Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. A FREE exemplar Four in a Row game on Mental Maths is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on five maths topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a discounted price. The level of challenge is aimed at higher ability level GCSE students but it will serve as a useful starter at A-level. As an indication of the difficulty, the hardest expressions to factorise are; x² + 2x - 35 = (x + 7)(x -5) 2x² + 7x + 3 = (2x + 1)(x + 3)

A competitive interactive whiteboard game in which two teams take it in turns to match waves keywords to diagrams and descriptions. The game automatically scores and has a built in timer in the event of a draw. Students really enjoy the competitiveness, strongly recommended. This game won a Microsoft innovation award. A version containing an editor and picture pairs is now available to buy on TES resources. Visit my shop; www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/bennyjohn5

I used this to teach refraction at GCSE level, but could work as an introduction for A-level. Uses a tractor stuck in the mud analogy to aid students in working out which direction rays bend. This resource also includes a starter quiz, plenary and question sheets with answers plus a Snell’s law extension for gifted students. There is plenty of material here which could easily be cropped to tailor to your own class.

PowerPoint animations describing three exciting experiments for an assembly. i) A no-handed mug catch ii) Non-popping balloon immune to candles iii) Floating teabags. I got students to perform the experiments. A script is included in the footnotes. The teabags work better launched from a paper surface - they seem to get stuck with heat-proof mats. Twitter @JohnHud84566861

Students learn a visual technique to remembering lists of words. Testing before and after learning the technique will reveal a massive improvement. The brain is much better at remembering images than words alone - examples of applying this to academic subject matter are given. The presentation links to a video clip of a world memory champion describing his technique. This resource would be excellent for a whole year group activity or PSHE lesson.

An animated presentation on radioactive half-lives. Lots of examples and attractive applications. The PowerPoint includes a differentiated starter quiz and graded plenary. Differentiated calculation worksheets with answers are included. Mainly tailored to GCSE higher level but serves as a useful recap at A-level. Updated May 2022

41 waves multiple choice questions for Physics A-level with student-friendly solutions and extension work options. Questions from the particles topic are available as a free sample Also available 257 multiple choice question bundle for A-level physics first year topics

A carefully animated model for current and voltage. Current is represented by soldiers running along wires, voltage is the chocolate bars (energy) they transfer. The presentation contains an entertaining starter, a quiz and worksheets with answers to review learning. I have found the model to be very effective with a huge range of ability levels from year 7 to year 12.

Used at the very start of the AS momentum topic to help students to recap GCSE momentum concepts. There are three slides to print at different difficulty levels; normal, tricky and trickiest. Covers units, formulae, concept and calculations for momentum. The answers are included. You might also find this resource handy to recap momentum; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/momentum-interactive-flash-cards-11338769

This presentation was designed for a very successful interview lesson. The diagrams are animated and there are lots of AfL questions. A series of graded question sheets with answers are embedded allowing differentiation. Very clear and strongly organised ideas - recommended. Updated and expanded May 2022

Five interactive competitive games on A2 Physics topics of Astro, Capacitors, Gravity, Space and Thermophysics. These will make a very welcome break from other less thrilling means of revision. The Matching Pairs Game is a fun and competitive interactive whiteboard game in which two teams take it in turns to match tiles. The game automatically scores and has a built in timer in the event of a draw. Students really enjoy the competitiveness. This game won a Microsoft innovation award. An editor is separately available to make your own games; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/matching-pairs-interactive-game-creator-11063058 These five games are also available together in a discounted bundle of ten A-level Matching Pairs Games; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/bundler/11560439 bennyjohn5@hotmail.com

Thoroughly tried, tested and recommended. This lesson uses carefully chosen examples with picture representations as well as chemical formulae. There are two differentiated worksheets (embedded in in the PowerPoint) with answers and a plenary quiz. Twitter @JohnHud84566861

An animated presentation on fusion and fission. A really interesting lesson with lots here to engage students. Suitable for use with GCSE or A-level Physics. Updated and extended July 2019

The samples of meteorites were loaned (for free!) in the UK by the Science and Technology Facilities Council “Borrow the Moon”

Plays by the same rules as popular children’s card game “TopTrumps”. A card game with twenty-three different fundamental particles. I recommend this to introduce the particles topic at A-level, it is very engaging. Make up a whole class set for students to work in pairs they will accidentally learn loads whilst having fun. My students often have the cards in front of them throughout the topic. Added rules for annihilation when a particle and antiparticle meet. Graphics used by permission by the Particle Zoo

This lesson was graded as Outstanding at an interview. Mini-whiteboard starter with unusual adaptations, surface area to volume ratio calculations and a differentiated written plenary.

A bingo game designed to get the whole class using their brains to consolidate this topic. There are 22 graph-based questions, the answer and method is shown after each question. The questions are in difficulty order. Surprisingly competitive.

Six splendid puzzles to display on your interactive whiteboard. These make great lesson starters and are an essential part of a teacher's toolkit. You probably already know the River Crossing puzzle. The puzzles are animated to make them very attention grabbing. No printing is needed; all the puzzles should be solvable without the need to write anything down. Very engaging and fun.