Galashiels Academy
Physics Department

 

Whole course

Waves & Optics
Radiation & Radioactivity
Electricity & Electronics
Mechanics and Heat

Useful links, animations and games to help you through SG Physics.

Some links will not play on the school internet but have been included for you to use at home.

If you find and more good weblinks email then to Mrs. Pritchard at galashiels.physics@googlemail.com

Animations videos games quizes summaries

Whole Course

- BBC Bitesize -
- SQA Website -
- SQA Past Papers -
- SQA Data Booklet -
- SG Physics - Glossary -
- Dictionary -
- SG Physics Podcasts -
- Help my Physics -
- Revision World -
- Fizzics Fizzle-

 

- Mini Topic Tests -
- Revision Questions -
- Revision Tips -
- Physics Units Quiz -
- Physics Equations -
- Physics Equations Game -
- Units Wordsearch -
- Units Pairs Game -
- Units Matching Game -

Whole Topic
- Health Physics Notes -
- Revision Quiz -

Communication with Waves
- Waves (1st animation) -
- Waves Wordsearch -
- Waves Wordmatch -
- Waves Hangman -
- Waves Jeopardy -
- Waves Who wants to be a millionaire? -
- Speed of Light: 300 000 000 m/s -
- Thunder and Lightning -
- Waves on a string -
- Speed = Frequency x Wavelength -
- Wave experiment -
- Waves and the EM Spectrum - Jeopardy
- Oscilloscope -
- Sound waves on an oscilloscope - Quiz

Waves
- Sound -
- Sound Waves -
- Sound Sci-cast -
- Sound and Pitch (BBC) - -
- Key Words - Sound -
- Sound and Light animations -

Eyesight and Lenses
- The Eye -
- Eye Defects -
- Eye Defects 2 -
- Long and short sight -
- How we see (Video) -
- Eyes and Eyesight -
- Lens Diagrams -
- Concave and Convex Lenses -
- Lens Power and Focal Length -
- Optical Illusions -
- Optics Bench -
- Key Words - Light -
- Fibre Optics Sci-cast -

Reflection
- Reflection -
- Law of Reflection -
- Reflection - BBC -
- Reflection - Mirror -
- Total internal Reflection

Refraction
- Refraction - Block -
- Refraction - semicircle -
- Refraction - BBC -
- Refraction Sci-cast

- Alpha Decay

Whole Topic
- Radiation Quiz - -
-
Ionising Radiation
- Atoms -
- Radiation Lab -
- Radiation and Cells -
- Inside Story - Radiotherapy -
- Using Radioactivity Quiz -
- Background Radiation -
- Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiation -
- Alpha, Beta, gamma Game

Dosimetry
- Dosimetry & Safety -
- Dosimetry -

Half-life and Safety
- Halflife -
- Radioactive decay -
- Fission -
- Fusion -

Nuclear Reactors
- Control a Nuclear Reactor -
- Nuclear Power -
- Nuclear Reactor Quiz -
- Energy Resources Wordsearch -
- Energy Resoucres Pairs Game -
- Energy Resources Word Match -
- Nuclear Reactor Quiz -
- Nuclear Fission -
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Whole Course
- Electricity Notes -
- Boltz guide to Electricity -
- Electricity Equations -
- Key words Wordsearch -
- Units Game -
- Units Flashcards -
- Revision - Battleships -
- Revision Quiz - Electricity - -
- Revision Quiz Mulitchoice -
- Revision Quiz - Electronics -
- Keyword Game

Electricity Basics
- Static Electricity -
- Lightning Hitting a plane -
- Static - Shock John Travolta -
- Static Electricity Sci-cast -
- Static Electricity - Balloons -
- Circuit Symbols -
- Conductors and Insulators -
- Conductors and Insulators Sci-cast -

A.C. & D.C.
- A.C. and D.C. -
- A.C. and D.C. 2 -
- d.c. circuit -
- A.C./D.C. circuit -

Current Voltage and Charge
- Current, Charge and Time -
- Q = It Quiz -
- Energy, Power and Time -
- Voltage -
- Using a Voltmeter -
- Voltage in a series circuit -
- Voltage in a parallel circuit -
- Current -
- Using an ammeter -
- Current in a series circuit -
- Current in a parallel circuit -

Resistance
- Resistance -
- Resistors and Voltage -
- Series Circuit -
- Ohm's Law calculations -
- Variable Resistor -
- Ohm's Law -
- Ohm's Law 2 -
- Ohm's Law Quiz -
- Ohm's Law Revision Quiz -
- Adding Resistors Game -

Household Electrics
- Household Electrics - Bitesize -
- Plugs -
- Wiring a plug - video -
- Fuses -
- Ring circuit -
- Electricity Bills Quiz -

Movement from Electricity
- Movement from Electricity -
- Electric Motor -
- How Motors work -

Output Devices
- Binary Converter -
- 7 segment display -
- Components Quiz -
- Components Crossword -

Input Devices
- Voltage Dividers -
- Light Dependant Resistor -
- LDR and Transistor -

Logic Gates
- Logic Gates -
- Logic Gates - Decision board -
- Logic Gate Game -

Whole Course
- Transport Notes -
- Revision Quiz -
- Transport and Motion Quiz -

Speed, distance, time
- Key Words Wordsearch -
- Key words pairs game -
- Speed distance and time -
- Speed-time graph Quiz -
- Average Speed -
- Acceleration -
- Acceleration Quiz -
- Acceration equation -
- Measuring Acceleration -


Vectors and Scalars
- Vector and scalers -
- Adding Vectors-
- Resultant Vectors -
- Projectiles -

Forces
- Keywords Wordsearch -
- Keywords Pairs Game -
- Newton Balance Mass on a Spring -
- Gravity Scicast -
- Weight -
- Your weight on other Planets -
- Weight vs Gravity Game -
- Forces and Weight Quiz -
- Gravity Game -
- Friction -
- Bungee Jump Game -
- Parachute Game -
- Balanced Forces Scicast

1. 
   Work, Energy and Power
   - Work Energy and Power Quiz -
   - Energy, Power and Time -
   - Skater - Potential vs. Kinetic -
   - Rollercoaster Game -
   - Catapult Game -
   - Energy Jeopardy Game -
   - Motion and Energy Quiz -

Transformers
- Generators and Transformers -
- Transformer Calculations -

Energy and Power
- Energy, Power and Time -
- Power of a Kettle -
- Work Energy and Power Quiz -
- Energy, Power and Time

Heat
- Heat Transfer Quiz -
- States of Matter -
- Specific Heat Capacity -
- Cooling Curves -
- Latent Heat -
- Heat Calculations Quiz -
- Rags to Riches - Heat -