Electricity and magnetism topic - KS3 Activate

This unit of work contains ten 1-hour lesson resources designed for a mixed ability year 8 class.
This unit follows "Chapter 1 - Electricity and Magnetism” from Activate 2, Physics. However, it would be suitable for any KS3 curriculum studying electricity and magnetism.

This unit of work is designed to be engaging and interactive, with plenty of practical demonstrations and class practical activities.

The lessons should be delivered in this order:

1. Charging up
2. Circuits and current
3. Building circuits practical
4. Potential difference
5. Resistance
6. Changing the subject
7. Series and parallel
8. Magnets and magnetic field
9. Electromagnets
10. Using electromagnets

All of my lesson resources contain:

• A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter
• An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson
• Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load
• Teacher models
• Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes
• Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides
• A plenary task