A 6 page mini-booklet that should ensure students are:
Able to identify longitudinal waves,
Able to identify transverse waves,
Able to describe the amplitude of a wave,
Able to describe the wavelength of a wave,
Able to describe frequency,
Able to identify the effects of amplitude and frequency on sound,
Able to rearrange equations using the triangle,
Able to use the wave speed equation.
Includes reading for understanding tasks.
Suitable for higher ability KS3 students and KS4 students.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify all phases of the Moon
Describe how light from the Sun can reflect from the Moon.
Explain how the Moon appears different in the night sky.
A comprehensive Powerpoint which will allows for students to learn about luminous and non-luminous objects, opaque, transparent and translucent objects and how thickness of a translucent object affects the amount of light traveling through.
I personally use this as an introductory lesson to the light topic.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how objects interact with light.
Success criteria:
-Identify luminous and non-luminous materials.
-Describe how light interacts with a translucent material.
-Explain why the thickness of a translucent material affects the light.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about the law of reflection, specular reflection and diffuse scattering and how objects appear in mirrors (virtual images)
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
An animation is included to show how a virtual image is generated.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how light reflects and the law of reflection.
Success criteria:
Identify types of reflection.
Describe the law of reflection.
Explain the appearance of virtual objects.
This lesson contains 40 slides
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about electromagnets and how how magnetic fields are produced in a current carrying conductor. Solenoids as coils of wire that are able to behave as a bar magnets when a current is present in them.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Learning objective: Explain why current can generate electromagnets and how to change their properties.
Success criteria:
State what is created when current flows through a wire.
Describe how to increase the magnetic field strength.
Explain why solenoids are used in industry.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
Contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers to use as a plenary.
Defnyddais google slides are gyfer addysgu’r wers hon. Ddylai bod o’n gweithio yn yr un modd drwy Microsoft PowerPoint ond efallai fydd angen ailosod rhai agweddau.
Erbyn diwedd y wers ddylech fod yn gallu:
Adnabod beth sydd yn achosi’r Haf a’r Gaeaf
Disgrifio sut mae’r Haul yn ymbelydru golau.
Egluro’r cysylltiad rhwng gogwyddo’r Ddaear â’r Tymhorau.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will guide learners through gravity and electrostatic non contact forces.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how forces can act at a distance and explain why these forces are present.
Success criteria:
-Identify non-contact forces.
-Describe how objects react to some non-contact forces.
-Explain why non-contact forces are needed for our daily lives.
This lesson contains 17 slides
Produced to be used when delivering the activate 1 pathway.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about how current can be induced in a wire, the factors that influence the magnitude of this current and how it is used in industry.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how electricity can be generated.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can identify how current can be generated in a wire.
I can describe factors that influence the current generated.
I can evaluate the best way to generate electricity.
Powerpoint contains 22 slides.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students how to measure speed by using the formula triangle with some reference to practical applications.
Support sheets are also included to guide students should it be needed.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can calculate speed using the equation triangle.
I can analyse how to measure speed effectively using specific equipment
I can justify why objects appear to be travelling faster or slower with reference to relative motion.
Learning objective: To apply the idea of speed to real life instances.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides and a lesson plan is also attached.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students about the colours of light and how the primary colours contribute towards how we perceive objects around us. How objects reflect or absorb light colours. How filters influence light.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Justify how filters can affect how we see an object.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria
Explain what happens when light passes through a prism
describe how primary colours add to make secondary colours
explain how filters and coloured materials subtract light.
Powerpoint contains 25 slides.
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about magnetic poles, magnetic filed lines and how these field lines impact attraction and repulsion.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: To justify the effects of magnetic field lines in repulsion and attraction.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
-Identify the poles on a magnet.
-Describe the direction of magnetic field lines.
-Explain the effect of combining magnetic field lines.
Powerpoint contains 27 slides.
Originally created for the BTEC Applied Science level 3 qualification Unit 5 - Physics.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the equations for efficiency.
Describe how to calculate efficiency by using heat in and heat out.
Explain how the Carnot Revolution equation is derived.
The resource contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers.
Slides were originally created using google slides, opening in microsoft powerpoint might cause slight misalignment - open in google slides to avoid this.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students the basics of what is meant by voltage and resistance. Students will be given the opportunity to practice the E = QV and V = IR equations as well as learn how to used a voltmeter in a circuit successfully.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by voltage and resistance.
Describe how temperature affects resistance.
Explain why a high voltage is dangerous.
A checkpoint style plenary is used to assess understanding.