Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics

Particular issues arising and decisions to be made when teaching Energy

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Energy particular issues
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Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics Supporting Physics Teaching

Pathways through the topic Energy

Teaching Guidance 11-14

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics Supporting Physics Teaching

Building Sankey diagrams

The purpose of this activity is to introduce the conventions of, and pupils to acquire familiarity with, Sankey diagrams...

Classroom Activity 11-14

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

Energy chain example: hydro-electric power stati...

This is the second post about situations in which we are drawn into including intermediate stores as part of an unhelpful...

Perspectives

Misconceptions
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

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 associate ‘energy’ with humans and other living things

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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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