Electricity and Circuits

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• Circuit Symbols

• The Rope Loop Model

• Electric Charge and Current

• Conventional Current

• Charge and Current: Example A

• Charge and Current: Example B

• Potential Difference and Resistance

• Voltage and Resistance: Example A

• Voltage and Resistance: Example B

• The Resistor

• Resistor: Example

• The Filament Lamp

• Lamp: Example A

• Lamp: Example B

• The Diode

• The Van de Graaff Generator

• Reading an Oscilloscope

• Oscilloscope: Example

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       The Particle Model and Gases

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• Density

• Density: Example A

• Density: Example B

• The Particle Model

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       Atoms and Radioactivity

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• Building the Lego NZ Graph

• Parts of The Atom

• Representing Atoms

• Isotopes

• Representing Atoms: Example

• The Alpha Scattering Experiment

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       Forces and Motion

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• Scalars and Vectors

• Contact and Non-Contact Forces

• Weight

• Friction and Drag

• Normal Contact Force

• Identifying Forces: Example

• Calculating Resultant Forces

• Calculating Resultant Forces: Example A

• Calculating Resultant Forces: Example B

• Distance and Displacement

• Distance: Example

• Speed

• Calculating Speeds of Real Objects

• Speed: Example A

• Speed: Example B

• Converting from mph To m/s

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       Waves and Light

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• Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

• Wave Period and Frequency

• Waves: Example A

• Waves: Example B

• Wave Speed Equation

• Wave Speed Equation: Example A

• Wave Speed Equation: Example B

• Measuring the Speed of Sound in Air

• Measuring the Speed of Water Waves

• Reflection

• Reflection: Example

• Interaction of Waves

• Sound and the Ear

• Echo Sounding, Sonar

• Ultrasound Scanning

• Seismic Waves

• Colour Filters

• Reflection of Colour

• Colour: Example

• Colour Mixing (with LEDs)

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       Electricity and Magnetism

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• Permanent Magnets and their Fields

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       Required Practicals

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• Specific heat capacity of solids

• Specific heat capacity of solids RESULTS

• Specific heat capacity of liquids

• Specific heat capacity of liquids RESULTS

• Resistance of a length of wire

• Resistance of a length of wire RESULTS

• Resistors in series and parallel

• Resistors in series and parallel RESULTS

• Lamps in series and parallel

• Lamps in series and parallel RESULTS

• IV characteristics of a resistor

• IV characteristics of a resistor RESULTS

• IV characteristics of a lamp

• IV characteristics of a lamp RESULTS

• IV characteristics of a diode

• IV characteristics of a diode RESULTS

• Characteristics of a wire

• Characteristics of a wire RESULTS

• Density of regular and irregular objects

• Density of regular and irregular objects RESULTS

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