NEW AQA GCSE Physics (2016) - Kinetic Energy

This lesson is aimed at the new GCSE specification, on the topic of ‘Energy’.

More lessons from this series can be found in my TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience

Pupils begin by considering what types of objects have a store of kinetic energy and then they can ‘Think, Pair, Share’ - what factors might affect how much kinetic energy an object actually has?

The lesson then moves on to show pupils the calculation to work out kinetic energy, you can work through two model questions with pupils on the board.

Pupils are then given a table where the calculation is broken down into sections. They are given the mass and the speed of an object, they will need to calculate 0.5 x mass in one column and the speed squared in another - from this they can calculate the kinetic energy. Once complete pupils can assess their work using a red pen.

The next part of the lesson introduces how to rearrange the equation and then an activity follows with slightly harder calculations on kinetic energy, where they may be required to use the rearranged equation. Self-assessment of work when complete.

**Higher ability students should now have a go at the past-paper question from the NEW AQA GCSE specimen material, they can complete the question and mark their work using the mark scheme provided**

The plenary is game of ‘equation bingo’ - the students write 6 equations/words/phrases into their books, you describe their meaning and if students have the correct equation/word/phrase they can cross them out of their book. The first person to cross all of them out correctly can shout bingo!

All resources are included in the PowerPoint - enjoy :)