This page provides the links to my videos on this site and are arranged according to the NSW curriculum in terms of modules and inquiry questions.
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Those with an EG have an associated worked out sample. Those with an WS have sample problems. Foundations Year 11 Year 12 |
Foundations/Skills
- Dimensions and Units
- Special units - atomic mass unit, eV, eV/c2
- Prefixes and Scientific Notation
- Significant Figures
- Graphing - choosing the right graph, linearising data
- Errors
- Orders of Magnitude and Estimation
- Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in First Hand Investigations
- Validity, Reliability and Accuracy in Second Hand Investigations (Research)
Year 11
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This videos gives you an overview of the course.
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Module 1
IQ: How is the motion of an object moving in a straight line described and predicted?
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Module 2
Inquiry question: How are forces produced between objects and what effects do forces produce?
- What are Newton's Laws? WS
- 3rd Law reviewed
- Forces in equilibrium EG WS
- Understanding the Normal Force
- Friction explained WS
- Inclines analysis with 2nd Law EG WS
- What is work and Work-Energy Theorem? WS
- Conservation of Energy Explained
- Conservation of Energy and Collisions WS
- Work and Power EG
- * What is Impulse? EG, WS
- Conservation of Momentum EG x 3 , WS
- How Well do you know Momentum?
Module 3
IQ: What are the properties of all waves and wave motion? IQ: How do waves behave?
- Superposition explained (one dimensional)
- Superposition using Desmos
- Interference (no maths)
- Resonance explained - with demonstration
- Understanding Standing Waves EG
- Standing waves in Closed Pipes EG
- Simple doppler animation explained (no maths)
- Doppler explained with maths EG WS
- Doppler effect formula derivation
- Doppler demonstration in the classroom
- Beats explained
- Temperature vs Heat
- Specific Heat Capacity EG
- Latent Heat Explained
- Energy transfer - conduction, convection, radiation
- Climate science (applications of thermodynamics)
Module 4
in IQ: How do charged objects interact with other charged objects and with neutral objects?
- Intro to electric charge
- How an electroscope works
- Electric Fields Explained
- Coulomb’s Law Explained
- Understanding voltage
- Ohm’s Law and its limitations
- Series and parallel circuits explained using an analogy
- Series and parallel circuits explained using mathematics EG WS
- Watt is Power in electrical circuits?
- What is a kilowatt hour?
Year 12
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Module 5
IQ: How can models that are used to explain projectile motion be used to analyse and make predictions?
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IQ: Why do objects move in circles?
IQ:: How does the force of gravity determine the motion of planets and satellites?
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Module 6
IQ:What happens to stationary and moving charged particles when they interact with an electric or magnetic field?
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IQ:Under what circumstances is a force produced on a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field??
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IQ :How are electric and magnetic fields related?
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IQ: How has knowledge about the Motor Effect been applied to technological advances?
Module 7
Download overview
Module 8
IQ What evidence is there for the origins of the elements?
- What is the Big Bang?
- Olber’s Paradox
- Stellar parallax
- Star Magnitude
- Star Temperature
- The HR Diagram
- Star energy - the proton-proton cycle (see Nuclear Fusion)
- Star energy - the CNO cycle
- Thomson’s discovery of electron WS
- Thomson’s experiment demonstrated
- Millikan’s oil drop experiment
- Rutherford’s model (Geiger Marsden exp). Includes a video on Modeling Rutherford's model
- Chadwick’s discovery of the neutron
- the atomic mass unit
- Intro to Radioactivity
- Half life explained with beerEG
- Understanding Binding energy
- Understanding Strong Force
- Fission explained EG
- How a reactor works
- Fusion explained
- What is the electron volt EG
- the eV as a unit of mass EG
- Standard model explained
- particle accelerators explained
- Evidence for the quark
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