Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics

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Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

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Properties of Matter PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Polystyrene sphere crystal models

Class practical: This shows ready-made models, giving an opportunity to link the shapes of real crystals with an underlying...

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Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

An opportunity for change

The first in a series of posts written by Charles Tracy about energy in the new curriculum.

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Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics Supporting Physics Teaching

Thinking about actions to take: Energy Resources...

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Teaching Guidance 11-14

Energy and Thermal Physics Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many pupils have difficulties in distinguishing between the ideas of ‘temperature’ and ‘heat’ and in using these terms appropriately

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many pupils recall phrases like ‘heat rises’ and ‘hot things expand’ but cannot explain these or use them appropriately in explanations

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many lower secondary students make incorrect quantitative predictions about the temperature of a mixture of two samples of liquid at different initial temperatures, even when they can make correct qualitative predictions

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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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