DCFS/QCA Key Stage 3

This section of the website contains suggestions for material that could be used with the schemes of work for the Physics topics in DCFS/QCA Science Key Stage 3.

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The website does not necessarily cover all topics or to the correct depth required for this scheme although some sections may cover topics in more detail than is needed. It is the responsibility of the individual teacher to select the appropriate material.

References to work from the GCSE section of the site that would be useful at Key Stage 3 are shown as (14-16)

I am grateful to QCA for permission to reproduce adapted versions of text from their Standards site on the schoolphysics site.

For full details please visit the DCFS/QCA Standards site at: Key Stage 3 Science

9J Gravity and space

1. What is gravity?
Mass and weight
Gravity and gravitation (14-16)
2. a. How does gravity change?
Gravity on other planets (14-16)
3. b. How does gravity change?
Spaceflight (14-16)
5. How have our ideas about the solar system changed?
Early astronomers (14-16)
Theories of the Solar System (14-16)
6. a. What keeps the planets and satellites in orbit?
Planetary motion and gravitation (14-16)
Satellite orbits (14-16)
Circular motion (14-16)
7. b. What keeps the planets and satellites in orbit?
Gravity and gravitation (14-16)
8. c. What keeps the planets and satellites in orbit?
Artificial satellites

Many more interesting experiments can be found in the Creative Teaching Ideas section of the schoolphysics CD.

This section is in the course of construction. More material will be added in the future.