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.
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.
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.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify permanent and induced magnets.
Describe what’s meant by a permanent and induced magnet.
Explain why magnets are used in industry.
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 how electrical energy is distributed by the national grid.
Describe how the national grid efficiently transfers electrical energy.
Explain the use of transformers.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify 2 devices used to deal with electrical overload.
Describe how fuses and earthing deal with electrical overloads.
Explain the movement of electricity and why earthing works.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by direct current and alternating current.
Describe the contents of a 3 pin plug.
Explain why an Earth wire is used in a plug.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by power.
Describe how power can be calculated.
Explain why changing the time that energy is transferred in affects power.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify how energy is used in a circuit.
Describe what the energy can be used for in a circuit.
Explain why people are using low energy bulbs.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify a series and parallel circuits.
Describe the properties of series and parallel circuits.
Explain why parallel circuits are used in homes.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the circuit symbols for: a thermistor and a LDR.
Describe how resistance changes in a thermistor and LDR.
Explain why both LDRs and thermistors are used.
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 comprehensive lesson which teaches students the basics of what is meant by voltage and resistance. Students will be given the opportunity to practice the E = QV and V = IR equations as well as learn how to used a voltmeter in a circuit successfully.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by voltage and resistance.
Describe how temperature affects resistance.
Explain why a high voltage is dangerous.
A checkpoint style plenary is used to assess understanding.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify circuit symbols.
Describe how to measure and calculate current.
Explain why ammeters can read a value as minus.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify all phases of the Moon
Describe how light from the Sun can reflect from the Moon.
Explain how the Moon appears different in the night sky.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify some satellites.
Describe what’s meant by a satellite.
Explain how satellites are useful.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what causes day and night time.
Describe how the Earth moves:
Through rotating:
Around the Sun:
Explain the link between the rotation of the Earth and the effect on days.