We’ve been looking at forces for the past two weeks. Here are some notes and videos to help you learn more about this topic. Newton’s 1st Law animation showing effects of air resistance Friction: here are 3 clips about friction from the BBC pro

x-rays

Sep 2nd, 2019

X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation. They have a much higher frequency than visible light or ultraviolet. The diagram below, taken from Wikipedia, shows where x-rays sit in the electromagnetic spectrum. image by Materialscientist W

how to do half-life questions

Aug 30th, 2018 1s

We started looking at half-life today. The attached file walks you through different types of half-life problem. There are some questions for you to try along they way. The answers are at the end, please don’t cheat!

x-rays

Aug 21st, 2018 1s

nat5 waves & radiation solutions

Apr 18th, 2018 1s

Here are the answers to the waves & radiation questions.

Nat5 waves & radiation exam questions

Apr 18th, 2018 1s

I’ve put together a collection of exam questions from old standard grade and intermediate 2 papers that fit the national 5 curriculum. Try these before moving on to past papers and check your answers using the solutions that I will post next.

half-life calculations

Apr 18th, 2018 1s

I’ve attached a short guide to half-life calculations. There are some questions after each worked example, answers are at the end of the sheet.

electricity & energy solutions

Dec 18th, 2017 1s

Here are the solutions to the Electricity & Energy questions. Mark allocations are highlighted in red.

electricity and energy revision questions

Dec 18th, 2017 1s

Here are questions from Standard Grade and Intermediate 2 that are appropriate revision for the electricity and energy unit of national 5. Answers to follow.

dynamics & space answers

Dec 18th, 2017 1s

Here are the solutions to the dynamics & space questions. I have adjusted the marking instructions to reflect the way national 5 is marked.

dynamics & space revision questions

Dec 18th, 2017 1s

Here are the revision questions for dynamics and space. They are taken from old standard grade and intermedite 2 past papers. I have adjusted the marks to fit national 5.

nat5 revision

Sep 20th, 2017 1s

Use the attached file to help with revision for your test on Monday. Start at the beginning of the booklet and read up to the end of page 41. Thanks to Mr Noble for sharing his notes. ?

nat5 – work, power and potential energy

Sep 14th, 2017 1s

//www.youtube.com/watch?v=QK5Bxf3Pov0 We’ve been looking at work and the rate of change of energy. This handout will help you to revise the key points and introduces gravitational potential energy.

nat5 – waves and radiation summary notes

Apr 23rd, 2017 1s

Here are whole unit summary notes to help you prepare for the unit test next week. Thanks to Mr Noble for sharing his notes.

nat 5 waves revision

Apr 23rd, 2017 1s

Here are some revision notes on waves to help you prepare for the unit 3 test next week.

national 5 electricity and energy revision notes

Mar 10th, 2017 1s

Here are some notes to help with your revision for the electricity & energy test. Thanks to Mr Noble for sharing his notes. There are also practice exam questions and answers if you want them.

Nat5 dynamics & space answers

Nov 1st, 2016 1s

Here are the solutions to the dynamics and space past papers questions.

Nat5 dynamics & space questions

Nov 1st, 2016 1s

Some of you asked for revision questions ahead of the unit assessment. Down load these problems from older past papers. I will add a secoond post with the answers shortly.

temperature, colour and line spectra

Oct 31st, 2016 1s

We’ve been looking at how the temperature of an object can affect it’s appearance. The attached handout recaps on our work in class and provides some examples of line spectra.

changing state – latent heat of fusion/vaporisation

Oct 22nd, 2016 1s

Before the holidays, we performed a set of experiments to determine the latent heat of fusion and latent heat of vaporisation of water. Next week, we’ll review that work and think about possible reasons why our results were not closer to the “

National 5 – Satellites

Sep 13th, 2016 59m 5s

We’ve started looking at telescopes and this BBC programme from 2 years ago featured the replacement for Hubble, the James Webb Space Telescope. The presenter, Maggie Aderin Pocock now hosts The Sky at Night on BBC4. Please take some time to w

extra nat5 revision materials

Sep 7th, 2016 1s

You can also use these notes to prepare for the test on Monday. The test will cover everything up to page 46 in the attached file, but you can skip pages 39 & 40 on Newton’s third law. Thanks to Mr Noble for sharing his notes.

Nat5 revision materials D&S unit

Sep 7th, 2016 1s

Use these materials to help you prepare for the assessment at the start of next week. Studying up to page 7 of the attached file will cover the topics in the test.

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