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AS 9702 · 1.1 to 1.2 · Physical quantities and units · Lesson bundle

SI units and homogeneity

The foundation lesson of the course, made lesson-ready: the six SI base units, how derived units are built from them, the prefixes from pico to tera, and using base units to test whether an equation is homogeneous, a check that is necessary but not sufficient. Plan, worksheet with answers, slides, and a Quiz-Quiz-Trade activity with a full facilitation guide and a printable card set.

Syllabus
9702, 1.1 to 1.2
Level
AS
Duration
60 minutes
Activity
Quiz-Quiz-Trade
Core visual
The base-unit balance
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Lesson plan

The 60-minute plan, with base and derived units, the prefixes, the homogeneity test, the worked example, examiner traps and differentiation.

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Worksheet and answers

Original AS questions across recall, derived units in base units, prefix conversions, homogeneity checks and a reasoning question, with a full worked answer key.

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Slides

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21st century skills activity

Quiz-Quiz-Trade with a printable sixteen-card set on units and prefixes, the PIES rationale and a facilitation guide, so it runs faithfully.

The matching topic page

Send learners to the lesson online

This bundle pairs with the student topic page Physical quantities and units, which carries the base and derived units, the prefixes and the homogeneity check as an interactive explanation that learners can revisit for homework or revision.

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How it is built

Necessary, but not sufficient

The lesson treats units as the grammar of physics: derived units are not new ideas but combinations of six base units, and the homogeneity test is just checking that every term of an equation reduces to the same base units. The one idea held firm is that homogeneity is necessary but not sufficient, because it cannot catch a wrong pure number.

Quiz-Quiz-Trade turns the recall of base units and prefixes into many quick, coached repetitions, with every learner both answering and coaching on each round. The activity ships with a printable card set and a full facilitation guide, so it can be run faithfully.

Original work by the TheLucidSTEM team. Questions are written in the style of the papers; no past paper question is reproduced. Supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them freely.
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