Edexcel IAL Physics 5.3 Thermodynamics course in one fully-resourced PowerPoint with matching student notes with the 3 Core Practicals, AFL and exam questions built in.

The resources contain 8-10 lessons of material as an animated 120 slide PowerPoint with matching student notes in word. The topic can be taught directly from the presentation with minimal preparation. There are small amounts of extension material to interest the more able students (clearly labelled as extension).

Content Covered

• Internal energy
• Core Practical 12: Thermistors
• Specific heat capacity
• Specific latent heat of fusion and vaporisation
• Core Practical 13: Specific Latent Heat
• Evaporation and boiling
• Energy balance and mixing problem solving
• Boyle’s Law
• Core Practical 14: Boyle’s Law
• Charles’ Law
• Pressure Law & Avogadro’s Law (extension)
• Ideal gas equation
• Full kinetic theory derivation of KE vs T
• Absolute zero
• Real vs ideal gases
• Maxwell–Boltzmann distribution (extension)
• Phases of matter, thermal equilibrium and the Zeroth Law

Included:

• Three fully resourced Core Practicals
• Fully animated 128-slide PowerPoint presentation
• Matching editable student notes in Microsoft Word
• Worked examples with fully explained solutions
• Exam-style questions throughout
• AFL activities, quick quizzes and misconception checks
• High-quality diagrams and particle models
• Fully editable PowerPoint presentation