'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a new lesson with activities covering the discovery of the nucleus content in the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literature analysis starter activity
3: Instructions for a plum pudding role play activity
4: Instructions for a Rutherford experiment demo
5: A experimental results explanation task
6: A 6 mark plenary activity
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This resource is a whole lesson with activities on electrical power & potential difference. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key word starter activity
3: A power question activity
4: A what fuse to use activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the electromagnets content in the 2015 AQA physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy activity
3: An assessment dice activity
4: Slides explaining the right hand rule and solenoids
5: A parts of an electromagnet activity
6: An electromagnet practical activity
7: Suggested model activities
8: 3 uses of electromagnets activity
9: A 6 mark assessment question
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the inertial mass content in the new AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lad students through the lesson
2: An instruction sheet on how to run the lesson
3: A dice game
4: A literacy starter activity
5: 2 graph drawing activities
6: A data analysis circus of questions
7: An equation activity
8: A suggested drag race activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the speed time relationship content section of the new GCSE Physics specification with a walking dead twist. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A lesson explanation document
3: A key words starter activity game
4: An identifying scalar and vector quantities activity
5: A calculating speed dice game
6: A rearranging an equation activity
7: A zombie chase data collection activity
8: A drawing a graph activity
9: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the resultant force content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A calculating basic resultant force starter activity
3: A calculating resultant force of a race car activity
4: A resultant force dice game
5: A literacy activity
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the life cycle of a star content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A snakes & ladders starter activity
3: A diagram construction task
4: A micro teaching activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A question sheet for students to work through
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the breaking energy content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A kinetic energy starter game
3: A calculating kinetic energy activity
4: 2 graph activities
5: A calculating breaking energy activity
6: A breaking energy equation construction task
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This resource is a new lesson covering the alternating current content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A AC / DC literacy activity
4: A calculating frequency activity
5: A plenary activity pulling the lesson together
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the radio waves content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A literature starter activity
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A frequency activity
4: A sheet for student to fill in
5: A radio wave model activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the resistance in a wire required practical content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A resistance in circuits starter activity
3: A sheet for students to work through whilst carrying out the practical
4: A graph analysis activity
5: A 6 mark question plenary activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities to enable students to revise the heat transfer section of the AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: Various uses of a 6 mark question
4: A thermos flask modelling activity
5: A thermos flask diagram for students to annotate
6: A heat transfer information sheet
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the kinetic energy content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: 2 rearranged equation dice games
4: Slides to help students rearrange the equation
5: A roller coaster kinetic energy activity
6: A ferris wheel kinetic energy activity
7: A plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the national grid content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A national grid model idea
4: A transformers 7 monkey activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the microphone content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A question analysis starter activity
3: A key information activity
4: A microphone model activity
5: A sheet for students to fill out
6: A dice assessment game
7: A 6 mark assessment question
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This resource is a whole lesson with activities for the fuses section of the AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2; 2 Exam style AFL questions
3: A fuses literacy activity
4: A circuit breaker activity
5: A 6 mark question for the plenary
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the magnets content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A sheet for students to fill out throughout the lesson
4: A plotting magnetic fields activity
5: A properties of magnets activity
6: A drawing magnetic fields activity
7: A dice plenary game
8: A properties of temporary and induced magnets activity
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the motor effect content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A spag starter activity
3: A dice assessment activity
4: A magnetic flux density activity
5: A model activity
6: A diagram & question activity
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the uses of radiation content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A radiation information sheet
4: A monitoring the thickness of materials group activity
5: A radiation in smoke alarms key information activity
6: A sheet for students to work through
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A 6 mark analysis question
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the nuclear fission content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A parts in a nuclear power station starter activity
3: A activity looking at chain reactions
4: A 6 mark assessment question
5: A sheet for students to work through
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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