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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.

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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.

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IB Physics Topic 9 (HL): Wave phenomena
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IB Physics Topic 9 (HL): Wave phenomena

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too!
IB Physics Topic 11 (HL): Electromagnetic induction
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IB Physics Topic 11 (HL): Electromagnetic induction

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Everything you need to teach this IB Topic; presentations, practical activities, worksheets, etc. Includes a short video by the author explaining the charging and discharging of a capacitor. Adaptable for A level too. Written by an experienced IB teacher.
Models of the solar system
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Models of the solar system

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Written for year 9, traces the development of models for the solar system using observations of astronomical phenomena. Fairly comprehensive so could also be used higher up the school.
IB Physics Topic 10 (HL): Fields
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IB Physics Topic 10 (HL): Fields

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too!
WAVES true or false revision exercise
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WAVES true or false revision exercise

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At the end of the GCSE waves topic - class either hold up cards they have made (True or false) or can move from one side of the class (the false side!) to the other. A quick assessment and revision exercise.
IB Physics Topic 5: Electricity and Magnetism
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IB Physics Topic 5: Electricity and Magnetism

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too!
IGCSE Physics revision PODCASTS
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IGCSE Physics revision PODCASTS

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Revision podcasts for the first four topics in Cambridge IGCSE Physics (P1 Motion, P2 Matter and forces, P3 Energy, work and power, P4 Simple kinetic molecular model of matter). Ideal for this time of year, students can listen on their phones/ipods. BONUS formulae podcast. Students love this novel way to revise.
Heat transfer worksheets
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Heat transfer worksheets

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Set of 4 straightforward worksheets with notes and questions testing their understanding of conduction, convection and radiation. Best done after the "standard" demonstrations. The "Convection stops!" worksheet is a "What if....?" scenario where students have to think about what would happen if convection didn't happen and fill in a mock newspaper front page. This could be adapted for conduction and radiation too.
Uniform circular motion
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Uniform circular motion

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Written for IB but could also be used for A level. Step by step explanation of orbital motion using a dog shot from a cannon (I don't like dogs! It's a running joke in my lessons). Includes calculations of centripetal acceleration etc - using angular velocity too.
Converging lenses and ray diagrams
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Converging lenses and ray diagrams

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Converging lenses, principal focus etc and drawing ray diagrams to find the position of images. Also includes a practical activity before the ray diagrams so students can see what the results actually mean. I have a running joke in my class about not liking dogs hence the questions on the worksheet. Please fell free to edit!!
Radioactive half-life
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Radioactive half-life

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Half-life for IGCSE based upon the authors recent artcile in "My Best lesson" in the TES. Full instructions and presentation for a top of the range radioactive half-life lesson. Feel free to adapt the Disease (MrPorteritis) that is running rampant in Warsaw (or your own town) to model radioactive decay using spreadsheets.
Resolution - The Raleigh criteria
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Resolution - The Raleigh criteria

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Written originally for IB, this can be used for A level too. Students are taken step by step through the Raleigh criteria and example problems. There is a practical activity and worksheet. Written (with humour) by a very experienced (26 years!) Physics teacher.
Density
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Density

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Presentation and all the worksheets and practicals you need to teach density. KS3 or GCSE. This presumes you have some material blocks and access to basic equipment (measuring cylinders etc).