Year 8 - Physics - Activate Text Book
This course is a supplementary course to the AQA Key Stage 3 text book Activate book 2.
By completing the lessons below, practicing the revision questions and past paper questions, pupils should be able to make above expected progress in year 8 Science (Physics).
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4.2 - Light
This course covers the properties of light.
Opaque, translucent and transparent objects
Ray diagrams
The law of reflection
Refraction
Diffraction in a prism
Colour absorbency and reflectionThis course covers the properties of light.
Opaque, translucent and transparent objects
Ray diagrams
The law of reflection
Refraction
Diffraction in a prism
Colour absorbency and reflection
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4.1 - Sound
This course covers the basic concepts of sound.
How sound is generated.
How sounds travel through different mediums.
The parts and function of the ear.
Sound waves as viewed on an oscilloscope.
Identifying pitch and volume on a sound wave seen on an oscilloscope.
Discussing, amplitude, wave length, frequency.This course covers the basic concepts of sound.
How sound is generated.
How sounds travel through different mediums.
The parts and function of the ear.
Sound waves as viewed on an oscilloscope.
Identifying pitch and volume on a sound wave seen on an oscilloscope.
Discussing, amplitude, wave length, frequency.
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4.3 - Wave Effects / 4.4 - Wave Properties
This course covers the properties of waves in more detail, including the electromagnetic spectrum, waves in a ripple tank and longitudinal and transverse waves.
This course covers the properties of waves in more detail, including the electromagnetic spectrum, waves in a ripple tank and longitudinal and transverse waves.
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2 -Electromagnets
This course covers the basics of magnetism and electromagnets.
The magnetic field, poles, attraction and repulsion.
How electricity and magnets are linked.
How electromagnets are made and how their magnetic force can be increased.This course covers the basics of magnetism and electromagnets.
The magnetic field, poles, attraction and repulsion.
How electricity and magnets are linked.
How electromagnets are made and how their magnetic force can be increased.
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Meet your Teacher, Mr. Carter
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Meet your Teacher, Mr. Carter ✳
Mr Carter
It all begins with you.
Learning is active, use these lessons, to learn by doing.
Read the PowerPoint, write your own notes, in a way that makes sense to you, use space and colour to identify key words or phrases. Then when you are ready practice applying your knowledge to the revision questions and exam style questions