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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.
Expansion presentation and worksheet
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Expansion presentation and worksheet

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This presentation is to accompany and explain the "standard" demos for this topic. i.e. ball and ring, breaking bar, liquid in flask with tube (thermometer), gas trapped in flask and tube etc. This is then followed by a worksheet where they have to describe various uses problems with expansion/contraction in everyday situations.
Radioactivity
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Radioactivity

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Everything you need for IGCSE/GCSE radioactivity. In the half life activity (Nihalinitis) you need to change the city to your own city and pick a student in your class for the symptoms! (I have a boy in my class whose name is like Nihalin) who has the symptoms displayed. It's meant to be light-hearted - he didn't mind! (For example you might have a boy named Gary in your class who is football obsessed and who like Justin Bieber - in which case the disease would be called "Garyitis" and the symptoms would include an obsession for football and Justin Bieber). You'll get the idea when you see the activity which uses spreadsheets to model radioactive decay.
Capacitors
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Capacitors

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Presentation, worksheets and practical activities for capacitors A level or IB. Is it in some GCSE courses too?! Includes explanatory video from the author too!
Physics IGCSE revision dominoes.
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Physics IGCSE revision dominoes.

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Cut out dominoes from both sheets. The should fit together to make a rectangle/circle. Should take an average group about 25 minutes to do. Feel free to personalise!!
IB Physics Topic 4: Oscillations and waves
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IB Physics Topic 4: Oscillations and waves

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for AP too. I have a running joke in my class about me not liking dogs - please feel free to edit!
IB Physics Topic 4: Waves
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IB Physics Topic 4: Waves

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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! Includes a short video by the author explaining the EM spec - great for a "flipped" lesson. 34 files included for this price.
"Following instructions" activity
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"Following instructions" activity

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I used this as a competition whilst working at a school in Peru/ Can be used as an introduction to writing a scientific method or just as a fun little competition at the end of term etc. Students have to do exactly what the instructions say using a piece of paper.
Draw the sentence - Lithium and fluorine
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Draw the sentence - Lithium and fluorine

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I use this technique a lot. Students have to convert the 8 sentences into diagrams - hence "Draw the sentence". This is a great assessment exercise and is linked to my TES article at http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6112077 This is an easier one as both have equal but opposite charge - slightly harder examples have also been uploaded.
reviewing lesson for reflection and refraction
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reviewing lesson for reflection and refraction

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Please give me feedback if you have time. These are PowerPoints and sheets on reflection and refraction. I use in lessons and they may need some adaption to your classes. Most lessons start with a "Do now" that students do as they enter. I shou