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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lesson 19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lesson 19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.15 - Understand how metals can be arranged in a reactivity series based on their reactions with water or dilute acid. Specification Point 2.16 - Understand how metals can be arranged in a reactivity series based on displacement reactions. Specification Point 2.17 - Know the order of reactivity of these metals: potassium, sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, zinc, iron, copper, silver, and gold. Specification Point 2.18 - Know the conditions under which iron rusts. Specification Point 2.19 - Understand how the rusting of iron may be prevented by barrier methods, galvanising and sacrificial protection. Specification Point 2.20 - Understand the terms oxidation, reduction, redox, oxidising agent and reducing agent in terms of the gain or loss of oxygen and the loss or gain of electrons. Specification Point 2.21 - Practical: investigate reactions between dilute hydrochloric and sulfuric acids and metals (e.g. magnesium, zinc and iron). Complete set of Chapter 4 Lessons are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Worksheet 19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 19 - Metals and the Reactivity Series. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 2.15 - Understand how metals can be arranged in a reactivity series based on their reactions with water or dilute acid. Specification Point 2.16 - Understand how metals can be arranged in a reactivity series based on displacement reactions. Specification Point 2.17 - Know the order of reactivity of these metals: potassium, sodium, lithium, calcium, magnesium, aluminium, zinc, iron, copper, silver, and gold. Specification Point 2.18 - Know the conditions under which iron rusts. Specification Point 2.19 - Understand how the rusting of iron may be prevented by barrier methods, galvanising and sacrificial protection. Specification Point 2.20 - Understand the terms oxidation, reduction, redox, oxidising agent and reducing agent in terms of the gain or loss of oxygen and the loss or gain of electrons. Specification Point 2.21 - Practical: investigate reactions between dilute hydrochloric and sulfuric acids and metals (e.g. magnesium, zinc and iron). Complete set of Chapter 4 Worksheets are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 36 - Variables and Controls
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 36 - Variables and Controls

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Variables: manipulation and control of variables, including independent, dependent, extraneous, confounding; operationalisation of variables. Control: random allocation and counterbalancing, randomisation and standardisation. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 38 - Creating and Publishing Research
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 38 - Creating and Publishing Research

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Features of science: objectivity and the empirical method; replicability and falsifiability; theory construction and hypothesis testing; paradigms and paradigm shifts. Reliability across all methods of investigation. Ways of assessing reliability: test-retest and inter-observer; improving reliability. Types of validity across all methods of investigation: face validity, concurrent validity, ecological validity and temporal validity. Assessment of validity. Improving validity. Reporting psychological investigations. Sections of a scientific report: abstract, introduction, method, results, discussion and referencing. The role of peer review in the scientific process. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 37 - Ethics in Psychology
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 37 - Ethics in Psychology

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.1 - Scientific Processes. Demand characteristics and investigator effects. Ethics, including the role of the British Psychological Society’s code of ethics; ethical issues in the design and conduct of psychological studies; dealing with ethical issues in research. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 42 - Bias
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 42 - Bias

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.1 - Issues and debates in psychology. Gender and culture in psychology – universality and bias. Gender bias including androcentrism and alpha and beta bias. Cultural bias, including ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 39 - Data Handling
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 39 - Data Handling

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.2 - Data handling and analysis. Quantitative and qualitative data; the distinction between qualitative and quantitative data collection techniques. Primary and secondary data, including meta-analysis. Descriptive statistics: measures of central tendency – mean, median, mode; calculation of mean, median and mode; measures of dispersion; range and standard deviation; calculation of range. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 40 - Presenting Data
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 40 - Presenting Data

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3.2 - Data handling and analysis. Calculation of percentages; positive, negative and zero correlations. Distributions: normal and skewed distributions; characteristics of normal and skewed distributions. Presentation and display of quantitative data: graphs, tables, scattergrams, bar charts, histograms. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lessons Chapter 4 - Coordination and Control
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lessons Chapter 4 - Coordination and Control

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Complete set of concise, modern presentations and associated PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Biology (4BI0) Chapter 4 - Coordination and Control. Contains colour coded specification points with handmade vector graphics. Nine presentations and companion worksheets included: 27 - Excretion 28 - The Kidneys 29 - Coordination 30 - Coordination in Plants 31 - Coordination in Humans 32 - Reflexes and the Eye 33 - Controlling Body Temperature 34 - Hormones 35 - More Hormones
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Worksheets Chapter 4 - Coordination and Control
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Worksheets Chapter 4 - Coordination and Control

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Complete set of PDF worksheets for Edexcel IGCSE Biology (4BI0) Chapter 4 - Coordination and Control. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. All questions are original. Nine worksheets included: 27 - Excretion 28 - The Kidneys 29 - Coordination 30 - Coordination in Plants 31 - Coordination in Humans 32 - Reflexes and the Eye 33 - Controlling Body Temperature 34 - Hormones 35 - More Hormones
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lesson 32 - Reflexes and the Eye
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lesson 32 - Reflexes and the Eye

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.90 - Describe the structure and functioning of a simple reflex arc illustrated by the withdrawal of a finger from a hot object. Specification Point 2.91 - Describe the structure and function of the eye as a receptor. Specification Point 2.92 - Understand the function of the eye in focusing on near and distant objects, and in responding to changes in light intensity. Complete set of Chapter 4 Lessons are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Worksheet 32 - Reflexes and the Eye
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Worksheet 32 - Reflexes and the Eye

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Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 32 - Reflexes and the Eye. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 2.90 - Describe the structure and functioning of a simple reflex arc illustrated by the withdrawal of a finger from a hot object. Specification Point 2.91 - Describe the structure and function of the eye as a receptor. Specification Point 2.92 - Understand the function of the eye in focusing on near and distant objects, and in responding to changes in light intensity. Complete set of Chapter 4 Worksheets are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Presentations Chapter 7 - Research Methods
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AQA A Level Psychology Presentations Chapter 7 - Research Methods

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Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 7 - Research Methods. Contains colour coded specification points. Nine presentations included: 33 - Research Methods 34 - Scientific Processes 35 - Designing Experiments 36 - Variables and Controls 37 - Ethics in Psychology 38 - Creating and Publishing Research 39 - Data Handling 40 - Presenting Data 41 - Inferential Statistics
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 33 - Research Methods
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 33 - Research Methods

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.3 - Research Methods. Experimental method. Types of experiment, laboratory and field experiments; natural and quasi-experiments. Observational techniques. Types of observation: naturalistic and controlled observation; covert and overt observation; participant and non-participant observation. Self-report techniques. Questionnaires; interviews, structured and unstructured. Content analysis. Case studies. Correlations. Analysis of the relationship between co-variables. The difference between correlations and experiments. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 52 - Parasocial Relationships
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AQA A Level Psychology Lecture 52 - Parasocial Relationships

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2 - Relationships. Parasocial relationships: levels of parasocial relationships, the absorption addiction model and the attachment theory explanation. Complete set of Chapter 9 Lectures are available.
AQA A Level Psychology Presentations Chapter 9 - Relationships
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AQA A Level Psychology Presentations Chapter 9 - Relationships

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Complete set of concise, modern presentations for AQA A Level Psychology (7181 and 7182) Chapter 9 - Relationships. Contains colour coded specification points. Five presentations included: 48 - Evolution and Partner Choice 49 - Attraction 50 - Theories of Romantic Relationships 51 - Virtual Relationships 52 - Parasocial Relationships
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 17 - Sound Waves
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 17 - Sound Waves

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.24P - Know that the frequency range for human hearing is 20–20,000 Hz. Specification Point 3.25P - Practical: investigate the speed of sound in air. Specification Point 3.26P - Understand how an oscilloscope and microphone can be used to display a sound wave. Specification Point 3.27P - Practical: investigate the frequency of a sound wave using an oscilloscope. Specification Point 3.28P - Understand how the pitch of a sound relates to the frequency of vibration of the source. Specification Point 3.29P - Understand how the loudness of a sound relates to the amplitude of vibration of the source. Complete set of Chapter 3 Lessons are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 5 - Gravity, Weight and Drag
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 5 - Gravity, Weight and Drag

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.18 - Know and use the relationship between weight, mass and gravitational field strength. Specification Point 1.19 - Know that the stopping distance of a vehicle is made up of the sum of the thinking distance and the braking distance. Specification Point 1.20 - Describe the factors affecting vehicle stopping distance, including speed, mass, road condition and reaction time. Specification Point 1.21 - Describe the forces acting on falling objects and explain why falling objects reach a terminal velocity. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lessons are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 2 - Acceleration
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 2 - Acceleration

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.6 - Know and use the relationship between acceleration, change in velocity and time taken. Specification Point 1.7 - Plot and explain velocity-time graphs. Specification Point 1.8 - Determine acceleration from the gradient of a velocity−time graph. Specification Point 1.9 - Determine the distance travelled from the area between a velocity-time graph and the time axis. Specification Point 1.10 - Use the relationship between final speed, initial speed, acceleration and distance moved. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lessons are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 3 - Forces
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Edexcel IGCSE Physics Lesson 3 - Forces

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Powerpoint lecture and associated PDF worksheet covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.11 - Describe the effects of forces between bodies such as changes in speed, shape or direction. Specification Point 1.12 - Identify different types of force such as gravitational or electrostatic. Specification Point 1.13 - Understand how vector quantities differ from scalar quantities. Specification Point 1.14 - Understand that force is a vector quantity. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lessons are available.