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Forces - What is Friction? KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable explanation of the cause and effects of friction with a practical investigating the relationship between the force needed to move a shoe over different types of surface. Examples of useful friction in terms of grip and non-useful friction in terms of decreased speed and heat production are considered.
What’s Covered
Friction is a force which opposes motion and is measured in newtons (N).
Friction increases with the roughness of the surface.
Friction is caused by collisions between “bumps”, sometimes microscopic, as surfaces slide over each other.
Collisions slow things down and produce heat.
How lubricants reduce friction
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (x3)
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains fifteen resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Forces - Weight and Mass KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable explanation of the relationship between mass and weight.
What’s Covered
All objects attract each other and that the attraction force depends on the size of the object.
The attraction force of planets is called gravity which acts towards the centre.
Gravity hold Earth’s atmosphere in place.
Mass is the amount of material in a body, is measured in kilograms (Kg) and is independant of position.
Weight is the effect of gravity pulling on a mass.
Units for gravitational field strength are N/Kg.
Applying W = m x g to calculate weight of a body on Earth, the Moon and Jupiter.
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (x3)
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains fifteen resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Forces - What is a Force? KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to forces.
What’s Covered
Force is a pull or a push with examples.
Arrows indicate the direction of force.
Contact and non-contact forces explained and examples
Forces can change an objects speed, direction or shape
The Newton and newtonmeter.
Real-life examples of forces.
Practical
The first simple practical gives pupils experience in reading scales as they find the weight of their pencil case and other items provided by the teacher. (selection of different objects and different size newtonmeters needed)
The second practical introduces an element of fun and competition by using a bathroom scales calibrated in Newtons (an ordinary bathroom scales can be used but multiply the reading in kilograms by 10) to find the person with the strongest grip in the class (photograph of how to do this shown on the PowerPoint)
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (x3)
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains fifteen resources so that the teacher can use them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Science and General Knowledge Quiz 2 KS3 - Back to School/End of Year
An ideal end-of-term activity or first-day team builder. This activity promotes the concepts of working as a team and individually contributing to the success of a team.
It is a 65 question, animated, interactive team quiz with built – in scoreboard for up to seven teams. All questions are pictorial and multiple choice. A wide-range of topical and historical general knowledge is included. As well as asking a question, most slides also provide some interesting snippets about the topic so pupils are expanding their general knowledge as well as enjoying the activity.Topics include:
geography
history
sport
nature
science
astronomy
astrology
current affairs
film
art
flags of the world
famous people
famous landmarks
Each team will attempt their team round which consists of a science question and four general knowledge questions. The answer to each question must be decided by the whole team. If a wrong answer is given, the next question goes to the first hand up and, if correct, that person’s team gets to try the rest of the round.
After the team round is the individual round. A maximum of thirty questions answered on a first-hand-up basis accruing points for the team. This second round allows flexibility in terms of the time the quiz takes as not all thirty questions have to be attempted. The quiz therefore can last between 30 and 50 minutes.
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Current Electricity Smart Board or Computer Bingo KS3
If the number of a question on the smart board matches a number on their bingo card, the student writes the answer to the question in that square. Questions include:
What are current, voltage and resistance
Conductors and insulators
Circuits and symbols
Lamps in series and parallel circuits
Current in series and parallel circuits
Voltage in series and parallel
The relationship between the number of batteries and current
The relationship between the number of batteries and Voltage
Adding lamps
Switches in series and parallel circuits
Ohms Law
What is Included
Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 54 questions
Electricity fact sheet
48 bingo cards
Answers PowerPoint
Suggested Lesson Plan
Students have some time to review the fact sheet either independently or with teacher.
Play bingo – students write the answers into the square on their bingo card which matches the question number in the smart board.
Teacher uses Word hard copy of answers to check card of winners of lines and full house
Pupils use answer PowerPoint to check their answers at end of game.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
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Current Electricity 30 Task Cards KS3
Thirty task cards on current electricity for KS3 including:
explaining current, voltage and resistance;
circuits and symbols;
conductors and insulators;
series and parallel circuits;
switches and lamps in series and parallel
Ohms Law.
Some cards are more challenging than others and many cards have several related tasks with varying degrees of difficultly.
Answers are provided on an animated PowerPoint with one slide per task card so that the answers can also be easily photocopied. This makes self-assessment and peer assessment extremely easy.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Current Electricity Taboo Cards 3 for KS3
Twelve taboo cards on batteries, voltage, current, resistance and Ohms Law.
How to Use
Work in pairs.
Place cards in a pile face down.
Student takes a card and gives scientific clues to their partner to help them guess the word in the guess box.
The clue giver cannot use the words in the taboo box in the clues.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Current Electricity Taboo Cards 2 for KS3
Twenty-four taboo cards on:
lamps in series and parallel;
measuring current and voltage;
current and voltage in series and parallel circuits.
How to Use
Work in pairs.
Place cards in a pile face down.
Student takes a card and gives scientific clues to their partner to help them guess the word in the guess box.
The clue giver cannot use the words in the taboo box in the clues.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Current Electricity Taboo Cards 1 for KS3
Eighteen taboo cards on:
explaining current, voltage and resistance;
explaining and naming conductors and insulators;
circuits and symbols
How to Use
Work in pairs.
Place cards in a pile face down.
Student takes a card and gives scientific clues to their partner to help them guess the word in the guess box.
The clue giver cannot use the words in the taboo box in the clues.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Current Electricity Games Compendium KS3
A compendium of six different, enjoyable and challenging games on current electricity suitable for all abilities. T Each game is fully resourced, comes with full instructions and is easy to run. The following shows the prior knowledge which is needed for each game.
What are current, voltage and resistance
Conductors and insulators
Circuits and symbols
42 Question Card Sort Team Game
Dominos
Lamps in series and parallel circuits
Current in series and parallel circuits
Voltage in series and parallel
35 Question Interactive Quiz
The relationship between the number of batteries and current
The relationship between the number of batteries and voltage
Adding lamps
Electricity Board Game
Switches in series and parallel circuits
Ohms Law
Smart Board Bingo
Escape Room
This versatile pack can be used to reinforce each section of the current electricity module as it is taught or for revision. Many of the games could be used for cover lessons, even when taken by a non-specialist as they come with a hard-copy or PowerPoint of the answers. It is also the ideal end of term/year pack.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
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Current Electricity KS3 - Save the Technician Escape Room
Finish and reinforce the KS3 current electricity module or revisit it prior to exams with this innovative, enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson. Prior knowledge required:
• current, voltage and resistance – defining and understanding, units, measuring;
• circuits and symbols;
• series and parallel circuits – current, voltage, switches, lamps;
• current and voltage varying with number of batteries;
• Ohms Law.
Pupils have to work their way through the clues to find the code to a box with a combination lock containing an antidote to a substance, accidentally ingested by the laboratory. The substance is the departments a prototype, orally administered sunscreen being developed by the department which has unfortunately been found to turn the skin of mice purple and which has not yet been tested on humans and is also therefore potentially toxic.
The pack contains:
• PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
• crossword;
• word search;
• dominoes activity;
• worksheet Differentiated over 2 versions);
• code breaker sheet;
• answer keys;
• lesson plan.
If time is limited just the crossword, word search and domino can be used. With a minimum of 50 minutes available one of the differentiated worksheets can also be used. The worksheet is the most challenging clue to solve and this can be omitted completely for less able classes.
Both 3 and 4 number combination locks can be purchased very cheaply online if using an actual box containing an unopened bottle of a soft drink, with the label removed, for a member of the winning team to take to the technician. In the absence of a locked box, until the code is found, as each group completes a team member can be dispatched to the prep room for the technician to ”try the code”. Alternatively all the combination locks in the science department had been set to the same combination for an escape room lesson including the one used on the box with the antidote in the prep room. The combination has been lost but if the class can open the one in front of them it will open the one on the antidote!
The module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
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Current Electricity - KS3 Whole Module Revision Lesson
This lesson covers the whole KS3 current electricity module:
Explaining current, voltage and resistance
Explaining conductors and insulators
Current, voltage, lamps and switches in series and parallel circuits
Current and voltage varies with number of batteries
Ohms Law
What You Get
Sheet for fact share activity
Fact Sheet
Smart Board Quiz - Question and answer PowerPoints
Two worksheets – differentiated.
Answer/mark scheme PowerPoint
Sheet for pupils to record quiz answers
Suggested lesson plan (one-page flow chart)
Lesson structure
With the question version of the quiz on the interactive whiteboard, pupils write their answers on their recording sheet. This quiz has a built-in timer for each question but the teacher has control of movement between slides to move from question to question.
The answer version of the quiz is then put on the IWB and pupils mark their answers. This version also shows the questions so it is easy for the teacher to go through any explanations necessary.
The facts on the fact sheet are mapped to the question numbers in the quiz. Pupils now match and colour on the fact sheet, the numbers of the questions they had wrong on the pupil recording sheet. They then have, to take away with them, a clear and permanent record of facts to be learned.
Pupils then tackle the worksheet which is differentiated over two versions.
Finally pupils use the answer/mark scheme PowerPoint to either self-assess or peer assess their answers to the worksheet.
The module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
Current Electricity KS3 - 39 Worksheets/Homeworks
39 original, differentiated and challenging homework/worksheets covering current electricity at KS3 in its entirety. The topics included are:
Current, Voltage and Resistance
Conductors and Insulators
Circuits and Symbols
Lamps in Series and Parallel
Current in Series and Parallel
Voltage in Series and Parallel
Does the Number of Batteries Affect Current? Why.
Does the Number of Batteries Affect Voltage? Why.
Does Resistance Affect Current? Why?
Switches in series and parallel
Ohms Law
Each topic comes with a detailed answer/mark scheme PowerPoint to make self-assessment and peer assessment easier.
Also Available
Fully resourced lessons on each of the above topics are available. In addition to the worksheets/homeworks and mark schemes shown here, each topic comes with an animated PowerPoint and at least nine other resources. Resources place an emphasis on literacy, oracy and assessment for learning. The format of each PowerPoint is to explain the concept, guide the pupil through planning/conducting the practical and conclude. Each animated PowerPoint includes an exit ticket class quiz for instant feedback to the teacher on learning.
The module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
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Current Electricity 4 KS3
Two action-packed, engaging and differentiated lessons - Switches in Series and Parallel Circuits and Ohms Law
This bundle contains material for 4 hours teaching with 20 learning outcomes and 24 engaging, challenging and differentiated resources to enable the teacher to select and totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and practicals.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan for each of the two topics indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Resources
2 Animated PowerPoints- each includes an exit ticket /plenary quiz
2 Cut and stick
2 Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
2 Flip Its
2 sets of Taboo Cards
2 Worksheet for practical
2 Fact sheets
2 Foldables
2 Fact Share Worksheets
8 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
2 PowerPoints with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork
2 Flow chart lesson plan
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
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Current, Voltage and Resistance - What Are They?
Conductors and Insulators
Circuits and Symbols
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity - Switches in Series and Parallel Circuits KS3
This action-packed lesson on switches in series and parallel circuits is fully resourced and differentiated with 13 activities and 9 learning outcomes.
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and a practical.
This pack contains material for two hours lesson time in total to enable the teacher to select resources in order to totally bespoke the lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Objective
*To know that switches open and close circuits.
*To know that one switch controls all the components in a series circuit.
*To know that components can be controlled individually by switches in a parallel circuit.
*To be able to position switches correctly in simple and complex complex parallel circuits.
Resources
Animated 14 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Current, Voltage and Resistance - What Are They?
Conductors and Insulators
Circuits and Symbols
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
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Current Electricity Intro 3 Plus Board Game KS3
Three action-packed, engaging and differentiated lessons - What happens to the current and voltage when you add batteries to a circuit and what happens to the current when you increase the resistance? These questions are answered and demonstrated using animated PowerPoints in these three engaging and enjoyable lessons which provide the ideal foundation on which to build your middle school science students’ knowledge of current electricity. This pack guides pupils through planning three experiments to test predictions but provides sample results for drawing conclusions should labs not be possible. To reinforce learning at the end of the module, a board game is included - so enjoyable students won’t realise they are learning.
Included in this pack
Does Increasing the Number of Batteries Increase the Current in an electrical Circuit?
Does Increasing the Number of Batteries Increase the Voltage in an electrical Circuit?
The Relationship Between Current and Resistance in a Circuit Explained
54 Question Current Electricity Board Game
What it Covers
Identifying the positive and negative terminals of a battery and its symbol
Batteries connected together using the positive to negative terminals
Batteries contain chemicals which provide the voltage or push
Batteries provide energy which the electrons use to move through the circuit
Current and voltage increase with the number of batteries
Calculating the output of n number of batteries from known numbers of batteries voltages and currents
Resistance is caused by metal ions
The more collisions between metal ions and electrons the higher the resistance
Planning experiments to test a prediction, designing results tables
Practice in building circuits
Stages in draw a bar graph
What You Get For each Lesson
Animated PowerPoint complete with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guide (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity
Practical worksheets for labs
Homeworks
Worksheets and guided notes
Taboo Cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets- pupils can self-assess or peer assess.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made if required.
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Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
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Current Electricity - Intro 2 KS3
Lamps, current and voltage in series and parallel circuits – these three fully resourced, and engaging lessons provide the ideal foundation on which to build your middle school science students’ knowledge of current electricity .
Included in this pack
Lamps in Series and Parallel
Measuring Current
Measuring Voltage
35 Question Interactive Quiz
Each lesson comes with its own animated and easy to follow PowerPoint complete with exit ticket quiz and a separate PowerPoint with detailed mark schemes for easy self-assessment and peer assessment.
With each lesson come with up to 14 printables so that teachers can bespoke their lesson to take account of the ability of their students and time available. A one page lesson plan flow chart shows where logical choices between resources can be made if necessary. Assessments are supported by PowerPoints with detailed answer and mark schemes to enable a choice of teacher, student or peer assessment.
What This Pack Does
Introduces the idea of a parallel circuits having branches
Compares the brightness of identical lamps in series and parallel
Looks at the effect of removing a lamp in series and parallel
Introduces the amp (A) as the unit of current
Positioning of ammeters in series and parallel circuits
Compares current in series and parallel circuits
Introduces the volt (v) as the unit of voltage
Positioning of voltmeters in series and parallel circuits
Compares voltage in series and parallel circuits
Enables pupils to determine unknown currents and voltages in series and parallel circuits
Guides pupils through 3 labs but provides sample results should labs not be possible
Provides practice in designing a test circuit and results tables
Provides practice in building circuits
What You Get For each Lesson
Animated PowerPoint complete with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guide (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity
Practical worksheets for labs
Homeworks
Worksheets and guided notes
Taboo Cards
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Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity - Conductors and Insulators Explained KS3
Explaining and demonstrating conductors and insulators in terms of high and low resistance as caused by the number of collisions between electrons and metal ions, the engaging and easy to follow animated PowerPoint then takes the student through designing a results table and test circuit. If apparatus is available the student can then test different materials themselves or alternatively use the results demonstrated in the PowerPoint in order to conclude that metals are conductors and non – metals are insulators.
Objective
To know that conductors conduct electricity and insulators do not.
To know that metals are conductors and non-metals are insulators.
To be able to design a test circuit and results table.
To explain why some materials are conductors or insulators in terms of the number of collisions between electrons and metal ions
.
Resources
Animated 11 slide PowerPoint - includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
4 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint - answers/mark scheme.
With 13 printables, teachers can opt to bespoke their lesson to take account of the ability of their students and time available. A one page lesson plan flow chart shows where logical choices between resources can be made.
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Current Electricity Boardgame KS3
Current, voltage, resistance, conductors and insulators, series and parallel circuits, electrical symbols and circuit diagrams – this engaging and enjoyable board game, for up to six pupils per set, has 54 questions on these basics of current electricity. Use it to consolidate and reinforce learning at the end of the module or for test prep.
Prior Knowledge Required
The symbols for switch, resistor, battery, voltmeter, ammeter, motor, buzzer
and able to recognise series and parallel circuits.
Metals and non-metals as conductors and insulators.
Current is a flow of electrons and metal ions cause resistance.
Batteries contain chemicals and provide the push or voltage to current.
Voltage is the difference in energy level between two points in a circuit.
Comparative resistance of long/short, thin/thick wires.
Know that insulators have high resistances and the resistance of all conductors
is comparatively lower.
Comparative brightness of identical lamps in series and parallel and the effect
of removing a lamp.
Ammeters are placed in series and voltmeters in parallel.
Current is measured in amps and voltage in volts.
Current in series and parallel circuits.
Voltage in series and parallel circuits.
Current and voltage vary with number of batteries.
Metal ions causing high and low resistance conductors.
Relationship between resistance and current.
Included in this Pack
Game board
54 Question cards with questions of varying difficulty
Teacher answer sheet
Instruction sheet.
Preparation
Photocopy Board onto A3 paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included).
Photocopy question sheets onto paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included) and cut into question cards.
How to Play
Highest score of dice starts
Pupils take turns and work their way around the board following the instructions in the squares.
A symbol on the board showswhen the stud takes a question card from the face down pile. If correct they move on 2 spaces.
If a player thinks an answer given by an opponent is incorrect they can challenge. If the challenge is correct the challenger moves forward 2 spaces. If the challenge is wrong the challenger moves back two spaces.
In the event of a challenge, pupils are encouraged to consult their books but the teacher has a quick-check answer sheet.
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Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity How Does Adding Batteries to an Electrical Circuit Affect the Current? Why? KS3
What happens to the current when you add batteries to a circuit? This fully resourced lesson comes with an animated PowerPoint which explains how a battery produces current then guides the student through planning an investigation to discover what happens when the number of batteries is increased. If the apparatus is not available for a lab, a set of results is provided for students to use to draw a conclusion.
What’s Covered
A battery has a positive and negative terminal.
The long line in the battery symbol represents the positive terminal.
Batteries are connected positive to negative.
A battery contains chemicals.
An electric current is a flow of electrons which pick up energy from the battery.
As batteries are added to a circuit the lamp gets brighter.
A battery provides the push or voltage to make current flow in a circuit.
The higher the voltage of a battery the more current flows in the circuit.
Current increases as batteries are added to a circuit.
Be able to make a prediction and design an experiment to investigate the relationship between the number of batteries and current.
Be able to draw a bar graph.
Be able to calculate the output of a number of batteries from known numbers of batteries, voltages and currents.
Be able to explain how electrons supply energy to components in a circuit without becoming used up themselves.
Resources
Animated 14 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide (starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils can self-assess or peer assess.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made if required.
With 15 printables available, teachers can opt to tailor their lesson to take account of the ability of their students and time available if so required.
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Links to other resources in this series.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need