<p>Development of the model of the atom.</p> <p>Aimed at mid to low ability GCSE students.</p> <p>New specification AQA Physics trilogy or Separate science course.</p> <p>Includes powerpoint and differentiated worksheets embedded into document.</p>

<p>Scalars and Vectors introduction for low to mid ability students. Includes powerpoint with worksheet embedded. Powerpoint has differentiated lesson objectives linked to questions in the worksheet.</p> <p>Based on the new physics AQA GCSE specification for 2018.</p>

<p>Lesson covering differences between nuclear contamination and radiation. Lesson also includes brief discussion on Peer-review in line with new AQA GCSE Spec for Physics.</p> <p>Lesson aimed primarily at low to middle achievers with differentiated worksheets embedded in powerpoint.</p> <p>Learning Objectives:<br /> Students can state that contamination is the unwanted presence of radioactive atoms on other materials.<br /> Students can compare irradiation and contamination.<br /> Students can explain why scientists share information on effects of radiation and the importance of peer-review.</p>

<p>Lesson is on Electric Field Strength aimed towards A-Level AQA specification.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives and exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can represent and interpret diagrams of electric field lines.<br /> Students can recall definition for electric field and calculate magnitude of electric field.<br /> Students can derive the work done on a charge moving between electric plates.</p>

<p>Lesson is on gravitational potential aimed towards A-Level AQA specification.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives and exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <ul> <li>Students can state the definition of gravitational potential and potential difference.</li> <li>Students can describe the variation in gravitational potential graphically and calculate potential quantitatively.</li> <li>Students can use these concepts to explain the changes in energy experienced by an object as it moves in a gravitational field.</li> </ul>

<p>Lesson is on gravitational potential aimed towards A-Level AQA specification.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives and exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can derive the relationship between the orbital period and the radius of orbit. (Kepler’s Law).<br /> Students can describe the relationship between kinetic and potential energy of satellites.<br /> Students can use knowledge of energy to derive a relationship for escape velocity.</p>

<p>Lesson on magnetic fields A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Fourth lesson in sequence on the Magnetic Fields topic.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions on topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can state Faraday’s Law and Lenz’s Law.<br /> Students can calculate the magnitude of emf induced in a coil.<br /> Students can draw a graph demonstrating the change in flux linkage and emf for a rotating coil. Student can describe the relationship between the two.</p>

<p>Lesson on magnetic fields A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Fifth lesson in sequence on the Magnetic Fields topic.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions on topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can explain the significance of A.C.<br /> Students can explain the working of a transformer.<br /> Students can calculate the change in voltage, and efficiency of a given transformer.</p>

<p>Second lesson in series on gravitational fields.</p> <p>Lesson is on gravitational field strength A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives and differentiated exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <ol> <li>Students can recall the definitions for gravitational field strength (from the previous lesson)</li> <li>Students can calculate gravitational field strength for a radial field. Students can apply to calculations involving field strength of planets.</li> <li>Student can apply knowledge from today’s lesson and previous lesson to answer exam questions related to gravitational forces and field strength.</li> </ol>

<p>Lesson on magnetic fields A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Second lesson in sequence on the Magnetic Fields topic.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions on topic.</p> <p>Lesson objectives:<br /> Students can derive F=BQv from the force on a current carrying wire.<br /> Students can predict the direction of the force acting on a moving charge.<br /> Students can discuss applications of moving charges i.e. particle accelerators.</p>

<p>Lesson is on Coulomb’s Law aimed towards A-Level AQA specification.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives and exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <ul> <li> <p>Students can state the equation for the force between two point charges.</p> </li> <li> <p>Students can calculate the force between point charges in a vacuum and appreciate that air can be treated as a vacuum to a good approximation.</p> </li> <li> <p>Students can compare strength of gravitational and electrostatic forces. Students can explain reasons each force is dominant at different scales.</p> </li> </ul>

<p>Lesson on waves A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Third lesson in series covering Superposition and Interference.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint (and PDF copy) with lesson objectives linking to questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can explain superposition of waves as the sum of the underlying displacements of individual waves.<br /> Students can explain superposition as the original of constructive and destructive interference.<br /> Students can calculate the resultant wave from intermediate cases of superposition.</p>

<p>Lesson on waves A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Sixth lesson in series including explanation of formation of interference patterns from diffraction gratings.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint (and PDF copy) with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can describe a diffraction grating and the effect on light passing through.<br /> Students can calculate the angle of diffraction for different orders of light.<br /> Students can explain applications of the diffraction grating.</p>

<p>Lesson is on Electric potential aimed towards A-Level AQA specification.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives and exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:<br /> Students can state the definition of electric potential and associated equation. Students understand that potential will be zero at infinity.<br /> Students can calculate the work done to move a charge in an electric field. Students recognise that the area between parallel plates can be approximated as an area of uniform electric field.<br /> Students can describe the variations of E and V from graphical representations. Students appreciate the relationships between E and V in terms of graphical representations.</p>

<p>Lesson on waves A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Fifth lesson in series including recap of superposition, and explanation of formation of interference patterns in Young’s Double Slit experiment.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint (and PDF copy) with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students recall the principle of superposition.<br /> Students can explain that bright or dark spots (or loud and quiet) are a consequence of interference between sources.<br /> Students can calculate the separation between bright and dark spots in a double slit experiment.</p>

<p>Lesson on waves A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Fifth lesson in series including Snell’s Law and Optical Fibres.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint (and PDF copy) with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can define the refractive index of a substance.<br /> Students can perform calculations using Snell’s law.<br /> Students can explain internal reflection and its application to optical fibres.</p>

<p>Two lessons covering capacitance, the capacitance equation and the parallel plates equation, of the electric fields topic. Lessons include lesson objectives and linked exam questions.</p> <p>Lessons are focused on sections 3.7.4.1 and 3.7.4.2 of the AQA A-Level specification.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:<br /> Capacitance:<br /> Students can define capacitance.<br /> Students can use the capacitance equations.<br /> Students can calculate the capacitance from the dimensions.</p> <p>Parallel Plate Capacitor:<br /> Describe how a capacitor can be charged and calculate the capacitance from the parallel plates equation.<br /> Describe the effect of carrying the dielectric constant on the capacitance.<br /> Describe the action of an electric field on a polar molecule.</p>

<p>Lesson on Phase and Polarization in the A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Second lesson in series including introduction to radians and phase. Lesson also includes demonstration of polarization.</p> <p>Resource includes powerpoint (and PDF copy) with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions related to topic.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <p>Students can convert between radians and degrees.<br /> Students can measure the phase difference between waves.<br /> Students can describe polarization and its uses.</p>

<p>Lesson on Nuclear Radius and Density A-Level topic with emphasis on AQA specification. Third lesson in sequence on the Nuclear Physics topic.<br /> Resource includes powerpoint with lesson objectives linking to past exam questions on topic.<br /> Lesson Objectives:<br /> • Students can calculate the density of nucleons and nuclei.<br /> ��� Students can interpret graphical relationship between radius and mass number.<br /> • Students can estimate nuclear radii from nuclear equation. Students can also calculate mass number from nuclear radius.</p>

<p>A-Level lesson for AQA specification (section 3.8.1.5 Nuclear radius).</p> <p>Includes powerpoint with activities linked to lesson objectives and exam questions for practice.</p> <p>Lesson Objectives:</p> <ol> <li>Students can calculate the density of nucleons and nuclei.</li> <li>Students can interpret graphical relationship between radius and mass number.</li> <li>Students can estimate nuclear radii from nuclear equation. Students can also calculate mass number from nuclear radius.</li> </ol>