2. Physics: Force and motion

Keystage: KS4

Subject: Physics

Resource type: Lesson

Skills: Speaking

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The Fastest First: In this activity, students are Transport Planners with the Department for Transport evaluating routes on train journeys across the UK. You are currently looking into the route between Liverpond and Ladychester and exploring ways to speed up the journey.

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Curriculum Table

England: The national curriculum (England)Physics – forces and motion
Pupils should be taught about interpreting quantitatively graphs of distance, time and speed.
Scotland: National 5 PhysicsPhysics – dynamics – vectors and scalars
Determination of velocity and/or speed using scale diagram or calculation.
Use of appropriate relationships to solve problems involving velocity, speed, displacement, distance and time.
Wales: WJEC GCSE Science (double award) specificationPhysics – distance, speed and acceleration
Learners should be able to demonstrate and apply their knowledge and understanding of speed-time and distance-time graphs.

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