Physics Graphs Revision Activity (Differentiated)

Help your students practice recall of graph shapes and features across most physics subject areas (A-level and equivalent). This activity is differentiated. Included is a PDF that has two versions of blank graph grids for students to draw onto. The first version has no help beyond quantities labelled on the axes. The +1 version has some additional guidance included on the axes / grid (such as intercepts or markers). For more guidance there is a page of all graph shapes that students can select from.

Also included in this resource is a Keynote¹ slideshow that has an introduction and solutions. The introduction and solutions are included in the PDF document; printing them is optional. The slideshow solutions show the same grids empty to begin with and the lines are animated. This gives the option of an interactive activity with your students in which you can select students to draw their solution, compare to the textbook answer and discuss any differences (interactive whiteboard or similar required).

A non-differentiated version of this activity without slideshow is available for free.

Graphs included in this activity:

1. Radioactive Decay
2. Capacitor Decay
3. Binding Energy
4. Binding Energy per Nucleon
5. Gravitational Field Strength v. Distance
6. Filament Bulb I-V Characteristic
7. Gravitational field strength v. 1/distance²
8. Stress-Strain Profile of Copper
9. R-T Relationship for Metal Conductor
10. Photoelectric Effect

¹ Keynote is presentation software that works on Macs, iOS and iPadOS devices. I can’t guarantee a good export to PowerPoint so I have not included that option.