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 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 will be able to: State what’s produced when an unstable atom breaks down. Describe what is meant by half-life. Explain why atoms with a high radioactivity will have a short half-life.

By the end of the lesson learners will be able to: Identify acceleration, constant velocity and deceleration on a velocity-time graph. Describe how to calculate distance travelled using a velocity-time graph. Compare the movement of two objects on a velocity-time graph.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State the equation for acceleration Describe how to measure the acceleration of an object. Explain why a change in acceleration indicates a change in direction

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify scalars and vectors. Compare scalars and vectors. Convert scalars into vectors.

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 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

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what is meant by refraction. Describe how light refracts through mediums. Explain why refraction is useful.

A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about charges and how these charges contribute towards static electricity. Students will then progress to find how these charges interact with another and generate current. Progress checks are available following each success criteria Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner. Learning objective: Justify how charges behave and how this contributes to electricity. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Success criteria: Identify the 2 charges. Describe how materials can become charged. Explain why static shocks occur. Powerpoint contains 20 slides. A worksheet is also included to complement the Van Der Graaf.

A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about magnetic poles, magnetic filed lines and how these field lines impact attraction and repulsion. Progress checks are available following each success criteria Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner. Learning objective: To justify the effects of magnetic field lines in repulsion and attraction. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Success criteria: -Identify the poles on a magnet. -Describe the direction of magnetic field lines. -Explain the effect of combining magnetic field lines. Powerpoint contains 27 slides.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what is meant by specific heat capacity. Describe how specific heat capacity affects how a substance increases in temperature. Explain the uses of a substance with a large specific heat capacity.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what holds particles together in substances. Describe what happens when bonds are made / broken. Explain why water, which has a large specific latent heat, remains in each state for a long time.

A 6 page mini-booklet that should ensure students are: Able to identify longitudinal waves, Able to identify transverse waves, Able to describe the amplitude of a wave, Able to describe the wavelength of a wave, Able to describe frequency, Able to identify the effects of amplitude and frequency on sound, Able to rearrange equations using the triangle, Able to use the wave speed equation. Includes reading for understanding tasks. Suitable for higher ability KS3 students and KS4 students.

A simple settler activity where students need to highlight the correct statements to find the hidden letter. Topics include: Forces, Sound, Light, Waves, Speed, Energy.

The resource was designed on google slides and should work fine on powerpoint, it might just need some rearranging. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Define the conservation of momentum. Describe how to calculate the combined momentum of two objects. Calculate the velocity of objects after a collision when given the starting velocities and masses.