Physical World resources

Students are required to show their understanding of circuits by drawing wires to link a battery to bulbs so that the bulbs will light up.

Students use a circuit diagram to answer questions about how removing bulbs affects the other bulbs in the circuit. Assessment focus: Electrical circuits

Task: Match terms with definition. Assessment focus: science vocabulary.

Students place five statements in order to show how sound travels from its source to the brain.

Task: Give examples of described energy transformations, and name energy transformations involved with named objects.

Task: Select the corect term for stored energy, identify the type of stored energy of three examples, and describe energy transformations. Assessment focus: potential energy.

Students investigate magnetic repulsion using two magnets and pieces of iron. They are assessed on their understanding of like poles repelling.

Students use circuit diagrams to answer three questions about switches and which lamps will light up.

Students name the force that delivers water to households from a water tower and then explain advantages and disadvantages of a wind-powered pump compared to a petrol-powered pump.

This resource assess students' understanding of circuits when they explain what is wrong in five different circuit diagrams.