An independent investigation into how the volume of an A4 piece of paper changes as you remove a square of length x from each side. Excel could be used to graph the relationship between Volume and x. I used for Year 9, could use with KS3/4 with excel or with KS5 differentiating the equation relating V and x to find the maxima.

A Powerpoint containing gifs, activities and and a section checklist for A2 physics Electric fields. Designed for the 7408 specification.<br /> <br /> Not designed to just be the textbook copied out - contains things to do and works well in conjunction with a textbook (e.g. CGP, AQA). Some slides need practical equipment. <br /> <br /> Topics: Static Electricity, Electric Field Strength, Electric Potential, Coloumb's Law and Comparison of Electric and Magnetic Fields.

A Powerpoint containing gifs, activities and and a section checklist for A2 physics Electric fields. Designed for the 7408 specification.<br /> <br /> Not designed to just be the textbook copied out - contains things to do and works well in conjunction with a textbook (e.g. CGP, AQA). Some slides need practical equipment. <br /> <br /> Topics:Gravitational Field Strength, Topics: Gravitational Potential, Gravitational Field Lines, Newton's Law of Gravitation, Planetary Fields, Satellite Motion.

The 7407/7408 Specifications, broken down ready to be printed in A3 and given to students to use put into a google doc/ spreadsheet.<br /> <br /> Students rank the specification items and allows focus on weaker areas.

Presentation of equilibrium, originally for A-Level Physics (AQA 2450) but versatile for any board/level. Would work for Mechanics modules in mathematics. <br /> <br /> The worksheet is to be printed and given to students, the layout is due to me inviting my students to stand up and rotate around desks as they complete the questions (the sheet remains static), this allows me to see the progress of each student, allow students to gauge where they are relative to other students and gets them on their feet and moving.<br /> <br /> N.B the random union flags are because I this was the last lesson with the group and I was tongue-in-cheek pretending I was covering the teaching standard: &quot;to ‘actively promote’ the fundamental British values of democracy, the rule of law, individual liberty, and mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.&quot;

A Powerpoint containing gifs, activities and and a section checklist for A2 physics Electric fields. Designed for the 7408 specification.<br /> <br /> Not designed to just be the textbook copied out - contains things to do and works well in conjunction with a textbook (e.g. CGP, AQA). Some slides need practical equipment. <br /> <br /> Topics: Magnetic Flux Density, Force on a current carrying wire, Force on moving particles. Magnetic Field strength

Powerpoint covers: the development of the microscope, the parts of a microscope (in KS3 NC) and the constituents of animal and plant cells. When introducing the various parts, I got the class to stand up and do actions while saying the name and seeing it on screen. E.g. for cytoplasm you make a large circle in front of you, sounding the syllables as you draw it out, for nucleus you open a palm, create a fist and close the open palm around the fist. <br /> <br /> You can then get students to compete against each other at the front of class, you saying the word and the students trying to make the action, say the name and describe the function first. <br /> <br /> Inspired by circuit karate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ex7xwaPha2I

For AS students, but written in a university/textbook style, this will guide students to derive the De Broglie wavelength equation from what they should already know. 5-10 lesson minutes.

A grid listing that maps the Roman and Greek alphabet to the abbreviation of physical quantities, unit symbols and prefixes used with A-Level Physics. I used as a glossary booklet in the backs of student books, a starter with students test each other and generally to make students more independent.

A structured resource that guides students through deriving the equations for circular motion in a range of examples as required in the 2450 AQA A2 Physics syllabus. E.g. a car on a banked track, a long swing, the big dipper, a car on a hill.<br /> <br /> I split the class into groups of 3/4 and students worked through independently, occasionally requiring some teacher direction.

A short investigation into probability based around illusionist Derren Brown and what it takes to get 10 heads in a row with a fair coin. Written for Year 9 top set but would work well with KS3 in general.<br /> <br /> Works well if you show them the video available on YouTube at the beginning.

Versatile. Contains opening sentence, e.g.: &quot;The photoelectric effect is like a drinks machine, a pound coin and a load of pennies because...&quot;, then followed by a detailed description of the analogy in plain English, then with questions asking reader to identify the work function, threshold frequency, KE of electrons and photon energy.<br /> <br /> I used with teams acting out and explaining analogies to each other with viewers asking presenters to justify the analogy and suggest alternatives or improvements.

16 page document containing over 200 pictures of food from various food groups, good for constructing 'food plates' showing the correct proportion of each food group on standard sized paper or plastic plates.

AQA AS Physics 2450 (appropriate for all main exam boards) powerpoint with 10 slides recapping the quark model and the weak interaction along with 3 exam questions. <br /> <br /> Can be used for range of abilities, 30 lesson minutes max.

Solo or group quiz on particle physics. Students to self assess strengths and weaknesses, quiz has less/more challenging rounds with a joker system for double points that should encourage students to stretch themselves towards the harder material. Students to present answers themselves or teacher supplied. 10-30 lesson minutes.

A list of 1-4 ranked questions that are extracts from the teaching standards, with some flavour text to explain what the 1 - 4 grading system in a way my students would respond well to, please edit as your see fit, I have highlighted the gender specific pronouns that may need changing.

A set of structured derivations aimed at getting students to use prior knowledge of gravitational fields to derive corresponding electric field equations.<br /> <br /> An opening paragraph describing what theoretical physicists are looking for beyond the standard model of physics.<br /> <br /> Designed with AQA physics 2450/7408 in mind.

It is 6 repeated paragraphs on one page which i printed and gave to students which reads: &quot;Tests do not define us. In years to come you will not remember all the tests you have taken, the levels you gained, or the questions you got wrong. More important is what you do with your tests. Do you do well and not look at the questions you didn’t do well in? Do you do poorly and be happy not to know what you didn’t do well in? A wise person is not wise because of the things they know, instead they know what they don’t know and take steps to better understand. How we react to positives and problems in our lives does define us as real life presents us with many challenges and rewards. Tests do not define us. &quot;