Geniuses- 5th-7th Grade
DETAILS :
We will conduct 60 minutes session every week depending upon the Session you choose. Please check the Schedule Tab to see all the session options that you have. You can select the session that suits your schedule. The 60-minute session is divided into theory followed by a hands-on experiment.
Lessons are conducted in a live instructor-led learning environment, with abundant opportunities to explore and interact with their peers. For Spring 2023, classes will start from February 4th and will run through June 3rd(No class on February 18th and April 15th due to School break week). There will be total 16 sessions for the Spring Semester
this semester we will cover topics from physics with focuses on mechanics, the part of physics that deals with force, motion, work and energy.
The primary topics covered in this class will include the following topics with hands-on activities:Your student will experience physics topics including:
They will also answer questions such as:
- uniform motion
- average speed (definition, calculations, examples, practice)
- distance-time graphs (including calculating/analyzing slope)
- speed-time graphs (including calculating/analyzing slope)
- the difference between scalar and vector quantities
- vector sign conventions
- the difference between distance and displacement
- velocity (definition, calculations, examples, practice)
- position-time graphs (including calculating/analyzing slope)
- acceleration definition and calculations
- positive and negative acceleration
- 4 acceleration graph shapes
- velocity-time graphs (including calculating/analyzing slope)
- forces (definition, calculation, examples, practice)
- the difference between mass and weight
- calculating weight
- work (definition, calculation, examples, practice)
- criteria for work to be done
- relationships between work and energy
- force vs displacement graphs (including calculating the area under the graph)
- types and classification of energy
- potential energy calculations
- kinetic energy calculations (including formula manipulation)
- how kinetic energy varies with mass and speed
- mechanical energy definition and calculations (examples and practice)
- first law of thermodynamics
- diagrams/explanations for maximum kinetic energy and maximum potential energy being equal
- energy conversions (input, output, waste)
- second law of thermodynamics
- efficiency (definition, calculation, examples, practice)
- sources of energy with pros and cons
- comparison of energy conversions and efficiency for fossil fuels and hydro-electric power
- classification of energy sources as solar vs non-solar, renewable vs non-renewable
- chapter review questions