QEGS Physics Curriculum Maps
QEGS Year 9 Physics Curriculum Map |
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| Focus | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic | Forces part 1 | Energy part 1 | Particles part 1 | Nuclear physics part 1 | Electricity part 1 | Electricity part 1 |
| Key concepts/ideas | Idea of unbalanced vs balanced forces and the results of each in terms of motion and how to calculate velocity, weight, and acceleration. | Energy can be stored in 8 different ways, and transferred between those stores by 4 mechanisms and energy cannot be created or destroyed, only transferred between stores. | What density is and how we calculate it, basic particle theory and the structure of solids, liquids, and gasses and the relationship between pressure and volume. | Structure of the atom and sub-atomic particles, Isotopes and basic radioactive decay | Circuit symbols and arranging these into basic electric circuits. Concepts of current and potential difference for series and parallel circuits. | Circuit symbols and arranging these into basic electric circuits. Concepts of current and potential difference for series and parallel circuits. |
| Key skills | Categorise forces into contact and non contact. Calculating velocity, weight, and speed. | State the 8 methods of storing energy and the 4 ways energy can be transferred between these stores. Describe the transfer of energy for a simple system. | Define and calculate density. Draw diagrams representing solids, liquids, and gasses. Describe the transfers between states of matter. Define and calculate pressure and volume. | Draw and label both a plum pudding and Rutherford model of an atom and explain the differences Identify sub atomic particles, stating their name, relative charge, and relative mass. Describe an isotope. Name the three types of radioactive decay and state their properties | Calculate charge, current, and potential difference, and define these terms. Calculate potential difference and current in series and parallel circuits. | Calculate charge, current, and potential difference, and define these terms. Calculate potential difference and current in series and parallel circuits. |
| Key terms/vocab | Scalar, vector, contact, non-contact, resultant, weight, velocity, mass, acceleration, resolve | Transfer, store, kinetic, gravitational, elastic, potential, wasted, thermal, chemical, insulation, efficiency, conduction, convection | Density, solid, liquid, gas, state, particle theory, pressure, volume | Radioactive, particle, decay, proton, electron, neutron, atom, alpha, beta, gamma, hazard, isotope | Positive, negative, charge, static, potential difference, current, symbol, electricity, symbol | Positive, negative, charge, static, potential difference, current, symbol, electricity, symbol |
| Independent learning/wider reading | ||||||
| Assessment | Formative within topic | Synoptic 1 | Synoptic 2 | End of year 9 exam | ||
| Careers links/Future Learning | Engineering, construction, architecture, mechanics, Control/Systems engineer, plumber, builder, home appliance installer, Fluid mechanics, Quantum Physicist, physicist, nuclear technician, radiographer, Electrician, electrical engineer. | Engineering, construction, architecture, mechanics, Control/Systems engineer, plumber, builder, home appliance installer, Fluid mechanics, Quantum Physicist, physicist, nuclear technician, radiographer, Electrician, electrical engineer. | Engineering, construction, architecture, mechanics, Control/Systems engineer, plumber, builder, home appliance installer, Fluid mechanics, Quantum Physicist, physicist, nuclear technician, radiographer, Electrician, electrical engineer. | Engineering, construction, architecture, mechanics, Control/Systems engineer, plumber, builder, home appliance installer, Fluid mechanics, Quantum Physicist, physicist, nuclear technician, radiographer, Electrician, electrical engineer. | Engineering, construction, architecture, mechanics, Control/Systems engineer, plumber, builder, home appliance installer, Fluid mechanics, Quantum Physicist, physicist, nuclear technician, radiographer, Electrician, electrical engineer. | Engineering, construction, architecture, mechanics, Control/Systems engineer, plumber, builder, home appliance installer, Fluid mechanics, Quantum Physicist, physicist, nuclear technician, radiographer, Electrician, electrical engineer. |
QEGS Year 10 Physics Curriculum Map |
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| Focus | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic |
Trilogy:
Electricity
Triple: Electricity |
Trilogy:
Electricity
Triple: Electricity with the inclusion of static electricity and electric fields |
Trilogy:
Waves
Triple: Waves |
Trilogy:
Maths Skills
Triple: Maths skills |
Trilogy:
Maths Skills
Triple: Maths skills |
Trilogy:
Maths Skills
Triple: Maths skills |
| Key concepts/ideas |
Trilogy:
Students learn the relationship between current, potential difference and resistance and apply the uses of this relationship.
Triple: Students learn the relationship between current, potential difference and resistance and apply the uses of this relationship. |
Trilogy:
Students will be able to describe how electricity is transported to homes from power stations. They will be able to identify parts of a plug and describe key safety features of it.
Triple: Students will be able to describe how electricity is transported to homes from power stations. They will be able to identify parts of a plug and describe key safety features of it. Triple: students will be able to explain the idea of static electricity and electric fields. |
Trilogy:
This topic covers different types of waves and how they carry energy and information.
Triple: This topic covers different types of waves and how they carry energy and information. |
Trilogy:
The topic continues with practical based lessons on kinetic energy and electrical energy.
Triple: The topic continues with practical based lessons on kinetic energy and electrical energy. |
Trilogy:
The topic continues with practical based lessons on kinetic energy and electrical energy.
Triple: The topic continues with practical based lessons on kinetic energy and electrical energy. |
Trilogy:
The final part of this topic looks at specific heat capacity.
Triple: The final part of this topic looks at specific heat capacity. |
| Key skills |
Trilogy:
Building electrical circuits and reading electrical equipment, maths skills, risk assessment, graphing skills.
Triple: Building electrical circuits and reading electrical equipment, maths skills, risk assessment, graphing skills |
Trilogy:
Maths skills; using equations.
Triple: Maths skills; using equations |
Trilogy:
Make observations about waves and take appropriate measurements, apply equations from the Physics equation sheet.
Triple: Wave diagrams, making observations, Make observations about waves and take appropriate measurements, apply equations from the Physics equation sheet. |
Trilogy:
Using and rearranging equations, interpreting data, following scientific methods, observations and collating data, graphing skills.
Triple: Using and rearranging equations, interpreting data, following scientific methods, observations and collating data, graphing skills. |
Trilogy:
Using and rearranging equations, interpreting data, following scientific methods, observations and collating data, graphing skills.
Triple: Using and rearranging equations, interpreting data, following scientific methods, observations and collating data, graphing skills. |
Trilogy:
Using and rearranging equations, interpreting data, following scientific methods, observations and collating data, graphing skills.
Triple: Using and rearranging equations, interpreting data, following scientific methods, observations and collating data, graphing skills. |
| Key terms/vocab |
Trilogy:
Parallel circuit, series circuit, current, potential difference, resistance, thermistor.
Triple: Parallel circuit, series circuit, current, potential difference, resistance, thermistor. |
Trilogy:
Power, transformers, fuse, alternating current, direct current.
Triple: Power, transformers, fuse, alternating current, direct current Static electricity, charge objects, electric field pattern |
Trilogy:
Transverse, longitudinal, reflection, refraction, pitch, frequency, electromagnetic waves.
Triple: Concave, convex, reflection, radiation, emission, absorption, Transverse, longitudinal, reflection, refraction, pitch, frequency, electromagnetic waves |
Trilogy:
Work, power, gravitational potential energy, Joules, Watts, Newtons.
Triple: Work, power, gravitational potential energy, Joules, Watts, Newtons |
Trilogy:
Kinetic energy, velocity, charge, efficiency.
Triple: Kinetic energy, velocity, charge, efficiency |
Trilogy:
Specific heat capacity, Joules.
Triple: Specific heat capacity, Joules |
| Independent learning/wider reading |
Trilogy:
Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc.
Generate electricity with a lemon battery.
Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK.
Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity.
Research how different structures are designed based on the understanding of mechanical waves e.g. performance halls / arenas, bridges.
Triple: Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc. Generate electricity with a lemon battery. Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK. Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity. |
Trilogy:
Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc.
Generate electricity with a lemon battery.
Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK.
Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity.
Research how different structures are designed based on the understanding of mechanical waves e.g. performance halls / arenas, bridges.
Triple: Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc. Generate electricity with a lemon battery. Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK. Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity. |
Trilogy:
Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc.
Generate electricity with a lemon battery.
Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK.
Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity.
Research how different structures are designed based on the understanding of mechanical waves e.g. performance halls / arenas, bridges.
Triple: Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc. Generate electricity with a lemon battery. Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK. Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity. |
Trilogy:
Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc.
Generate electricity with a lemon battery.
Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK.
Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity.
Research how different structures are designed based on the understanding of mechanical waves e.g. performance halls / arenas, bridges.
Triple: Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc. Generate electricity with a lemon battery. Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK. Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity. |
Trilogy:
Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc.
Generate electricity with a lemon battery.
Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK.
Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity.
Research how different structures are designed based on the understanding of mechanical waves e.g. performance halls / arenas, bridges.
Triple: Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc. Generate electricity with a lemon battery. Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK. Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity. |
Trilogy:
Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc.
Generate electricity with a lemon battery.
Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK.
Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity.
Research how different structures are designed based on the understanding of mechanical waves e.g. performance halls / arenas, bridges.
Triple: Apply ideas about electric circuits to everyday circuits e.g. lighting in houses etc. Generate electricity with a lemon battery. Research the National Grid in other countries and look at how it differs to the UK. Research how countries without a National Grid generate and use electricity. |
| Assessment |
Trilogy:
Synoptic 1 - to include topics from Year 9 too
Teacher observations of required practical to investigate I-V characteristics – setting up of circuits correctly and safely
Triple: Synoptic 1 - to include topics from Year 9 too Teacher observations of required practical to investigate I-V characteristics – setting up of circuits correctly and safely |
Trilogy:
Synoptic 2
Baseline maths skills assessment
Triple: Synoptic 2 Baseline maths skills assessment |
Trilogy:
Progress checker math skills assessment
Triple: Progress checker math skills assessment |
Trilogy:
Year 10 core mocks
Triple: Year 10 core mocks |
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| Careers links/Future Learning |
Trilogy:
Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer
Triple: Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer |
Trilogy:
Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer
Triple: Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer |
Trilogy:
Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer
Triple: Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer |
Trilogy:
Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer
Triple: Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer |
Trilogy:
Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer
Triple: Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer |
Trilogy:
Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer
Triple: Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Electrical engineer, electrician, mechanic, Engineer, architect, sound engineer, production teams / lighting technicians, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer, Data analyst, research scientist, aerospace engineer, AI developer, Lab technician, design engineer |
QEGS Year 11 Physics Curriculum Map |
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| Focus | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic |
Trilogy:
Forces
Triple: Forces |
Trilogy:
Forces Triple: Forces |
Trilogy:
Magnets and Electromagnets Triple: Magnets and Electromagnets |
Triple: Space (Triple only) | ||
| Key concepts/ideas |
Trilogy:
Scalar and vector quantities; contact and non contact forces; weight, mass and gravity; resultant forces; distance and displacement; speed and velocity; acceleration; Newton’s Laws of Motion; Triple: Scalar and vector quantities; contact and non contact forces; weight, mass and gravity; resultant forces; distance and displacement; speed and velocity; acceleration; Newton’s Laws of Motion; |
Trilogy:
Car safety – stopping distances; energy transfer and work done; elasticity; momentum (HT only); moments, levers and gears (triple only); pressure in fluids (triple only); Triple: Car safety – stopping distances; energy transfer and work done; elasticity; momentum (HT only) Triple: moments, levers and gears & pressure in fluids |
Trilogy:
Permanent magnets – field, domain, induced magnets; fields around current carrying conductors; Flemming’s left hand rule (HT only); the electric motor (HT only); loudspeakers (tripe only); electromagnetic induction (triple only); generator effect (triple only); microphones (triple only); transformers (triple only) Triple: Permanent magnets – field, domain, induced magnets; fields around current carrying conductors; Flemming’s left hand rule (HT only); the electric motor (HT only) Triple: loudspeakers, electromagnetic induction, generator effect, microphones and transformers |
Triple: Structure and components of the solar system; life cycle of a star; orbital motion; red shift and the big bang. | ||
| Key skills |
Trilogy:
Practical Skills; maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. Triple: Practical Skills; maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. |
Trilogy:
Practical Skills; maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. Triple: Practical Skills; maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. |
Trilogy:
Practical Skills; maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. Triple: Practical Skills; maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. |
Triple: Maths skills – using and rearranging equations, prefixes; application of knowledge. | ||
| Key terms/vocab |
Trilogy:
Scalar, vector, contact, noncontact, resultant, weight, mass, gravity, distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, Triple: Scalar, vector, contact, noncontact, resultant, weight, mass, gravity, distance, displacement, speed, velocity, acceleration, |
Trilogy:
Braking, thinking, factors, work, kinetic, gravitational, potential, elasticity, momentum, moment, lever, gear, pressure, fluid, gas, liquid Triple: Braking, thinking, factors, work, kinetic, gravitational, potential, elasticity, momentum, moment, lever, gear, pressure, fluid, gas, liquid |
Trilogy:
Field, domain, attraction repulsion, induced, Triple: Field, domain, attraction repulsion, induced, |
Triple: Star, planet, moon, comet, asteroid, meteor, meteorite, protostar, nebula, main sequence, red giant, super red giant, supernova, collapse, white dwarf, neutron star, black hole, orbital, red shift, doppler effect, cosmic microwave background radiation. | ||
| Independent learning/wider reading | ||||||
| Assessment |
Trilogy:
Y11 October mock – short Year 1 paper Triple: Y11 October mock – short Year 1 paper |
Trilogy:
Year 11 mock examinations – full paper 1. Triple: Year 11 mock examinations – full paper 1. |
Trilogy:
Year 11 mock examinations – full paper 2. Triple: Year 11 mock examinations – full paper 2. |
Trilogy:
Exams Triple: Exams |
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| Careers links/Future Learning |
Trilogy:
Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect Triple: Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect, Engineer, Astronomer |
Trilogy:
Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect Triple: Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect, Engineer, Astronomer |
Trilogy:
Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect Triple: Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect, Engineer, Astronomer |
Trilogy:
Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect Triple: Mechanical engineer, physicist, structural engineer, architect, Engineer, Astronomer |
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QEGS Year 12 Physics Curriculum Map |
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| Focus | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic | Teacher 1: Maths skills 3.2.1 Particle Physics Teacher 2: Practical skills 3.4.1 Force, energy and momentum | Teacher 1: 3.2.2 Radiation/quantum Teacher 2: 3..4.1 Force, energy and momentum continued | Teacher 1: Research project – Diverse role models in science. Start 3.3.1 Progressive and stationary waves Teacher 2: 3.4.2 Materials | Teacher 1: Continue with 3.3.1 Progressive and stationary waves 3.3.2 Refraction, diffraction and interference Teacher 2: 3.5.1 Current electricity | Teacher 1: Continue with 3.3.2 Refraction, diffraction and interference Teacher 2: 3.5.1 Current electricity | Teacher 1: Start Year 13 work: 3.6.1.1 Circular mo-tion Research project: Nobel Prize Winning Physicist Teacher 2: Start Y13 work on Gravita-tional fields |
| Key concepts/ideas | Teacher 1: Maths skills topic consolidates GCSE maths skills needed for A level physics. Particle Physics builds on GCSE work on atoms and radiations, using nuclide notation for radioactive decay, but including neutrinos. The topic then moves onto particle classifications and interactions, the strong and weak nuclear forces and conservation rues. Teacher 2: Builds on GCSE work on vectors, scalars and forces, and extends to more challenging problems on equilibrium and stability. Speed, velocity and acceleration, including equations of motion (uniform acceleration), projectile mo-tion and motion graphs. Understanding and applying Newton’s laws of motion, terminal velocity, vehicle safety | Teacher 1: This topic extends into the quantum world, starting with the photoelectric effect and line spectra (absorption and emission). We then use knowledge of line spectra to understand fluores-cence, before finishing with wave-particle duality for both light and matter Teacher 2: Builds on GCSE knowledge of force, momentum and energy. Topics include: momentum, including impulse and conservation of momentum, and elastic and inelastic collisions. Work, energy and power, including kinetic and potential energy calculations. | Teacher 1: GCSE studies of wave phenomena are extended through a development of knowledge of the characteristics, properties, and applications of travelling waves and stationary waves. Topics include: Wave properties, polarisation, reflection, refraction and diffraction, using an oscilloscope, comparing stationary and progressive waves and explaining the formation of standing waves. Using an oscillo-scope. Teacher 2: The mechanics and materials section continues with a study of materials considered in terms of their bulk properties and tensile strength. Topics include: density, springs, deformation of solids, stress, strain and Young’s modulus | Teacher 1: Describing and explaining refraction of light and calculating angles and refractive index. Ex-plaining total internal reflection and its importance in optical fibres and endoscopy, but also the limita-tions (modal and material dispersion) Teacher 2: This section builds on and develops earlier study of these phenomena from GCSE, and includes: Current, charge, potential difference and electrical power, resistance and resistivity, component char-acteristics, circuit rules (including Kirchhoff’s laws), EMF and internal resistance, and potential dividers. | Teacher 1: Explaining and comparing single slit, double slit interference and calculating fringe width, angles and wavelength for double slit and diffraction gratings. Teacher 2: This section builds on and develops earlier study of these phenomena from GCSE, and includes: Current, charge, potential difference and electrical power, resistance and resistivity, component char-acteristics, circuit rules (including Kirchhoff’s laws), EMF and internal resistance, and potential dividers. | Teacher 1: Building on earli-er work in year 12 on me-chanics, describing motion in a circle, defining angular displacement and velocity. They describe centripetal force and acceleration, cal-culating magnitude and di-rection, then apply this to situations including: fair-grounds and banked tracks. Teacher 2: Define and calcu-late gravitational field strength and gravitational potential. State and use Newton’s laws of gravita-tion, and apply all of this to planetary fields. |
| Key skills | Teacher 1: Rearranging equations, converting units, significant figures, dimensional analysis, standard form and prefixes. (No required practicals for this topic) Teacher 2: Vector scale diagrams, applying understanding to unfamiliar examples, using and rearranging SUVAT equations. Required practical on freefall (measuring acceleration due to gravity) | Teacher 1: Converting units, standard form and prefixes. Rearranging equations and compare equation of a line to which graph to draw and what the gradient and intercept will be. Understanding an abstract topic that is not intuitive and cannot be seen in every day life. Teacher 2: Calculations using conservation of momentum and energy. | Teacher 1: Research, including citing sources, presenting information in a clear way to peers. Calculating phase difference, converting between radians and degrees. Using an oscilloscope to calculate time period and frequency. Teacher 2: Calculating uncertainty. Required practical: Young’s modulus | Teacher 1: Required practical: standing/stationary waves Teacher 2: Required practical: resistivi-ty | Teacher 1: Required practicals: diffraction and interference (double slits experiment) Teacher 2: Required practical: internal resistance | Teacher 1: Research, including citing sources, presenting information in a clear way to peers. Converting between radians and degrees. Applying circular motion concepts to orbits/gravitational fields. Teacher 2: Linking work on circular motion to orbits. Using the inverse-square law |
| Key terms/vocab | Teacher 1: Atom, isotope, nuclide, nucleon, strong nuclear force, weak nuclear force, hadron, baryon, meson, lepton, antiparticle, quark, exchange particle, boson, annihilation, pair production, photon. Teacher 2: Vector, scalar, equilibrium, | Teacher 1: Electron, quantisation, discrete energy levels, photon, line spectra, ground state, excited state, ionisation, Teacher 2: | Teacher 1: Amplitude, wavelength, frequency, polarisation, phase difference, superposition, construc-tive and destructive interference, node, antinode, fundamental, harmonic. Teacher 2: Density, tensile stress, tensile strain, elasticity, plastic deformation, breaking point, brittle, ductile, elastic limit | Teacher 1: Normal, refractive index, total internal reflection, critical angle, optical fibre, modal and ma-terial dispersion. Teacher 2: Current, charge, potential difference, resistance, resistivity, EMF, internal resistance, terminal pd, LDR, thermistor, potential divider. | Teacher 1: Diffraction grating, maxima and minima, interference, superposition. Teacher 2: Current, charge, potential difference, resistance, resistivity, EMF, internal resistance, terminal pd, LDR, thermistor, potential divider. | Teacher 1: Angular velocity, radians, centripetal force and acceleration. |
| Independent learning/wider reading | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in particle and quantum booklet. Summer reading list (many available in school library). Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in mechanics booklet. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in particle and quantum booklet. Summer reading list (there are several on quantum physics). Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in mechanics booklet. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Choosing and researching a contemporary scientist. Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Isaacphysics questions on waves. Summer reading list. Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in mechanics booklet. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Isaacphysics questions on optics and refraction. Summer reading list. Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in mechanics booklet. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Choosing and researching a Nobel prize-winning physicist, in an area of interest (free choice). Videos, podcasts and fur-ther reading in further me-chanics (periodic motion) booklet. Isaacphysics questions on circular motion. Summer reading list. Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and fur-ther reading in fields book-let |
| Assessment | Teacher 1: Maths skills assessment Particle physics test Teacher 2: Statics test | Teacher 1: Particle and quantum test Teacher 2: Kinematics test | Teacher 1: January mocks Teacher 2: Jan mocks | Teacher 2: Materials test | Teacher 1: Waves and optics test Teacher 2: Electricity test | Teacher 1: Y12 Progress exams Teacher 2: Y12 progress exams |
| Careers links/Future Learning | Teacher 1: Particle Physicist Hospital medical physicist Doctor Teacher 2: Catapult designer | Teacher 1: Sound engineer Musician Teacher 2: Structural engineer, civil engineer, calculating which material to use for a project. | Teacher 1: Rollercoaster / theme park designer Automotive designer Mechanical engineer Cycle track designers Teacher 2: Rocket designer, space engineer, | |||
QEGS Year 13 Physics Curriculum Map |
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| Focus | Autumn 1 | Autumn 2 | Spring 1 | Spring 2 | Summer 1 | Summer 2 |
| Topic | Teacher 1: 3.6.1.2 Simple harmonic motion (SHM) Teacher 2: Fields: Completing 3.7.2 gravitational fields and starting 3.7.3 Electric fields | Teacher 1: 3.7.4 Capacitance Teacher 2: Complete 3.7.3 Electric fields and start 3.7.5 Magnetic fields | Teacher 1: 3.6.2 Thermal physics Teacher 2: Complete 3.7.5 Magnetic fields | Teacher 1: Option topic. Turning points is most common option, but students vote each year Teacher 2: 3.8.1 Radioactivity (nuclear phys-ics) | Teacher 1: Complete option topic then revision Teacher 2: Complete 3.8.1 Radioactivity then revision | |
| Key concepts/ideas | Teacher 1: Continuing to build on Year 12 mechanics to study harmonic oscillators, including oscillations, sine waves, pendulum and mass-spring oscillators, energy and SHM (including damping), forced vibra-tions and resonance. Teacher 2: Define and calculate gravitational field strength and gravitational potential. State and use Newton’s laws of gravitation, and apply all of this to planetary fields. | Teacher 1: Parallel plate capacitors, including: definition of capacitance, calculating energy stored, using log equations to calculate current, potential difference, charge and time constant for a capacitor charg-ing and discharging. Describing use of dielectrics and capacitor design. Drawing and interpreting graphs for capacitor charge and discharge. Teacher 2: Coulomb’s law, electric field strength, and electric potential, point charges, comparing electric fields and gravitational fields. (capacitance is usually taught straight after this by teacher 1) | Teacher 1: Internal energy and temperature, specific heat capacity and specific latent heat, state changes. Gas laws: Boyle’s law, Charles’ Law and pressure law and the ideal gas equation. Kinetic theory of gases, including deriving the kinetic theory equation and calculating average kinetic energy. Teacher 2: Magnetic flux density, moving charges in a magnetic field, flux and flux linkage, electromagnetic induc-tion, alternating currents and transformers. | Teacher 1: This option is intended to enable key concepts and developments in physics to be studied in greater depth than in the core content. Students will be able to appreciate, from historical and conceptual viewpoints, the significance of major paradigm shifts for the subject in the perspectives of experimentation and understanding. Many present-day technological industries are the consequence of these key developments and the topics in the option illustrate how unforeseen technologies can develop from new discoveries. Discovery of the electron: thermionic emission, determination of spe-cific charge of the electron, Millikan’s determination of the electronic charge Teacher 2: This section builds on the work of Particles and radiation to link the properties of the nucle-us to the production of nuclear power through the characteristics of the nucleus, the properties of un-sta-ble nuclei, and the link between energy and mass. Students should become aware of the physics that underpins nuclear energy production and also of the impact that it can have on society | Teacher 1: Wave-particle duality: compare Huygens’ and Newton’s theories of light, and the signifi-cance of Young’s double slit experiment. The nature of electromagnetic waves, Maxwell’s theories and calculations, Hertz and Fizeau’s experiments. The ultraviolet catastrophe, black body radiation, and the photoelectric effect. Wave-particle duality and its application in electron microscopes. Special relativity: explain the significance of the Michelson-Morley null result, state the postulates of special relativity, derive the equation (and Lorentz factor) for time dilation, explain the twin paradox. Calculate contracted length, relativistic mass and energy, and describe Bertozzi’s experiment. Teacher 2: | |
| Key skills | Teacher 1: Rearranging equations and compare equation of a line to which graph to draw and what the gradient and intercept will be Required practicals: SHM pendulum and mass-spring. Measuring acceleration due to gravity and spring constant experimentally. Teacher 2: Identifying and drawing radial and uniform fields, calculating gravitational potential and field strength | Teacher 1: Interpret log graphs and rearrange equations using natural logarithms. Required practical: charging and discharging a capacitor Teacher 2: Identifying and drawing radial and uniform fields, calculating electric potential and field strength | Teacher 1: Required practicals: gas laws (Boyle’s law and Charles’ law). Teacher 2: Required practicals: F = BIL, vary-ing flux linkage. | Teacher 1: Applying knowledge of magnetic fields to specific charge determination Interpreting a question to identify proper time and proper length. Teacher 2: Required practical: gamma in-verse square law. | Teacher 1: Rearranging complex equations. Applying understand-ing to physics that we cannot ex-perience day to day. | |
| Key terms/vocab | Teacher 1: Oscillation, amplitude, time period, frequency, reso-nance, natural frequency, forces oscillations, damping Teacher 2: Oscillation, amplitude, time peri-od, frequency, resonance, natural frequency, forces oscillations, damping | Teacher 1: Capacitance, permittivity, dielectric, dielectric constant, time constant, charge, discharge. Teacher 2: Electric field strength, electric potential, point charge, uniform, radial | Teacher 1: State, phase, specific heat capacity and specific latent heat, moles, Avogadro’s constant, molar mass, Teacher 2: Flux, flux density, flux linkage, induction, Lenz’s law, eddy current. | Teacher 1: Specific charge Proper time Teacher 2: Alpha, beta, gamma radiation, inverse-square law, background radiation, | Teacher 1: Specific charge Proper time Teacher 2: Alpha, beta, gamma radiation, inverse-square law, background radiation, | |
| Independent learning/wider reading | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in further mechanics (periodic motion) booklet. Isaacphysics questions on circular motion. Summer reading list (many available in school library). Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in further mechanics (pe-riodic motion) booklet. Isaacphysics questions on gravita-tional fields. Summer reading list (many avail-able in school library). | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in particle and quantum booklet. Summer reading list (there are several on quantum physics). Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in fields booklet. Isaacphysics questions on electric fields Summer reading list | Teacher 1: Choosing and researching a contemporary scientist. Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Isaacphysics questions on waves. Summer reading list. Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in fields booklet. Isaacphysics questions on magnetic fields. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Isaacphysics questions on optics and refraction. Summer reading list. Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in radioactivity booklet. Isaacphysics questions on nuclear physics. Summer reading list. | Teacher 1: Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Summer reading list. Teacher 2: Videos, podcasts and further reading in waves and optics booklet. Summer reading list. | |
| Assessment | Teacher 1: Circular motion test SHM test Teacher 2: Gravitational fields test | Teacher 1: Periodic motion test (circular motion and SHM) Capacitance test | Teacher 1: January mocks Teacher 2: January mocks Fields test (gravitational, electric and magnetic) | Teacher 1: Thermal physics test Teacher 2: Radioactivity/nuclear physics test | Teacher 1: Option topic test Teacher 2: Option topic test | |
| Careers links/Future Learning | Teacher 1: Grandfather clock designer, bridge designer (take note Millennium bridge designers) Teacher 2: Rocket designer, space engineer | Teacher 1: Electronic and electrical engineers. Teacher 2: Electronic and electrical engineers. | Teacher 1: Chemical engineer, anyone who works with gas cylinders. Teacher 2: National grid/power station engineer, maglev train designer, medical physicist. | Teacher 1: GPS satellite engineer, gravitational waves research, experimental physicist. Teacher 2: Nuclear physicist, medical physicist. | Teacher 1: Electron microscope research and fields that use electron microscope images, science communicator. | |