I am a Science Teacher with 25 years experience and love producing resources. As one of my HoD's remarked "Your lesson plans and resources are outstanding, if only you could teach as good as your resources." Chemistry is my main subject, but have an interest in Pedagogy, especially CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) and misconceptions and how to overcome them.
I am a Science Teacher with 25 years experience and love producing resources. As one of my HoD's remarked "Your lesson plans and resources are outstanding, if only you could teach as good as your resources." Chemistry is my main subject, but have an interest in Pedagogy, especially CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) and misconceptions and how to overcome them.
I have now added a sheet explaining how this can be done at home by students themselves.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions and answers individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth £1.50 from my shop) based on IV Characteristics
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
It is available in a bundle with 8 other “home use” required practicals here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001
If you would like to see a FREE sample similar to this before you buy, the I-V Characteristics one is free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-updated-i-v-characteristics-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you want the FREE version of the questions only (my most downloaded resource) they are here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheet-revision-11791358
If you want a bundle of ALL the Physics Practicals, click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-physics-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answers-12227081
If you ONLY want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheets-with-9-1-graded-exam-style-questions-with-answers-12199346
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If you would like more required practical resources (or other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at:
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Thank you.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the Resistance in a Wire and Series and Parallal. It also includes planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth £1.50 from my shop) based on IV Characteristics
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
If you would like to see a FREE sample similar to this before you buy, the I-V Characteristics one is free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-updated-i-v-characteristics-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you want the FREE version of the questions only (my most downloaded resource) they are here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheet-revision-11791358
If you want a bundle of ALL the Physics Practicals, click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-physics-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answers-12227081
If you ONLY want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheets-with-9-1-graded-exam-style-questions-with-answers-12199346
Please comment if you have found this useful
If you would like more required practical resources (or other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193
Thank you.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth £1.50 from my shop) based on IV Characteristics
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
If you would like to see a FREE sample similar to this before you buy, the I-V Characteristics one is free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-updated-i-v-characteristics-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you want the FREE version of the questions only (my most downloaded resource) they are here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheet-revision-11791358
If you want a bundle of ALL the Physics Practicals, click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-physics-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answers-12227081
If you ONLY want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheets-with-9-1-graded-exam-style-questions-with-answers-12199346
Please comment if you have found this useful
If you would like more required practical resources (or other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193
Thank you.
I have now added a sheet explaining how this can be done at home by students themselves.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
Two separate ppts, one for solid, one for liquid to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth £1.50 from my shop) based on IV Characteristics
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
It is available in a bundle with 8 other “home use” required practicals here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001
If you would like to see a FREE sample similar to this before you buy, the I-V Characteristics one is free here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-updated-i-v-characteristics-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you want the FREE version of the questions only (my most downloaded resource) they are here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheet-revision-11791358
If you want a bundle of ALL the Physics Practicals, click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/all-physics-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answers-12227081
If you ONLY want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheets-with-9-1-graded-exam-style-questions-with-answers-12199346
Please comment if you have found this useful
If you would like more required practical resources (or other science resources) free and paid, please check out my shop at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/stephenkemp193
Thank you.
This is a bundle of three required practicals (or nine for £5 see below) that can be done at home (with adult permission/supervision) for this time during lockdown to help during this time (Chromatography, Reaction Time and Specific Heat Capacity). It includes all the necessary information, worksheets and powerpoints for students (all files are included in pdf format for easier home access).
For more information click on the resource.
If you want nine required practicals that can be done at home, click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001
For more resources (free and paid) click here:
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This lesson guides students through how to convert a circuit diagram of a series or parallel circuit into a built one. It starts with circuit symbols, then step by step it shows using photographs how circuits are built from diagrams.
This resource contains:
40+ slide powerpoint with quizzes on symbols and plenary quiz on recognising series and parallel circuits along with photographs and instructions on how to build each circuit
Worksheets with circuit diagrams and photographs
Information sheet for learning the circuit symbols
( I designed this lesson because I and my students wasted a lot of time trying to build more complicated circuits to measure voltage and current-so hopefully time spent here will save time later in other lessons).
I will be publishing more resources on electricity, but in the meantime, if you want a free animation on electricity to help click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/understanding-electricity-voltage-and-current-12450133
If you want a lesson on the main electrical models (with animations), click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/electrical-models-with-animations-12451806
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Thank you for reading this far. Please comment if you have found this resource useful (you do have to buy it first though…)
This lesson is used to introduce Physics equations to students. It explains where they come from, how we use them, how to convert the equation into a triangle, so that it can be rearranged.
It includes a sheet where equations can be added and analysed when they come across a new one.
The worksheet can be stuck in their book and new ones added in when you come across them or used as revision activity. This will allow them to think about it before they use it. Enjoy!
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This is a reward questionnaire to ask students the best way to reward them in the classroom. The second sheet can be used generically so that students delete from their sheet the rewards that they don’t need or like.
These are the new energy stores which have been developed by institute of physics. They are to be used as information sheets to help students understand how stores fill up and empty.
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This is an activity and questions which explain how to use the spring equation (Hooke’s Law), and some questions based around how it is useful when bungee jumping.
If you want to look at the Force and Extension Practical with Graded Questions, click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/force-and-extension-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-model-answers-12225913
I have other free and paid for resources at my shop:
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Updated with answers.
This resource is aimed at KS3, but can be used with KS4 (and some KS2). It asks about key phrases and whether they are true or not in all or just some situations.
This can be done as a whole class with white boards, or printed on sheets (on desks or around the room) and students add a tick on to show their opinion.
It can also be fond as part of a Misconceptions in Science CPD package at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/science-misconceptions-cpd-12237121
I have now produced my first overcoming misconceptions lesson, it can be found here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/overcoming-forces-misconception-of-normal-and-newton-s-3rd-law-lesson-12210726
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Thank you.
PS If you want some theoretical and practical ideas check out my free misconceptions in Science booklet at:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/misconceptions-in-science-6442140
This resource is aimed at KS3 and KS4. It outlines the different types of energy stores with examples of how they might fill up and empty.
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This free resource is a simple placemat which can be used alongside the GCSE Required Practicals in Science. This organiser is designed to help students before, during or after the required practical activites. It is designed to be used with KS4, but may be used with higher ability KS3. It covers all of AQA’s glossary of key terms and working scientifically that links with the required practcials. It cover approx 40 of the keywords associated with the Required Practical part of the course.
Terms covered: Accuracy, calibration, data, error, measurement error, anomalies, random error, systematic error, zero error, evidence, fair test, hypothesis, interval, precision, prediction, range, repeatable, reproducible, resolution, resolution, sketch graph, true value, uncertainty, validity, valid conclusion, variables, categoric, continuous, control, dependent, independent, risk, hazard and control.
If you want coloured, animated and powerpoint versions of this, with examples for each box (Three included that cover Osmosis, IV Characteristics and Thiosulfate), click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-graphic-organiser-placemat-12181508
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This is a COVER lesson that can be given to students for home study.
It follows the KS3 AQA Enquiry Processes (skills rather than knowledge) so it can be given off topic as a cover lesson or used yourself.
It includes:
A large main activity sheet (please print both sides onto A3) with an answer sheet if they get stuck (or the supply teacher does…)
A simple Power Point to guide the class through the activities
A straight forward lesson plan with lesson objectives etc.
All files are editable.
Hope you find this useful next time you have a colleague off (or you need a cover lesson to hand in if you’re not in for any reason.) Most of us know that one of the most difficult parts of being a science teacher was being told by your HoD when you arrive, “Miss/Mr X is not in today can you plan his/her Period 1 lesson” (And you haven’t planned yours either!) So here it is, hopefully a lesson that can be given to the supply teacher, with hardly any modifications.
Depends on how this is received I may produce some more of these.
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Please comment if you have found this useful, it will spur me on to produce more.
Understanding voltage and current in an electrical circuit in this powerpoint by showing students as close to what happens as possible. If shows the electrons moving being pushed by the battery. The effects of two batteries and the effect of two bulbs.
This is small part of a larger resource on electricity to be published soon. I hope it helps your students have a better understanding.
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This physics GCSE animated powerpoint resource aims to show how energy stores fill up and empty to give a better understanding of stores and how they might shift. It is aimed at KS3 and KS4 students.
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This is a KS4 AQA Physics GCSE revision set of worksheets which aims to reinforce what the students have done, through questions, calculations and written planning. It is used after the practical to check students understanding as a plenary/revision/homework sheet.
It contains all the Physics Required Practicals in pdf form:
Specific Heat Capacity, Force and Extension, Acceleration, Waves, Density, I V Characteristics, Light, Radiation and Absorption, Resistance and Thermal Insulation.
This has been updated (now with grades on the sheet so you can see the demand of each individual question) with model answers.
Check out a free version of the IV characteristsics to look out:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/i-v-characteristics-required-practical-worksheet-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you honestly want to buy the improved set with two sheets for waves (solid and liquid) and is editable (take the icon off etc) on ppt click here:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheets-updated-12199346
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