School Science Lessons
Physics index
2009-11-12
Please send comments to: J.Elfick@uq.edu.au
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A.
14.0.0 Acceleration, a, Equations of uniformly accelerated motion, gravity
14.2.0 Acceleration, Speed and acceleration of falling objects
3.87 Accumulator, Lead accumulator cell, lead-acid rechargeable battery
3.3.1.0 Accuracy and error
5.3.4 Acid-base indicators
26.6.0 Acoustics, Ear, voice, hearing, voice, audible limits
16.3.0 Action and reaction, Newton's third law, action and reaction
11.0 Activated carbon, [commercial information]
20.4.0 Adiabatic change, Thermodynamics, isothermal change
23.11.0 Adiabatic processes
7.8.0.5 Aerosols
5.26 Air pressure, (Primary)
12.5.0 Air pressure, Atmospheric pressure, air pressure
12.1.0 Alimetry, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal
16.1.1.1 Alkanes, (CnH2n+2), paraffins
34.1.0 Alloys
30.5.0 Alternating current, a.c. circuits
3.33.0 Ammonia, (NH3)
3.4.2 Amount of chemical, Quantity of chemical to be used in experiments, chemical safety
5.1.0 Amount of substance, Mole
6.3.1.4 Ampere, Electric current, ampere
26.9.3.1 Analogue recording and digital recording
6.3.01 Angle, experiments, (Primary)
15.3.0.0 Angular acceleration
6.3.3.16 Angular velocity
18.3.4 Angular momentum, Conservation of angular momentum
18.3.3 Angular momentum, Transfer of angular momentum
23.7.11 Anisotropic conduction with wood
7.2.2.11 "Aquadag", carbon, C,
11.4.0 Archimedes' principle, Buoyancy, flotation, Archimedes' principle
6.3.05 Area (shape), experiments, (Primary)
Argon Ar
38.7.03.4 ASCII, (American Standard Code for Information Exchange)
3.3.2.0 Astronomical unit
36.0.0 Astronomy experiments
3.32.1 Atmosphere, Composition of the atmosphere and greenhouse gases
12.1.04 Atmospheric pressure
26.6.0 Audible limits, Ear, voice, hearing, voice, audible limits
Avogadro
B.
8.1.0 Balances, Mass and weight, weighting devices (balances)
16.4.2.3 Balance with a see-saw (teeter-totter)
16.4.2.4 Balancing candle, See-saw candle, balancing candle, burning a candle at both ends
23.6.10 Barnard cell
12.6.0 Barometers
15.6.0 Batteries, Electrochemical cells
32.5.3.0 Battery, Motor vehicle battery
13.2.0 Bernoulli force, Bunsen burner
4.5 Bimetallic strip, compound bar
38.7.03.2 Binary, Decimal and binary codes for numbers
2.0 Biotechnology safety
39.5.0 Bistable circuits, The bistable circuit, (Electronics)
38.7.03.1 Bits and bytes
24.1.6 Bitumen foaming and bitumen decay
23.8.0 Black body radiation, Heat transferred by radiation
2.3 Blueprints and diazo prints
24.2.1.2 Boil a kettle with a spout
24.1.04 Boiling point, Depression of freezing point and elevation of boiling point
7.5.0 Boiling point of liquids
24.2.0 Boiling point, Phase changes liquid to gas
23.5.7 Bomb calorimeter, Heat of combustion, bomb calorimeter
20.0.2 Boyle's law, (Mariotte's law)
4.238 Boyle's law, Volume and pressure of air, Boyle's Law
Bromine Br
3.55 Brownian movement
8.1.3 Bunsen burner
Butane C4H10
C.
23.9.0.1 Calorie, The units of work and energy
4.38 Calorific value of fuel
23.5.1 Calorimeter, Melting wax calorimeter
1.28 Calorimeter, Simple calorimeter
6.3.1.7 Candela, (candlepower), Luminous intensity, candela, cp
Candle
31.8.0 Capacitance, capacitors, capacitance and inductance
38.4.1 Capacitor charge and discharge, (Electronics)
38.2.04 Capacitors, (Electronics)
31.8.3.0 Capacitors, Leyden jar, Capacitors, energy stored in a capacitor
19.3.0 Capillarity
33.5.0 Car battery, Lead accumulator cell, car battery
Carbon dioxide CO2
12.3.3.1 Carbon dioxide has mass
Carbon monoxide CO
4.201 Cartesian diver
26.9.3 Cassette recorder, Record sound with a cassette recorder, compact disc and microphone
8.2.18 Catenary, Shape of a hanging cable or flexible chain
38.1.11 Cathode rays, Cathode ray tube, CRT, cathode ray oscilloscope, (CRO)
33.3.0 Cells and batteries
33.3.0 Cells and batteries, electrochemical cells, (Chemistry)
15.6.0 Cells and batteries, Electrochemical cell
15.7.1 Cells and batteries, Potential difference by combining half cells, zinc and iron, (Chemistry)
4.61 Cells in parallel
4.60 Cells in series
6.3.1.5 Celsius, Temperature, Fahrenheit scale, Celsius scale, Kelvin scale
3.66 Cement, Make bricks with cement
34.3.01 Cement, Portland cement
8.2.8.0 Centre of gravity, Statics of rigid bodies
15.4.3 Centre of mass, Motion of the centre of mass
15.6.0 Centrifugal escape
15.2.0 Centripetal force and centrifugal motion, gravity
24.1.6 Change of state, Bitumen foaming and bitumen decay
24.0.0 Change of state, latent heats of fusion and vaporization
24.1.4 Change of state, Latent heat, melting and boiling
24.1.5 Change of state, Latent heat of fusion, ice to water
22.1.2 Charcoal burner, Drink-can charcoal burner
31.4.5 Charge on a conductor, Distribution of charge, Kolbe cone conductor
20.1.0 Charles' law, (Gay-Lussac's law), Gas expansion, constant pressure
3.4.2 Chemical, Quantity of chemical to be used in experiments
3.4.0 Chemicals safety, correct names of chemicals
3.40.0 Chlorine, Cl2
32.6.0 Circuit analysis, house circuits
32.4.7.1 Circuit breaker, Power surge circuit breaker
32.4.1 Circuit diagrams, Kirchhoff's laws, Ohm's law
32.5.2.1 Circuit diagrams, Wiring system diagrams, (motor vehicle circuits)
15.0.0 Circular motion and vibration, Vibration and circular motion
35.9 Cleavage, fracture, twin crystals, crystal faces, (Geology)
8.37.0 Clouds and weather
37.37.4 Cloud seeding
13.2.27 Coanda effect, spoon touches a water stream
39.7.0 Coding, (Electronics)
7.8.0 Colloids, sols, emulsions, gels, aerosols, foams, types of colloids
27.1.0 Colour
20.0.5 Combined gas equation
29.3.1 Compass, Simple compass needles
27.1.12 Complementary shadow
38.2.04 Condensers, Capacitors, (Electronics)
4.16.0 Conduction of heat
23.7.0 Conduction of heat, thermal conductivity
23.7.5 Conduction of heat by metals, Davy lamp
31.4.0 Conductors and insulators, distribution of charge on a conductor, action of points
32.2.0 Conductors, Current electricity, conductors and insulators
3.8.0 Conic sections, parabola, ellipse, hyperbola, (diagram)
18.3.4 Conservation of angular momentum
9.2.0 Conservation of energy
22.7.6 Constantan, Thermocouple, thermistor, optical pyrometer
20.1.0 Constant pressure, Charles' law (Gay-Lussac's law)
20.2.0 Constant temperature, Boyle's law (Mariotte's law)
20.0.4 Constant volume, Pressure law, constant volume
37.37.3 Contrails
23.6.0 Convection
24.3.0 Cooling by evaporation
23.7.6 Copper coil candle snuffer, brass wire netting extinguishes candle
37.40 Coriolis force, (Coriolis effect) and weather rotations
31.2.0 Coulomb's law, the coulomb, pith balls
39.9.0 Counting circuits, (Electronics)
3.9.3 CPR, Expired air resuscitation, (EAR), and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, (CPR)
4.127 Critical angle and total internal reflection, "pouring" light
19.4.2.3.0 Critical point, Caffeine, extraction by supercritical CO2
24.1.05 Critical point, critical temperature
35.8 Crystal systems, crystal habit, crystal form, (Geology)
6.3.1.4 Current, Electric current, ampere
32.2.0 Current electricity, conductors and insulators
D.
32.4.0 d.c. circuits, circuit diagrams, Kirchhoff's laws, Ohm's law
20.0.8 Dalton's law of partial pressures
30.3.10 Dancing spring, jumping wire, electric current in parallel coils
3.85 Daniell cell
23.7.5 Davy lamp
38.7.03.2 Decimal and binary codes for numbers 0 to 25
16.4.4.1 Deionized water, Ion exchange resins, deionized water
11.0.0 Density
12.3.20 Density of air, Density of air with a balloon
20.0.6 Density of gases, Standard temperature and pressure, STP, density of gases
4.202 Density of irregular solid, overflow can
24.1.04 Depression of freezing point and elevation of boiling point
6.3.3.0 Derived units, SI derived units
23.9.1 Dewar flask, Thermos flask, (vacuum flask, Dewar flask)
24.4.0 Dew point and humidity
8.8.3 Dew point hygrometer
2.3 Diazo prints, Blueprints and diazo prints
27.1.18 Dichromatism
31.8.2.0 Dielectric
4.92 Diffraction in a ripple tank
4.119 Diffraction of light
26.9.3.1 Digital recording, Analogue recording and digital recording
38.2.2 Diodes, (Electronics)
27.1.53 Dispersion, Bending dark absorption line of Na, anomalous dispersion of fuchsin and sodium
27.1.50 Dispersion colour and deviation spectrometry, deviation through a prism
27.1.51 Dispersion curve of a prism
27.1.52 Dispersion, Deviation with no dispersion
14.0.0 Distance, s, Equations of uniformly accelerated motion, gravity
4.210 Diving bell, Model diving bell
13.2.2 Drinking straw, Attracting ping-pong balls
2.29 Drinking straw balance, Microbalance, drinking straw balance, (Primary)
12.3.5.1 Drinking straw, finger on drinking straw, glass tube
12.3.6 Drinking straw, Push drinking straw through a potato
39.6.0 Drivers, (Electronics)
4.53 Dry cell, electric torch (flashlight) battery, Leclanche cell
3.88 Dry cells, Leclanche cell
33.4.0 Dry cells, Leclanche cell, flashlight battery
27.1.70 Dust halos, Scattering, optical ceramics
3.2.0 Duties of a teacher
13.0.0 Dynamics of fluids, fluid mechanics, hydrodynamics
32.5.6.0 Dynamo, Motor vehicle generator
E.
3.9.3 EAR, Expired air resuscitation, (EAR) and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
38.2.05 Earphones, crystal microphones, (Electronics)
9.5.1 Ears and hearing, balance
29.3.0 Earth's magnetic field, geomagnetism
4.101 Ear, The ear and hearing
7.5.0.1 Ebullioscopic constant, Elevation of boiling point
3.13.1 Einstein was right, e = mc2
34.5.4 Elasticity, Coefficient of restitution (coefficient of elasticity)
15.4.0 Electrical conductivity of a substance
3.59.0 Electrical conductivity
8.0 Electrical experiments equipment
7.0 Electrical experiments, Tools for electrical experiments
32.7.0 Electrical instruments to detect electric current
23.10.7 Electrical method, Mechanical equivalent of heat, J
2.2 Electrical outlets and equipment, electrical safety
6.3.1.4 Electric current, ampere
32.2.0 Electric current, Current electricity, conductors and insulators
31.7.0 Electric fields and potential, Faraday's ice pail experiment
3.4.5 Electric polarity, Test paper to determine electric polarity
4.57 Electric torch (flashlight)
15.6.0 Electrochemical cells
15.5.0 Electrolysis
3.59.1 Electrolyte, electrolysis (definitions), Substances that conduct electricity
8.6 Electrolyte, Prepare electrolyte for a lead accumulator cell
30.6.0 Electromagnetic induction
30.7.0 Electromagnetic induction applications
32.5.5.0 Electromagnetic induction, motor vehicle circuits
30.3.0 Electromagnets
32.5.4.0 Electromagnets in motor vehicles
6.41 Electromagnets, Make electromagnets, (Primary)
32.5.4.0 Electromagnets, Motor vehicle electromagnets
38.2.01 Electronics circuits
19.2.1.1a Electrophoresis of food dyes and coloured marking pen ink
31.1.8.1, Electrophorus
31.1.8.2 Electrophorus lights a Bunsen burner
31.1.8.3, Electrophorus lights an electric lamp
15.1.0 Electroplating
17.4.6.1 Electrorheological fluid (ER fluid), cornflower and vegetable oil
4.47 Electroscope, Metal foil ball electroscope
31.6.0 Electrostatic machines and devices, electrostatic generators, Wimshurst machine, Van de Graaff generator
31.3.0 Electrostatic meters
31.7.2 Electrostatic potential
31.0.0 Electrostatics, static electricity
24.1.04 Elevation of boiling point, Depression of freezing point and elevation of boiling point
7.5.0.1 Elevation of boiling point, ebullioscopic constant, kB
32.1.0 EMF sources, Voltage, EMF sources
14.2.0 Endothermic reactions, reactions that take in heat energy
14.3.0 Energy, Chemiluminesce, bioluminescence
14.01 Energy of reactions, enthalpy, thermal capacity, heat of reaction, Hess's law
18.3.2 Energy, Rotational energy
23.9.0.1 Energy, The units of work and energy, joule and calorie
34.4.0 Environmental physics, pollution of the environment
14.0.0 Equations of uniformly accelerated motion, gravity
2.1.0 Equipment, care, radiation, lasers
8.0 Equipment, Electrical experiments equipment
1.12.0 Equipment, General equipment (low-cost equipment)
3.3.0 Equipment safety
1.28.0 Equipment, Simple equipment, construction
6.4.0 Errors, theory of errors, addition of uncertainties
3.6.0 Estimating
Ethane (C2H6)
Ethene (ethylene), (C2H4)
Ethyne (acetylene), (C2H2)
24.3.0 Evaporation, Cooling by evaporation
14.1.0 Exothermic reactions, reactions that give out heat energy
23.3.13 Expanding wire, sagging wire
20.1.0 Expansion, gas expansion, Constant pressure, Charles' law
23.2.0 Expansion, Liquid expansion
23.3.0 Expansion, Solid expansion
3.4.1.1 Expansion, Stretched rubber band
23.3.12 Expansion tube
Experimental investigation
3.9.3 Expired air resuscitation, (EAR) and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, (CPR)
9.5.2 Eyes and sight
28.12.0 Eye, The eye, structure and physiology
F.
6.3.1.5 Fahrenheit scale, Temperature, Fahrenheit scale, Celsius scale, Kelvin scale
4.108 Falling, Ball projected upwards from a cart
4.151 Falling, Time a falling body
2.14 Filtering (diagram)
12.3.1 Finding air
3.5.0 Fire safety
3.34.3 Fizzy drinks, Solubility of acidic oxide carbon dioxide in water, acidity of soda water, fizzy drinks
7.7.0.2b Fizzy drinks, Solubility of gases and temperature, carbon dioxide
Appendix 5A Flammable liquids
23.3.15 Flashing lights, Motor car flashing lights
4.57 Flashlight, Electric torch (flashlight)
4.204 Float a lighted candle
11.4.0 Flotation, Buoyancy, flotation, Archimedes' principle
13.1.0 Flow rate
19.0.0 Fluid mechanics, Surface tension
12.1.0 Fluid pressure, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal, (Pa)
13.0.0 Fluids, Dynamics of fluids, fluid mechanics
7.9.25 Fluorescence
Fluorine F
6.3.04 Force, (weight), experiments, (Primary)
16.0.0A Force, fundamental forces
36.36 Foucault pendulum
24.1.04 Freezing point, Depression of freezing point and elevation of boiling point
24.1.14 Freezing point, Molal freezing point constant of cyclohexane solvent
24.1.15 Freezing point, Molar mass of solute from depression of freezing point
27.5.1.4 Fresnel biprism, lighthouse
17.0.0 Friction
32.5.9.0 Fuel pump, Motor vehicle auxiliary units
32.8.0 Fuses
G.
14.3.0 g, Measuring, g
Gases Different gases
3.32 Gases, Prepare, collect and test gases
20.1.0 Gas expansion, Constant pressure, Charles' law
20.0.0 Gas laws relate the pressure, temperature and volume of gas
3.4.6 Gas or vapour inhalation, EAR, CPR
20.0.1 Gas pressure
31.7.1 Gauss' law
20.1.0 Gay-Lussac's law, Constant pressure, Charles' law
21.4.0 Gears
32.5.6.1 Generator, Motor vehicle generators
28.1.0 Geometrical optics, light rays and shadows, speed of light
2.15.0 Glass, cutting, tubing, cleaning
31.3.0 Gold leaf electroscope, Electrostatic meters
29.9.4 Gramophone, Use a hand lens to examine the grooves in a vinyl disc gramophone record
8.3.0 Gravity, gravitational field
8.43 Greenhouse, Model greenhouse to simulate the greenhouse effect
17.5.16 Gripping rice, friction
18.3.5 Gyros, gyroscope, precession
H.
35.10 Hardness, Mohs' scale of hardness, (Geology)
3.62 Hardness of lead-tin alloys and pure metals
Appendix 8 Hazard classifications
3.8.0 Hazards associated with gases
3.7.0 Hazards of anion compounds
26.6.0 Hearing, Ear, voice, hearing, voice
22.0 Heat and temperature
22.2.5 Heat and temperature, Heat a solid sphere and a hollow sphere
23.10.4 Heat by bending
23.5.0 Heat capacity, (thermal capacity), C
24.7.0 Heat engines, steam turbines, refrigerator
34.2.0 Heating metals, heat treatment
23.6.9 Heating system, Model heating system
22.1 Heat measuring devices, calorimeter
23.10.0 Heat, Mechanical equivalent of heat
23.5.7 Heat of combustion, bomb calorimeter
14.01 Heat of reaction, Energy of reactions, enthalpy, thermal capacity, heat of reaction, Hess's law
22.2 Heat sources, (low-cost equipment)
23.9.0 Heat transfer applications
23.8.0 Heat transferred by radiation, black body radiation
12.1.0 hectopascal, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal
Helium He
20.0.9 Henry's law and decompression sickness, the bends
Heptane (C7H16)
14.01 Hess's law, Heat of reaction, Energy of reactions, enthalpy, thermal capacity, heat of reaction
Hexane (C6H14)
34.5.1 Hooke's law, elastic limit, deforming force
23.2.7 Hope apparatus
32.6.0 House circuits, Circuit analysis
24.4.0 Humidity, Dew point and humidity
4.197 Hydraulic lift
4.198 Hydraulic ram, water ram
12.5.0 Hydraulics, Pascal's hydraulic press
3.42.0 Hydrogen chloride, HCl
3.41.0 Hydrogen gas, H2
3.43.0 Hydrogen sulfide, H2S
4.208 Hydrometer, Drinking straw hydrometer
8.8.3 Hygrometer, Dew point hygrometer
29.1.4 Hysteresis, magnets
I.
23.5.6 Ice calorimeter
27.6.4.7 Ice, Crystal structure of ice
20.4.01 Ice cubes in boiling water, second law of thermodynamics
12.1.3 Ice, Cut ice with pressure
11.2.2 Ice, Density of water
8.8.3 Ice, Dew point hygrometer
4.41 Ice experiments, (Primary)
24.1.1 Ice, Melting point of ice or freezing point of water
34.5.5.2 Ice model
6.3.1.5.1 Ice point, Triple point and ice point temperatures of water
12.1.3 Ice, Pressure on solid ice
28.4.1 Ice, Refractive index of ice
16.1.4.4 Ice, Spinning ice skater
15.3.0.5 Ice, Spinning ice skater, angular momentum
7.4.3.1 Ice, temperature at which ice melts
31.5.0 Induced charge, charging by induction
18.3.1 Inertia, Moment of inertia, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum
16.1.0 Inertia, Newton's first law, inertia
27.2.1 Infrared radiation (IR)
32.7.0 Instruments to detect electric current
23.9.3 Insulation materials, Test insulation materials
23.7.1 Insulators, Compare heat-insulating materials
32.2.0 Insulators, Current electricity, conductors and insulators
26.8.0 Interference and diffraction of sound, beats
26.8.5 Interference, Wave interference in water, drop stones in water
27.5.0 Interference, Young's experiment
6.3.1 International system of units, (SI), the 7 base units
16.4.4.1 Ion exchange resins, deionized water
Iron (Chemistry)
20.4.0 Isothermal change and adiabatic change, Thermodynamics
J.
4.2.4 Joly photometer, wax-block photometer
23.10.0 Joule, Mechanical equivalent of heat, Joule's equivalent
23.9.0.1 Joule, The units of work and energy, joule and calorie
K.
28.2.6 Kaleidoscope, Make a kaleidoscope
6.3.1.2 Kilogram, mass
3.3.0 Kilometre, Length (l), the kilometre (km), metre (metre)
9.3.0 Kinetic energy and potential energy
9.1.0 Kinetic motion
32.4.1 Kirchhoff's laws, Ohm's law
7.42 Knots, Equinox, celestial co-ordinate system, latitude and longitude, right ascension, precession of the equinoxes
Krypton Kr
L.
Laboratory safety
7.5.0 Laser safety
2.1.0 Lasers, Equipment, care, radiation, lasers
24.2.1.0 Latent heats of fusion and vaporization
36.42.2 Latitude
23.6.5 Lava lamp
3.87 Lead accumulator cell
33.5.0 Lead accumulator cell, car battery
4.53 Leclanche cell, Dry cell, electric torch (flashlight) battery, Leclanche cell
3.88 Leclanche cell, Dry cells
33.4.0 Leclanche cell, Dry cells, Leclanche cell, flashlight battery
3.3.0 Length (l), the kilometre (km), metre (metre)
6.3.1.1 Length, metre
28.10.0 Lens, Thick lens
28.8.0 Lens, Thin lens
23.8.13 Leslie's cube
21.1.0 Levers
31.8.3 Leyden jar, Capacitors, energy stored in a capacitor
4.233 Lift pump, Syringe lift pump
36.14.2 Light-year, speed of light
14.3.0 Light, Chemiluminesce, bioluminescence
6.3.1.7 Light, Luminous intensity, candela, cp, (candlepower)
32.5.8.0 Light, Motor vehicle lighting systems and equipment
27.0.0 Light, wave and particle behaviour of light
27.5.1.4 Lighthouse, Fresnel biprism, lighthouse
31.7.4 Lightning conductor, lightning stroke
16.6.0 Linear momentum and collisions, impulse and thrust
23.2.0 Liquid expansion
12.2.0 Liquid pressure, Pressure, liquid pressure
39.3.0 Logic circuits, (Electronics)
39.4.0 Logic gates, (Electronics)
36.42.1 Longitude
26.9.2 Loudspeaker, Microphone and loudspeaker
1.12.0 Low-cost equipment
16.1.1cc LPG, (liquefied petroleum gas, LP gas)
17.3.0 Lubrication, heat of friction, tyres, grinder, brakes
4.104 Luminance and illuminance
35.13.4 Luminescence, (Geology)
14.3.0 Luminescence, Chemiluminesce, bioluminescence
35.6 Lustre (Geology)
M.
29.3.3 Magnetic dip, measure magnetic dip angles
29.3.2 Magnetic variation, True north and magnetic north, magnetic variation (magnetic declination, magnetic deviation)
29.1.6 Magnetism and temperature, Curie point
35.13.2 Magnetism test, (Geology)
29.1.5 Magnetostriction and magnetores
6.40 Magnets, Hanging magnets, (Primary)
29.1.4 Magnets, Hysteresis
2.10 Magnets, Magnetic pin chain, (Primary)
29.1.3 Magnets, Paramagnetism and diamagnetism
29.1.1 Magnets, temporary and permanent magnets
20.0.2 Mariotte's law, (Boyle's law)
8.1.0 Mass and weight, weighing devices (balances)
23.4.0 Materials at low temperature
34.3.0 Materials from the earth
2.0.0 Mathematics
11.2.2 Maximum density of water, Density of water
6.2.0 Measurements, Different measurements
3.5.4 Measurements, Miscellaneous measures
1.29 Measuring jar or graduated cylinder
23.10.0 Mechanical equivalent of heat, Joule's equivalent
34.5.0 Mechanical properties of materials
21.0.0 Mechanics, simple machines, work and energy
22.4 Melting point and boiling point
7.4.0 Melting point of solids
24.1.0 Melting point, Phase changes liquid - solid, melting point
12.1.0 Mercury, 1 mm mercury, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal, (Pa)
6.3.1.1 Metre, Length, metre
3.3.0 Micrometre, Length (l), the kilometre (km), metre (metre)
30.4.6 Microphone
26.9.2 Microphone and loudspeaker
38.5.4 Microphone, Crystal microphone
38.2.05 Microphone, Crystal microphone, Earphones, crystal microphones, (Electronics)
26.9.3 Microphone, Record sound with a cassette recorder, compact disc and microphone
2.22.0 Microscopes, care, use, staining techniques
2.0 Microscopy adhesives
3.0 Microscopy stains
27.1.70 Mie scattering, Scattering, optical ceramics
12.1.0 Millibar, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal (Pa)
4.109 Mirror images
28.2.0 Mirrors, plane mirrors, Reflection from flat surfaces
23.6.11 Miso soup, convection
10.1.0 Mixtures, Separate by adsorbing impurities
12.1.0 mmHg, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal
5.10 Mohs' scale of hardness, (Geology), Hardness, Mohs' scale of hardness
37.25.0 Moisture, How moisture comes out of the air
37.15.0 Moisture, How moisture gets into the air
5.1.0 Mole, Amount of substance, Mole
18.3.1 Moment of inertia, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum
16.4.0 Moments, Statics of rigid bodies, moments
16.6.0 Momentum, Linear momentum and collisions
15.4.0 Motion in two dimensions
15.4.3 Motion of the centre of mass
30.1.3 Motors and generators, d.c. and a.c.
32.5.1.0 Motor vehicle circuits, series and parallel circuits
32.5.0.0 Motor vehicle, Electrical equipment of motor vehicles
32.6.0.0 Motor vehicle generator (dynamo), charging system
26.3.2 Musical instruments, resonance in air columns
26.3.1 Musical instruments, resonance in strings
N.
16.1.1a.1 Natural gas
Neon Ne
12.8.0 Neutralization, acid-base neutralization, acid with base forms a salt and water
16.1.0 Newton's first law, inertia
16.5.0 Newton's laws, applications of Newton's laws
16.2.0 Newton's second law, force, weight, falling object
16.3.0 Newton's third law, action and reaction, normal reaction
3.47.0 Nitrogen dioxide, NO2
3.44.0 Nitrogen monoxide, (nitric oxide), NO
3.46 Nitrogen, N2
3.48 Nitrogen oxides, Acid rain and nitrogen oxides, NOx,
3.45 Nitrous oxide, (dinitrogen oxide), N2O
13.6.0 Non-Newtonian fluids
16.3.0 Normal reaction, Newton's third law, action and reaction
9.5.3 Nose and smelling, taste
24.1.01 Nucleation, nucleation sites
O.
Octane (C8H18)
26.3.2.2 Octave and pitch, sol-fa, (solfege), syllables
35.13.3 Odour and taste, (Geology)
32.4.0 Ohm's law, d.c. circuits, circuit diagrams, Kirchhoff's laws
32.3.1.3 Ohmic and non-ohmic resistors, (nonohmic resistors)
28.11.0 Optical devices, (low-cost)
28.1.0 Optics, Geometrical optics, light rays and shadows
15.1.0 Oscillations, pendulum
38.1.11 Oscilloscope, Cathode rays, Cathode ray tube, CRT, cathode ray oscilloscope, (CRO)
10.2.0 Osmosis
6.14.0 Oven temperatures
3.49.0 Oxygen gas, O2
23.4.2 Oxygen, Reactions in liquid oxygen
3.5 Ozone gas, O3
P.
2.0.6 Parabola equation
29.1.3 Paramagnetism and diamagnetism
7.5.0 Particles
3.7.1 Parts per million, ppm, (1 ppm = 1 mg per litre)
12.5.0 Pascal's hydraulic press, Hydraulics, Pascal's hydraulic press
12.1.0 Pascal, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal (Pa)
19.3.6.12 Pasteurization and UHT
4.149 Pendulum, Simple pendulum
Pentane (C5H12)
24.2.0 Phase changes liquid - gas, boiling point
24.1.0 Phase changes liquid - solid, melting point
3.43 Phase changes, Solid, liquid and gas in a plastic drink bottle, (Primary)
27.4.0 Photometry, inverse square law
35.5.0 Physical properties of minerals, (Geology)
7.0.0 Physics laboratory safety
9.0 Physics syllabus, Atomic structure, nuclear structure and radioactivity, modern physics, (Headings only)
6.5.0 Physics teaching facilities
33.7.0 Piezoelectricity
32.1.2 Piezoelectricity, Pressure, piezoelectricity
28.9.0 Pinhole camera
26.2.0 Pitch, frequency
28.2.0 Plane mirrors, Reflection from flat surfaces
4.211 Plimsoll line, Float a metal boat, Plimsoll line
27.6.0 Polarization
Pollution
32.5.0 Power and energy
32.4.7.1 Power surge circuit breaker
18.3.5 Precession, Gyros, gyroscope, precession
7.6.0 Precipitates, Suspensions and precipitates
Prepare
Prepare crystals
3.8 Pressure affects the boiling point
12.3.0 Pressure, atmospheric pressure
6.3.02 Pressure experiments, (Primary)
20.0.4 Pressure law, constant volume, p / T = constant
12.2.0 Pressure, liquid pressure
12.1.0 Pressure, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal (Pa)
15.7.0 Projectile motion, projectiles
4.152 Projectile, Paths of projectiles, free fall
Propane C3H8
4.187 Propeller
12.1.0 psi, pound-force per square inch, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal
8.8.2 Psychrometer, Sling psychrometer
21.5.0 Pulleys, block and tackle, broomstick pulley
4.175 Pulley, Simple pulley
39.8.0 Pulser (pulse generator), the astable and the clocked bistable, (Electronics)
12.7.0 Pumps
35.33.1 Pyroelectricity, ferroelectricity, (Geology)
Q.
3.4.2 Quantity of chemical to be used in experiments, chemical safety,
3.13.1.1 Quark
R.
6.3.3.16 Radian
2.1.0 Radiation, Equipment, care, radiation, lasers
7.1.0 Radiation hazards
Radon Rn
27.1.80 Rainbows
24.1.03 Raoult's law
3.7.0 Ratio and proportion, concentration, degrees proof
27.1.70 Rayleigh scattering, Scattering, optical ceramics
26.7.0 Reflection and refraction of sound
28.3.0 Reflection from curved surfaces
28.2.0 Reflection from flat surfaces
28.2.02 Reflection, Laws of reflection
28.6.0 Reflection, Total internal reflection
28.2.08 Reflection values of different substances
23.8.5 Reflect radiant heat waves, radiant heat waves can be reflected
28.5.0 Refraction at flat surfaces
28.4.1 Refractive index of ice
24.7.2 Refrigerator, ice chest, portable ice boxes, expresso coffee machine
11.3.0 Relative density, r.d.
35.11 Relative density, r.d., (formerly specific gravity), (Geology)
37.8.0 Relative humidity, Measure relative humidity
15.8.0 Relative motion, Coriolis effect, Coriolis force, Foucault pendulum
32.3.0 Resistance, symbol R, unit ohm, (Greek Omega)
32.3.1.3 Resistors, Ohmic and non-ohmic resistors (nonohmic resistors)
38.2.03 Resistors, Resistors colour code, (Electronics)
26.3.0 Resonance
26.3.3 Resonance, Musical instruments, percussion instruments, tuning forks
26.3.2 Resonance, Musical instruments, resonance in air columns
26.3.1 Resonance, Musical instruments, resonance in strings
3.9.3 Resuscitation, Expired air resuscitation (EAR) and Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
13.6.3 Reynolds' dilatancy
4.86 Ripple tank, Make a ripple tank
33.7.2 | Rochelle salt experiments, piezoelectric, hysteresis
21.4.3 Rolling coins
17.2.0 Rolling friction
18.3.0 Rotational dynamics
18.3.2 Rotational energy
18.3.6 Rotational stability, dynamic stability
S.
Safety equipment
Safety Laboratory safety
SVP Saturated vapour pressure over water, (Table)
27.1.70 Scattering, optical ceramics, Rayleigh scattering, Mie scattering
10.0 Science teaching support systems and facilities
16.4.2.3 See-saw, Balance with a see-saw (teeter-totter)
38.2.00 Semiconductors (Electronics)
31.2.8 Separate pepper from salt and pepper
Topic 10 Separate substances in mixtures
32.5.1.0 Series and parallel circuits, electric power (motor vehicle circuits)
13.2.9 Shower curtain and Bernoulli force
23.3.7 Shrink fit
6.3.6 SI, CGS and FPS conversion, metric conversion
6.3.3.0 SI derived units
1.28.0 Simple equipment, construction
3.9.0.0 SI, Non-SI units
6.3.3.1 SI, Other derived units based on SI
12.4.0 Siphons
6.3.5 SI prefixes
6.3.1 SI, The 7 base units
6.3.3.5 SI, Units used with SI units
17.1.0 Sliding friction
9.5.3 Smell, Nose and smelling, taste
14.1.11 Sodium acetate heat pack
5.01.3 Sodium acetate heat pack
Soils
26.3.2.2 Sol-fa (solfege) syllables, Octave and pitch, sol-fa (solfege) syllables
7.2.2.39.1 Solar panel, solar cell, silicon
4.142.1 Solar ultraviolet radiation, Measure solar ultraviolet radiation
9.2.10 Solar water heater
2.31.0 Soldering, solders, fluxes, methods
23.3.0 Solid expansion
3.43 Solid, liquid and gas in a plastic drink bottle, (Primary)
3.9.0 Solubility
7.7.6 Solubility and temperature, plot solubility curves
3.34.3 Solubility of carbon dioxide in water, acidity of soda water, fizzy drinks
7.7.0 Solutions
26.0.0 Sound
36.51.0 Space science
23.5.01 Specific heat capacity, shc
23.5.01a Specific heat of water
23.5.2 Specific heat of water, Electrical determination of specific heat of water, c
36.101 Spectroscope, Make a spectroscope for materials analysis
27.2.0 Spectrum, visible spectrum, rainbow
28.1.1 Speed of light
26.5.0 Speed of sound, velocity of sound in gases, liquids, and solids
8.1.2 Spirit burner, alcohol lamp
3.84.1.1 Standard electrode potential
20.0.6 Standard temperature and pressure, STP, Standard Atmosphere
12.1.0 Standard Temperature and Pressure, STP, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal
32.5.7.1 Starter motor, (motor vehicle circuits), Principle of the electric motor, shunt-wound motor, series-wound motor
24.0.0 State of matter, solid (s), liquid (l), gas (g), aqueous solution (dissolved in water) (aq)
31.1.0 Static charge, electrophorus, electroscope
31.0.0 Static electricity, electrostatics
12.1.0 Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal (Pa)
8.2.7 Statics of rigid bodies, finding centre of gravity
16.4.0 Statics of rigid bodies, moments
24.7.0 Steam turbines, Heat engines, steam turbines, refrigerator
13.3.0 Stokes' law, Viscosity, Stokes' law
12.1.0 STP, Standard Temperature and Pressure, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the Pascal
35.12 Streak, (Geology)
13.4.0 Streamline flow and turbulent flow, Turbulent and streamline flow
26.3.1.2 String resonates with tuning fork
26.3.1.4 String vibrates at constant length
26.3.1.3 String vibrates under constant tension
26.3.1.4.1 String, Violin strings and piano strings
24.3.0.1 Sublimation
Sulfur dioxide SO2
4.100 Sun, Angle of the sun's rays
19.3.5.4 Superheating in a microwave oven
6.6.3 Surface / volume ratio of soil particles
19.0.0 Surface tension, Fluid mechanics, surface properties
7.6.0 Suspensions and precipitates
SVP Saturated vapour pressure over water, (Table)
18.7.0 Swimming pool chemistry
3.9.1 Swimming pools, Checklist of daily routine for the pool operator
3.9.2 Swimming pools, Pool test ranges
39.2.0 Switches, (Electronics)
38.5.00 Switching circuits, (Electronics)
12.7.0 Syringes, Pumps, syringes
T.
6.5.0 Teaching facilities
19.3.32 Teapot effect
23.8.22 Teapot experiment
22.0 Temperature and heat, Heat and temperature
29.1.6 Temperature and magnetism, Magnetism and temperature, Curie point
7.7.5 Temperature affects solubility of salts, Solubility of different salts and temperature
6.3.1.5 Temperature, Fahrenheit scale, Celsius scale, Kelvin scale
23.4.1 Temperature, low temperature, Properties of materials at low temperature
23.4.0 Temperature, Materials at low temperature
7.7.6 Temperature, Solubility and temperature, plot solubility curves
14.01 Thermal capacity, Energy of reactions, enthalpy, thermal capacity, heat of reaction, Hess's law
23.5.0 Thermal capacity, Heat capacity (thermal capacity) C, of a calorimeter
32.5.2.6 Thermal circuit breaker, (motor vehicle circuits)
23.00 Thermal properties of matter
Topic 14 Thermochemistry, heat of reaction, chemical bonds
20.4.0 Thermodynamics, isothermal change and adiabatic change
33.6.0 Thermoelectricity, thermocouple
8.8.1 Thermometer, (Wet and dry bulb thermometer), Wet and dry bulb hygrometer
22.7.0 Thermometers
22.3 Thermometry, thermometer, temperature
4.15 Thermoscope to compare absorption of radiation
23.9.1 Thermos flask, (vacuum flask, Dewar flask, Mariotte flask)
23.3.5 Thermostat
4.153 Three hole can experiment, 3-hole can, a vase with three holes, spouting cylinder
6.19 Tides, The moon and tides, (Primary)
6.3.1.3 Time, second
7.0 Tools for electrical experiments
23.2.5 Torricelli tube, barometer tube
12.1.0 torr, Statics of fluids, static pressure, the pascal (Pa)
28.6.0 Total internal reflection
9.5.4 Touch and feeling
3.6.0 Toxicity, Metals and metal compounds
3.10.0 Toxicity, Poisons and First aid
26.9.01 Transducer, carbon microphone in a telephone
18.3.3 Transfer of angular momentum
30.2.0 Transformers
38.3.1, Transistors
26.4.0 Transmission of sound
35.7 Transparency, (Geology)
23.3.10 Trevelyan rocker
Trichloroethane (1,1,1-trichloroethane)
Trichloromethane (chloroform), prepare trichloromethane, CCl3, 16.1.14
6.3.1.5.1 Triple point and ice point temperatures of water,
26.3.3.3 Tuning forks
13.4.0 Turbulent and streamline flow
U.
27.2.2 Ultraviolet radiation (UV)
6.3.3.5 Units used with SI units Area, Mass, Pressure, Volume
V.
23.9.1 Vacuum flask, Thermos flask (vacuum flask, Dewar flask)
38.1.00 Valves, (Electronics)
4.40 van de Graaff generator
24.1.02 Vapour pressure of pure water and solution of a non-volatile solvent
14.1.0, Velocity
6.3.03 Velocity, (speed), experiments, (Primary)
15.4.2 Velocity, position, and acceleration
14.0.0 Velocity, v, Equations of uniformly accelerated motion, gravity
15.0.0 Vibration and circular motion
13.6.0 Viscosity, non-Newtonian fluids
6.3.3.14 Viscosity, poise, derived units
13.3.0 Viscosity, Stokes' law, fluid friction, falling ball in liquid
27.2.0 Visible spectrum, rainbow
9.5.5 Voice and speaking
4.102 Voice, The voice and speaking
32.1.0 Voltage, EMF sources
6.3.06 Volume, experiments, (Primary)
13.5.0 Vortices
W.
23.6.1 Water, convection, Warm water is lighter than cold water, convection currents in water
23.5.2 Water, Electrical determination of specific heat of water, c
23.7.8 Water is a poor conductor of heat
13.2.27 Water stream, Coanda effect, spoon touches a water stream
11.2.2 Water, Maximum density of water, negative expansion coefficient of water
5.8 Water wheel (Primary)
4.199 Water wheels
23.10.1 Waterfall
25.00 Waves, wave motion
37.1.0 Weather, Make weather instruments and a weather station
37.31.0 Weather projects
8.39.0 Weather studies
8.1.0 Weight, Mass and weight, weighting devices (balances)
12.1.1 Weight and pressure
8.8.1 Wet and dry bulb thermometer
19.0.1 Wet, Drops and films, wetting
27.1.70 Wet sand, Scattering, optical ceramics
4.174 Wheel and axle
21.2.0 Wheel and axle, screwdriver, windlass, crank handle
27.1.70 Whiteness of milk, Scattering, optical ceramics
19.3.0 Wicks, Capillarity
37.9.0 Winds and weather
4.108 Wind speed indicator
37.2 Wind speed, Make a wind speed indicator
21.0.0 Work and energy, Mechanics, simple machines
23.9.0.1 Work and energy, The units of work and energy
3.1.0 Workplace Health and Safety Act, 1995, State of Queensland, Australia
X.
Xenon Xe
Y. Z.