Physics Scheme — Badminton School

Motion and Forces

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You should be able to:

Explain that a scalar quantity has magnitude (size) but no specific direction

Explain that a vector quantity has both magnitude (size) and a specific direction

Explain the difference between vector and scalar quantities

Recall that velocity is speed in a stated direction

Recall vector and scalar quantities, including:

displacement/distance

velocity/speed

acceleration

force

weight/mass

momentum

energy

Recall and use the equations:

(average) speed (metre per second, m/s) = distance (metre, m) ÷ time (s)

A v e r a g e S p e e d (m / s) = \frac{d i s \tan c e t r a v e l l e d (m)}{t i m e t a k e n (s)}

acceleration (metre per second squared, m/s2 ) = change in velocity (metre per second, m/s) ÷ time taken (second, s)

a c c e l e r a t i o n (m / s^{2}) = \frac{c h a n g e i n v e l o c i t y (m / s)}{t i m e (s)}

acceleration (metre per second squared, m/s2) = change in velocity (metre per second, m/s) ÷ time taken (second, s)

a = \frac{(v - u)}{t}

(final velocity)2 ((metre/second)2, (m/s)2) – (initial velocity)2 ((metre/second)2, (m/s)2) = 2 × acceleration (metre per second squared, m/s2) × distance (metre, m)

v^{2} - u^{2} = 2 a s

Be able to analyse:

distance/time graphs including determination of speed from the gradient

velocity/time graphs to compare acceleration from gradients qualitatively

velocity/time graphs to calculate the acceleration from the gradient (for uniform acceleration only)

velocity/time graphs to determine the distance travelled using the area between the graph line and the time axis

Scheme of work

Papers

GCSE Unit 1 - 2013 Jan.pdf
GCSE Unit 1 - 2013 June.pdf
GCSE Unit 2 - 2013 Jan.pdf
GCSE Unit 2 - 2013 June.pdf

Revision

Vectors/Scalars
Speed, Distance, Time
Equations of Motion

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