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Energy and Thermal Physics

Pathways through the topic Energy

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

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Energy and Thermal Physics

Energy and thermal physics videos

A selection of videos that are suitable to use remotely with your students.

Remote teaching support 11-14 14-16 16-19

Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics IOP RESOURCES

A fatal miscalculation

An important factor in the failure of Robert Falcon Scott’s expedition to the South Pole was an error in estimating the energy...

Stories from Physics 11-14 14-16

Energy
Properties of Matter PRACTICAL PHYISCS

A model of vibrating atoms in a solid

Demonstration: This model shows atoms making up a crystal held together by spring-like forces.

Practical Activity 14-16

Misconceptions
RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students explain thermal expansion in terms of increased size of ‘particles’

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

Many students also associate energy with fuels and with electricity

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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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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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