measuring devices. Take measurements using stopwatches, balances, micrometers, rulers and vernier callipers Understand the meanings of random error, systematic error, precision and accuracy, and be able to identify examples of where each is relevant Learn which are SI base or derived units 3.1.1 Use of mass, length, time, quantity of matter, temperature, electric current and their associated SI units SI units derived Knowledge and use of the SI prefixes, values and standard form Students should be able to convert between different units of the same quantity, e.g. J and eV, J and kW h 3.1.2 Random and systematic errors Precision, repeatability, reproducibility, resolution and accuracy PS 2.3 Identify random and systematic errors and suggest ways to reduce or remove them ATd Use stopwatch or light gates for timing ATe Use callipers and micrometers for small distances, using digital or vernier scales 1.2, 1.3
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