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Your ultimate ally in overcoming the challenges of AQA GCSE Combined Science and A Level Physics.
In the face of rising challenge of exam boards, I am dedicated to equipping teachers with top-tier resources, offering tools that not only prepare students for exams but also inspire a deeper love and understanding of Physics.
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This is the Foundation tier/Level 1 worksheet adapted for lower sets/prior-attainment students with lower demand calculations, and colour coded variables to aid with substitution and rearrangement.
Equip your students with the confidence and skills to master current and charge flow calculations with this “Shed Loads of Practice” (SLOP) worksheet, focused on the essential Electricity equation: Q=It (Current = Current x time).
This resource offers students the opportunity to independently practice and refine their calculation skills through 9 worded questions, with a strong emphasis on showing full working. This equation appears in P2 Electricity and links the two topics.
This worksheet is ideal for preparing students to answer calculation questions typically found on AQA Physics Paper 1 and is equally valuable for other exam boards.
Included:
Ready-to-print worksheet
Ready-to-print solution document
Worked examples and solutions PowerPoint
Features:
Worked Examples: Model the methods for calculations and problem-solving.
Clear FIFA Routine Expectations: Solutions follow the FIFA approach (Formula, Insert, Fine-tune, Answer), supporting students in applying key mathematical skills such as substitution, rearrangement, and unit conversion.
Progressive Difficulty: Questions gradually increase in complexity.
Fuss-free Feedback: Solutions and answers are provided in a ready-to-print Word document and a projectable PowerPoint slide deck.
Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom learning, homework, cover work, or revision. Adaptable for Edexcel and OCR.
Ramped independent calculations practice for GCSE Physics lessons, supporting students with substitution, conversion, rearrangement applying the equation s=vt to calculations.
Preceded with 3 worked examples solving for each variable and a full worksheet of calculation questions with full solution powerpoint ready to project. Scaffold and support the development of maths skills.
Designed for AQA, also supporting students in the recall of typical speeds as required by the specification.
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Test and reinforce your students’ knowledge of Section 6.1 Periodic Motion with this 25-question multiple choice retrieval quiz testing the first part of Section 6- Further Mechanics and Thermal Physics of the AQA A-Level Physics specification.
The quiz features a balanced mix of recall, application, and calculation questions, covering the breadth of the topic. Some graph and diagram-based questions are included to enhance their understanding and analytical skills.
This resource is perfect for revision leading up to mocks or A-Level Physics Paper 1. It can also serve as a valuable formative assessment tool within the topic, or as part of baseline testing for Year 13 transition in September depending on when you teach Fields.
Features:
PowerPoint Slide Deck: Ideal for classroom quiz activities with answers
Word Document: Easily printable for independent tasks or homework, with answers
Full solutions are provided where necessary, supporting students in identifying and addressing misconceptions.
This resource is ready to use immediately in class, as homework or as formative assessment to help ready students for one of the most challenging topics in A-Level Physics.
More Revision Quizzes:
A-Level Physics Year 1/Paper 1 Quiz Bundle
Updated: 12.09.24 - PDF version added
Equip your students with the confidence and skills to master current and charge flow calculations with this “Shed Loads of Practice” (SLOP) worksheet, focused on the essential Electricity equation: Q=It (Charge Flow = Current x time).
This resource offers students the opportunity to independently practice and refine their calculation skills through 9 worded questions, with a strong emphasis on showing full working.
This worksheet is ideal for preparing students to answer calculation questions typically found on AQA Physics Paper 1 and is equally valuable for other exam boards.
Included:
Ready-to-print worksheet
Ready-to-print solution document
Worked examples and solutions PowerPoint
Features:
Worked Examples: Model the methods for calculations and problem-solving.
Clear FIFA Routine Expectations: Solutions follow the FIFA approach (Formula, Insert, Fine-tune, Answer), supporting students in applying key mathematical skills such as substitution, rearrangement, and unit conversion.
Progressive Difficulty: Questions gradually increase in complexity.
Fuss-free Feedback: Solutions and answers are provided in a ready-to-print Word document and a projectable PowerPoint slide deck.
Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom learning, homework, cover work, or revision. Adaptable for Edexcel and OCR.
Other equation resources:
E=QV
Edited: 17/9/24 - Error corrections, pdf version added
Series of simple, clean displays for each GCSE physics equation including triple and higher only equations.
Each slide is an A4 display of a different equation featuring the equation in symbol and word form (as shown on AQA’s formula and equation sheet from exams) with an emoji-style image to represent it.
Designed to be easy to refer to in instruction and practice and to aid long term memory of these key pieces of GCSE Science knowledge.
What’s the difference between Excitation and Ionisation? Which is strange, a kaon or a pion? Get your students to spot these and more with a***Dual-Coded Card Sort Activity for Section 2: Particles***!
For each keyword we’ve created a bespoke diagram or image using dual-coding to represent the words on the page. Get your students to match they keywords to the pictures, or the definitions to the pictures and get students thinking hard about these key concepts.
26 Sets of image to keyword and image to definition sorts are provided, giving thorough coverage of the Particles and Radiation section of AQA A-Level Physics.
Used at the end of a topic, in intervention or in revision before Mock Exam, these could be a powerful activity to get students more comfortable with the tier 3 vocabulary and to scaffold their definitions and explanations.
The images and diagrams math those on our dual-coded keyword displays, ensuring consistency and cohesion when used together.
Included are:
Coloured PDF
Grayscale PDF
Editable Powerpoint (.ppt) version
Display
AQA A-Level Particles and Radiation Keywords Display
Other A-Level Resources
AQA A-Level Physics Paper 1/Year 12 Quiz Bundle
Push your high-achieving, high ability students with this Level 3/aiming for grade 9 worksheet. This is supplemental to our core mass and weight worksheet.
Students will be pushed to the edge of the specification by questions in similar style to the end of an AQA GCSE Higher paper of grade 8 and 9 standard - Features complicated calculations that truly test and deepen understanding of the material, or introduce and use A-Level equations.
Ideal for in-class extension activities, interventions and masterclasses, homework, cover or revision - this will stretch students with high-prior attainment.
Ready for AQA Physics and Combined Science P5 Forces, easily adaptable for other exam boards and specifications.
Includes:
Powerpoint version of worksheet (editable)
PDF version
Powerpoint slides for worked examples and full solutions.
Note this is an improved version of a resource that was originally sold in a pack with a Foundation (Level 1) and Core/Mixed Ability (Level 2) worksheet
Support GCSE Physics students in developing their quality of written responses with this worksheet of Independent Practice questions for Newton’s Laws.
The worksheet contains 15 questions, clearly structured into 3 sections of demand, building from simple recall and retrieval questions into the application of knowledge in describe, then explain questions.
While designed to promote mastery of Newton’s Laws of Motion and the structuring of answers in AQA GCSE, the worksheet is in an easily adaptable powerpoint form (As well as pdf) so could be used with other exam boards or Internationally.
This resource would fit perfectly following instruction, used as a revision activity or even set as cover work. An Answer key is included to allow for easy teacher, self or peer-assessment.
Complement this resource with:
Newton’s Laws - Disciplinary Literacy
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Build literacy and scientific vocabulary in your students with this engaging and accessible resource that explores the history of gravity! Perfect for a KS3 Science topic on Forces or Space, this comprehension task covers key moments in the discovery and development of gravity, from Aristotle to Isaac Newton linking historical ideas to modern understanding.
Designed for a reading age of 11-12 years, this resource includes a glossary and comprehension questions to help students build confidence and grasp challenging concepts. It’s also suitable for older students needing additional support.
This is ideal for in-class use, homework, or independent study, this resource will help students understand how science works and develops over time, fostering curiosity and a deeper understanding of gravity.
**Features: **
A clear, easy-to-read article on the history of gravity, explaining the contributions of key scientists like Newton and Galileo.
A distinction between mass and weight, and the difference between a hypothesis and a theory.
A glossary of key terms to support understanding.
Comprehension questions aligned with KS3 learning objectives and preparing students for the AQA GCSE Physics curriculum.
Answer key for easy marking.
Build literacy and scientific vocabulary in your students with this fun and accessible resource exploring how waves are used in the real world of music, TV, and movies! Designed for KS3 Science, this comprehension task introduces key concepts from the Physics Waves topic in a way that relates directly to students’ favourite pastimes and Science in society.
The approximate reading age of this resource is 11-12 years old, with an accompanying glossary and comprehension task to help your students progress. May also be applicable to students of older years who need more support.
This is ideal for in-class activities, at the beginning of a topic for homework, or independent study, this resource will help students connect their everyday experiences with core scientific concepts, fostering both curiosity and a love of physics
Features:
An engaging and easy-to-read article on the science behind sound waves, light waves, and the electromagnetic spectrum.
Real-world applications of waves
A glossary of key terms to support student understanding.
Comprehension questions designed to meet KS3 learning outcomes and prepare students for the AQA GCSE Physics curriculum.
Answer sheet for easy teacher, peer and self-assessment
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Disciplinary Literacy resource/task based on the different ideas of gravity throughout history with a focus on Isaac Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation. Also mentioned is the work of Aristotle, Brahmagupta, Galileo, Kepler and Einstein.
Reading comprehension task featuring a short article of around 2 A4 pages (nearly 900 words) with accompanying questions. This should give an appreciation of how Science works and changes over time and allow them to use key tier 3 vocabulary including: Theory, hypothesis and observation. Answers are included on page 4.
Designed for AQA Combined and Triple Science’s Forces topic, used to introduce gravity, it could also be suitable for a standalone Science or Physics literacy task or for cover work, or even A Level Physics.
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Promote scientific literacy in your class and give students an appreciation of the real world impact of science with this disciplinary literacy resource. Suitable as a worksheet or a class-reader handout.
This resource focuses on the the real-world Sporting applications of the AQA Combined Science specification. A reading comprehension task featuring a bespoke magazine-style article describing the Physics of Sprinting, Swimming and Rugby showing physics concepts and tier 3 vocabulary in context. This is followed by 13 questions of increasing challenge.
The text has a reading age of around 15 so will be especially useful with top set, Mable and Gifted and Talented Students. Extension/Discussion questions are incorporated to promote thinking hard.
I plan to use this at the start of the P5 Forces topic to give an introductory overview, but could equally be useful for consolidation, revision and retrieval, or even early in KS5. The resource is easily adapted to other exam boards (such as Edexcel) and International curriculum of other countries.
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Created: 27/7/2024
Last Updated: 28/7/2024
Disciplinary Literacy resource/task describing Newton’s Laws of motion. Answers provided. Supplied as editable powerpoint file (.ppt) and PDF, complete with answer slides.
This is a reading comprehension task (around an A4 page) featuring a short passage describing Newton’s Laws and giving examples of when they apply, followed by a definition task for the tier 3 vocabulary introduced, and 10 ramped recall and application questions on page 2.
This resource is designed to match the AQA Combined Science and single science Physics specification for the Forces topic (P5). It could be used to either introduce Newton’s Laws of motion early in the topic, or later for consolidation, revision and retrieval. The resource easily be adapted to other exam boards (such as Edexcel) and International curriculum of other countries.
I would recommend guiding the students to read through once independently, then read through aloud to promote oracy, then allowing students to answer questions.
Please leave feedback (especially pointing out spelling mistakes!) to help me improve my resources!
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Created: 25/7/2024
Last Updated: 25/7/2024
Disciplinary Literacy resource/task based on Alternating Current and the conflict between Tesla and Edison.
Short reading comprehension task featuring a short article of around an A4 page with accompanying questions. Answers are included on page 3.
Designed for AQA Combined and Triple Science’s Electricity topic, used to introduce or consolidate AC/DC. Also suitable as a standalone Science or Physics literacy task or for cover work.
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Help your students master using SUVAT and the equations of motion with this shed load of practice worksheet with full solutions and worked examples. This worksheet scaffolding the problem solving process with model answers shown on complementary powerpoint slides.
Questions require identifying variables from a worded question and then identifying and utilising the equations: v=u+at, s=ut+½at² and v²-u²=2as.
Ideal for in-class activities, homework, cover or revision, this will stretch high ability students and allow them to enjoy independent practice which supports application of substitution, unit conversion and rearrangement.
Ready for AQA Physics and Combined Science P5 Forces, easily adaptable for other exam boards and specifications.
Includes:
Word version of worksheet (editable)
PDF version
Powerpoint slides for worked examples and full solutions.
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Support students with lower prior attainment this Level 1/Foundation worksheet for using the equation W=mg, Weight = mass x gravity. This is supplemental to our core mass and weight worksheet.
Students will solve calculation questions in the style of an AQA GCSE Foundation paper. Colour-coded variables will assist students in developing their substitution skills. Full worked examples are provided to prepare students for the worksheet with a full solution powerpoint provided for easy feedback and correction.
Ideal for in-class extension activities, interventions, homework, cover or revision - this will stretch students with high-prior attainment.
Ready for AQA Physics and Combined Science P5 Forces, easily adaptable for other exam boards and specifications.
Includes:
Powerpoint version of worksheet (editable)
PDF version
Powerpoint slides for worked examples and full solutions.
Note this is an improved version of a resource that was originally sold in a pack with extension/Grade 9 (Level 3) and Core/Mixed Ability (Level 2) worksheets.
Help your students master acceleration and change in velocity calculations with this shed load of practice worksheet with full solutions and worked examples. This ramped worksheet builds complexity and scaffolds the problem solving process with complementary powerpoint slides showing worked examples and solutions.
Ideal for in-class activities, homework, cover or revision, this will stretch high ability students and allow them to enjoy independent practice which supports application of a=Δv÷t
Ready for AQA Physics and Combined Science P5 Forces, easily adaptable for other exam boards and specifications.
Includes:
Word Document version of worksheet (editable)
PDF file for worksheet and solutions for easy printing.
Powerpoint slides for worked examples and full solutions.
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Help your students master finding the relationship between mass and weight with this shed load of practice worksheet with full solutions and worked examples. This worksheet is ramped, building complexity, scaffolding the problem solving process with model answers shown on complementary powerpoint slides.
Ideal for in-class activities, homework, cover or revision, this will stretch high ability students and allow them to enjoy independent practice which supports application of substitution, unit conversion and rearrangement.
Ready for AQA Physics and Combined Science P5 Forces, easily adaptable for other exam boards and specifications.
Includes:
Powerpoint version of worksheet (editable)
PDF version
Powerpoint slides for worked examples and full solutions.
Note this is an improved version of a resource that was originally sold in a pack with a Foundation (Level 1) and Grade 9 (Level 3) worksheet
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Help your students master F=ma calculations with this shed load of practice worksheet with full solutions and worked examples. This ramped worksheet builds complexity and scaffolds the problem solving process with model answers shown on complementary powerpoint slides.
Ideal for in-class activities, homework, cover or revision, this will stretch high ability students and allow them to enjoy independent practice which supports application of Newton’s Second Law F=ma.
Ready for AQA Physics and Combined Science P5 Forces, easily adaptable for other exam boards and specifications.
Includes:
Powerpoint version of worksheet (editable)
PDF version
Powerpoint slides for worked examples and full solutions.
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This is the Foundation tier/Level 1 worksheet adapted for lower sets/prior-attainment students with lower demand calculations, and colour coded variables to aid with substitution and rearrangement.
Equip your students with the confidence and skills to master current and charge flow calculations with this “Shed Loads of Practice” (SLOP) worksheet, focused on the essential Energy and Electricity equation: P=E/t (Power = Energy ÷ time).
This resource offers students the opportunity to independently practice and refine their calculation skills through 9 worded questions, with a strong emphasis on showing full working. This equation appears in P1 Energy and P2 Electricity and links the two topics.
This worksheet is ideal for preparing students to answer calculation questions typically found on AQA Physics Paper 1 and is equally valuable for other exam boards.
Included:
Ready-to-print worksheet
Ready-to-print solution document
Worked examples and solutions PowerPoint
Features:
Worked Examples: Model the methods for calculations and problem-solving.
Clear FIFA Routine Expectations: Solutions follow the FIFA approach (Formula, Insert, Fine-tune, Answer), supporting students in applying key mathematical skills such as substitution, rearrangement, and unit conversion.
Progressive Difficulty: Questions gradually increase in complexity.
Fuss-free Feedback: Solutions and answers are provided in a ready-to-print Word document and a projectable PowerPoint slide deck.
Versatile Use: Ideal for classroom learning, homework, cover work, or revision. Adaptable for Edexcel and OCR.