This is simply a list (and by no means comprehensive) of demonstrations, experiments or other engaging ways of teaching physics topics. I made this list while on a Physics Enhancement Course prior to completing my PGCE. Could well be useful to non-specialists or primary teachers!

This is an activity you can use as either a marked piece of work by you, or the students can peer or self assess it themselves. The task is to answer a question using the success criteria provided. I have also included my example answers that I used to model how to answer this. I has the class use whiteboards to tell me what level the examples were before they wrote their own.

This recource is a literacy based question on the title topic for the year 8 scheme of work followed by most boards. Included is a question sheet and the success criteria. The students could use the criteria to write an answer and the either the teacher or the students could assess the answer using the criteria and offer improvements.

This recource is a literacy based question on the title topic for the year 8 scheme of work followed by most boards. Included is a question sheet and the success criteria. The students could use the criteria to write an answer and the either the teacher or the students could assess the answer using the criteria and offer improvements.

This is my introductory lesson to the space topic for KS3. It broadly follows the Activate Science text book. I have added more information in however from the Astronomy GCSE - just interesting information and nothing too challenging. Should provide some good questions from the class!

This resource contains two PowerPoints and accompanying learning mats/worksheets for the activities in the lessons. The learning mat is designed to be folded and glued into a book. It is split into two lessons, one for completing an application of knowledge task regarding a friction investigation, and the other is a feedback lesson where the class will use your input to evaluate and improve upon their work. Also included is a feedback generator - this will drastically decrease your marking workload as it contains pre-written feedback and crucially, how to improve the work. This is lesson six and seven in a SoW that is designed to into AQA GCSE content by year 9. This lesson goes into the idea of balanced and unbalanced forces and then defines a resultant force.

This resource contains both a PowerPoint and an accompanying learning mat/worksheet for the activities in the lesson. The learning mat is designed to be folded and glued into a book. This is lesson three in a SoW that is designed to into AQA GCSE content by year 9. This lesson goes into the idea of balanced and unbalanced forces and then defines a resultant force.

This resource contains both a PowerPoint and an accompanying learning mat/worksheet for the activities in the lesson. The learning mat is designed to be folded and glued into a book. This is lesson two in a SoW that is designed to into AQA GCSE content by year 9. This lesson goes into the idea of balanced and unbalanced forces and then defines a resultant force.

These resources are designed to be used over two lessons - lesson 12 is the assessment (higher or lower) and lesson 13 is the Personal Question Level Analysis lesson (higher or lower). The PQLA is designed to allow students to look at their tests and RAG rate their ability and understanding of those questions. It also allows for next steps to be decided upon. These are the last two lessons in the Forces and Pressure topic. This topic is designed as an introduction to AQA Trilogy Physics later in school.

This is a skills based lesson on discerning the difference between continuous and categorical data. Includes activities based around analysis of data.

This is an introductory lesson into circuit components and drawing circuits. Designed specifically for stretch and challenge. It includes a sorting activity, a designing circuits activity and a mark scheme to go with it. There is also a challenging extension question included and an extra mark scheme for this. Made specifically to fit into AQA GCSE Physics, but could easily serve as any introduction into circuits lesson.

This is an introductory lesson into series circuits. I liken series circuits to a roller coaster at the start for a different analogy. This lesson also contains a practical activity, again with a worksheet provided. I have also added the learning mat for the lesson. I have two free resources from the SoW if you would like to see how I structure these lessons. Please visit my shop to find them.

This lesson covers parallel circuits and how they operate. included is a powerpoint, experiment worksheet and a learning mat. I liken parallel circuits to a motorway toll road to help visualise the concept first. The lesson is designed to fill around 50 mins, but could easily fill an hour with more experiment time. I have two free resources from the SoW if you would like to see how I structure these lessons. Please visit my shop to find them.

This is designed to cover two lessons - lesson one, the class will use their results from the resistance of a wire experiment to attempt a graph of results on their own. You, as the teacher will then use the feedback generator provided to assess their graphs and provide detailed feedback (using a spreadsheet that can be printed out on sheet 2 of the excel spreadsheet). Lesson 2 would then comprise of the class reading their feedback and improving or extending their work, whichever is appropriate. This would also be a good point to mark the homework that comes free with this SoW. I have two free resources from the SoW if you would like to see how I structure these lessons. Please visit my shop to find them.