By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify short, medium and long wavelength waves in the EM spectrum.
Describe how these waves are used.
Explain why the use of short wavelengths are controlled.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the waves of the EM spectrum.
Describe how frequency and wavelength change throughout the EM spectrum.
Explain why radio waves can be used safely.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify harmonics on a string.
Describe how the harmonics affect the wavelength.
Explain why a greater wavelength leads to a sound containing more bass.
A comprehensive Powerpoint which will allows for students to learn about luminous and non-luminous objects, opaque, transparent and translucent objects and how thickness of a translucent object affects the amount of light traveling through.
I personally use this as an introductory lesson to the light topic.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how objects interact with light.
Success criteria:
-Identify luminous and non-luminous materials.
-Describe how light interacts with a translucent material.
-Explain why the thickness of a translucent material affects the light.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the 3 types of radiations.
Describe properties of each type of radiation.
Explain why the atomic and mass numbers change after some radioactive emissions.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by kinetic and gravitational energy.
Describe how to calculate kinetic and gravitational energy.
Explain why pendulums within a closed system will remain swinging at a fixed height.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the effect of force.
Describe how to calculate force.
Explain why mass and acceleration affects force.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about drag forces friction and air resistance.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how drag forces affect the movement of an object.
Success criteria:
Identify 2 drag forces.
Describe how drag forces affect objects.
Explain why air resistance and friction can be useful and a nuisance.
This lesson contains 22 slides
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different types of waves.
Describe how to measure properties of waves.
Compare constructive and destructive interference.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify permanent and induced magnets.
Describe what’s meant by a permanent and induced magnet.
Explain why magnets are used in industry.
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.
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about electromagnets and how how magnetic fields are produced in a current carrying conductor. Solenoids as coils of wire that are able to behave as a bar magnets when a current is present in them.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Learning objective: Explain why current can generate electromagnets and how to change their properties.
Success criteria:
State what is created when current flows through a wire.
Describe how to increase the magnetic field strength.
Explain why solenoids are used in industry.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
Contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers to use as a plenary.
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:
State some examples of elastic and inelastic objects.
Describe the effect of two pulling forces on an elastic object.
Explain the incident that can cause an elastic object to become inelastic.
A bundle of Lessons aimed toward the Activate 3 scheme of work detection in Physics.
Lessons are all ready to use without the need for preparation - suitable for use with cover teachers.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students Newton’s laws of motion from simple separate scenarios. Lesson is tailored towards the AQA A-level physics specification - Mechanics
Learning objective: I can apply Newton’s laws to scenarios.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Describe how Newton’s first law applies to objects in motion.
SC2: Explain why mass affects an object’s acceleration.
SC3: Evaluate why a reaction force is present.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons. There is also a guide attached with written walkthroughs of how to reach the final answer, even for those tricky 1 mark questions.
Powerpoint contains 27 slides and 7 past paper questions.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students how to read motion graphs, calculate horizontal and vertical motion in projectiles using SUVAT equations and explain the effect of drag on projectiles leading to terminal velocity. Lesson is tailored towards the AQA A-level physics specification - Mechanics
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Use SUVAT equations to calculate projectile motion.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: I describe components of displacement-time and velocity-time graphs.
SC2: I can use and manipulate SUVAT equations.
SC3: I can calculate components of projectile motion.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons. There is also a guide attached with written walkthroughs of how to reach the final answer, even for those tricky 1 mark questions.
Powerpoint contains 17 slides and 13 past paper questions.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students how to calculate and justify if a system is in equilibrium in regards to turning forces, calculate the moment at an angle, describe how the centre of mass and centre of gravity of an object affect its stability and apply these to past paper calculations. Lesson is tailored towards the AQA A-level physics specification - Mechanics
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Calculate moments and apply this idea to object stability.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Describe how to calculate moments.
SC2: Explain how to increase object stability.
SC3: Compare the centre of mass and centre of gravity.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons. There is also a guide attached with written walkthroughs of how to reach the final answer, even for those tricky 1 mark questions.
Powerpoint contains 13 slides and 23 past paper questions.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about resistance and how this impacts voltage distribution in a potential divider circuit. This lesson was designed to fit needs of the AQA a-level physics course - unit 5 electricity.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Explain why a potential divider is used in appliances.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I describe how to calculate the total resistance in a variety of circuits.
I can explain why a potential divider is used.
I can calculate the voltage output using the potential divider equation.
Powerpoint contains 24 slides.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.