Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics

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Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

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Energy and Thermal Physics Supporting Physics Teaching

An energy ladder

The purpose of this activity is to enable pupils to build up some idea of the size of the joule unit of energy.

Classroom Activity 11-14

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

Why birds should avoid solar furnaces

The world’s largest solar furnace, in Odeillo in the French Pyrenees, was built in 1968. The furnace could, when newly...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

Burning the toast

It is challenging to toast bread to the perfect colour because of thermal runaway: as the surface of the bread darkens it...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many pupils think of energy as synonymous with fuel

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students attribute macroscopic properties like hot and cold, melting, or expanding to particles (or to atoms, molecules) when using a particulate model to explain thermal phenomena

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many pupils strongly link energy with movement and/or force

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Energy
appears in the relation ΔEΔt>ℏ/2 ΔQ=mcΔθ E=hf E ∝ A^2
has the special case Photon Energy
is used in analyses relating to Emission/Absorption Spectra Phase Change
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