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    This document outlines the Year 7 Physical Sciences program for 2015. It includes 12 topics to be covered across 10 weeks. The key topics are forces, friction, gravity, magnetic and electric fields, and simple machines. Students will learn about related concepts like balanced and unbalanced forces, weight and mass, and specific simple machines including levers, pulleys, and gears. A variety of activities like experiments, investigations, and practical assessments are planned to reinforce the content. There are also homework assignments, tests, and a semester task involving designing a marble run using simple machines.

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    This document outlines the Year 7 Physical Sciences program for 2015. It includes 12 topics to be covered across 10 weeks. The key topics are forces, friction, gravity, magnetic and electric fields, and simple machines. Students will learn about related concepts like balanced and unbalanced forces, weight and mass, and specific simple machines including levers, pulleys, and gears. A variety of activities like experiments, investigations, and practical assessments are planned to reinforce the content. There are also homework assignments, tests, and a semester task involving designing a marble run using simple machines.

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    This document outlines the Year 7 Physical Sciences program for 2015. It includes 12 topics to be covered across 10 weeks. The key topics are forces, friction, gravity, magnetic and electric fields, and simple machines. Students will learn about related concepts like balanced and unbalanced forces, weight and mass, and specific simple machines including levers, pulleys, and gears. A variety of activities like experiments, investigations, and practical assessments are planned to reinforce the content. There are also homework assignments, tests, and a semester task involving designing a marble run using simple machines.

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    Physical Sciences Program 2015 Year 7

    AEP

    Vocabulary These terms are important in conveying your understanding in


    Acceleration

    Deceleration

    Force

    Inertia

    Newton (N)

    Air resistance

    Contact force

    Friction

    Lubricants

    Force field

    Gravitational Field

    Gravity

    Mass

    Non-contact force

    Terminal velocity

    Weight

    Lever

    Fulcrum

    Loads

    Simple machine

    Effort

    Inclined plane

    Ramp

    Screw

    Wedge

    Wheel

    Pulley

    Gear

    Simple machines

    Van De Graaf

    Content Description

    Week

    Change to an objects motion


    is caused by unbalanced
    forces acting on the object.
    (ACSSU117)

    Recall that change to an


    objects motion is caused by
    unbalanced forces acting on the
    object.

    References
    Pearson Book 7

    Forces

    Students can identify and


    understand forces.

    Identifying the difference


    between balanced and
    unbalanced forces

    Teaching Plan

    1-2

    Students will need to identify and


    understand what forces do.

    Students will be able to differentiate


    between balanced and unbalanced
    forces.

    Students understand what inertia is


    and the effect of mass.

    Homework & Assessment

    Pearson H/W

    7.1 What are forces.


    Unit review questions page
    251-252
    Practical 7.1 pg253-254
    Looking at forces pg253
    Crash test dummies pg 254
    SPICE-Forces
    Forces investigation balanced
    and unbalanced forces. (will
    need at least 2 lessons as
    scaffolding is required)

    7.1 What can forces do.


    7.2 Car safety features
    7.3 Measuring Friction

    Friction
    3

    7.2 Friction-a contact force


    Unit review pg.259-260

    Pearson H/W

    Students can explain what friction is.

    Practical 7.2 pg261-262

    7.3 Measuring Friction

    Students investigate what affects


    friction and how it can be reduced.

    Friction and mass pg261


    Reducing Friction pg 262

    Assessment
    Validation test

    Students understand what


    gravitational fields are.

    Practical 7.3 pg271-272

    Practical Assessment

    Students can understand the


    difference between weight and mass

    Robocopter Investigation pg
    272

    Understand and identify the forces in


    relation to flight

    Non-Contact Forces and Force Fields


    Gravity

    Earths gravity pulls objects


    towards the centre of the Earth
    (ACSSU118)

    exploring how gravity affects


    objects on the surface of Earth
    considering how gravity keeps
    planets in orbit around the sun

    4-5

    apply the concept of inverse


    proportionality to the strength
    of magnetic fields

    Change to an objects motion


    is caused by unbalanced
    forces acting on the object
    (ACSSU117)

    Investigating a simple
    machine such as lever or
    pulley system

    Look out below pg271

    Magnetic and Electric Fields

    Students understand what magnetic


    and electric fields are.

    Simple Machines:
    Levers
    6-7

    Identify what levers are a how levers


    work and what levers are

    Parachute experiment
    Science Practical test.
    (checklist, conduct and answer
    qs individually )

    Practical 7.4 pg282-283


    Magnets and Static Electricity

    Practical 8.1 Modelling a


    see-saw pg.298.
    Practical investigating first
    class levers pg 299.
    Investigating scientifically

    Homework
    8.1 Pearson Understanding
    Leavers pg 105-106

    Assessment
    End of topic
    TEST-

    Wheels, Pulleys and Gears

    Design and create a marble run


    that uses at least 3 simple
    Machines

    PEARSON 7
    Extra Activities

    8-10

    Understand and identify what a


    ramp, pulley and gear is.
    Identify where these simple
    machines can be found and what
    they are used for.

    Practical Marshmallow
    Catapult pg.291
    -Competition who can create
    the catapult that flings a
    marshmallow the furthest

    (2-3 periods design/research)


    rest of the periods to construct the
    device
    (need to go to reiwa to get excess
    materials)

    Practical 8.3 Investigating


    pulleys Pg319
    Practical 8.3 using a wheel
    and an axle Pg319

    Assessment Type

    Assessment Structure
    Task Description

    Week

    Semester Task Weighting

    Test

    Validation test on an experiment

    8%

    Practical Assessment

    Practical assessment based on conduction and


    evaluation of experiments

    10%

    Test

    End of topic test

    Teacher Mark

    Homework/short tests/assignments/experiments etc

    6
    12%
    Ongoing
    2.5%

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