All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify technologies developed since the space programme.
Describe some of the risks and benefits of the space programme.
Evaluate the space programme.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the make up of atoms.
Describe how cloud chambers are used to detect particles and properties about them.
Explain why particle accelerators are useful for explaining the makeup of matter.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify carrier waves.
Describe how waves can be modulated by amplitude or frequency.
Explain why radio receivers are often able to detect a signal over a large area.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what is meant by a parallax
Describe how to convert a distant star, Earth and the Sun into a triangle.
Justify which trigonometric formula to use to calculate the distance between a distant star and Earth or the Sun.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what is needed for GPS to work.
Describe how a RADAR system detects objects.
Explain why a stellar parallax is used to measure the distance of stars instead of RADAR.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify pivots.
Describe how a moment is made.
Explain why doors have their handle on the furthest point from the pivot.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by nuclear fission.
Describe how nuclear fission can cause a chain reaction.
Explain why nuclear fission must be controlled.
A revision session containing a mind map (with guidance and without).
A Powerpoint containing a quiz session (10 questions) - excellent for a starter / plenary.
Answers to each section of the mind map within the Powerpoint.
A revision session containing a mind map (with guidance and without).
A Powerpoint containing a quiz session (10 questions) - excellent for a starter / plenary.
Answers to each section of the mind map within the Powerpoint.
A comprehensive Powerpoint which will allows for students to learn about luminous and non-luminous objects, opaque, transparent and translucent objects and how thickness of a translucent object affects the amount of light traveling through.
I personally use this as an introductory lesson to the light topic.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how objects interact with light.
Success criteria:
-Identify luminous and non-luminous materials.
-Describe how light interacts with a translucent material.
-Explain why the thickness of a translucent material affects the light.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify what’s meant by a radioactive atom.
Describe how a GM tube measures radiation.
Explain why radioactive sources become less dangerous as time passes.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by kinetic and gravitational energy.
Describe how to calculate kinetic and gravitational energy.
Explain why pendulums within a closed system will remain swinging at a fixed height.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the formula for speed.
Describe what’s shown in a distance-time graph
Explain why the gradient is the same as the speed on a distance-time graph.
Includes a simulation where you can use your webcam / student’s webcams to model distance time graphs based on movement toward / away from the screen.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the law of conservation of energy.
Describe what’s meant by energy efficiency.
Create Sankey diagrams.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different types of waves.
Describe how to measure properties of waves.
Compare constructive and destructive interference.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will guide learners through gravity and electrostatic non contact forces.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how forces can act at a distance and explain why these forces are present.
Success criteria:
-Identify non-contact forces.
-Describe how objects react to some non-contact forces.
-Explain why non-contact forces are needed for our daily lives.
This lesson contains 17 slides
Produced to be used when delivering the activate 1 pathway.
A resource containing 2 powerpoint slides for 2 lessons and a worksheet for applying Hooke’s law and analysing data.
I run the resource as an initial practical for investigating Hooke’s law and the second lesson to further solidify theory.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
For the practical lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Investigate the effects of forces on the extension of a spring.
Success criteria:
-Identify independent and dependent variables.
-Describe how to write a method concerning spring extension.
-Explain why repeatability and reliability are important factors within experiments.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
For the theory lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: To analyse the results and draw conclusions between the spring practical and Hooke’s law theory.
Success criteria:
Identify the forces needed to extend and compress a spring.
Describe Hooke’s law.
Explain why the pattern for Hooke’s law does not remain indefinitely.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
The worksheet contains 2 pages.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about drag forces friction and air resistance.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how drag forces affect the movement of an object.
Success criteria:
Identify 2 drag forces.
Describe how drag forces affect objects.
Explain why air resistance and friction can be useful and a nuisance.
This lesson contains 22 slides
A comprehension lesson that teaches students about how the eye and the camera treat light. Students will have the opportunity to create a simple pinhole camera.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Compare how the eye and the camera interpret light differently.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
Identify parts of the camera and the eye.
Describe how light is processed by the camera and the eye.
Compare the eye and the camera.
Powerpoint contains 15 slides.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about the law of reflection, specular reflection and diffuse scattering and how objects appear in mirrors (virtual images)
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
An animation is included to show how a virtual image is generated.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how light reflects and the law of reflection.
Success criteria:
Identify types of reflection.
Describe the law of reflection.
Explain the appearance of virtual objects.
This lesson contains 40 slides