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Energy Stores and System Changes
10th Grade · Science · UK GCSE
6 lessons
Goal
Identify energy stores and describe energy transfer pathways in everyday physical systems
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Identifying Energy Stores in GCSE Physics
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Standards Covered
- UK-GCSE-SCIENCE-PHYS-ENGGeneral Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · Year 11 (GCSE) · Grade 10Energy
- UK-GCSE-SCIENCE-PHYS-ENG-01General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · Year 11 (GCSE) · Grade 10Energy changes in a system, and in the ways energy is stored before and after such changes
- UK-GCSE-SCIENCE-PHYS-ENG-01-04General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) · Science · Year 11 (GCSE) · Grade 10describe all the changes involved in the way energy is stored when a system changes, for common situations: appropriate examples might be an object projected upwards or up a slope, a moving object hitting an obstacle, an object being accelerated by a constant force, a vehicle slowing down, bringing water to a boil in an electric kettle
Curriculum Framework
10th Grade · Science · UK GCSE
1
6 lessons
Energy Stores and System Changes
Identify energy stores and describe energy transfer pathways in everyday physical systems
2
6 lessons
Calculating Energy in Stores
Calculate kinetic, gravitational potential, elastic potential, and thermal energy changes using standard GCSE physics formulas
3
5 lessons
Power and Domestic Appliance Energy
Define power, calculate energy transfers in domestic appliances, and evaluate electrical power ratings
4
5 lessons
Conservation, Dissipation, and Efficiency
Explain the law of conservation of energy, analyse energy dissipation, and calculate efficiency in energy systems
5
5 lessons
Thermal Energy Transfers and Insulation
Analyse thermal conduction, convection, and radiation, and investigate factors affecting building heat loss
6
6 lessons
Global Energy Resources and Trends
Compare renewable and non-renewable energy resources, evaluating environmental impacts and shifting usage trends
7
4 lessons
Forces and Their Interactions
Identify contact and non-contact forces, represent force vectors, and analyse Newton's third law interaction pairs
8
4 lessons
Mass, Weight, and Gravitational Fields
Distinguish between mass and weight, calculate weight using W = mg, and describe gravitational field strength
9
4 lessons
Resultant Forces and Free Body Diagrams
Construct free body diagrams, calculate resultant forces, and evaluate systems in static and dynamic equilibrium
10
5 lessons
Work Done as Force × Distance
Calculate mechanical work done, relate work done to energy transfers, and evaluate work done against friction
11
6 lessons
Elasticity and Hooke's Law
Investigate stretching, bending, and compression, apply Hooke's law, and calculate elastic work done
12
5 lessons
Synoptic Energy Calculations and System Redistribution
Perform complex multi-step energy calculations across mechanical, thermal, and electrical processes
13
6 lessons
Vector Diagrams, Resolution of Forces, and Equilibrium
Use scale diagrams to resolve coplanar forces, calculate resultant forces, and evaluate static equilibrium conditions without trigonometry.
14
5 lessons
Stored Energy, Energy Transfers, and Unit Equivalence
Calculate energy stored and transferred across mechanical systems, convert between newton-metres and joules, and apply compound units fluently.