Energy
Energy and Thermal Physics

Pathways through the topic Energy

Teaching Guidance for 11-14 Supporting Physics Teaching

Energy pathways
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Getting the measure of energy

Energy is an abstract concept and it can be hard to get a feel for the quantity of energy transferred in different events.

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Energy
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Why one horsepower is more than the power of one...

The horsepower unit derives from a marketing gimmick devised by James Watt. When attempting to sell his newly invented steam...

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Using cannon balls to estimate the age of the Ea...

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, a naturalist and mathematician, provided an early estimate of the age of the Earth by...

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Misconceptions
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

Students may have difficulties deciding which energy perspective (school-based vs everyday life) to use when answering questions

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RESEARCH REVIEW Energy and Thermal Physics

The vast majority of students’ alternative ideas about energy could be classified into seven alternative frameworks

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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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