Experienced Science teacher and Head of Department specialising predominantly in Physics at GCSE and A-level.
My resources are designed as complete and ready-to-go lessons for any science teacher but are particularly suited to NQTs or those who are not 100% confident at the material yet as explanations and activities are very clearly described and answers provided wherever possible.
At KS4 and KS5, lessons prepare students for their exams by incorporating exam application throughout.
Experienced Science teacher and Head of Department specialising predominantly in Physics at GCSE and A-level.
My resources are designed as complete and ready-to-go lessons for any science teacher but are particularly suited to NQTs or those who are not 100% confident at the material yet as explanations and activities are very clearly described and answers provided wherever possible.
At KS4 and KS5, lessons prepare students for their exams by incorporating exam application throughout.
All my A-level lessons are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification.
Each lesson contains a starter activity to develop problem-solving skills before students progress with new theory and practice. All powerpoints have practice questions with answers at the end. Practical activities feature throughout as this is key to students' understanding and appreciation of the subject.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
Lesson 1 in AS Electricity unit - lesson powerpoint and demo activity
All my A-level lessons are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification.
Each lesson contains a starter activity to develop problem solving skills before students progress with new theory and practice. All powerpoints have practice questions with answers at the end. Practical activities feature throughout as this is key to students' understanding and appreciation of the subject.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
Lesson 7 in the year 7 forces topic looking at forces in sports.
Students use their learning from the rest of the forces topic to research and present their findings on forces in a sport of their choice.
Students will need access to iPads or computers.
Lesson 3a and 3b in year 7 forces topic looking at drag forces. There are two lessons, the first with a practical investigating air resistance and the second investigating drag in liquids.
Lesson 6 in the year 7 forces topic looking at pressure.
Students learn to calculate pressure and identify common uses of high and low pressure as well as examples of gas, liquid and surface pressures. Ppt includes activity where students can calculate the pressure they exert on the floor.
Lesson 4 and 5 in year 7 forces topic investigating friction. There are two lessons, the first with a practical investigating the effect of changing mass on the amount of force needed to overcome friction and move a block. The second lesson has students draw a graph of their results and complete a write up of their experiment.
There is also a starter worksheet where students decide whether each of the factors on the board either increase or decrease drag forces and a question worksheet to consolidate learning that could be done at the end of the lesson or given as homework.
This document contains all the physics equations necessary for the new AQA Trilogy Science GCSE. It contains all equations with each value, symbol, unit and unit symbol outlined plus a column stating whether students need to learn it or if they are given it in the exams. The document is split with one topic per tab. Lines are shaded pale grey if that value has already come up earlier in the course so that students can build up a picture of familiarity as they go through.
In lesson 4 of the gravitational fields unit students look at the orbits of planets and satellites. The lesson is introduced in part by a couple of videos that challenge their known models of the motion of the solar system.
The lesson goes on to discuss properties of orbits such as radius, orbital speed and orbital period and the derivation of the relationship between orbital period and radius is gone through in detail (this is required knowledge in the specification).
Students then go on to learn about the energy of satellites, escape velocity and how to calculate it, as well as synchronous orbits and geostationary satellites (including their applications).
These A-level lesson power points are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification. Lessons begin with a starter activity to get students thinking and develop problem-solving skills before they progress with new theory and practice. All power points contain practice questions with answers included at the end.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 3 of the gravitational fields unit students are introduced to the concept of gravitational potential and grapple with why values of gravitational potential are negative. The learn to calculate
gravitational potential in a radial field and work done in moving a mass between points of different gravitational potential (including the special case of equipotentials that lays the ground work for next lesson on orbits). They then progress to look at graphical representations of variations of g and V with r and how to calculate these variables from the graphs.
These A-level lesson power points are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification. Lessons begin with a starter activity to get students thinking and develop problem-solving skills before they progress with new theory and practice. All power points contain practice questions with answers included at the end.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 13 of the electricity unit students learn about the two types of electrical supply - alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). Students learn about the different features of each, what each looks like on an oscilloscope trace, what type of devices does each supply, and how (and why) the National Grid operates on AC.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
In lesson 14 of the electricity unit students learn about that parts and purpose of the various parts of the plug including the different wires and fuse. They learn when and why certain parts are necessary. Students will then have the opportunity to try building a plug from the bare components to see who can do it safely the fastest.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined learning objectives at the start.
AQA GCSE 9-1 Physics Paper 1 revision worksheets.
A set of 10 revision worksheets that can act as a final revision lesson or worksheets to be given to students to complete at home. The questions are in the style of the AQA GCSE exam questions.
A separate power point with the answers is now also included.
Lesson 2 in year 7 forces topic looking at balancing forces.
Students learn how to identify whether two or more forces are balanced or unbalanced as well as how to calculate the resultant force on an object. Students will also discuss how balanced or unbalanced forces affect an object’s motion.
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This bundle contains all 7 lessons on forces with their accompanying resources for the topic at KS3.
The lessons are:
L1 - Introduction to forces;
L2 - Balanced and unbalanced forces;
L3 - Drag forces (air resistance and drag in liquids);
L4 - Investigating friction (practical);
L5 - Investigating friction (graphing and write up);
L6 - Pressure;
L7 - Forces in sports.
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In lesson 1 of the forces unit students discover the difference between distance and displacement, speed and velocity. They then build on this understanding to determine whether other quantities are scalar or vector and also perform basic vector calculations.
Students also recap the speed distance time equation from KS3, learn to estimate calculations based on typical speeds for a variety of objects,and learn the difference between average and instantaneous speed.
All questions in powerpoint come with answers.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
Suitable for both the AQA GCSE Physics 9-1 and Combined Science: Trilogy courses.
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In lesson 1 of the Magnetism and Electromagnetism unit, students learn about magnetic materials, how to draw different magnetic field patterns and are introduced to the idea that electricity can be used to generate a magnetic field. They then go on to look at solenoids and electromagnets in more detail.
All lesson powerpoints begin with a question/task to engage students as soon as they enter the classroom, clearly defined learning objectives and opportunity to recall and apply to the exam what they have learned throughout.
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In lesson 2 of the Magnetism and Electromagnetism unit (AQA specification 4.7.2.1), students recap what they learned about electromagnets in lesson 1 and go onto learn about the factors affecting the strength of an electromagnet through practical work and discussion.
All lesson powerpoints begin with a question/task to engage students as soon as they enter the classroom, clearly defined learning objectives and opportunity to recall and apply to the exam what they have learned throughout.
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In lesson 2 of the electricity unit students discover for themselves the rules of current in both series and parallel circuits while developing their practical skills.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
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This lesson bundle follows and covers the complete new AQA specification for Combined Science: Trilogy - Physics - Electricity unit. (The new combined science GCSE replaces the old double award core and additonal science units.)
This bundle now contains 14 lessons with their accompanying resources for the Electricity unit from the Physics section of the new AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy.
Each lesson has engaging ‘bell work’ as students settle, clearly defined learning objectives, tasks to promote interest and consolidate learning of the lesson material and plenary slides. Most lessons also contain a practical activity to develop students’ skills and confidence using equipment and to give students the opportunity to discover the circuit rules for themselves before learning the theory, although this can also be flipped to instead test the theory in practice once learnt.
The lessons and resources included are:
L1 - Circuit components, series and parallel circuits;
L2 - Current;
L3 - Charge;
L4 - Potential difference;
L5 - Power;
L6 - Resistance;
L7 - Required practical 15 - Resistance with wire length;
L8 - Ohm’s law;
L9 - Power and resistance;
L10 - Resistors - Thermistors and LDRs;
L11 - Required practical 16 - Resistors in series and parallel;
L12 - The National Grid;
L13 - Types of current - AC DC and the plug;
L14 - The plug and electrical safety in the home
You can view my other resources in my TES author shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/QuasiEntropist/
This lesson bundle follows and covers the complete new AQA specification for Combined Science: Trilogy - Physics - Electricity unit. (The new combined science GCSE replaces the old double award core and additonal science units.)
This bundle now contains 14 lessons with their accompanying resources for the Electricity unit from the Physics section of the new AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy.
Each lesson has engaging ‘bell work’ as students settle, clearly defined learning objectives, tasks to promote interest and consolidate learning of the lesson material and plenary slides. Most lessons also contain a practical activity to develop students’ skills and confidence using equipment and to give students the opportunity to discover the circuit rules for themselves before learning the theory, although this can also be flipped to instead test the theory in practice once learnt.
The lessons and resources included are:
L1 - Circuit components, series and parallel circuits;
L2 - Current;
L3 - Charge;
L4 - Potential difference;
L5 - Power;
L6 - Resistance;
L7 - Required practical 15 - Resistance with wire length;
L8 - Ohm’s law;
L9 - Power and resistance;
L10 - Resistors - Thermistors and LDRs;
L11 - Required practical 16 - Resistors in series and parallel;
L12 - The National Grid;
L13 - Types of current - AC DC and the plug;
L14 - The plug and electrical safety in the home
You can view my other resources in my TES author shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/QuasiEntropist/
