Week Key teaching points Heat heat as energy 1–2 kinetic theory measuring temperature thermal expansion heat capacity of a substance change of state, temperature graphs 3–4 latent heat calculations involving and Q = mcΔT Q = mL effect of vapour pressure on evaporation cooling effect of evaporation 5-6 evaporative and refrigerative air conditioners factors affecting boiling point and freezing point heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation Investigation: Heat in your home or school loss of heat energy from a system car radiators 7–8 thermal insulation temperature regulation in humans, clothing thermally-efficient building design ground-source heat pumps heat transfer in global warming relationship between pressure and volume 9–10 relationship between temperature and volume relationship between pressure and temperature Nuclear radiation structure of the atom, isotopes radioactive decay, properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation 11–12 Investigation: Penetration power of radiation industrial uses of radioisotopes half-life of radioisotopes, radiometric dating effect of radiation on humans 13 medical uses of radioisotopes, OPAL reactor fission reactions 14–16 production of electricity using nuclear reactors fusion reactions, nuclear weapons
Week Key teaching points 1–2 Heat heat as energy kinetic theory measuring temperature thermal expansion 3–4 heat capacity of a substance change of state, temperature graphs latent heat calculations involving Q = mcΔT and Q = mL 5-6 effect of vapour pressure on evaporation cooling effect of evaporation evaporative and refrigerative air conditioners factors affecting boiling point and freezing point 7–8 heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation Investigation: Heat in your home or school loss of heat energy from a system car radiators thermal insulation temperature regulation in humans, clothing thermally-efficient building design ground-source heat pumps heat transfer in global warming 9–10 relationship between pressure and volume relationship between temperature and volume relationship between pressure and temperature 11–12 Nuclear radiation structure of the atom, isotopes radioactive decay, properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation Investigation: Penetration power of radiation industrial uses of radioisotopes half-life of radioisotopes, radiometric dating 13 effect of radiation on humans medical uses of radioisotopes, OPAL reactor 14–16 fission reactions production of electricity using nuclear reactors fusion reactions, nuclear weapons
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