I have a variety of resources covering AQA GCSE Science as well as OCR A level Biology, Chemistry and Physics. There are also some PD resources and whole school assemblies.
I have a variety of resources covering AQA GCSE Science as well as OCR A level Biology, Chemistry and Physics. There are also some PD resources and whole school assemblies.
A set of physics revision or retrieval activities with answers.
Could be used as homework tasks / starter
Each one comprises a range of 20 questions covering topics in AQA Physics paper 1
When completing students tick the relevant box whether they were able to answer on what they remember (brain) or by using a textbook or revision guide (book). Teachers can then use this to target additional activities.
Later activities repeat questions which again adds to the retrieval aspect of the tasks
A complete final revision lesson covering the content from AQA GCSE Trilogy Science Physics paper 2
The lesson covers:
Forces
Waves
Magnetism and electromagnetism
Radiation RPA
Waves RPA
Acceleration RPA
Extension RPA
Includes a variety of retrieval activities and exam questions
All answers provided and all activities are within the PPT (36 slides in total)
A complete lesson revising sections 6.2.1 and 6.2.1 of the AQA trilogy Physics specification- current, potential difference and resistance and series and parallel circuits.
The lesson includes lots of retrieval type activities and exam questions
The lesson covers:
Circuit symbols
Types of circuit
IV characteristics
The resistance of a wire required practical
Various calculations
Plugs and electrical safety
Answers provided and all activities are within the PPT
A set of 6 revision booklets aimed at supporting students who should be getting grade 7 +.
Each booklet contains a revision checklist as well as notes, questions and hints and tips for the relevant required practical activities. Most importantly each booklet also contains around 100 marks of exam questions aimed at grade 7 and above. All the answers are also provided.
The booklets contain some free resources from other TES authors that have been adapted
A complete revision lesson covering section 6.5.1-3 of the AQA trilogy course- forces.
It covers forces and their interactions, work done and energy transfer and elasticity.
The lesson includes a variety of student led activities, retrieval practice and exam questions
All answers provided
A complete revision lesson covering section 6.6.1 of the Trilogy and Physics GCSE specification- waves.
The lesson covers:
Longitudinal and transverse waves
The wave equation
The ripple tank required practical
wave period and frequency
maths skills
The lesson includes lots of exam practice and independent tasks as well as retrieval tasks
All answers included
A booklet setting out an 11 week revision program covering the OCR A Physics A level specification.
Each week has a blank mind map, PLC, a retrieval activity and a series of exam questions and answers
The topics covered are:
Thermal physics
Mechanics and momentum
Waves
Quantum and space physics
materials
Electricity 1
Capacitors
Oscillations
Electric fields and electromagnetism
Electricity 2
Nuclear physics
Some activities have been adapted from other free resources available on TES
A bundle of 4 lessons covering all the specification points in OCR Physics section 5.5 - cosmology and astrophysics-
Stars
Electromagnetic radiation from stars
Wein’s law and Stefan’s law
Hubble constant
Cosmology
Doppler effect
The big bang theory
All answers are included
I am to reduce photocopying so all resources (except one) are in the PPT
A complete lesson covering sections 5.5.3 d-o of the OCR Physics specification- the big bang theory, the cosmological principle, the Doppler effect and red shift.
The lesson starts by covering the Doppler effect in sound and how this also applies to red shift in light. It the covers how this and CMBR act as evidence for the origins of the universe in the big bang. It covers the Hubble constant, how its value is not exact and how it can be sued to estimate the age of the universe. The lesson closes by looking at the events immediately following the big bang and how the universe is believed to have changed.
The lesson includes lots of calculations and multiple student activities
All answers are provided
I aim tor educe photocopying so all resources are within the PPT- a total of 50 slides
A complete lesson covering sections 5.5.1e and 5.5.3 a-k of the OCR Physics specification- stellar radiation and luminosity and stellar spectrum. It starts by looking at the way that objects produce electromagnetic radiation and the link to temperature. It then looks at Wien’s displacement law and Stefan’s law including calculations and comparisons of luminosity and temperature. It then move son to look at spectra and how electrons produce photons of light after being excited. It then closes by looking at the difference between emission and absorption spectrum and how they can be sued to analyse stars.
Includes lots of independent activities
All answer included
I aim to reduce photocopying so all resources are in the PPT- 49 slides in total
A complete lesson covering points 5.5.1 b-f of the OCR Physics specification- the life cycle of stars. It starts with the formation of stars from dust and gas then works though the various stages of the life cycle for all sizes of stars. It includes the Chandrasekhar limit as a determiner of which cycle a star will go through. It includes links to several videos on you-tube and a card sort work sheet.
The lesson includes lots of independent tasks including a variety of calculation questions
All answers included
I aim tor educe photocopying so the majority of activities are in the PPT- 38 slides in total
A complete lesson covering section 5.5.1.a and 5.5.3a-c of the OCR physics specification- our planetary neighbors and how to calculate interstellar distances.
It starts by introducing the key terms needed to describe the solar system including the difference between planet and dwarf planets and asteroids and comets. It then goes on to cover the various methods for measuring distances in space including light years and parsecs. This includes using stellar parallax and the equation p = 1/d to use arc seconds
All answers provided
I always aim to reduce photocopying so all resources are included in the PPT- a total of 30 slides
A set of two lessons thats covers all of the learning points in section 5.4 of the OCR physics specification- gravitational fields.
The lessons cover:
Point and spherical masses
Newtons law of gravitation
Planetary motion
Gravitational potential and energy
Includes lots of independent student activities
All answers included
I aim to reduce photocopying so all activities are with the PPT (31 and 41 slides)
A complete lesson covering sections 5.4.3 and 5.4.4 of the OCR Physics specification- gravitational potential and planetary motion.
The lesson starts by introducing gravitational potential including the various calculations. It then looks at GPE and how this can be calculated covering the fact that at GCSE students calculated changes in GPE rather than absolute values which are negative. It then looks at changes in gravitational potential and how these can be determined mathematically and graphically. The lesson then moves onto escape velocity and satellites before introducing Kepler’s three laws. The lesson includes lots of independent student tasks including practicing deriving the planetary motion equations.
All answers are included
I always aim to reduce photocopying so all tasks are within the PPT- 41 slides in total
A complete lesson covering section 5.4.1 a- e of the OCR Physics specification- gravitational fields
It includes a starter, full notes, various independent activities and a differentiated summary at the end
The lesson covers gravitational fields, the law of gravitation and calculating gravitational field strength
All answers included
I aim to reduce photocopying so all resources are within the PPT (31 slides in total)
A bundle of four lessons covering the full content of sections 5.2 and 5.3 of the OCR specification.
It covers
Circular motion
Centripetal force
Simple harmonic motion
The defining equation of SHM
Other calculations with SHM
Free and forced oscillations
Resonance
Damping
It includes lots of independent student tasks
All answers provided and all activities are within the PPT
A complete lesson covering section 5.3.3 a-e of the OCR Physics specification- free and forced oscillations and damping of SHM.
This covers the difference between free and forced oscillations and the effect of resonance. It then looks at damping especially as a means of reducing the effects of resonance for example in earthquakes.
Includes a starter, full notes and lots of student independent tasks.
I always try to reduce photocopying so all activities are found in the PPT.
All answers provided
A complete lesson covering section 5.3.1 c-e of the OCR Physics specification- equations of Simple harmonic motion and PAG10.
It covers the equations for velocity, acceleration and displacement as well as their derivation. It includes lots of students activities
Also includes instructions for PAG10 which is an investigation into pendulums. You may also wish to add the sheet from the OCR interchange
I aim to reduce photocopying so all activities are in the PPT
All answers included
A complete lesson covering section 5.2.1 and 5.2.2 of the OCR Physics specification- circular motion
It covers circular motion, centripetal force and acceleration and all associated equations. The lesson closes with a practical investigating and analysing circular motion
Lots of students activities included
All activities in PPT as I aim to reduce photos=copying
A complete PowerPoint covering sections 5.3.1 and 2 of the OCR Physics specification- simple harmonic motion.
It introduces SHM and the fundamental equation. The lesson then looks at properties of objects showing SHM such as frequency, period and phase difference. this includes several graphs and taking gradients of those graphs.
Lots of students led activities are included
All answers included
I try to reduce photocopying so the majority of activities are included in the PPT (except for the graph worksheet which is separate)