Unit 4 - We've got the power

Content

• The types of energy.
• The zeroth law of thermodynamics.
• The law of Conservation of Energy.
• Renewable energy and storage.
• Energy transformation.
• Sankey diagrams & efficiency.
• Energy transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.
• Conductors and insulators.
• The Greenhouse effect.
• Homeostasis - temperature regulation in humans.
• The social, economic and ecological impacts of current and future energy policy.

Skills and understanding

• Application of the law of Conservation of Energy.
• Calculation using specific heat capacity.
• Perform experiments to determine energy changes.

Unit 4 - Physical Science Extension

Content

• Chemical potential energy
• Calorimetry
• Bond energy
• Greenhouse gases - IR absorption
• Specific heat capacity of non-aqueous liquids.
• Evaporation

Unit 4 - Life Science Extension

Content

• Simple distillation
• Demo – fractional distillation
• Viscocity – different alkanes (potential CritB)
• Enhanced climate change – political/legal/ summit?
• Ocean acidification – shells/hydrochloric
• Sustainability /mesocosm?