By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what’s meant by direct current and alternating current. Describe the contents of a 3 pin plug. Explain why an Earth wire is used in a plug.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State how electrical energy is distributed by the national grid. Describe how the national grid efficiently transfers electrical energy. Explain the use of transformers.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify 2 devices used to deal with electrical overload. Describe how fuses and earthing deal with electrical overloads. Explain the movement of electricity and why earthing works.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify permanent and induced magnets. Describe what’s meant by a permanent and induced magnet. Explain why magnets are used in industry.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State the 3 states of matter. Describe the changes in state. Explain why a flat line on a cooling-curve shows a change in state.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what is meant by specific heat capacity. Describe how specific heat capacity affects how a substance increases in temperature. Explain the uses of a substance with a large specific heat capacity.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what holds particles together in substances. Describe what happens when bonds are made / broken. Explain why water, which has a large specific latent heat, remains in each state for a long time.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State some examples of elastic and inelastic objects. Describe the effect of two pulling forces on an elastic object. Explain the incident that can cause an elastic object to become inelastic.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what is meant by pressure. Describe how gas particles interact with the wall of the container. Explain why each of the following increases pressure: Increasing temperature, Increasing the amount of gas particles, Decreasing volume of the container.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify 3 factors that increase the rate of reaction. Describe how these factors increase the rate of reaction. Explain why chemicals are best kept in a dark room at cold temperature and not moved often.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what is meant by a Hydrocarbon. Describe the process of fractional distillation. Explain why fractional distillation is used.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify 2 kinds of fuels which cause pollution. Describe the effect of pollution. Explain why scientists are developing Hydrogen cars.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the main components of the early and late atmosphere. Describe how the atmosphere changed over the years. Explain why scientists believe the atmosphere changed in this way.

A simple to follow resource aimed toward KS5 / A-level students (yrs 17-18) regarding s, p, d and f orbitals, the order in which they filled mentioning their spin and how electrons respond to quanta of energy. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the different types of orbitals. Describe the order in which orbitals are filled. Explain why electrons promote to other orbitals.

A simple to use resource targeted towards KS4 students (yrs 14-16). By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State what happens to an electron during an ionic bond. Describe how ionic bonds form cations and anions. Explain why ionic structures form.