A complete and ready to deliver high quality KS4 / GCSE lesson from Barclayfox. Updated 20th October 2017. This is a complete lesson from start to end. You do not need to spend a huge number of hours carefully planning it and writing differentiated resources, I have already spent those hours creating this great lesson. Furthermore it has been improved time and again after each use - it is tried and tested, you will not find better. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives - I can: *Describe the structure of the atom (Protons, neutrons, electrons: charges, masses and locations). * Explain the history of our model of the atom (billiard ball model, plum pudding model, nuclear model, planetary model, quantum mechanical model). * Describe Rutherford’s experiment which led to the discovery of the nucleus This carefully crafted lesson is over 40 slides long, has differentiated activity sheets (with answers), and is full of learning activities as below: * Simple starter - self assess vs objectives * Matching task - answers are provided. * Differentiated activity sheets - support, medium ability, high ability. * Activity sheet - answers. * Sequencing activity. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Video clip links (carefully selected – this alone can save you 20+ minutes of searching). * Paired work activities – answers are provided. * Homework worksheet * Scientific literacy activities. * Plenary formative / summative assessment quiz / activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – learners judge for themselves how much they have learnt. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your friends and family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available not all my series are bundled) 1. Atoms, history of the atom and discovery of the nucleus. THIS LESSON. 2. Isotopes and Mass number and Atomic number. 3. Alpha, Beta and Gamma – ionising radiation. 4. Changes in the nucleus – decay equations 5 to 14 Please read the list in the powerpoint. Happy teaching ! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS4 / GCSE lesson from Barclayfox. For USA - this lesson is for use between 8th to 10th grade. This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do not need to spend many hours carefully planning, creating, resourcing and improving this lesson after each use. I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for my students and improving it over many years. This is a very high quality lesson. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. This lesson is focused around the required practical. It is carefully crafted and is full of learning activities as below: * Recall previous learning on Hooke’s law, gap fill and video and a key question - all answers provided. * Complete the included unique activity sheet on forces and extension and Hooke’s law. Answers are provided, it is peer marked. * Successfully complete the REQUIRED PRACTICAL using the experimental activity sheet provided. This has instructions, diagram to show how to set up the equipment, method, results table, analysis, and questions. * Students draw a graph of results data. * Complete as much of the practical worksheet as individual students can. There are sections for all students to do and challenge missions for more able students. Answers are provided, it is self marked. * Extension activities – just in case additional activities are required. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundles – contain 3 or more of these lessons at a discounted price (however please note not all my series are bundled). 1. Vectors and scalars. 2. Forces between objects (contact / non-contact and Newton’s 3rd law). 3. Forces and Newton’s third law (N3L). 4. Resultant forces, free body diagrams. 5. Forces and acceleration F=Ma 6. Required practical F=Ma 7 to 12 - please see list in this powerpoint Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

Gas Laws worksheet with answers Initially it teaches by providing some hints on using the gas laws of Boyles, Charles and Guy-Lussac Then the students do the questions. Answers included. 8 small questions, plus, 4 larger calculation questions covering: 2 x Boyle’s, 1 x Charles’, 1 x Guy-Lussac. Happy teaching, barclayfox

A ready to use worksheet on Energy levels Worksheet with answers for AS and A level Physics. Happy Teaching Barclayfox

This allows for students to better understand the Radiation topic with a simple activity Card sort activity comes complete with answers so can be used on mulit level learning. Great activity to engage and support active independent learning. This is the worksheet that comes as part of my alpha, beta, gamma radiation lesson which you can find here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/alpha-beta-and-gamma-ionising-radiation-nuclear-radiation-and-ions-complete-lesson-11262725 Happy teaching! Barclayfox

Dangers of radiation. A complete and ready to deliver high quality GCSE lesson from Barclayfox. There is nothing to do ! Even if you do not have time to look at it in advance it is not a problem as the PPT will lead you smoothly through the lesson. Lesson objectives: Understand the dangers of “ionising” radiation and the damage they can cause (ManKinD). Know how to safely handle radioactive sources and protect yourself (TarDiS) Understand contamination and irradiation. Explain how ideas about the world can change. Please note: This lesson does not cover “uses” as they are covered in the Barclayfox lesson 8 of this topic. This lesson is called “Nuclear radiation uses in medicine”. My lessons cover the whole of this “atomic structure” topic but do not blindly follow the textbook order instead they use a structure that has proved highly successful over many years. Uses in medicine lesson is here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/nuclear-radiation-uses-in-medicine-sterilisation-diagnosis-treatment-tracers-radiotherapy-etc-11703961 This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities some are noted below: * ALL answers are provided throughout! * Starter - recaps previous lessons (with answers). * Paired work activities. * Scientific literacy activity. * Homeworks - 2 - you choose. * Questions. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Video clip link (carefully selected – this alone can save you a lot of searching). * Gap fill activity. * Unscramble the words race. * Plenary quiz. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your loved ones, press buy now! If you like this lesson please leave a review. This lesson is part of a Bundle/series, and you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available not all series are bundled) 1. History of the atom and the discovery of the nucleus. 2. Isotopes and Mass number and Atomic number. 3. Alpha, Beta and Gamma – ionising radiation. 4. Changes in the nucleus – decay equations 5. Half life, radioactivity and decay 6. Activity practicals 7. Radiation dangers, safety, risk and precautions 8. Nuclear radiation in medicine (uses in medicine) 9. Nuclear fission and chain reactions (nuclear power). 10. Electricity from nuclear power. 11. Nuclear Fusion and our sun. 12. Nuclear issues including waste 13. Hypotheses, theory acceptance and peer review. 14. Revision. Bundle gives you a near 50% discount! Here’s the link https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/aqa-gcse-new-spec-atomic-structure-mega-pack-bundle-11795491 Thank you, and happy teaching! Happy days ! Barclayfox.

Plenaries - Super easy fun plenaries. No preparation or planning required. Simply choose one from those described - or let the class choose by projecting the 1 pager. Enough so you can use them with the same classes all year long. Not so many that you or your students get confused or cannot decide which to use. Save time this week – and every week ! Happy teaching! Barclayfox

A complete / full / ready to go AS/A level Physics lesson. It contains: Notes to help the teacher. Title and lesson objectives (see below). SI fundamental units activity. Questions with answers. Many numerical Questions with FULLY WORKED OUT answers. Definitions… Theory slides Homework (simple research) Video link (very cool) Assessment activity / plenary quiz Student self assessment versus objectives activity. Lesson objectives: * Explain what electric current is. * Define current, Amp and the Coulomb. * Understand and use the equation for charge. It also covers 7 Fundamental SI units. Please buy this lesson and leave positive feedback. Thank you for your time Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS4 / GCSE lesson from Barclayfox, no work required! Can be used by the teacher or for home learning - the Powerpoint easily navigates you thro’ the lesson even if you have not had time to review it before the lesson! Lesson objectives: - Understand what “nuclei” and “radioactivity” and “decay”etc mean. - Explain and understand “half life”. - Use radioactive decay graphs to find half life. - Use maths / numbers to find half life. The lesson contains: Animation (unique). Differentiated activity sheets (HA and MA/LA). Activity sheet answers. Notes to help the teacher. Starter task where students self-assess themselves against each objective. Scientific literacy activities. Homework (capable groups could do this in class). Questions (lots and lots) – all answers are provided. Paired work activities with answers. Gap fills Theory slides (minimal and carefully sculpted – not ‘death by powerpoint’) Video clip links x 2 (carefully selected – this alone can easily save you 20+ minutes). Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt BONUS materials: A ppt for students to go on your VLE / shared area. A short version of the master lesson. Don’t waste any more time searching, you’ve found an excellent lesson - buy it now! Thank you for your time, happy teaching. Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete and ready to deliver KS3 lesson. Lesson objectives: * Explain that radioactive elements are unstable and emit alpha or beta particles when they change into other elements. * Explain what happens to the nucleus during alpha decay and beta decay and gamma decay. * Successfully write decay equations / nuclear equations. This carefully crafted lesson is over 40 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter – activity sheet (built into this powerpoint just print this one slide for each student, or project it) * Starter - simple task where students self-assess themselves against the objectives. * Activity sheet - built into this powerpoint just print this one slide for each student - ore project it. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Physical model build activity - various colours of plasticine are required. * Kinaesthetic activity (as above) – to aid recall. * Play ball * Paired work activities – answers are provided. * Plenary formative/summative assessment quiz / activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. You’ve found what you need, waste no more of your valuable time! This lesson is part of a series, and you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available not all series are bundled) 1. Atoms, radiation and the discovery of the nucleus. 2. Isotopes and Mass number and Atomic number. 3. Alpha, Beta and Gamma – ionising radiation. 4. Changes in the nucleus – decay equations (THIS LESSON) 5. Activity and half life 6. Activity practicals 7. Dangers and precautions 8. Nuclear radiation in medicine (uses in medicine) 9 to 13. Etc etc please search for “Barclayfox” on TES. Happy teaching! Barclayfox.

A complete and ready to deliver high quality GCSE lesson. This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do not need to spend many hours carefully planning, creating, resourcing and improving this lesson after each use. I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for my students and improving it over many years. There is nothing to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives: * Know what radon gas is, where it comes from and why it is dangerous. * Understand power stations produce dangerous radioactive waste and explain disposal methods. * Form your own opinions about nuclear power and its safety after studying the Chernobyl and Fukushima incidents. This carefully crafted lesson is over 40 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Help sheet (can be given to all, or only to those that the plenary shows found the lesson difficult, or given later to students who missed the lesson). * Starter - simple task where students self-assess themselves against the objectives. * Sequencing activity. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Video clip link (carefully selected – this alone can save you 20+ minutes of searching). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – answers are provided. * Scientific literacy activity. * Plenary formative/summative assessment quiz / activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available not all series are bundled) 1. Atoms, radiation and the discovery of the nucleus. 2. Isotopes and Mass number and Atomic number. 3. Alpha, Beta and Gamma – ionising radiation. 4. Changes in the nucleus – decay equations 5. Activity and half life 6. Activity and half life practicals 7. Dangers and precautions 8 to 14 - are listed in the powerpoint Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

This is a revision lesson that makes use of many games, activities, work sheets and loop puzzles to revise the following:- Radioactivity, radiation, atoms, isotopes, activity, half life, alpha, beta, gamma, the discovery of the nucleus, changes in the nucleus, alpha scattering. Rutherford, how our model of the atom has changed over time, radiation uses and dangers, nuclear radiation in medicine, fission and fusion. Excellent tried and tested resources which are ready to be used, and some of which are differentiated. Answer sheets are also provided to allow student independence and peer or self assessment. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available not all series are bundled) 1. Atoms, radiation and the discovery of the nucleus. 2. Isotopes and Mass number and Atomic number. 3. Alpha, Beta and Gamma – ionising radiation. 4. Changes in the nucleus – decay equations 5. Activity and half life 6. Activity and half life practicals 7. Dangers and precautions 8. Nuclear radiation in medicine (uses in medicine) 9. Nuclear fission and chain reactions (nuclear power). 10. Electricity from nuclear power. 11. Nuclear Fusion and our sun. 12. Nuclear issues including waste 13. Prediction, theory acceptance and peer review 14. Revision Lesson - THIS ONE Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, KS4 For USA - this lesson is for use between 8th to 10th grade. Lesson objectives: * Describe the difference between contact forces & non-contact forces. * State examples of non-contact forces and relate them to real life scenarios. * Describe what a force field is and what affects it. * Understand how the strength of force is represented and how it changes with distance. This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Activity sheet (unique) - differentiated HA and LA and all answers are in the powerpoint. * Practical / student experiment. * Sorting activity * Gap fill activity on the activity sheet - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking / Self marking opportunities * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Homework * Scientific Literacy activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. * Extension activities - only for use if required. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundles – contain 3 or more of these lessons at a discounted price (however please note not all my series are bundled). 1. Vectors and scalars. 2. Forces between objects, contact and non-contact forces. 3. Forces and Newton’s third law (N3L). 4 to 12 - please see list in this powerpoint Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.