Churchlands Senior High School

Year Nine Science

Energy and Change
Expected Student Outcomes:
1. Explain static and current electricity
2. Recall how to produce a static electrical charge
3. Recall and apply the charge rule opposite charges attract and like charges repel
4. Explain that the charge of an object is determined by an excess or deficiency of electrons on
that object

5. Define insulator and conductor and be able to identify them
6. Recognise the components of a simple electrical circuit diagram
7. Describe the characteristics of series and parallel circuits
8. Construct series and parallel circuits
9. Use and accurately read voltmeters and ammeters
10. Measure changes in current and/or voltage as a result of changing the resistance in a circuit.
11. State Ohms Law and state what ohmic conductors are
12. Explain how fuses work
13. Explain how short circuits can occur
14. Describe safety rules for using mains electricity
15. Explain the function of earth, active and neutral wires in a household electrical system
16. Recall that the forms of energy include potential, kinetic, heat, radiant, sound, electrical,
nuclear

17. Define and identify examples of renewable and non-renewable energy sources

18. Define kinetic and potential energy
19. Carry out calculations using the formulae Ek = mv
2
and Ep =mgh
20. Explain how work can be done when kinetic energy is changed to potential energy and vice
versa

21. Recall that the unit of measuring energy is the joule
22. Calculate energy usage in the home
23. Describe power as the rate of energy transfers between forms
24. Carry out power calculations using the formula P =E / t