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Joseph Black, who became professor of medicine and chemistry at Glasgow University, was born in Bordeaux in 1728 to a family...

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Intermediate stages in a process (energy chains ...

When discussing how we represent energy at school, a question often comes up about the role of intermediate processes and...

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Energy CPD videos

When teaching this topic, it is important to avoid your students conflating the energy analysis with an explanation of what’s...

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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

Few students use ideas about energy and energy conservation and are more likely to use ideas like speed or force

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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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