'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
Embark on an exciting Army Mission Plan STEM activity where students will work together to design a strategic plan, using math, science, and problem-solving skills to tackle real-world challenges faced by military teams. This resource includes:
A full PowerPoint for the teacher to use
A bridge building activity
A ration plan activity
A design electric car activity
Instructions for carrying out the activities
Intro videos
Student sheets
Bridge building activity: In this hands-on activity, children will design and build their own bridge using simple materials like paper, tape, and straws. They’ll learn about basic engineering principles, such as how shapes and structures can provide strength and stability. By testing how much weight their bridges can hold, kids will also explore problem-solving and creativity as they adjust their designs to make the strongest bridge possible
Ration plan activity: In this engaging activity, children will take on the role of army nutritionists as they create a ration plan to keep soldiers energized and healthy. Using a list of lightweight and non-perishable foods, kids will explore how to balance proteins, carbs, fats, and essential nutrients while designing meals that are easy to carry and eat in the field. This activity helps children understand the importance of nutrition, planning, and the challenges soldiers face when it comes to food. This activity comes with a nutrition information sheet.
Electric vehicle design activity: In this exciting STEM activity, children will get to design and draw their very own electric car! Using paper, they’ll plan out the parts of a simple electric car, including the motor, battery, wheels, and axles. This activity fosters creativity and introduces basic engineering concepts, helping kids understand the components needed to make vehicles move. This activity comes with an outline for students to add to
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This resource is a GCSE Physics energy revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Chemistry specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Types of energy
Work done
Efficiency
Sanky diagrams
Kinetic energy
Elastic energy
GPE
Power
Energy dissipation
Conduction, convection & radiation
Energy sources
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a lesson covering the drawing circuits and circuit symbols section of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A circuit symbols card sort
3: A drawing circuit diagrams task
4: A drawing circuit diagrams from real circuits task
5: A circuit symbols plenary game
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his resource is a GCSE Physics, space revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Objects in our solar system
The life cycle of a star
How new elements are made
Orbits
Red shift
The Big Bang
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, electricity revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Circuit diagrams
Charge
Resistance
Series circuits
Parallel circuits
Resistance graphs
Plugs & cables
Mains electricity
AC DC
National grid
Static electricity
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, space revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Wave characteristics
Transverse & longitudinal waves
Frequency
Waves required practical
Reflection
Refraction
Refraction required practical
Sound & hearing
Ultrasound
EM
Lenses
Infrared radiation
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, required practical workbook that will help enable students to revise tthe required practicals in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Specific heat capacity
Thermal insulation
Resistance
I-V characteristics
Density
Light
Force and extension
Acceleration
Waves
Radiation and absorption
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This resource is a whole lesson covering the resistance (including a required practical) section of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A resistance equation activity
3: A student sheet for students to use throughout the lesson
4: A required practical
5: A planning sheet if you wish to extend the lesson
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the pressure in liquids content in the 2015 AQA GCSE specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A pressure equation starter dice game
3: A particles in gas activity
4: A pressure at depth activity
5: A pressure in liquids literacy activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the atmospheric pressure content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Physics specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A describing atmospheric pressure activity
4: A gas pressure in balloons literacy activity
5: A micro teaching plenary activity
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, particle model of matter revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Density
States of matter
Cooling curves
Chemical & physical change
Internal heat energy
Latent heat energy
SHC
Pressure in gases
Calculating pressure
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This resource is a whole lesson with resources for the transformers section of the new AQA Physics specification. Included in this resource is:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark starter activity
3: A transformers information sheet
4: A micro teaching activity
5: A maths activity to enable students to construct the transformers equation
6: A series of transformer equation questions
7: A modeling activity
8: Student transformer diagrams
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, atomic structure revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Atomic structure
Electron structure
Development of atomic theory
Radiation
Uses of radiation
Half life
Background radiation
Fission
Fusion
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a lesson with activities to aid with student's revision of sound waves. This resource includes
1: A starter snakes & ladders game on the key points students need to know
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A wave form labelling activity
4: A frequency calculation dice game
5: A frequency calculations circus of questions
6: A longitudinal wave plenary micro teaching activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the falling under gravity content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 2 graph activities
3: A starter dice game
4: A practical activity with help sheets
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a pair of lessons covering the insulation content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. The lessons cover both house insulation & the insulation required practical. This resource includes:
1: 2 power points to lead students through both lessons
2: 2 6 mark plenary questions
3: A house insulation modelling activity
4: A house insulation labelling activity
5: A micro-teaching activity
6: A key information highlighting activity
7: A practical results table
8: A dice game AFL activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the work done content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter dice game
3: A sheet for students to work through
4: 4 work done games for the main part of the lesson
5: A blockbusters game
6: A work done question circus
7: 2 graph activities
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a new lesson and activities covering the formation of the Solar System content of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A literacy battle ships activity
2: A power point to help lead students through the lesson
3: A information hunt activity
4: Presentation help cards
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A power point explaining how to carry out a micro teaching activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
10: A sheet for students to work through
11: A project sheet
12: A key information activity
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, magnets & electromagnets revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Magnets
Magnetic fields
Electromagnets
Motor effect
Electromagnetic inductions
Speakers
Microphones
Transformers
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the radiation content of the AQA GCSE Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: An information sheet
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A blockusters starter game
4: A types of radiation 6 mark answered question to mark
5: A half life graph activity
6: An uses of radiation literacy activity
7: An uses of radiation 6 mark plenary question
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