Physics concepts resources

Task: Draw, using symbols, circuit diagrams of three described circuits. Assessment focus: using conventions of circuit diagram; knowledge of circuit construction.

Task: Describe how the light rays move through a glass prism.

Task: Answer questions about the surface of water in a water cooler on a moving train. Assessment focus: forces.

Task: Select the correct words to decribe what is happening to light as it travels through a drop of water. Assessment focus: scientific vocabulary.

Students select which of five compass orientations best show the direction of a magnetic field at four different locations.

Students answer a multiple choice question about what happens when a magnetised object is cut in half, and then draw the lines of the magnetic field around two magnets.

Task: Answer questions about rowing. Assessment focus: levers.

Students use the term force to explain why a heavier hammer could drive nails into denser material and explain density.

Students predict and investigate the way in which a concave and a convex lens distort the image of a pencil.

Task: Answer questions about data in a table. Assessment focus: pulleys.

Task: Answer questions about relationships between mass and stretch. Assessment focus: identifying patterns in data.

Task: Answer questions about a table comparing the energy usage and lifespan of different sorts of lights, and use this information to complete a second table to describe advantages and disadvantages of each. Assessment focus: reading a technical table.

Task: describe how different features of a racing car help it go fast. Assessment focus: technological responses to forces.

Task: Answer questions about car tyres. Assessment focus: friction; air pressure.

Task: Answer questions about what happens to the light form a torch. Assessment focus: light.

Task: Answer a multiple choice questions about what would be seen on earth if a meteor hit the moon, and explain why that answer is correct. Assessment focus: how sound and light travel.

Students identify where heat is lost from a house, explain ways to reduce heat loss and suggest ways to reduce heat loss.

Task: Using statements from four people decide and justify whether or not each person supports wind farms. Identify which person has a misconception about wind farms, giving a reason. Assessment focus: identifying different perspectives.

Task: Complete a table to show how energy is transformed in eight objects and describe the energy transformations in two others. Assessment focus: energy transformation.