Physics concepts resources

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

Students are given some information on levers. They use this to label the pivot, load, and effort force on four other common examples of levers.

Identify from four circuit diagrams which bulbs will light up. Assessment focus: electrical circuits.

Students indicate on a circuit diagram where they would place switches in order to achieve various situations, such as the lamps being on, off, and other combinations.

Students are given six different circuit diagrams. They state how brightly these bulbs will glow when compared to another circuit.

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

Students use a diagram of a circuit to answer questions about which bulbs are in parallel and which are in series. Students are also required to put a switch into the circuit diagram provided.

Students indicate how brightly a bulb would glow in three different circuits. Students then use pictures of four appliances, showing the arrangement of their cells, to draw circuit symbol diagrams illustrating this cell arrangement.

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.

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.

Students describe what makes two boats move and change direction.

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

Task: Students answer questions about what will make mountain bike riders go faster. Assessment focus: Air resistance.

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

Task: Name the parts of a bike and describe how some of them work. Assessment focus; knowledge of the working systems of a bicycle.

Students compare cars from different eras. They describe how different features of modern cars make them safer. The task assesses students' understanding of how technology can make cars faster and safer.

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.

Task: Identify examples of experiencing sound. Assessment focus: sound.

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.