At the risk of being controversial, I would like to suggest that experiments are much more powerful than theories because experiments provide the evidence to prove whether or not a theory is correct. Technically, you can't prove that a theory is correct: you can only prove that it works for the particular case that you … Continue reading Experimental Physics
Speed – A Crash Course
In view of the current school closure, this post has been created to summarise the learning steps that you have already followed to gain a firm understanding of speed in terms of distance and time. You should work through this page to check and improve your knowledge. The key learning outcomes are; The units of … Continue reading Speed – A Crash Course
Stretch yourself
No matter where you are in your physics journey, there is always more to learn. Some things will be directly related to your studies and some will be just for general interest. And there are lots of websites out there that contain materials to support you as you expand your physics horizons. One website that … Continue reading Stretch yourself
Special Project: Flight
In view of the current school closure, I am setting you a special project to complete before the end of term. This work builds on our classroom learning that was about projectiles. It will contain a number of different elements that I will add into this page over the coming day or so, starting with … Continue reading Special Project: Flight
Y9 Motion Test – feedback
The tests have been marked and the scores are in – but they don’t really matter. Obviously you care about how well you did (and rightly so) but what really matters is what you go on to learn after doing this test. In other words, there is always room for improvement. The purpose of this … Continue reading Y9 Motion Test – feedback
Acceleration
Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity. It is calculated by finding the change in velocity and dividing that number by the time taken for the change to occur, as shown in the word equation below; acceleration = (final velocity - initial velocity) / time taken This can be written in symbols using either … Continue reading Acceleration
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