Lesson covering phenomena of liquids and vapours. Condensation and evaporation in real life examples e.g. sweating and refrigeration, linking to kinetic theory. Developing: Distinguish between boiling and evaporation. Securing: Relate evaporation to the constant cooling of the liquid from which the particles have escaped. Exceeding: Explain the cooling of a body in contact with an evaporating liquid.

Lesson covering thermal radiation that also recaps other methods of heat transfer. Also examines emitters, absorbers, insulation and vacuum flasks - contains student practice questions. Could also be used for a higher KS3 class Developing: Recognise that thermal energy transfer by radiation does not require particles. Securing: Describe the effect of surface colour (black or white) and texture (dull or shiny) on the emission, absorption and reflection of radiation. Exceeding: Outline experiments to show the properties of good and bad emitters and absorbers.

Lesson taking a deep look at specific heat capacity both practically and via calculation. Links to storing thermal energy are made and understanding which materials would be best for this - includes practice questions for students. Developing: Define the term specific heat capacity Securing: Recall the formula used to calculate the specific heat capacity of different materials. Exceeding: Calculate the amount of energy transferred to an object

Lesson explaining the phenomena of latent heat and also how to calculate using E =mL - includes practice questions for students. Developing: Recall that temperature does not change during a change of state. Securing: Apply the latent heat equation to calculate the energy required for a change in state. Exceeding: Qualitatively assess the behaviour of particles during a change of state and explain in terms of energy what happens during a change of state.

Lesson to explore forces in balance, linking to terminal velocity - includes practice questions. Suitable for a higher KS3 class also. Developing: Recognise that if there is no resultant force on a body it either remains at rest or continues at constant speed in a straight line. Secure: Recognise air resistance as a form of friction. Exceeding: Explain, in terms of the forces acting, how the acceleration of an object experiencing air resistance varies during its fall.

Lesson exploring free fall and terminal velocity with a link to the acceleration equation and ‘g’ - contains practice questions. Developing: Define what is meant by the term “free fall” Secure: Recall the value of the acceleration of free fall and state that this acceleration is uniform. Exceeding: With the help of motion graphs, describe qualitatively the motion of bodies falling in a uniform gravitational field with and without air resistance.

Lesson introducing the Law of Inertia and F=ma - contains practice questions and student tasks. Developing: Recall 6 common forces. Secure: Recognise that, when there is no resultant force, forces are balanced and a body either remains at rest or continues at constant speed. Exceeding: Apply the relation between force, mass and acceleration F=ma.

Lesson exploring the difference between heat and temperature, touches on different types of thermometer - includes practice questions for students. Developing: Recall that we use both the Celsius and Kelvin scale to measure temperature. Securing: Describe the random motion of particles in terms of random molecular bombardment. Exceeding: State and explain the difference between heat and temperature.

Lesson exploring what happens when materials are heated with real life examples e.g. train lines, bridge gaps and thermostats - includes questions for students. Developing: Identify some of the everyday applications of thermal expansion. Securing: Describe qualitatively the thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases at constant pressure. Exceeding: Explain in terms of the motion and arrangement of molecules, the extent to which solids, liquids and gases expand when temperature increases.

Lesson to introduce calculating weight using W=mg - contains practice questions. Suitable for higher KS3 also. Developing: State that weight is a gravitational force. Secure: Recall and use the equation W = mg. Exceeding: Describe, and use the concept of, weight as the effect of a gravitational field on a mass.

Presentation to help students get to grips with friction and the need for lubricants - includes practice questions. Suitable for higher KS3 students also. Developing: Recall the definition friction and what direction is acts in. Secure: Explain how friction works and what causes it. Exceeding: Explore ways of reducing Friction.

Lesson covering the addition of vectors in a straight line and at right angles, calculating magnitude and direction of each force - Practice questions included. Developing: Recall the difference between vector and scalar quantities with examples. Secure: Calculate the resultant of two vectors by adding vectors that occur in parallel or at right angles to each other. Exceeding: Solve exam style questions using vectors.

Lesson covering all areas of momentum, including, calculating various parts of the equation including velocity after a head on collision and collision in the same direction; linking to car safety features. Developing: Recall and use the equation p = mv Secure: Describe the conservation of momentum and use to calculate mass, velocity or momentum in a crash situation. Exceeding: Use ideas of momentum to explain safety features.

Lesson exploring the states of matter and kinetic theory, touching on internal energy - includes student video task. Developing: State the properties of solids, liquids and gases. Securing: Relate the properties of solids, liquids and gases to the forces and distances between molecules. Exceeding: Describe kinetic theory and state evidence that supports kinetic theory.

Lesson exploring the heating of gases including how volume changes when maintaining pressure - includes card sort task and other student tasks. Developing: Identify the key difference between the behaviour of gases when heated compared to the behaviour of liquids and solids when heated. Securing: Draw particle diagrams to model the increase in pressure when the temperature of a gas increases. Exceeding: Assess the relative expansion rates of solids, liquids and gases and relate the differences in expansion to the strength of the forces between particles.

Lesson taking a deeper look at thermal conduction, could be used for higher KS3 classes. Includes conductors and insulators and examines why conductors are colder to the touch than insulators. Developing: Draw particle diagrams to display the transfer of heat energy through conduction. Securing: Assess the different qualities of thermal conductors and insulators. Exceeding: Explain with reference to sub atomic particles, why metals are the best thermal conductors.

Lesson designed to introduce waves to KS4 students, contains lots of animations - includes practice questions for students. Ideal for AQA GCSE (9-1) P6, Cambridge iGCSE P6 and more Developing: Recall the meaning of the terms “speed”, “frequency”, wavelength” and “amplitude”. Securing: Distinguish between transverse and longitudinal waves and give suitable examples. Exceeding: Quantitatively analyse waves by applying the wave equation to real world examples.

Lesson delving deeper into longitudinal waves and sound waves. Contains lots of animations to help students grasp exactly what sound is includes bell jar experiment example and practice questions for students. Ideal for AQA GCSE (9-1) P6, Cambridge iGCSE P6 and more. Developing: Recall that vibrations cause sound waves Securing: Describe how a medium is needed to transmit sound waves. Exceeding: Analyse oscilloscope traces and determine which sound waves have greatest frequency and amplitude.