national 4/5 physics
UNIT 1
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
NATIONAL 4 COURSE
Generation of electricity
Electrical power
Electro-magnetism
Practical electrical and electronic circuits
Gas laws and the kinetic model
NATIONAL 5 COURSE
Conservation of energy
Electrical charge carriers and electric fields
Potential difference (voltage)
Practical electrical and electronic circuits
Ohm’s law
Electrical power
UNIT 2
WAVES AND RADIATION
NATIONAL 4 COURSE
Wave characteristics
Sound
Electromagnetic spectrum
Nuclear radiation
NATIONAL 5 COURSE
Wave parameters and behaviours
Electromagnetic spectrum
Light
UNIT 3
DYNAMICS AND SPACE
NATIONAL 4 COURSE
Speed and acceleration
Relationships between forces, motion and energy
Satellites
Cosmology
NATIONAL 5 COURSE
Kinematics
Velocity and displacement
Velocity-time graphs
Acceleration
Forces
Newton’s laws
Projectile motion
Space
Space exploration
Cosmology
ELECTRICITY AND ENERGY
NATIONAL 4 COURSE
Generation of electricity
Electrical power
Electro-magnetism
Practical electrical and electronic circuits
Gas laws and the kinetic model
NATIONAL 5 COURSE
Conservation of energy
Electrical charge carriers and electric fields
Potential difference (voltage)
Practical electrical and electronic circuits
Ohm’s law
Electrical power
UNIT 2
WAVES AND RADIATION
NATIONAL 4 COURSE
Wave characteristics
Sound
Electromagnetic spectrum
Nuclear radiation
NATIONAL 5 COURSE
Wave parameters and behaviours
Electromagnetic spectrum
Light
UNIT 3
DYNAMICS AND SPACE
NATIONAL 4 COURSE
Speed and acceleration
Relationships between forces, motion and energy
Satellites
Cosmology
NATIONAL 5 COURSE
Kinematics
Velocity and displacement
Velocity-time graphs
Acceleration
Forces
Newton’s laws
Projectile motion
Space
Space exploration
Cosmology