The author has over 20 years’ experience of teaching and has worked in wide range of schools with very diverse student groups. He holds an MSc in “Education and Technology in Science”. This lessons and scheme of work have been successfully trialed and refined in the classroom environment.
The author has over 20 years’ experience of teaching and has worked in wide range of schools with very diverse student groups. He holds an MSc in “Education and Technology in Science”. This lessons and scheme of work have been successfully trialed and refined in the classroom environment.
This resource contains 6 lessons covering topic 3 “Waves and the Universe” of the
P1 Physics GCSE
It also includes two keyword searches, two data interpretation worksheets, one Kahoot Quiz and one whole class practical modelling our solar system in the playground.
This resource contains a 15-slide lesson which is a mixture of theory, practical work and a 2:38 second You Tube video. The practical will take about 45 minutes.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number is a map of the world showing the positions of the volcanoes and the plate boundaries.
Slide 3 is a close up diagram of the pacific plate being subducted below the Australian plate demonstrating how friction forces build and are released as earthquakes.
Slide 4 introduces the practical but to emphasise the importance of earthquake-proof building design, also introduces the 5 worst earthquakes (as measured by the Richter scale).
Slides 5 – 9 are the 5 worst earthquakes recorded (as measured by the Richter scale).
Slide 10 is a photograph of how Earthquake-proof buildings are tested by NASA.
Slide 11 is a photo of 3 different marshmallow/spaghetti building constructions.
Slide 12 gives the rules of the practical/ winning criteria.
Slide 13 is the theory of P waves and S waves which can be correlated with pushing the table forwards and backwards and S waves being a transverse, side-to side motion.
Slide 14 is shows how, like all waves, earthquake waves can be reflected and refracted as they pass through different densities.
Slide 15 is the book-work reference and also contains a You Tube link which was filmed inside a shop during an earthquake in Yokohama, Japan.
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This resource contains a 13-slide theory lesson.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 is an animated GIF reminder that sound is a longitudinal wave.
Slide 3 is an excellent summary image to show the frequencies of infrasound, sound and ultrasound and the animals that can use each one.
Slide 4 is a revision of basic wave structure and terminology.
Slide 5 looks at how sound waves can reflect to give an echo and explains how most ultrasound applications use this ‘echo’ to create an image.
Slide 6 and 7 explain how ultrasound sonar is used to detect fish\ submarines under the water.
Slide 8 explains how bats use echolocation – ultrasound clicks to detect prey in the dark.
Slide 9 looks at a commercial, possibly unethical use of ultrasound to keep teenagers from congregating.
Slide 10 and 11 explain how ultrasound is used to look at an unborn fetus to detect the gender/abnormalities.
Slide 12 is the book-work reference.
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This resource contains a 10-slide theory lesson and a “sound wave” revision worksheet.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 is an animated GIF reminder that sound is a longitudinal wave.
Slide 3 is an excellent summary image to show the frequencies of infrasound, sound and ultrasound and the animals that can use each one.
Slide 4 is a revision of basic wave structure and terminology.
Slide 5 is a prompt for the students to use the revision worksheet on sound.
Slide 6 looks at some of the large mammals that can communicate over hundreds of Km using infrasound.
Slide 7 explains the volcanic eruptions also produce infrasound which can be remotely monitored.
Slide 8 is the book-work reference.
Slide 9 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 10-slide theory lesson, a data analysis task and a key word search on Stellar Evolution.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 contains an interactive cartoon flash animation which demonstrates the Doppler Effect brilliantly.
Slide 3 asks students to apply the Doppler Effect to light waves rather than sound waves.
Slides 4 and 5 provide the answer to the previous question by explaining the concept of ‘red shift’ and ‘blue shift’.
Slide 6 summarises the red shift/blue shift with a hyperlinked YouTube video.
Slide 7 is a data analysis question for the students to use Hubble’s red shift data to compare the speed of galaxies with their distance away from us and draw a conclusion.
Slide 8 is the book-work reference.
Slide 9 is a prompt to hand out the keyword search to the students
Slide 10 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 13-slide theory lesson.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2, 3 and 4 try to explain something which is really beyond our comprehension.
Slide 5 introduces Edwin Hubble whose work on the expanding Universe fist gave rise to the Big Bang theory.
Slide 6 introduces Sir Fred Hoyle who interpreted Hubble’s work differently to give us an alternative theory – the Steady State Theory.
Slide 7 summarises the competing theories.
Slide 8 and 9 look at the CMB evidence that supports the Big Bang Theory.
Slide 10 summarises the competing theories and the evidence to suggest that the Big Bang is our current preferred theory.
Slide 11 is the book-work reference.
Slide 12 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 21-slide theory lesson and a Kahoot Quiz as a plenary.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 defines Stellar Nebulae as clouds of dust and gas where stars are ‘born’.
Slide number 3 explains how Stellar Nebulae collapse due to gravity to form a protostar.
Slide 4 looks at Main sequence stars and explains how our sun is a main sequence star.
Slide 5 & 6 look at what happens when the core of a main sequence star runs out of hydrogen and then helium to become less bright; forming a red giant.
Slide 7 shows that when a red giant finally collapses then its outer layers shed off and the remains are called a white dwarf.
Slide 8 shows that the outer layers of the red giant that drift off into space become planetary nebulae.
Slide 9 looks at the different life-cycle of massive stars and begins by comparing the relative sizes of some known stars.
Slide 10 and 11 show how massive stars become red super-giants – using Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion as an example.
Slide 12 looks at what happens when Red Super-giant stars start to die.
Slide 13-15 looks at Supernova’s - the death of Red Super-giant stars.
Slide 16 and 17 look at the two possible outcomes post supernova. Giant stars become either a Neutron star or a Black hole (depending on the size of the giant star).
Slide 18 and 19 are much needed summaries of both Star life-cycles.
Slide 20 is the book-work reference with two hyperlinked you tube videos of Stars life cycles.
Slide 21 contains the hyperlink to a Kahoot Quiz based upon this lesson
Slide 22 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 7-slide theory lesson
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 makes a distinction between alien life forms and intelligent alien life
Slide number 3 explains the concept of the Goldilocks planet where water may be found in a liquid state – a probable prerequisite for life.
Slide 4 looks at the recent discovery of “Trappist 1” solar system with its multiple Goldilocks planets and contains a hyperlink to the NASA press release video on You tube.
Slide 5 looks at our attempts to send robot landers to other planets and looks at the example of a tiny robot Lander called Phoenix to Mars to look for evidence of life.
Slide 6 looks at the SETI program which analyses Radio waves to look for signals from intelligent alien life.
Slide 7 is the book-work reference.
Slide 8 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 15-slide theory lesson. It has been written to a highly visual lecture using some stunning images taken by the Hubble telescope.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 shows the classic EM absorption graph as a way of introducing the necessity of space telescopes to avoid Earth’s atmospheric distortion.
Slide 3 introduces The Solar Dynamics Observatory which can capture images of the sun’s UV output.
Slide 4 is an example of the Sun’s UV output at a wavelength of 17.1nm.
Slide 5 contains a hyperlink to a 4:36 second video from NASA showing some of the most amazing images/films taken by The Solar Dynamics Observatory over the past 5 years.
Slide 6 and 7 introduce the Hubble telescope.
Slide 8 shows an image of the malformed mirror that was used in the original Hubble telescope.
Slide 9 shows an image of the space shuttle service mission sent to correct the faulty optics of the Hubble telescope.
Slide 10 shows the “before and after” images from the Hubble telescope.
Slides 11-12 show some of the iconic images captured by the Hubble telescope.
Slides 13-14 discuss the implications of the Hubble Deep Field image.
Slide 15 contains the book-work reference.
Slide 16 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 7-slide lesson and includes the classic practical “The solar system in your schoolyard”, a key word search and a card sort which can be used to order the planets of our solar system OR to order the objects in the universe in terms of their relative sizes.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 explains that our sun is one of millions that make up our galaxy – the Milky Way.
Slide number 3 explains that the all the different galaxies make up the universe.
Slide 4 looks at our own solar system and contains a hyperlink to the classic practical “The solar system in your schoolyard”.
Slide 5 also contains a hyperlink to a 2.23 minute you tube video which compares the sizes of known stars.
Slide 6 is the book-work reference.
Slide 7 is a prompt to give the keyword search and\or the card sort activity as a plenary at the end of the lesson.
Slide 8 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 7-slide theory lesson with a key word search.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 explains what ionising radiation is.
Slide number 3 introduces the 3 types of ionising radiation, alpha beta and gamma.
Slide 4 discusses how ionising radiation can damage DNA and give rise to mutations and possible cancers.
Slide 5 discusses how even UVC and X-rays can also be classed as ionising radiation (but not to the same extent as gamma rays).
Slide 6 is the book-work reference.
Slide 7 is a prompt to give the keyword search out at the end of the lesson.
Slide 8 contains the image credits.
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P1.9 Using electromagnetic radiation lesson
This resource contains a 11-slide theory lesson.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 is a diagram showing the whole spectrum of EM frequencies.
Slide number 3 discusses how Radio waves are collected from space as part of the SETI program.
Slide 4 discusses microwave radiation used by mobile phones and concerns regarding their possible danger.
Slide 5 discusses using Infra- Red security cameras as a way of “seeing in the dark”.
Slide 6 discusses how on Earth, animals have evolved eyes because the wavelength visible light penetrates our atmosphere to reach the surface.
Slide 7 discusses how short wave UVC can be used to steriise operating instruments and water.
Slide 8 discusses using long wave UVA to prevent forgeries.
Slide 9 discusses how gamma rays can be used to sterilise food to stop it “going off”.
Slide 10 discusses how X-rays can be use (with caution) for medical imaging.
Slide 11 is the book-work reference.
Slide 12 contains the image credits.
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P1.8 Electromagnetic dangers
This resource contains a 10-slide theory lesson.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 is a diagram showing the whole spectrum of EM frequencies.
Slide number 3 discusses how microwaves cook food and microwave oven safety.
Slide 4 discusses infra-red radiation.
Slide 5, and 7 discuss Ultra-Violet A, B and C rays.
Slide 8 and 9 discusses the dangers and applications of both X-rays and Gamma rays.
Slide 10 is the book-work reference.
Slide 11 contains the image credits.
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P1.7 The Electromagnetic Spectrum.
This resource contains an 8 slide theory lesson, a 24 question KAHOOT quiz, a EM radiation calculations worksheet and a Key-word search.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 is a diagram showing the whole spectrum of EM frequencies.
Slide number 3 contains an animated gif that shows how all EM waves are transverse waves and can carry energy through the vacuum of space.
Slide 4 explains that all EM waves travel at the speed of light through space.
Slide 5 revisits the wave calculations from lesson 1 but this time applies them to EM waves.
Slide 6 is a prompt to use the key-word search of all the science words associated with this topic.
Slide 7 is the book-work reference.
Slide 8 is linked to a 24 question KAHOOT quiz on the EM spectrum.
Slide 9 contains the image credits.
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