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Teaching Strategies

Concept Map - Physics Year 12: SHM

  1. Cut out the words and symbols and arrange them in some order. Think about how the words "belong" together.
  2. Then link up words using arrows; along the arrows write words describing the relationships.
  3. Any unfamiliar words can be placed right at the bottom of your list

½ mv2

m

v=A cost

ms-1

1/2kA2

Resonance

Amplitude

Velocity

Forced oscillations

Periodic

SHM

Metres per second

Phasor

Frequency

Metres

mgh

Displacement

Period

Acceleration

Maximum displacement

Metres per second squared

Circular

Maximum acceleration

ms-2

Decreases

Joules

Zero acceleration

Equilibrium

a = -A2
Asint

Zero velocity

Maximum velocity

y = A sint

Maximum PE

Natural frequency

Mass

Total energy

 

Damping

Maximum KE

kg

Contributed by Sharmila Pratap during the ESOL Online Workshop 'Language and Learning in Secondary Science'.