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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.

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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.
IB Physics Topic 10 (HL): Fields
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IB Physics Topic 10 (HL): Fields

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too!
Adding resistances practical activity using pencil lines!
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Adding resistances practical activity using pencil lines!

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Students investigate the effect of adding resistances together in parallel using pencil lines on the worksheet. Will need standard multimeters to do this task. Includes PowerPoint, activity sheet and question sheet. Ideal for GCSE or A level/IB. Written by experienced Physics teacher (26 years!!).
Waves and wave measurements
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Waves and wave measurements

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Introduction to waves at GCSE/A level. This starts with an activity where they write a poem (!) to pre-assess words they already know. The PowerPoint then introduces the different measurements of a wave (frequency, amplitude etc) before introducing the wave equation (speed = frequency x wavelength) and a worksheet that uses the equation. It is handy to demonstrate the different types of waves (sound, light, slinky and even a Mexican wave in the class!)
Gravity, mass and weight
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Gravity, mass and weight

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The "True of false" opening activity is a great way to assess their understanding before the lesson starts. Emphasise throughout the lesson that gravity is a force between ALL objects (many students have been taught lower down the school that gravity is only what pulls them to the earth). The work sheet should give a good assessment of the understanding of the lesson. The last two questions will really stretch their (and maybe their teacher's!) understanding.
"Falling" (terminal velocity etc.)
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"Falling" (terminal velocity etc.)

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Year 9 or GCSE. PowerPoint discusses terminal velocity and falling without air resistance and there is an investigation (with investigation write-up template) at the end. I should mention that there are running jokes about my dislike of dogs (sorry!).
Seasons practical
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Seasons practical

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Students investigate length of day in Summer/Winter. Each group of students need a light source and access to a globe (blow up ones will do). The instructions are quite hard to follow for some kids - perhaps groups could be organised by attainment and the teacher could assist the lower group.
IGCSE Physics REVISION sheet
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IGCSE Physics REVISION sheet

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Mr Porter's amazing "Revise by writing" sheet. Students have to use 47 words to describe various pictures - convection, terminal velocity, latent heat, etc. Once you've seen the idea and used the sheet you can apply this to just about any topic (in Chem and Bio too).
Circuit symbols
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Circuit symbols

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Suitable for all levels, KS2, KS3 or KS4 (let's presume by KS5 they've got it!). Ask the class to name each symbol before revealing the answer. Some funny "symbols" too! Finish by constructing some simple circuits around the class and getting the class to draw them as diagrams in a "circus" style activity.
Evaporation and boiling
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Evaporation and boiling

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Lesson PowerPoint and worksheet on the difference between evaporation and boiling and the factors which affect the rate of evaporation.
Specific heat capacity
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Specific heat capacity

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Lesson PowerPoint, worksheet and practical sheet. Written for IGCSE but suitable for GCSE and even A level. In the practical they can compare their results with the actual results and discuss why their results for the SHC is larger than the accepted value.
Latent heat presentation and question sheet
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Latent heat presentation and question sheet

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Presentation plus latent heat question sheet. The practical referred to in the presentation is the cooling of molten wax in hot water. I like to put the wax in a boiling tube in the beaker of hot water and take the temperature of the wax and the water as they cool to emphasise that the wax stops cooling when it reaches its melting point. This then leads into a discussion of latent heat followed by example calculations etc.
Refraction
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Refraction

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Presentation and worksheet (with answers) for refraction. Written for IB/A level this could also be used for some GCSE/IGCSE syllabuses.
Diffraction
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Diffraction

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Diffraction presentation and problem sheet for A level or IB. Using the diffraction formula (theta = lambda/b).
Heat transfer - The vacuum flask
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Heat transfer - The vacuum flask

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Presentation recaps heat transfer by conduction, convection and radiation in humorous style. This is then applied to how a vacuum flask works and students then complete the cut-out and stick worksheet. Good for KS3 and KS4.