PHYSICS LEARNING JOURNEY

Understanding Writing Assessing impact of Drawing Applying maths to the Evaluation of

Year 7variables methods scientific concepts conclusions scientific concepts Describe patterns scientific concepts

Year 11
Understanding and Applying Scientific Skills

Drawing graphs and Analysis of Modelling scientific Understanding IDEAL Risk Evaluating
analysing graphical secondary data concepts relationships between Identify, describe, Assessment data and
data science and society explain, apply, link investigations

Investigating Gas
springs temperature & Specific heat
pressure capacity Kinetic energy National grid

Final
Forces and
GCSE Revision Particle Model Transformers

matter
exams Specific latent Density Transformers
Bending and heat and energy
stretching Magnetic
forces

Electrom-
agnetism
Power/Work
Beta decay and Calculating done
Resolving
nuclear work done relationship Transferring Resistance in
vectors
equations Voltage energy circuits Power Wiring a plug Attraction
Understanding
and calculating and
half lives
YEAR repulsion

Forces Doing Work Electricity

Background
radiation

Alpha, beta
and gamma Fields Calculating Current Resistance Circuits –
parallel and
Potential Electricity in our
homes
AC/DC &
11 Magnetic fields
Radioactivity

Dangers of power difference electrical safety

ionizing series
radiation

Electrons and Ears and Waves

Wave Distance and
orbits EM radiation Electromagnetic crossing
hearing Crash Mass and Forces and Vectors and velocity time Renewable and
dangers waves boundaries calculations hazards quantities scalars
weight graphs non-renewable
Inside atoms energy
YEAR
EM Spectrum Waves Forces and motion
10
Efficiency
Atomic models
Energy
transfers
Using the short The Stopping Resultant Momentum Newton Acceleration
electromagnetic Infrasound Reflection & Features of distances forces
and long Kinetic
spectrum & ultrasound refraction waves
wavelengths energy
Gravitational
energy

YEAR
Changing State Pressure in
Particle Model liquids
Energy & Conduction &
Temperature Convection Radiation Light Refraction The eye
Detecting
sound
Loudness and
pitch
9
Fluids Energy Transfers Light Sound
YEAR
8 Pressure in
gasses
Pressure in
solids
Energy Energy transfer Cost of
adds up - particles electricity
Reflection Colours Sound and
energy transfer Waves
Echoes of
ultrasound

Turning points
- The Universe
- radioactivity Energy Series and
Circuits & Balancing Drag forces & Representing
- electromagnetism Transfers Energy Types parallel Resistance
current forces friction forces

The Earth and

Moon
YEAR
The solar
system

The night sky

Energy Electricity Forces
7
Energy Energy & Forces at a
Series and Potential Charging up Stretching & Identifying
resources food distance
parallel difference squashing forces