Unit 2 Physics 2015 – week‐by‐week planner Note: Satisfactory completion of Unit 2 Physics involves not only completing all major tasks to a satisfactory level but also passing all class tests/pracs and completing all workbook and set problem checks as determined by your class teacher. All section and question numbers refer to Heinemann Physics 11 (3rd edition) textbook. Detailed study Nuclear physics & radioactivity Electricity Week Week start 11 Jun 22 1 Jun 29 Jul 6 Jul 13 2 Jul 20 3 Jul 27 4 5 6 Aug 3 Aug 10 Aug 17 7 8 Aug 24 Aug 31 9 Sep 7 10 Sep 14 1 Sep 21 Sep 28 Oct 5 2 Oct 12 3 Oct 19 4 5 6 7 Oct 26 Nov 2 Nov 9 Nov 16 Topic Section Intro to Unit 2; static electricity; electric charges; electric forces & fields (optional) Holidays Holidays Concepts of charge, current, potential, potential difference and emf; I‐V graphs for resistor, light bulb and diode; ohmic and non‐ohmic conductors; breadboards Resistance; resistivity (optional); series & parallel resistors Circuit analysis; voltage dividers; intro to Kirchhoff’s Laws (optional) Internal resistance; cells; batteries Electrical energy & power in circuits Household electricity; safety; earthing; fuses & RCDs; electric shock Cost of electricity & the kilowatt‐hour Structure of an atom; (radio)isotopes; nuclear forces; artificial transmutation Properties of α, β, γ radiation; decay equations; stability; the electron‐volt Half‐life; activity; decay series; uses of radioactivity in industry and medicine; carbon & uranium dating Holidays Holidays Radioactive series; nuclear transformations; absorbed dose; dose equivalent; health effects; class test Strong nuclear force; binding energy; mass defect; E = mc2; fission & fusion Detailed study: astronomy, astrophysics, energy from the nucleus, flight, sustainable energy, medical physics, sound Detailed study Detailed study; catch‐up tasks Revision & exams Exams 2.1; 2.2 2.3; 2.4 Questions to be done 2.2: 1,2,5 2.3: 1,2,4, 7,9,11‐13 2.4; 3.1; 2.4: 1‐8 3.2 3.1 3.1: 3‐10 3.2: 1‐9 3.3 3.3: 7‐9, 12 2.5 2.5: 1‐6 3.4 3.4: 1‐3, 6,7,9,10 2.5 2.5: 7 1.1 1.1: 1‐6 1.2; 1.3 1.4 1.2: 1‐9 1.3: 1‐6 1.4: 1‐8 1.4; 1.5 1.5: 2‐5, 8,9 12.1; 12.4 Chapter
10/11/ 12/13/ 14/15/ handout 12.1: 1‐10 12.4: 1,2,8 Assessment Common test Practical folio Set questions Common test Half‐life practical task Set questions As above Scientific poster / presentation Unit 2 exam