Year 8Science
Course 1 2018
Term 4: Physical Sciences
Physical Science Content Descriptions
Energy appears in different forms, including movement (kinetic energy), heat and potential energy, and energy transformations and transfers cause change within systems
- recognising that kinetic energy is the energy possessed by moving bodies
- recognising that potential energy is stored energy, such as gravitational, chemical and elastic energy
- investigating different forms of energy in terms of the effects they cause, such as gravitational potential causing objects to fall and heat energy transferred between materials that have a different temperature
- recognising that heat energy is often produced as a by-product of energy transfer, such as brakes on a car and light globes
- using flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy
Wk / Topic / Content / Activities / Resources and Experiments / Assessment and Homework
1 / Energy All Around Us /
- to identify different types of energy
- recognising that kinetic energy is the energy possessed by moving bodies
- to recognise some different types of energy
- to understand how potential energy can be transferred into kinetic energy and vice versa
- Brainstorm – what is energy
- Square chart (Define/examples/what does it do?/devices)
- Energy Demo – Making spiders pg 171 Pearson 8. Students observe energy changes.
- View pictures of everyday items and identify in groups the type of energy depicted.
- Types of energy sheet (on seqta) – students download
- Practical – Energy makes things happen Pearson Science 8 & questions.
- Types of Energy Activity
- Check it out q.1-5, p.131
- Types of energy worksheet
- Energy of Motion weblink
- Energy of motion worksheet
- Roller Coaster animation weblink
- Types of Energy web link
- Examples of Types of energy web link
- Energy Kids web link
- Biofuels web link
- Video: Lemon Battery Experiment
- Kahoot: Types of Energy
2 / Kinetic
And Potential Energy /
- recognising that kinetic energy is the energy possessed by moving bodies
- recognising that potential energy is stored energy, such as gravitational, chemical and elastic energy
- Draw a Y Chart. What is Kinetic Energy? Transfer of Kinetic energy examples/paragraph summary
- Eurkea video and summarise in their own words.
- Draw a Y Chart. What is Potential Energy? Transfer of Potential energy examples/paragraph summary
- Eurkea video and summarise in their own words.
- Kinetic and Potential energy worksheet
- Worksheet 5.1 Energy around you
- Paired activity students match the energy type to the definition
- Demo – Marble Roll
- Demo – Cork Experiment
- Discuss the effects of potential energy
- Complete a summary table that compares and contrasts the above PE examples.
- Practical – Investigating GPE
- Experiment 14: Cricket Ball Craters
- Investigating Elastic potential energy & worksheet
- Investigating Gravitational potential energy & worksheet
- Check it Out, q.1-4, p.133
- Kinetic energy worksheet
- Check it Out q.1-4, p.135
- Potential Energy worksheet
- Interactive on Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Eureka Video: Kinetic Energy
- Eureka Video: Potential Energy
- Kahoot: Potential Energy
3 - 4 / Energy Transfers /
- Identity different types of energy (recap)
- investigating different forms of energy in terms of the effects they cause, such as gravitational potential causing objects to fall and heat energy transferred between materials that have a different temperature
- using flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy
- to identify the energy transfers that occur in coal powered power stations.
- To identify energy transfers in renewable energy production of electricity
- Students take notes from the energy transfer powerpoint.
- Brainstorm examples of energy transfer I different situation
- Define conduction, convention, radiation
- Make links to atoms in term 2.
- Energy transfer sheets
- Watch conduction video (Eureka)
- Demo – Conduction Crosses
- Define convection
- Watch conduction video (Eureka)
- Demo – Convection in a liquid demo
- Making a spinning snake experiment pg 177 Pearson 8
- Energy Transfers Activity
- Energy Transformations activity
- Efficiency of Bouncing Ball investigation
5-6 / Investigation / Investigating the conduction of heat / Students complete an investigation booklet following the correct scientific process learnt throughout the year /
- Investigation booklets.
7-8 / Energy transfers, transformations & Efficiency /
- recognising that heat energy is often produced as a by-product of energy transfer, such as brakes on a car and light globes
- using flow diagrams to illustrate changes between different forms of energy
- Students read pg 144/145 of textbook (Amazing Science) and complete questions
- Define energy transformation using pg 148/149 of AS text.
- Draw 5 examples of energy transformation
- Model how to draw an energy flow diagram that shows the changes between different forms of energy.
- What does it mean to be energy efficient?
- Determine between what energy types are considered useful and wasted energy.
- Model how to calculate energy efficiency.
- Paired activity – mix and match
- Differentiate and classify different renewable and non-renewable sources of energy
- Literacy support worksheet – energy transfer
- Worksheet 3.4 energy transformation
- Energy flow worksheet.
- Pearson activity pg 66/67
- Energy efficiency booklets
- Energy transformation practice.
9 / Exam and Revision / To revise for End of Year Exam / Study skills: Use graphic organisers (Venn Diagram, Mind maps, Flow charts, Brainstorms) to organise test notes. /
- Physics Revision booklet
- Chemistry Revision booklet
- Biology Revision booklet
Assessment Outline
Assessment Type / Title / WeightingInvestigation Validation / Transfer of Heat Energy / 5%
Exam / End of Year Exam / 25%