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Current Electricity - Does the Number of Batteries Affect Current? Why? KS3
This action-packed lesson on the relationship between the number of batteries and current is fully resourced and differentiated with 13 activities including starter, plenary, exit ticket quiz plus homeworks and 14 learning outcomes.
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself. This PowerPoint also guides pupils through designing the experiment and a results table and has an animated step-by-step guide to drawing the perfect bar graph.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and a practical.
This pack contains material for two hours lesson time in total to enable teachers to select and totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFl.
Objective
To know that an electric current is a flow of electrons which pick up energy from the battery.
To know that as batteries are added to a circuit current increases and the lamp gets brighter.
To make a prediction and design an experiment to investigate the relationship between the number of batteries and current.
To draw a bar graph.
To calculate the output of n number of batteries from known numbers of batteries, voltages and currents.
Resources
Animated 14 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
2 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Links to other resources in this series.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity Taboo Cards 1 for KS3
Eighteen taboo cards on:
explaining current, voltage and resistance;
explaining and naming conductors and insulators;
circuits and symbols
How to Use
Work in pairs.
Place cards in a pile face down.
Student takes a card and gives scientific clues to their partner to help them guess the word in the guess box.
The clue giver cannot use the words in the taboo box in the clues.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Current Electricity Taboo Cards 3 for KS3
Twelve taboo cards on batteries, voltage, current, resistance and Ohms Law.
How to Use
Work in pairs.
Place cards in a pile face down.
Student takes a card and gives scientific clues to their partner to help them guess the word in the guess box.
The clue giver cannot use the words in the taboo box in the clues.
The current electricity module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Science and General Knowledge Quiz KS3 2019 - Back to School/End of Year
An ideal end-of-term activity or first-day team builder. This activity promotes the concepts of working as a team and individually contributing to the success of a team.
It is a 65 question, animated, interactive team quiz with built – in scoreboard for up to seven teams. All questions are pictorial and multiple choice. A wide-range of topical and historical general knowledge is included. As well as asking a question, most slides also provide some interesting snippets about the topic so pupils are expanding their general knowledge as well as enjoying the activity.Topics include:
geography
history
sport
nature
science
astronomy
astrology
current affairs
film
art
flags of the world
famous people
famous landmarks
Each team will attempt their team round which consists of a science question and four general knowledge questions. The answer to each question must be decided by the whole team. If a wrong answer is given, the next question goes to the first hand up and, if correct, that person’s team gets to try the rest of the round.
After the team round is the individual round. A maximum of thirty questions answered on a first-hand-up basis accruing points for the team. This second round allows flexibility in terms of the time the quiz takes as not all thirty questions have to be attempted. The quiz therefore can last between 30 and 50 minutes.
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Balanced and Unbalanced Forces & Speed KS3
Two action-packed and engaging, fully resourced lessons which include animated PowerPoints which explain:
resultant force
balanced forces as two forces of equal size acting on opposite directions;
balanced forces acting on stationary objects or resulting in steady speed;
unbalanced forces producing acceleration or deceleration;
Choosing the appropriate units for distance, time and speed.
Use of the formula speed = distance/time.
Rearrangement of the formula (easily left out if required)
Planning an experiment to find speed.
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz (x2)
Answer PowerPoints to enable easy self and peer assessment (x2)
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers) (x2)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (x2)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes) (x2)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (X4)
Fact sheet (x2)
Homework plus answer PowerPoint(x5)
Fact share worksheet (x2)
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist (x2)
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains 30 resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Forces - 13 Games on Weight, Mass, Friction, Air Resistance, Balanced and Unbalanced Forces, Pressure, Moments, Speed and Hooke's Law
The topics covered are:
Force;
Weight & Mass;
Friction;
Air Resistance;
Balanced & Unbalanced Forces
Pressure;
Moments;
Speed;
Hooke’s Law.
This compendium of thirteen different, enjoyable and challenging games on forces is suitable for all abilities. Each game is fully resourced, comes with full instructions and is easy to run.
Games Included:
Find the Pair - pressure, moments, speed, Hooke’s Law
Smart Board Bingo - pressure, moments, speed, Hooke’s Law
Forces Board Game - pressure, moments, speed, Hooke’s Law
Smart Board Bingo - pressure, moments, speed, Hooke’s Law
Save the School Custodian Escape Room - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Air Resistance, Balanced & Unbalanced;
Forces Board Game; - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Air Resistance, Balanced & Unbalanced;
Force, Weight and Mass Dominoes
Friction and Air Resistance Dominoes.
Pressure Dominoes
Moments Dominoes.
Find the Pair - Force, Weight and Mass;
Find the Pair – Friction and Air Resistance
Smart Board Bingo – Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Air Resistance, Balanced & Unbalanced;
This versatile pack can be used to reinforce each section of the current electricity module as it is taught or for revision. Many of the games could be used for cover lessons, even when taken by a non-specialist as they come with a hard-copy or PowerPoint of the answers. It is also the ideal end of term/year pack.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Current Electricity - Lamps in series and Parallel - Classroom, Distance and Blended Learning for KS3
The two packs in this resource allow the same lesson to be taught to students whether they are in a classroom or distance learning at home. It facilitates blended learning and provides equality of opportunity for students who are unable to attend school due to Covid-19.
The classroom resource consists of an animated 10 slide PowerPoint and 12 varied and exciting printables including a foldable, cut-and-stick and progress check. The one-page flowchart lesson plan shows where choices can be made between the printables so that the teacher can select the activities to suit the exact needs of their class.
The distance learning pack consists of a 45 slide animated PowerPoint which, not only teaches the science but also how to gain maximum benefit from distance learning. The PowerPoint has been designed to replace the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. Additional worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress. These can be printed off by the student or provided by school. There is also a short digital test/homework which can be returned to the teacher.
The practical, whether real time in the classroom of simulated for distance learning, takes the student through planning, designing a table and drawing conclusions from a given set of typical results.
Objective
To know that as lamps are added in a series circuit the lamps become dimmer.
To know that as identical lamps are added in a parallel circuit the brightness of the lamps does not change.
To know that if the lamps in a series circuit are identical, all the lamps are of equal brightness.
To know that if a lamp is removed or breaks in a series circuit, the others will go out.
To know that if a lamp is removed or breaks in a parallel circuit, the others will stay on.
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Other hybrid learning current electricity resources for middle school
Current, Voltage and Resistance - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Conductors and Insulators - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Circuits and Symbols - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Current in Series and Parallel - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Lamps in Series and Parallel - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Voltage in Series & Parallel - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Batteries and Current - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning
Batteries and Voltage - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning for KS3
Current and Resistance - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning KS3
Intro to Current electricity 3 - Classroom, Distance & Blended Learning KS3
Ohms Law - Classroom, Distance & Blennded Learning for KS3
Switches in Series and Parallel - Classroom, Distance and Blended Learning for KS3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Magnetism - Magnets and Electromagnets Explained - Distance Learning and Homeschool for KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school introduction to magnetism.
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
The simulated practical takes the student through designing an investigation, a table and drawing a graph.
What’s Covered
Magnetic materials can be made into magnets.
Iron, cobalt and nickel and their alloys are magnetic materials.
Unlike poles attract and like pole repel.
There is an invisible magnetic field around a magnet made up of field lines.
Draw the field lines around a bar magnet.
The closer together the field lines the stronger the magnetic field.
Draw the field lines around two bar magnets with like and unlike poles facing.
There are more field lines around the poles where the magnetic field is strongest.
The magnetic field strength gets less as distance from the magnet increases.
Field lines point away from the south pole and towards the north pole of a magnet.
When a magnetic material is made into a magnet, the randomly facing domains all line up to point in the same direction.
The Earth acts as though there as a south-type pole at magnetic north and a north-type pole at magnetic south.
Explain how an electric bell, a relay and a circuit breaker work.
Resources
An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Four worksheets, and two cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint.
A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning.
A checklist for students to use to assess their progress.
Digital quick test
For those students without internet or a computer or a computer at home a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
Ways to Use this Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home.
Students without photocopying facilities are instructed to write their answers in full sentences
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Forces - Pressure - Distance Learning and Homeschool for KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school lesson on air pressure and pressure in liquids.
What’s Covered
This fully resourced lesson includes an animated PowerPoint which:
demonstrates use of the equation pressure = force/area;
explains and gives examples of the relationship between pressure, force and area;
specifies units for pressure as N/m2 and Pascals;
explains the relationship between upthrust and floating and sinking;
explains why number air particles decrease with altitude
explains why atmospheric pressure increases with altitude.
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
Resources
An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Four worksheets, and two cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint.
A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning.
A checklist for students to use to assess their progress.
Digital quick test
For those students without internet or a computer or a computer at home a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
Ways to Use this Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home.
Students without photocopying facilities are instructed to write their answers in full sentences
More high quality resources available here.
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Magnetism - Magnets and Electromagnets - Find the Pair Team Game for KS3
This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on magnets and electromagnets. Pupils work in teams of three or four. Each team lays out their 42 cards face down in a square and take it in turn to turn over two cards. If the cards are a question and its correct answer, the pupil keeps the pair. If they are not a match they are turned face down and the next pupil gets a turn. This process continues until all cards are matched and the winner is the pupil with the most pairs.
If a team member thinks that the selectors pair is not a correct match, they can challenge.
Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer but the teacher also has a quick-check answer sheet. If the challenge is correct, the challenger keeps the pair.
**Included in this Pack. **
42 question and answer cards
Teacher’s answer sheet.
Instruction sheet
Preparation
Use double-sided printing to copy 1 set per group of 4 pupils.
Sheets could be laminated to enable year-on-year use.
Cut sheets into cards.
Prior Knowledge Required
Magnetic materials can be made into magnets.
Iron, cobalt and nickel and their alloys are magnetic materials.
Unlike poles attract and like pole repel.
There is an invisible magnetic field around a magnet made up of field lines.
Draw the field lines around a bar magnet.
The closer together the field lines the stronger the magnetic field.
Draw the field lines around two bar magnets with like and unlike poles facing.
There are more field lines around the poles where the magnetic field is strongest.
The magnetic field strength gets less as distance from the magnet increases.
Field lines point away from the south pole and towards the north pole of a magnet.
When a magnetic material is made into a magnet, the randomly facing domains all line up to point in the same direction.
The Earth acts as though there as a south-type pole at magnetic north and a north-type pole at magnetic south.
Explain how an electric bell, a relay and a circuit breaker work.
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Magnetism - Magnets and Electromagnet Dominoes Game - KS3
A dominoes game with questions and statements on magnets and electromagnets and instead of answers.
Prior Knowledge
Magnetic materials can be made into magnets.
Iron, cobalt and nickel and their alloys are magnetic materials.
Unlike poles attract and like pole repel.
There is an invisible magnetic field around a magnet made up of field lines.
Draw the field lines around a bar magnet.
The closer together the field lines the stronger the magnetic field.
Draw the field lines around two bar magnets with like and unlike poles facing.
There are more field lines around the poles where the magnetic field is strongest.
The magnetic field strength gets less as distance from the magnet increases.
Field lines point away from the south pole and towards the north pole of a magnet.
When a magnetic material is made into a magnet, the randomly facing domains all line up to point in the same direction.
The Earth acts as though there as a south-type pole at magnetic north and a north-type pole at magnetic south.
Explain how an electric bell, a circuit breaker and a relay work
What You Get
90 dominoes
Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play.
Rules of the Game
Each player selects seven dominoes from the top of the face-down pile and holds them in their hand like playing cards.
The player whose surname begins with a letter closest to the letter A starts and play proceed in a clockwise direction.
Dominoes can be matched exactly, or a name can be matched with a symbol or descriptions, sketches and circuit diagrams can be matched.
If a player thinks a match is wrong, they can challenge. If the challenger is correct, they give a card from their own hand to the challenged player. If the challenged player is correct, they give a card from their hand to the challenger. Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer and consult their teacher if a consensus is not reached.
If a player cannot play a domino, they pick up from the face down pile and can play if possible or add it to their hand.
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Forces Distance Learning and Homeschool Module for KS3
Four action-packed distance learning or home school forces topics including:
moments,
speed
pressure
Hooke’s law
Each resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. It gives advice on how to use distance learning successfully and guides the learner step-by-step through the topic. The supporting worksheets include cut-outs, foldables digital quick-tests and progress checks to provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
Some topics include a simulated practical which takes the student through designing a table and drawing graphs.
Ways to Use these Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home.
Students without photocopying facilities are instructed to write their answers in full sentences
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Light - Reflection in a Plane Mirror - Find the Pair Game KS3
This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on reflection in plane mirrors. Pupils work in teams of three or four. Each team lays out their 42 cards face down in a square and take it in turn to turn over two cards. If the cards are a question and its correct answer, the pupil keeps the pair. If they are not a match they are turned face down and the next pupil gets a turn. This process continues until all cards are matched and the winner is the pupil with the most pairs.
If a team member thinks that the selectors pair is not a correct match, they can challenge.
Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer but the teacher also has a quick-check answer sheet. If the challenge is correct, the challenger keeps the pair.
**Included in this Pack. **
42 question and answer cards
Teacher’s answer sheet.
Instruction sheet
Preparation
Use double-sided printing to copy 1 set per group of 4 pupils.
Sheets could be laminated to enable year-on-year use.
Cut sheets into cards.
Prior Knowledge Required
Transparent, translucent and opaque materials
Luminous and non-luminous objects
Labelling the incident and reflected rays, the angles of incidence and reflection, the normal and the point of incidence
Virtual experiment to prove i = r
Ray diagram showing how the eye sees an image in a plane mirror
The image formed in a plane mirror is upright, virtual (appears to be formed behind the mirror) laterally inverted, the same size as the object and as far behind the mirror as the object is in front.
Ray diagram showing how the eye sees an image in a periscope
Specular and diffuse images
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Light - Dispersion and Colour Filters - Wildcard and Snap Card Games
A great way to consolidate learning on lenses, the eye, the pinhole camera and the camera with this pack of cards which can be used to play two games – wildcard and snap.
Prior Knowledge Required
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color
What You Get
66 playing cards
Animated PowerPoint with instructions for playing wildcard and snap
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Light - Dispersion - Dominoes Game KS3
A dominoes game with questions and statements on white light, dispersion and colored filters instead of numbers.
Prior Knowledge
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color
What You Get
90 dominos
Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play.
Rules of the Game
Each player selects seven dominos from the top of the face-down pile and holds them in their hand like playing cards.
The player whose surname begins with a letter closest to the letter A starts and play proceed in a clockwise direction.
Dominos can be matched exactly, or a name can be matched with a symbol or descriptions, sketches and circuit diagrams can be matched.
If a player thinks a match is wrong, they can challenge. If the challenger is correct, they give a card from their own hand to the challenged player. If the challenged player is correct, they give a card from their hand to the challenger. Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer and consult their teacher if a consensus is not reached.
If a player cannot play a domino, they pick up from the face down pile and can play if possible or add it to their hand.
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Light - Dispersion - Compendium of 3 Games KS3
A compendium of three different, enjoyable and challenging games on white light, dispersion and color filters, suitable for all abilities . Each game is fully resourced, comes with full instructions and is easy to run.
Games Included:
Dominoes
Find the Pair
Wildcard and Snap
This versatile pack can be used to reinforce dispersion as it is taught or for revision. Many of the games could be used for cover lessons, even when taken by a non-specialist as they come with a hard-copy or PowerPoint of the answers. It is also the ideal end of term/year pack.
Prior Knowledge Required
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color.
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Light - Dispersion and Colour Filters - Distance Learning and Homeschool for KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school lesson on white light, diffusion and color filters for KS3
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-out, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
What’s Covered
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color
Resources
An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Four worksheets, and two cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint.
A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning.
A checklist for students to use to assess their progress.
Digital quick test
For those students without internet or a computer or a computer at home a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
Ways to Use this Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home.
Students without photocopying facilities are instructed to write their answers in full sentences
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Light - Shadows and Eclipses - Distance Learning and Homeschool KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school lesson on shadows and lunar and solar eclipses for middle school
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-out, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
What’s Covered
The shadow of a point source only has an umbra but the shadow of a large point source has an umbra and a penumbra.
If the light source moves closer to the object, the shadow gets bigger.
If the object moves closer to the screen, the shadow gets smaller .
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth stops all, or some, of the Sun’s light from reaching the Moon.
The Moon orbits the Earth once every 29.5 days.
When the entire moon passes through the Earths penumbra it appears slightly darker (penumbral eclipse).
If only part of the moon passes through the Earth’s umbra it is a partial eclipse.
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon stops all, or some, of the Sun’s light from reaching the Earth
A person on Earth, standing in the Moon’s umbra will see a total solar eclipse.
A person on Earth, standing in the Moon’s penumbra will see a partial solar eclipse.
When the Moon is at its furthest point from Earth, it no longer covers the whole surface of the Sun and an annular eclipse is seen from the umbra.
The Moon’s orbit is angled relative to the Earth so the Sun, Earth and Moon are not often in the alignment needed for a lunar Eclipse to occur.
When the entire moon passes through the Earths umbra it appears red due to refracted red light (total or umbral eclipse).
Resources
An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Four worksheets, and two cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint.
A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning.
A checklist for students to use to assess their progress.
Digital quick test
For those students without internet or a computer or a computer at home a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
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Light - Complete Module for KS3 Distance Learning and Homeschool
Five action-packed distance or remote learning packages which cover all the topics to be covered in light for KS3 namely:
Reflection
Refraction
Lenses, the eye and the pinhole camera and camera
Dispersion, white Light and colour filters
Shadows and lunar and solar eclipses
Each resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. It gives advice on how to use distance learning successfully and guides the learner step-by-step through the topic. The supporting worksheets include guided notes, cut-outs, foldables digital quick-tests, fact sheets and progress checks to provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge and to continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
Some topics include a simulated practical which takes the student through planning an investigation, designing a table and drawing graphs.
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Kinetic Theory of Matter - States of Matter & Change of State - Fully Resourced Lesson Plus Find the Pair Game KS3
A comprehensive and fully resourced lesson on particle or kinetic theory for middle school plus an enjoyable yet challenging find the pair game.
The teaching pack contains a fully animated PowerPoint and eighteen resources. It is intended that the teacher selects the appropriate printables to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
The game is closely related to the topic content and reinforces learning.
What’s Covered
Three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
Arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases.
Properties of solids, liquids and gases in terms of the arrangement of their particles.
Change of state including sublimation.
Pressure in gases and the effect of increasing the number of particles and temperature and decreasing volume.
Diffusion.
Lesson
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz and all answers to classwork and homework)
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (students use to make their own notes)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework (x3) plus answers
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
Game
42 question and answer cards
Teacher’s answer sheet.
Instruction sheet
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