A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
All of the lessons in this bundle are fully-resourced and have been designed to challenge the students on their knowledge of the Physics topics of the CIE IGCSE Combined Science specification. The lessons cover both the CORE and SUPPLEMENT sections.
The following 5 topics are covered by these lessons:
Topic P1: Motion
Topic P2: Work, energy and power
Topic P4: Properties of waves, including light and sound
Topic P5: Electrical quantities
Topic P6: Electric circuits
The PowerPoints and accompanying resources contain a wide range of activities which include exam-style questions with clear explanations of the answers, differentiated tasks and quiz competitions. There is also a big emphasis on the mathematical element of the specification and students are guided through the use of a range of skills which include the conversion of units and the rearranging of formulae to change the subject.
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This is a fully-resourced lesson which uses exam-style questions, quiz competitions, quick tasks and discussion points to challenge students on their understanding of topics P5 - P7, that will assessed on PAPER 6. It has been specifically designed for students on the AQA GCSE Combined Science course who will be taking the FOUNDATION TIER examinations but is also suitable for students taking the higher tier who need to ensure that the fundamentals are known and understood.
The lesson has been written to cover as many specification points as possible but the following sub-topics have been given particular attention:
Factors affecting the thinking, braking and stopping distance
The 7 recall and apply equations tested in PAPER 6
Using velocity-time graphs to calculate accelerations
The motions represented by the different lines on a velocity-time graph
Resultant forces
Speed and velocity as scalar and vector quantities
Converting between units
Sound as an example of a longitudinal wave
The EM spectrum
The meaning of amplitude, wavelength, frequency and period
Contact and non-contact forces
Attraction and repulsion in magnets
Magnetic fields
The extension of a spring
In order to maintain challenge whilst ensuring that all abilities can access the questions, the majority of the tasks have been differentiated and students can ask for extra support when they are unable to begin a question. Step-by-step guides have also been written into the lesson to walk students through some of the more difficult concepts such as calculating acceleration and the mathematical elements
Due to the extensiveness of this revision lesson, it is estimated that it will take in excess of 2/3 teaching hours to complete the tasks and therefore this can be used at different points throughout the course as well as acting as a final revision before the PAPER 6 exam.
An informative lesson presentation (30 slides) that ensures that students know the meaning of the independent, dependent and control variables in an investigation and are able to identify them. Students are challenged to use their definitions to spot the independent and dependent variable from an investigation title. Moving forwards, they are shown how they can use tables and graphs to identify them. The rest of the lesson focuses on the control variables and how these have to be controlled to produce valid results
This lesson is suitable for students of all ages studying Science as it is such a key skill
This bundle of 7 engaging and motivating lesson presentations and associated worksheets uses a combination of exam questions, quick tasks and quiz competitions to test the students on their knowledge of the Physics units of the AQA Trilogy 9-1 GCSE Combined Science specification.
The knowledge of Topics P1 (Energy), P2 (Electricity), P3 (Particle model of matter), P4 (Atomic structure), P5 (Forces) P6 (Waves) and P7 (Magnetism and electromagnetism) can be assessed using these lessons.
This bundle of 18 lessons uses a range of exam questions, tasks, activities and quiz competitions to engage students whilst they assess their knowledge of the topics in modules B1-6, C1-6 and P1-6 of the OCR Gateway A GCSE Combined Science specification. All of the lessons are fully resourced to take away that worry about how to get students to effectively revise in the lead up to assessments.
This bundle of 6 lessons covers the majority of the content in Topic P2 (Work, energy and power) of the core and supplement sections of the Cambridge iGCSE Science Double Award specification. The topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:
Recall and use W = Fd
Understand that work done = energy transferred
Energy due to motion
Energy due to position
The principles of the conservation of energy
A qualitative understanding of efficiency
Relate power to work done and time taken
Energy resources
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding
This is a fully-resourced lesson that looks at the different parts of the National Grid, specifically focusing on the roles of the step-up and step-down transformers. The lesson includes an informative lesson presentation (25 slides) and a calculations worksheet which challenges the students to apply their mathematical skills to work out why the potential difference is increased and decreased by the transformers. Time has been taken to make links to related topics such as electrical circuits as well as the conservation of energy. Students will recognise that a high current would have led to a lot energy being dissipated to a thermal energy store if step-up transformers weren’t involved and also that decreasing the potential difference before it enters the homes as mains electricity is important to reduce the risk of electrocution. A number of quick competitions are used to introduce key terms or to check on understanding such as ORDER, ORDER which is shown on the cover image where students have to recognise when the parts of the National Grid are finally shown in the correct order.
This lesson has been designed for GCSE aged students.
Alongside the “properties of waves” lesson, this lesson is also designed to be fast-paced with a focus on the key terminology of the waves topic as well as looking at the different calculations that can be carried out. It is written for GCSE students and challenges their mathematical skills throughout, by asking them to rearrange formulae, convert units and write in standard form. The lesson begins by recalling the definitions for wavelength, frequency and wave velocity and then introducing them to the equation that links them. The velocity of sound waves in three mediums is the initial focus, so that students can recognise that the velocity is higher in liquids and solids than in air. Moving forwards, the concept of an echo is discussed and again a calculation used to show them how distance could be worked out with the added extra of the final division by 2. There are progress checks such as these written throughout the lesson so that students have the opportunity to assess their understanding. A number of quick competitions are also included, in order to maintain engagement whilst check understanding in a different form.
This bundle of 9 lessons covers a lot of the content in Topic P8 (Global challenges) of the OCR Gateway A GCSE Physics specification. The topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:
Everyday motion
Reaction time and thinking distance
Braking distance and stopping distance
Energy sources
Using resources
The National Grid
Mains electricity
The Big Bang
Satellites and orbits
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This bundle of 12 lessons covers the majority of the content in Topic C3 (Physical chemistry) of the Edexcel iGCSE Chemistry specification. The sub-topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:
[a] Energetics
Know that chemical reactions can be endothermic or exothermic reactions
Calculate the heat energy change using the expression involving specific heat capacity
Draw energy level diagrams to represent endothermic and exothermic reactions
Use bond energies to calculate the enthalpy change
[b] Rates of reaction
Describe experiments to investigate the effect of changing surface area, concentration, temperature and the addition of a catalyst on the rate of reaction
Describe and explain the effects of changing surface area, concentration and temperature on a rate of reaction with reference to the collision theory
Know the definition of a catalyst and understand how it reduces the activation energy of a chemical reaction
Draw and explain reaction profile diagrams
[c] Reversible reactions and equilibria
Know that some reactions are reversible
Know the characteristics of a reaction at dynamic equilibrium
Know the effect of changing either the temperature of pressure on the position of the equilibrium
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This is a fully-resourced revision lesson that uses a combination of exam questions, understanding checks, quick tasks and quiz competitions to enable students to assess their understanding of the content found within Physics Topic 1 (Key concepts in Physics) of the Edexcel GCSE Combined Science specification. Topic 1 is common to both Paper 5 and 6 and therefore will be tested in both of these exams.
The sub-topics and specification points that are tested within the lesson include:
Recall and use the SI units for the physical quantities
Recall and use multiples and sub-multiples of units, including giga, mega, kilo, centi, milli, micro and nano
Be able to convert between different units, including hours to seconds
Use significant figures and standard form where appropriate
Students will be engaged through the numerous quiz rounds whilst crucially being able to recognise those areas which require their further attention during general revision or during the lead up to the actual GCSE terminal exams
This lesson explains that velocity is speed in a stated direction and then describes how to use the distance and time to calculate speed. The PowerPoint and accompanying resources have been designed to cover points 2.5 & 2.6 of the Edexcel GCSE Physics & Combined Science specifications.
The lesson begins with a prior knowledge check, where the students are challenged to use their understanding of the last lesson on scalar and vector quantities to complete a definition about velocity. This vector quantity is involved in the calculation of acceleration, momentum and in an equation of motion and this is briefly introduced to the students. Moving forwards, they are challenged to recall the equation to calculate speed that should have been met at KS3 as well as in Maths. The remainder of the lesson focuses on the use of this equation as well as rearrangements to change the subject. A series of step by step guides are used to model the workings required in these calculations and then the students have to apply their understanding to a series of exam questions. Mark schemes for each of the questions are embedded in the PowerPoint and the question worksheet has been differentiated two ways to provide assistance to students who are finding it difficult.
This revision lesson challenges students to explain the results of an osmosis investigation and to calculate accelerations using 2 equations. The PowerPoint and accompanying resources have been designed to check on the understanding of these two topics as detailed in the AQA GCSE biology, physics and combined specifications.
The lesson contains a range of tasks including worked examples, exam questions and quizzes which will remind students that water molecules move across partially permeable membranes by osmosis and how changes in the mass of a potato can be used to compare water concentrations in the potato and solution. Students will also recall that acceleration can be calculated from velocity-time graphs using change in velocity/time as well as through the use of F=ma.