KS4 Physics Forces and Motion

Speed and velocity, speed as distance over time; acceleration; distance-time and velocity-time graphs

Motion

• Vector
• Scalar
• Displacement
• Distance
• Velocity
• Speed

• Acceleration
  • Free Fall
  • Terminal Velocity
• Circular Motion

• SUVAT

Graphing Motion

• Distance-Time Graphs
• Velocity-Time Graphs

Forces, accelerations and Newton’s laws of motion

• Newton's First Law
• Newton's Second Law
  • Inertial Mass
• Newton's Third Law

Higher

• Momentum
• Conservation of Momentum
  • Explosions
  • Elastic Collisions
  • Inelastic Collisions
  • Impact Forces

GCSE Physics Required Practical: Investigating Newton's Second Law

Safety in public transport

• Reaction Time
• Stopping Distance
  • Thinking Distance
  • Braking Distance
• Rapid Deceleration