Full Lesson PowerPoint and resources to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Physics lesson on Background Radiation. It covers sources of background radiation and how the amount of radioactivity can be measured, what background radiation is and how radiation measurements need to be corrected to account for background radiation and details of how a Geiger–Müller tube works.
Updated 04/03/2021
The resource is appropriate for Triple and Combined Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.
You can download the FREE resource “GCSE Physics EDEXCEL 9-1 SP6 & CP6 Radioactivity Lesson outline and equipment list” for this topic from my TES shop. The FREE sample lesson “GCSE Physics Energy Stores and Transfers FULL LESSON (Edexcel 9-1 CP3a SP3a) Conservation of Energy” is also available to download from my TES shop.
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Radioactivity CP6 Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Physics
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Radioactivity SP6 Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Physics
Full lessons with resources for those teaching GCSE Edexcel Physics Topic 6 (for Triple Science and covers what you need for Combined Science Topic 6). Lessons include easy to follow presentations that promote high levels of pupil engagement. If you are also teaching Combined Science this is covered here. If you are teaching only Combined Science the CP6 bundle will be more suited to you. The bundle includes 13 full lessons with associated resources plus my lesson overview and resources list for the topic. A very small number of the resources require access to Pearson Active Teach, however, the vast majority are included in the presentations or as a separate file.
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