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.

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: 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 what’s meant by power. Describe how power can be calculated. Explain why changing the time that energy is transferred in affects power.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify how energy is used in a circuit. Describe what the energy can be used for in a circuit. Explain why people are using low energy bulbs.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify a series and parallel circuits. Describe the properties of series and parallel circuits. Explain why parallel circuits are used in homes.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the circuit symbols for: a thermistor and a LDR. Describe how resistance changes in a thermistor and LDR. Explain why both LDRs and thermistors are used.

A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about how IV graphs appear for fixed resistors, filament bulbs and diodes. The lesson also delves into the reasoning behind why these trends arise. Progress checks are available following each success criteria Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner. Learning objective: Use Ohm’s law to justify the trends seen in IV graphs for a fixed resistor, filament bulb and LED. By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Success criteria: -Identify generally what happens to current as voltage increases. -Describe how to calculate resistance from a voltage-current graph. -Compare how the resistance changes with load in: fixed resistors, filament bulbs and diodes. Powerpoint contains 22 slides and a collection of past paper questions including the marking scheme.

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.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify circuit symbols. Describe how to measure and calculate current. Explain why ammeters can read a value as minus.

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.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify long and short chain hydrocarbons. Describe the process of cracking. Explain why companies would use cracking.

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: State what’s meant by combustion. Describe complete and incomplete combustion. Explain why materials can combust completely and incompletely.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: State the names of the first 5 alkanes. Describe the general structure of alkanes. Compare alkanes and alkenes.

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: Recall the equation to calculate rate of reaction. Describe how to read a products made / time graph. Explain why the gradient of the line can change because of external factors. E.g. temperature rise.