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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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Internal resistance
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Internal resistance

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Presentation, worksheet and practical activity for internal resistance A level or IB. Written by very experienced (26 years!) Physics teacher.
"Falling" (terminal velocity etc.)
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"Falling" (terminal velocity etc.)

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Year 9 or GCSE. PowerPoint discusses terminal velocity and falling without air resistance and there is an investigation (with investigation write-up template) at the end. I should mention that there are running jokes about my dislike of dogs (sorry!).
Rates of reaction summary sheet
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Rates of reaction summary sheet

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End of topic summary sheet to stick in their books. Useful for examination revision too. Could be used for them to write their own worksheets etc. Contains a 'party' analogy which I have found useful in explaining rates and collision theory.
Periodic table worksheet
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Periodic table worksheet

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Straightforward question sheet for use in class or as homework to re-cap work covered when studying the periodic table. Useful revision exercise.
Informal reasoning
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Informal reasoning

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Desrciption and actvitities via the smartboard about various types of informal reasining. Hasty generalisation, post hoc ergo propter hoc, circular reasoning, ad hominem, special pleading, ad ignorantium, false dilemma, false analogy, equivocation, loaded question etc. Written originally for an IB TOK lesson, should be useful in many areas.
IGCSE Physics REVISION sheet
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IGCSE Physics REVISION sheet

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Mr Porter's amazing "Revise by writing" sheet. Students have to use 47 words to describe various pictures - convection, terminal velocity, latent heat, etc. Once you've seen the idea and used the sheet you can apply this to just about any topic (in Chem and Bio too).
Bond energies
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Bond energies

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GCSE/IGCSE Chemistry bond energies presentation. Clear and simple explanation with examples.