{"id":842,"date":"2021-09-22T10:12:29","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/?page_id=842"},"modified":"2021-09-22T10:19:38","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T10:19:38","slug":"national-5-physics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/in\/portglasgowhs\/science\/sciences-courses\/national-5-physics\/","title":{"rendered":"National 5 Physics"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>Course Content Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>The National 5 Physics curriculum develops a pupils interest and enthusiasm for chemistry through scientific inquiry and investigation. The Physics concepts taught are contextualised with real world examples and pupils are encouraged to investigate the applications of Physics. The National 5 course consists of 6 Units. The units and their respective key areas are detailed below:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dynamics \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Vectors and scalers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Velocity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Acceleration<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Newton\u2019s laws<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Energy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Projectile motion<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Space<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Space exploration<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Cosmology <\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Electricity <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Electrical charge carriers<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Potential difference <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Ohm\u2019s law <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Practical electrical and electronic circuits <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Electrical power<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Properties of Matter<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Specific heat capacity<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Specific latent heat <\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Gas laws and the kinetic model<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Waves<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Wave parameters and behaviours<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Electromagnetic spectrum<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Refraction of light<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Radiation<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Nuclear radiation<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Course Assessment Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>This course assessment structure for this course is dictated by the SQA. There are two parts to this assessment structure:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Assignment<\/strong> \u2013 this written piece of work is completed under controlled conditions and is worth 20 marks. The assignment assess the application of skills of scientific enquiry and related physics knowledge and understanding.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Exam<\/strong> \u2013 The purpose of the exam paper is to assess breadth, challenge, and application of skills, knowledge and understanding from across the course. This question paper is sat under exam conditions and is worth 135 marks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>SQA Course Information<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Detailed course specifications and understanding standards materials can be accessed from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/47430.html\">National 5 Physics SQA site<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Course Content Information The National 5 Physics curriculum develops a pupils interest and enthusiasm for chemistry through scientific inquiry and investigation. The Physics concepts taught are contextualised with real world examples and pupils are encouraged to investigate the applications of Physics. The National 5 course consists of 6 Units. 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