A summary of the AQA GCSE Physics "Atomic Structure" topic, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use it as a concise revision checklist or as a "what to expect" introduction. Teachers can use it as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for this topic. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt. Higher Tier and Physics-only concepts are clearly highlighted.

A summary of the AQA GCSE Physics "Waves" topic, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use it as a concise revision checklist or as a "what to expect" introduction. Teachers can use it as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for this topic. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt. Required practicals and equations are emphasised and Higher Tier and Physics-only concepts are clearly highlighted.

A no-nonesense student-friendly summary of the Physics Required Practicals for AQA GCSE Physics and GCSE Combined Science (Trilogy): Physics.  Perfect for consolidation after each practical and revision for the exams at the end. Please note that the black and white PPT thunbnail below is automatically generated by the TES website and are not actually what the slides look like – all the formatting has been lost. 😡

A PowerPoint to introduce students to the scale of atoms and the nucleus, including how to estimate the diameter of an atom from density measurements, how alpha particle scattering leads to the size of the nucleus, calculations of the density of nuclear material and some background to relative atomic mass and the atomic mass unit. Aimed primarily at A-level students (and following the OCR Physics A specification), but could be used in parts with GCSE students also. One of a bundle of presentations on different aspects of nuclear physics. Please note that TES’s software doesn’t always seem to generate accurate thumbnail images of PPTs with background images, so if the preview images look odd on your display they aren’t indicative of what the slides actually look like.

One of six PowerPoint presentations for the Medical Physics unit of A-level OCR Physics A, matched to the Oxford OCR A-Level Physics A textbook. This PPT covers the production of X-rays. Please note that the TES software that produces thumbnail images doesn’t always seem to handle background images in PPT slides very well. If the thumbnails look odd on your display, that is not how they really look! Please take a look at the Ultrasound presentation instead. See it in action: https://youtu.be/c_EGD1kjUWE

One of six PowerPoint presentations for the Medical Physics unit of A-level OCR Physics A, matched to the Oxford OCR A-Level Physics A textbook. This PPT covers the use of tracers and the detection of the gamma rays (including PET). Please note that the TES software that produces thumbnail images doesn’t always seem to handle background images in PPT slides very well. If the thumbnails look odd on your display, that is not how they really look! Please take a look at the Ultrasound presentation instead. See it in action: https://youtu.be/iisVDswcmiE

One of six PowerPoint presentations for the Medical Physics unit of A-level OCR Physics A, matched to the Oxford OCR A-Level Physics A textbook. This PPT covers what a CAT scanner is and how it works. Please note that the TES software that produces thumbnail images doesn’t always seem to handle background images in PPT slides very well. If the thumbnails look odd on your display, that is not how they really look! Please take a look at the Ultrasound presentation instead. See it in action: https://youtu.be/n16_S6cr4do

A summary of the AQA GCSE Physics "Space Physics" topic, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use it as a concise revision checklist or as a "what to expect" introduction. Teachers can use it as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for this topic. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt.

Summaries of the AQA GCSE Physics "Energy", "Particle model of matter" and "Forces" topics, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use them as concise revision checklists or as "what to expect" introductions. Teachers can use them as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for these topics. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt. In particular, some of the "Energy" and "Particles" topics have been relocated to the "Forces" topic, where they make more sense alongside related concepts. Required practicals and equations are emphasised and Higher Tier and Physics-only concepts are clearly highlighted.

Summaries of the AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (Physics) "Energy", "Particle model of matter" and "Forces" topics, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use them as concise revision checklists or as "what to expect" introductions. Teachers can use them as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for these topics. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt. In particular, some of the "Energy" and "Particles" topics have been relocated to the "Forces" topic, where they make more sense alongside related concepts. Required practicals and equations are emphasised and Higher Tier concepts are clearly highlighted.

An editable 2-year calendar-based long-term planner for your schemes of work for AQA's GCSE Physics and GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (Physics). Prefilled to match the units described elsewhere in my shop or within this bundle.

A light-hearted silly story to introduce GCSE students to the concept of radioactive carbon dating. Use as part of a wider lesson. The story will take about 10 minutes to tell and explain, before you move on to more challenging examples.

A summary of the AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (Physics) "Electricity" topic, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use it as a concise revision checklist or as a "what to expect" introduction. Teachers can use it as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for this topic. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt. Required practicals and equations are emphasised and Higher Tier concepts are clearly highlighted.

A summary of the AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy (Physics) "Atomic Structure" topic, presented in a student-friendly and attractive form. Students can use it as a concise revision checklist or as a "what to expect" introduction. Teachers can use it as a more useful starting point than the original specification for writing a medium-term plan of the scheme of work for this topic. The order of the statements has been altered and the wording changed in places compared to the specification, to reflect how the concepts might be better taught and learnt. Higher Tier concepts are clearly highlighted.

6-minute video leading students through the derivation of the four Equations of Motion for objects moving with constant acceleration (SUVAT), starting from a velocity-time graph and then using the gradient and the area under the graph (and a little algebraic manipulation) to arrive at the set of four. Great for some flipped learning, a little revision or some consolidation.

A PowerPoint presentation introducing A-level students to the concept of beta minus decay, beta plus decay, electron capture, neutrinos and the weak interaction. Following the OCR Physics A specification, but physics is physics, so suitable for all courses! One of a bundle of presentations on different aspects of nuclear physics. Please note that TES’s software doesn’t always seem to generate accurate thumbnail images of PPTs with background images, so if the preview images look odd on your display they aren’t indicative of what the slides actually look like.

A companion document to the full "ENERGY/PARTICLES/FORCES unit summaries/checklists for AQA GCSE Physics". This shortened version contains only the material that students need to revise for Physics Paper 1.