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Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Storing energy gravitationally

Demonstration: A simple analogy that could be used with small groups or with individual students finding it difficult to...

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

A steam engine

Demonstrations: Energy transfers using a model steam engine.

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Moving energy from one thing to another 1

Demonstration: This series of activities is designed to give students experience of energy transfers.

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Moving energy from one thing to another 2

Demonstrations: Examples of apparatus and demonstrations that can be used to illustrate different energy transfers and...

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Sound and light: energy carriers

Demonstration: The classic experiment to show that light can radiate across a vacuum, but sound requires a medium through...

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Using a brick to introduce energy

Demonstration: How the vertical position of a brick determines how much energy is stored gravitationally.

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Getting to know the joule and the watt

Class practical: Students use a hand-turned generator to gain direct experience of measuring energy transfer and to get a...

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Using an energymeter to measure efficiency of en...

Class practical: Students make measurements on the energy transfers involved when a falling mass drives an electrical...

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Using an energymeter to measure power in electri...

Class practical: Students make direct measurements of power in various electrical circuits using an energymeter, and use...

Practical Activity 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Measuring energy with the SEP Energymeter

One of the problems about teaching energy effectively is that there has often been an emphasis on learning about ‘accepted’...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

Total Energy of a System
Energy and Thermal Physics PRACTICAL PHYISCS

Words used to describe energy

The topic of energy needs to be visited many times with a gradual increase in the sophistication and depth of the teaching. As...

Teaching Guidance 14-16

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