Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics

Kitset of the main ideas in the topic Energy

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

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Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics Supporting Physics Teaching

Avoid chains of energy

In presenting these various energy descriptions of familiar processes, we have been careful to study one process at a time...

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

Why one horsepower is more than the power of one...

The horsepower unit derives from a marketing gimmick devised by James Watt. When attempting to sell his newly invented steam...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

The environmental energy costs of food

Vegetarian diets have a significant environmental benefit in terms of the energy costs of production.

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students associate ‘energy’ with humans and other living things

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Students who are aware that energy ideas and terms are used differently in science and in everyday life may have difficulties deciding which perspective to use when answering questions

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students see energy as an ‘intangible fluid’ that flows from one place or object to another during a process

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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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