Wk Topic CONTENT Activities Resources and Assessment and Experiments Homework Unit 5 Intro. Spider diagrams to establish General overview of types ENERGY and prior learning energy and – of energy link with forces recap on SIS forces. ICT exercise find – – 1 skills appropriate diagrams and label them to identify where each energy type and force is being demonstrated. Pendulum Scientific Investigation: Plan, Conduct, Analyse Data Pendulum bobs, 1.1 m Investigation Investigation Pendulum and Length, and Evaluate Investigation length of thread, Write Up: Due while recognising the rules, stopwatches Week 3 2 constant interchange of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy Unit 5.1: Energy Investigation Unit 5.1 Review p 175-176 Spring balances Definitions and units: Around You q 1-16 and slotted masses Validation (5%) Energy measured in joules Spring balances and Measure the mass and (J), weight (a force) Potential and Kinetic weight of common measured in newtons (N) Energy worksheet objects (pencil case, ruler, pen) Creepy Crawly Pearson Specific Types of Energy Science Y8 Textbook Making Spiders – Light, Sound, Heat, Pg173 Pearson Science Y8 3 Chemical, Electrical, Textbook Pg171 Pearson Interactive Drag Nuclear, Mechanical and Drop: Forms of Energy Creepy Crawly Pearson (Kinetic and Potential Science Y8 Textbook Unit 5.1 Worksheet: Hero Energy gravitational, Pg173 – of the Hudson elastic and magnetic) p. 177 Making a spinning snake
Wk Topic CONTENT Activities Resources and Experiments Assessment and Homework 1 Unit 5 Intro. ENERGY and recap on SIS skills General overview of types of energy – link with forces Spider diagrams to establish prior learning – energy and forces. ICT exercise – find appropriate diagrams and label them to identify where each energy type and force is being demonstrated. 2 Pendulum Investigation Scientific Investigation: Pendulum and Length, while recognising the constant interchange of gravitational potential energy and kinetic energy Plan, Conduct, Analyse Data and Evaluate Investigation Pendulum bobs, 1.1 m length of thread, rules, stopwatches Investigation Write Up: Due Week 3 3 Unit 5.1: Energy Around You Definitions and units: Energy measured in joules (J), weight (a force) measured in newtons (N) Specific Types of Energy – Light, Sound, Heat, Chemical, Electrical, Nuclear, Mechanical (Kinetic and Potential Energy – gravitational, elastic and magnetic) Unit 5.1 Review p 175-176 q 1-16 Spring balances and Potential and Kinetic Energy worksheet Creepy Crawly Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg173 Pearson Interactive Drag and Drop: Forms of Energy Unit 5.1 Worksheet: Hero of the Hudson Spring balances and slotted masses Measure the mass and weight of common objects (pencil case, ruler, pen) Making Spiders Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg171 Creepy Crawly Pearson Science Y8 Textbook Pg173 p. 177 Making a spinning snake Investigation Validation (5%)
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