PHYSICS FOR QUEENSLAND

AUTHOR'S ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Dr Richard Walding
BAppSc, MSc, MPhil, PhD, FAIP, FRACI, CChem

Former Physics & Chemistry teacher - Moreton Bay College, Brisbane
Research Fellow - Griffith University, Brisbane

Email: richard@walding.com

OUP Webpage: Oxford Physics for Queensland


OXFORD PHYSICS FOR QUEENSLAND (2025) - UNITS 1 & 2

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DRAFT LESSON PLANS - U1&2 MODULE 2 - Kinetic particle model and specific heat capacity

The lesson plans are currently being added to the digital platform and will be complete by mid-March 2025. Nevertheless, here they are in draft form:

Module 2 Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan 2.1 Heating and cooling
Lesson Plan 2.2 Practical: Heating water on a hotplate
Lesson Plan 2.3 The kinetic particle model of matter
Lesson Plan 2.4 Internal and thermal energy
Lesson Plan 2.5 Kinetic energy and temperature
Lesson Plan 2.6 Measuring temperature
Lesson Plan 2.7 Practical: Precision and accuracy of thermometers
Lesson Plan 2.8 Heat transfer
Lesson Plan 2.9 Specific heat capacity
Lesson Plan 2.10 Practical: Specific heat capacity of liquids - on a hotplate

Strive template - Thermal energy
Strive template - Internal energy
Strive template - blank


DRAFT LESSON PLANS - U1&2 MODULE 9 - Linear motion

The lesson plans are currently being added to the digital platform and will be complete by Mid-March 2025. Nevertheless, here they are in draft form:

Module 9 Lesson Plan Linear motion
Lesson Plan 9.1 Vectors and scalars
Lesson Plan 9.2 Distance and displacement
Lesson Plan 9.3 Speed and velocity
Lesson Plan 9.4 Graphs of linear motion - constant velocity
Lesson Plan 9.5 Graphs of linear motion - accelerated motion
Lesson Plan 9.6 Practical: displacement-time and velocity-time graphs
Lesson Plan 9.7 Equations of motion
Lesson Plan 9.8 Acceleration due to gravity
Lesson Plan 9.9 Practical: Acceleration due to gravity

DRAFT LESSON PLANS - U1&2 MODULE 10 - Classical mechanics

The lesson plans are currently being added to the digital platform and will be complete by mid-March 2025. Nevertheless, here they are in draft form:

Module 10 Lesson Plan Classical mechanics
Lesson Plan 10.1 Measuring forces
Lesson Plan 10.2 Newton's first law of motion
Lesson Plan 10.3 Newton's second law of motion
Lesson Plan 10.4 Newtons third law of motion
Lesson Plan 10.5 Force, weight and gravity
Lesson Plan 10.6 Friction
Lesson Plan 10.7 Terminal velocity and drag
Lesson Plan 10.8 Momentum and impulse
Lesson Plan 10.9 Conservation of momentum
Lesson Plan 10.10 Practical: Linear elastic collisions


OXFORD PHYSICS FOR QUEENSLAND (2025) - UNITS 3 & 4

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