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KS3 Observing Sound Waves
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students looking at changing waves with an oscilloscope. It looks at changing pitch and changing volume and how it changes the wave shape.
This lesson requires an oscilloscope to use in a demonstration.
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KS3 Making and Changing Sounds
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students looking at how sound travels through solids, liquids, gases and vacuum.
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KS3 How the Ear works?
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students about the structure of the Ear.
Includes a memory pair activity.
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KS3 Damaged hearing and protecting our ears
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students learning about hearing impairment and treatments.
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AQA P1.2 Conservation of Energy
Whole lesson covering the content of P1.2 conservation of energy.
Includes bungee jumping investigation practical and a demo with a pendulum.
Lesson was used with a variety of year 9, 10 and 11 classes.
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AQA P12.2 Properties of Waves
Whole lesson covering the content of P12.2 Properties of waves.
Includes a practical involving measuring the wave speed of a water wave in a water tray.
Used with a variety of year 10 and 11 classes.
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AQA P12.1 The Nature of Waves
Whole lesson covering the content of P12.1 The Nature of Waves.
Includes using the ripple tank and planning an investigation focusing on working scientifically skills.
Used with high ability year 10 and 11 classes.
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AQA P8.6 Centre of Mass
Whole lesson covering the content of AQA P8.6 Centre of mass.
Includes a practical using a plumbline to find centre of mass of a unsymmetrical object.
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AQA P5.1 Alternating Current and the National Grid
KS4 lesson covering the content of AQA Physics P5.1 Alternating Current.
Including the structure of the national grid.
Lesson was used with a mid and low ability group.
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KS3 Friction
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students investigating the effects of friction.
Includes a practical testing friction on different surfaces.
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KS3 Drag Forces
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students discussing drag forces.
Includes a practical investigating changing air resistance and extended writing practice.
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KS3 Squashing and Stretching
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students discussing how forces deform objects.
Including a practical investigating Hooke’s Law stretching a spring.
This lesson was used with a range of ability groups.
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KS3 What is a Force?
KS3 Physics lesson aimed at Year 7 students introducing the students to the concept of forces.
This lesson was used with a variety of abilities.
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Nuclear Fission Placemat Activity
Based on AQA GCSE Physics 9-1 Specification.
A classwork activity/in class consolidation task/homework task.
Used with higher tier Year 10 and 11 classes.
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AQA P7.3/P7.4 Alpha, Beta and Gamma and Ionisation
Whole lesson covering parts of both AQA 9-1 Physics P7.3 and P7.4.
Half a lesson on ionisation and the dangers of it and half a lesson based around watching demonstrations of the three types of radiation, the materials that stop it and the distance it travels.
Video included is a TED youtube video, there are questions associated with it.
Used with a variety of year 10 and 11 higher and foundation tier classes.
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Development of the Structure of the Atom Activity
Revision and challenge activity to consolidate the common content between new AQA 9-1 GCSE Chemistry and Physics for the Development of the Structure of the Atom.
It was used as a homework and has been set as cover work for Year 10 and 11 higher tier classes.
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AQA P7.1 Isotopes and Radioactivity
Resource made for the new AQA Physics 9-1 Specification.
Video link is to a TED video and the questions are designed to go along with the information gathered from the video.
This was used with classes of both higher and foundation tier but not with extremely high attaining students so some adapting may need to be done if that is what you want.
All activities are in the lesson powerpoint.
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