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.
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.
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.
Everything you need to teach this IB Topic; presentations, practical activities, worksheets, etc. Includes a short video by the author explaining the charging and discharging of a capacitor. Adaptable for A level too. Written by an experienced IB teacher.
All lesson PowerPoints and activities for year 9 (and indeed GCSE) electricity.
Student confusion over words like “charge”, “current” and even “electricity” (whatever that is) is common. Why not simply talk about the movement of electrons – even lower down the school in year 7? It is much easier for students to visualize a flow of particles carrying energy than it is to comprehend vague expressions like “flow of charge” or to understand current as a flow of water etc.
Make lots of small pieces of paper (about 1 cm x 5 cm). Arrange the students around the room in a large circle with you at one side (with the paper) and a lit Bunsen on the other (with plenty of mats surrounding it!). The students walk slowly round the room, collecting a piece of paper from you, setting light to the paper at the Bunsen (and placing on the mats) and returning to get more. Ask them in groups to try to identify the elements in the circuit (perhaps by sketching). You are the cell (use correct terminology here), they are electrons, the Bunsen is a lamp and the paper is energy.
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! A short slow-mo video of the author using a fire-piston included.
EVERYTHING you need to teach IB Physics Topic 3 Thermal Physics. Presentations, practicals, worksheets. Written by a very experienced IB teacher and examiner
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.
EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals, revision material and a TEST! Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Presentations feature humour too!
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!
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!
EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals, revision material and a TEST! Very useful for AP too. I have a running joke in my class about not liking dogs - please feel free to edit!
EVERYTHING you need to teach IB Physics Topic 1 Measurements and Uncertainties. Presentations, activities, worksheets, tests. Written by a very experienced IB teacher and examiner
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!
