Year 9 Curriculum Information Booklet 2017-2018
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Physics<br />
We start the KS4 GCSE course at the start of <strong>Year</strong> 9. Students have an extensive range of<br />
topics to cover over the whole GCSE course and will need time to develop the effective<br />
revision strategies needed to recall the information they will learn.<br />
Physics is taught to all students at Stretford Grammar School. We follow the AQA<br />
specification (Specification code 8463).<br />
Outline of the Course<br />
Unit 1 – Physics Key<br />
Processes<br />
Students start the GCSE Energy topic in <strong>Year</strong> 9. Practical<br />
work will also be at the heart of these topics and students<br />
practical skills will be assessed in the examination papers<br />
at the end of <strong>Year</strong> 11.<br />
The Energy topic is separated into the following sections:<br />
1. Energy changes and transfers and efficiency:<br />
Energy stores and transfers<br />
Conservation energy,<br />
Gravitational potential energy stores<br />
Kinetic energy and elastic energy stores<br />
Energy dissipation<br />
Energy and efficiency<br />
Electrical appliances<br />
Energy and power<br />
2. Energy resources and the global supply of<br />
electricity:<br />
Energy demands<br />
Energy from wind and water<br />
Energy from the Sun and Earth<br />
Energy and the environment<br />
Energy Issues<br />
3. Heat energy transfer:<br />
Heat and temperature<br />
Expansion<br />
Conduction<br />
Convection<br />
Radiation<br />
Questions in the written exams will also draw on the<br />
knowledge and understanding students have gained by
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