A revision poster that includes material needed for section 4 of the edexcel iGCSE combined science double award physics. Section 4 - Energy
A blank copy for students to fill in is also included for students to test their knowledge.
I would recommend to print these in A3 and guide the students through the answers using the completed revision poster attached.
Due to the amount of detail needed to squeeze into one poster, the font is small in some sections which might need some further zooming in on presenting devices.
A revision poster that includes material needed for section 1 of the edexcel iGCSE combined science double award physics. Section 1 - Forces and Motion
A blank copy for students to fill in is also included for students to test their knowledge.
I would recommend to print these in A3 and guide the students through the answers using the completed revision poster attached.
Due to the amount of detail needed to squeeze into one poster, the font is small in some sections which might need some further zooming in on presenting devices.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about orbits, how their instantaneous velocity impacts their orbital radius and stability and how to calculate orbital speeds.
Learning objective: Explain why orbital speeds change during elliptical orbits.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can describe how orbital speeds change with the size of the orbit.
I can compare the different types of orbits.
I can calculate orbital speeds.
Powerpoint contains 28 slides.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about factors that influence the size of a star, the journey through the life of an average sized star and a high mass star and how the colours of stars indicate their energy being released.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Understand the process of stellar evolution
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I identify the forces at play in a star.
I can describe stellar evolution
I can compare different coloured stars.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about how current can be induced in a wire, the factors that influence the magnitude of this current and how it is used in industry.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how electricity can be generated.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can identify how current can be generated in a wire.
I can describe factors that influence the current generated.
I can evaluate the best way to generate electricity.
Powerpoint contains 22 slides.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about Fleming’s Left Hand Rule, the motor effect and applying this to a simple motor. Students will also be able to use the F = BIL equation quantify the amount of force experienced by a wire.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Use and apply the left hand rule in order to justify the movement of a wire within a magnetic field.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can identify the components of the left hand rule.
I can justify the motion of the wire based on the rule.
I can explain why motors are able to spin.
Powerpoint contains 22 slides and a collection of past paper questions including the marking scheme.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students how to create and analyse Sankey Diagrams.
The concept is introduced in the context of money to firstly engage the students (dirham currency is used as the students I taught were in the UAE, however, this should be fairly simple to understand as it is labelled below).
Support sheets are also included to guide students should it be needed.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks are placed after each success criteria checkpoint to assess understanding.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can critically analyse a Sankey diagram to identify quantifiable components.
I can construct and adapt Sankey diagrams
I can calculate efficiency of a system from its Sankey diagram.
Learning objective: Develop and interpret Sankey diagrams to visualize and analyze complex data flows.
Powerpoint contains 33 slides and a lesson plan is also attached.
A Powerpoint resource that is ready to use out of the box.
Contains KS3 and KS4 content, each of which is signposted per activity.
Learning objective: Justify why containers become pressurised and explain its uses with water rockets.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
-State what is meant by pressure.
-Describe how gas particles interact with the wall of the container.
-Explain why each of the following increases pressure:
Increasing temperature,
Increasing the amount of gas particles,
Decreasing volume of the container.
This resource also contains a practical lesson, risk assessment, results (+ class results) and evaluation. Videos included of how to launch a water rocket.
Contains 24 slides in total.
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall factors that influence pressure
Calculate pressure
Apply ideas of pressure to different situations.
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the difference between energy and temperature
Describe what happens when you heat up solids, liquids and gases
Explain what is meant by equilibrium
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the units for energy
Compare the energy values of foods and fuels
Compare the energy in foods and fuels with energy needed for different activities
A practical lesson is also included for calorimetry. Risk assessment, hypothesis, results tables (+ class results) and evaluations are included.
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Recall what is meant by pressure.
Describe how liquid pressure changes with depth
Explain why some things float and some things sink.
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box. Slides include guided walkthroughs for calculating KiloWattHours and the cost of using domestic appliances.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Recall the equation for power
Describe the link between power, fuel use and the cost of using domestic appliances
Explain the difference between energy and power
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Recall the equation for work done
Apply the conservation of energy to simple machines
Explain how a lever works
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
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:
Success criteria:
Define renewable and non-renewable energy sources and list examples
Describe the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources
Explain how electricity is generated in a power station
Learning objective: Investigate the differences in types of energy resources and evaluate the importance of some over others.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about how IV graphs appear for fixed resistors, filament bulbs and diodes. The lesson also delves into the reasoning behind why these trends arise.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Use Ohm’s law to justify the trends seen in IV graphs for a fixed resistor, filament bulb and LED.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
-Identify generally what happens to current as voltage increases.
-Describe how to calculate resistance from a voltage-current graph.
-Compare how the resistance changes with load in: fixed resistors, filament bulbs and diodes.
Powerpoint contains 22 slides and a collection of past paper questions including the marking scheme.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students about: how factors contribute towards an objects density.
How to calculate density, and how irregular shape density can be calculated.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Devise methods in order to calculate density of objects.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
-State what is meant by mass.
-State what is meant by volume.
-Describe the term density.
-Explain how to calculate density of regular and irregular shapes.
Powerpoint contains 20 slides.
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about electromagnets and how how magnetic fields are produced in a current carrying conductor. Solenoids as coils of wire that are able to behave as a bar magnets when a current is present in them.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Learning objective: Explain why current can generate electromagnets and how to change their properties.
Success criteria:
State what is created when current flows through a wire.
Describe how to increase the magnetic field strength.
Explain why solenoids are used in industry.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
Contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers to use as a plenary.
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.
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