Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developer and Educator with a background in Astrophysics and a flair for great no-nonsense resources based on classroom experience.
Interdisciplinary Curriculum Developer and Educator with a background in Astrophysics and a flair for great no-nonsense resources based on classroom experience.
For IB MYP teachers - This is the bundle focussed solely on MYP STEM related that I have produced. It contains:
The ultimate MYP STEM concepts and criteria relationship spreadsheet which include career links and over 90 STEM topic ideas to spark unit and activity ideas.
5 unit planners on STEM education.
2 simulation based exploration scripts.
2 science projects that include an assessment menu students can work from and assessment rubrics to go with it as well!
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This is an IB MYP Unit plan - Planet Unknown- which is ideal for students relating Science and astrophysics / astronomy. This unit engages students with planets and their structure, balance, gravity, space travel, the idea of scale and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding. It contains many, many resource links suggested for this unit and makes clear a set of points that students should know, understand and be able to do by the end of the unit. It also has some clear and interactive formative assessments and summative assessments.
This unit is heavily detailed and ideal for something that is truly prepared to use in the classroom. It is an overview for a unit that should run for approximately 7 weeks (assuming 3 lessons a week).
If instead you are looking for an MYP unit planner that is for mathematics and probability, why not try the Unlikely life MYP unit planner or perhaps one based on measurement and related concepts, then consider the mathematical vision unit plan or for geometry and artworks, try the Art of Mathematics unit plan or finally for fractions, decimals and percentages and lots of other mathematics, try the Problem with Money unit plan. For science and young students in MYP and which would be an ideal first unit, then consider: Nature of Science - introductory unit plan. For around the same age group - for MYP 2 / 3 an alternative IB MPY unit planner would be: the Food and Energy unit planner of the Growth unit planner.
If rather for younger students you want to integrate both mathematics and STEM, then you might consider: MYP Artifical limb unit.
For older MYP students, then I would suggest The NGSS related - Zero impact (sustainable housing) or for an Interdisciplinary unit - the Electricity / lightning MYP STEM IDU.
This is a set of all available MYP Unit Planners from the Teaching astrophysicist which are science, mathematics and STEM units.
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The Power of magnets unit plan - This is ideal for students relating science and magnetic concepts. This unit engages students with the concept of magnets, static electricity, lightning, the sustainability of magnets, how are magnets made, how do they work and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding.
The What matters is… unit plan is ideal for students relating science and atomic chemistry. This unit engages students with the concept of an atom, what is the periodic table, how else could the periodic table be represented? solutions, solutes and solvents and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding.
The Characteristics of life and body systems unit plan is ideal for students relating science and biological concepts. This unit engages students with the characteristics of life, body systems, organs, diseases, microbiology and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding.
The Planet Unknown unit plan is ideal for students relating science and astrophysical concepts. This unit engages students with planets and their structure, balance, gravity, space travel, the idea of scale and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding.
These four unit plans each contain many, many links and ideas that keep learning engaging and fun during the weeks that they are running. They are brain-child of months of work to make fully fleshed out science units that integrate other areas of study, but are also truly in keeping to focus on the science and help the students learn in an enjoyable way.
All four of these units are focussed on MYP 2, but could apply to either MYP 1 or 3 easily and be used for that purpose.
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Simply, set and relax as these video companions will help make sure your students are paying attention throughout these videos, having a variety of questions throughout the length of the video.
I have laboured long and hard to make these video companions as easy as possible to engage with and to be able to use for teachers of any kind, whether in school, higher education or home schooling, these can be great to keep students engaged and know they watched the material fully.
For Veritasium:
The video companions include:
Astronomy related:
Do you expand with the universe?
Does planet 9 exist?
Half the universe was missing… until now
How one supernova measured the universe
These are the asteroids to worry about
Why gravity is NOT a force
Why the speed of light can’t be measured
How To Clean Up Space Junk
Why Apollo Astronauts Trained in Nuclear Bomb Craters
Non-Astronomy related:
Can you swim in shade balls?
How trees bend the laws of physics
How Kodak exposed the Atomic bomb
These pools support half the people on Earth
Why Are 96,000,000 Black Balls on This Reservoir?
States of matter
How Special Relativity Makes Magnets Work
The Most Radioactive Places on Earth
The bizarre behaviour of rotating bodies explained
Flamethrower vs Aerogel
Ice spikes explained
Make plasma with grapes in the microwave
Making liquid Nitrogen from scratch
Misconceptions about heat
I Waterproofed Myself With Aerogel!
World’s Lightest Solid!
For Minutephysics - the videos include:
The Higgs Boson, Part I
What if the Earth were Hollow?
Why is it Dark at Night?
Common Physics Misconceptions
Is it Better to Walk or Run in the Rain?
How Big is the Universe?
MAGNETS: How do they work?
What is Sea Level?
Why is the Solar System Flat?
How Modern Light Bulbs Work
How to See Without Glasses
Antimatter Explained
This is Not a Rainbow
How to Subtract By Adding
How Long To Fall Through The Earth?
Hitting the Sun is HARD
Why It’s Impossible to Tune a Piano
Will Batteries Power The World? | The Limits Of Lithium-ion
The Unreasonable Efficiency of Black Holes
The Brown Dwarf Debate
Why Do Compressed Air Cans Get Cold?
Our Ignorance About Gravity
Einstein’s Biggest Blunder, Explained
The Physics of Windmill Design
Usage:
The layout of these video companions are that there are both teacher and student versions of all of these documents. The teacher versions contain the solutions and the administrative information. The student versions contain only the questions and spaces for students to fill in the work. They are easy to use and all in PDF form, including one large ‘master file’ so you can see all the content in one broad sweep and see what video companion will work for you and your students easily.
Disclaimer:
This work is intended to be a course companion and is all original work based on supporting and aligning with the two hugely successful youtube series – Veritasium and Minutephyiscs. The hosts of these series are Derek Muller and Henry Reich. The respective rights and content are their own and below to Veritasium and Minutephysics and their owners. Further when Vertiasium / Minutephysics brings in additional youtubers and their brands such as Smartereveryday, SufficentlyAdvanced and others, their respective works and content is their own. This work is intended as an independent supplement which has been wholly and independently developed by The Teaching Astrophysicist for sale on TeacherspayTeachers and TES.
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A bundle of the 2 projects for middle years students on some very broad and fantastic topics for student investigation.
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This is an IB MYP Unit plan - Planet Unknown- which is ideal for students relating Science and astrophysics / astronomy. This unit engages students with planets and their structure, balance, gravity, space travel, the idea of scale and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding. It contains many, many resource links suggested for this unit and makes clear a set of points that students should know, understand and be able to do by the end of the unit. It also has some clear and interactive formative assessments and summative assessments.
This unit is heavily detailed and ideal for something that is truly prepared to use in the classroom. It is an overview for a unit that should run for approximately 7 weeks (assuming 3 lessons a week).
If instead you are looking for an MYP unit planner that is for mathematics and probability, why not try the Unlikely life MYP unit planner or perhaps one based on measurement and related concepts, then consider the mathematical vision unit plan or for geometry and artworks, try the Art of Mathematics unit plan or finally for fractions, decimals and percentages and lots of other mathematics, try the Problem with Money unit plan. For science and young students in MYP and which would be an ideal first unit, then consider: Nature of Science - introductory unit plan. For around the same age group - for MYP 2 / 3 an alternative IB MPY unit planner would be: the Food and Energy unit planner of the Growth unit planner.
If rather for younger students you want to integrate both mathematics and STEM, then you might consider: MYP Artifical limb unit.
For older MYP students, then I would suggest The NGSS related - Zero impact (sustainable housing) or for an Interdisciplinary unit - the Electricity / lightning MYP STEM IDU.
This is an IB MYP Unit plan - The power of magnets - which is ideal for students relating Science, mathematics and physics concepts. This unit engages students with the concept of magnets, static electricity, lightning, the sustainability of magnets, how are magnets made, how do they work and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding. It contains many, many resource links suggested for this unit and makes clear a set of points that students should know, understand and be able to do by the end of the unit. It also has some clear and interactive formative assessments and summative assessments.
This unit is heavily detailed and ideal for something that is truly prepared to use in the classroom. It is an overview for a unit that should run for approximately 6 weeks (assuming 3 lessons a week).
If instead you are looking for an MYP unit planner that is for science and is for biology, then the characteristics of life and body systems unit plan would be suitable. For astronomy / astrophysics, then the planet unknown unit plan would be suitable.
If instead, you are seeking a mathematics unit plan and is based on measurement and related concepts, then consider the mathematical vision unit plan or for geometry and artworks, try the Art of Mathematics unit plan or finally for fractions, decimals and percentages and lots of other mathematics, try the Problem with Money unit plan. For science and young students in MYP and which would be an ideal first unit, then consider: Nature of Science - introductory unit plan. For around the same age group - for MYP 2 / 3 an alternative IB MPY unit planner would be: the Food and Energy unit planner of the Growth unit planner.
If rather for younger students you want to integrate both mathematics and STEM, then you might consider: MYP Artifical limb unit.
For older MYP students, then I would suggest The NGSS related - Zero impact (sustainable housing) or for an Interdisciplinary unit - the Electricity / lightning MYP STEM IDU.
This is an IB MYP Unit plan - The power of magnets - which is ideal for students relating Science, mathematics and physics concepts. This unit engages students with the concept of magnets, static electricity, lightning, the sustainability of magnets, how are magnets made, how do they work and a great deal more in a broad conceptual understanding. It contains many, many resource links suggested for this unit and makes clear a set of points that students should know, understand and be able to do by the end of the unit. It also has some clear and interactive formative assessments and summative assessments.
This unit is heavily detailed and ideal for something that is truly prepared to use in the classroom. It is an overview for a unit that should run for approximately 6 weeks (assuming 3 lessons a week).
If instead you are looking for an MYP unit planner that is for science and is for biology, then the characteristics of life and body systems unit plan would be suitable. For astronomy / astrophysics, then the planet unknown unit plan would be suitable.
If instead, you are seeking a mathematics unit plan and is based on measurement and related concepts, then consider the mathematical vision unit plan or for geometry and artworks, try the Art of Mathematics unit plan or finally for fractions, decimals and percentages and lots of other mathematics, try the Problem with Money unit plan. For science and young students in MYP and which would be an ideal first unit, then consider: Nature of Science - introductory unit plan. For around the same age group - for MYP 2 / 3 an alternative IB MPY unit planner would be: the Food and Energy unit planner of the Growth unit planner.
If rather for younger students you want to integrate both mathematics and STEM, then you might consider: MYP Artifical limb unit.
For older MYP students, then I would suggest The NGSS related - Zero impact (sustainable housing) or for an Interdisciplinary unit - the Electricity / lightning MYP STEM IDU.
This Joke of the Day resource contains 39 curated jokes for all ages and students will love! There are SO many benefits to telling jokes in the classroom. Joke telling can strengthen vocabulary, help review figurative language, teach multiple word meanings, build social skills, and make the classroom a more fun and enjoyable place in general!
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
39 Unique Curated Jokes
Powerpoint format
Printable Mix n match word doc format
Printable Mix n match PDF format
POSSIBLE USES:
Incorporate into morning meeting routine:
Use as brain breaks
Print out the slides and post or display on the whiteboard daily
Use in your daily announcements
Check out these other resources you may also love:
→ Mathematics joke a day - link HERE
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IB DP Physics - Topics 2, 3 and 4 - Projectile motion, Hookes Law, Thermal physics and Waves - A quartet of brief exploratory laboratory scripts using an online simulations which are ready to use in class as long as students have access to internet enabled devices.
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This Joke of the Day resource contains 198 curated jokes for all ages and students will love! There are SO many benefits to telling jokes in the classroom. Joke telling can strengthen vocabulary, help review figurative language, teach multiple word meanings, build social skills, and make the classroom a more fun and enjoyable place in general!
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
198 Unique Curated Jokes
5 sets with Powerpoint format
5 sets of Printable mix n match Word Doc format
5 sets of PDF format for slides and for printable
POSSIBLE USES:
Incorporate into morning meeting routine
Use as brain breaks
Print out the slides and post or display on the whiteboard daily
Use in your daily announcements
Check out these other resources you may also love:
→ Mathematics joke a day - link HERE
→ Art joke a day - link HERE
→ History joke a day - link HERE
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This Joke of the Day resource contains 357 curated jokes for all ages and students will love! There are SO many benefits to telling jokes in the classroom. Joke telling can strengthen vocabulary, help review figurative language, teach multiple word meanings, build social skills, and make the classroom a more fun and enjoyable place in general!
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
357 Unique Curated Jokes
7 sets with Powerpoint format
7 sets of Printable mix n match Word Doc format
7 sets of PDF format for slides and for printable
POSSIBLE USES:
Incorporate into morning meeting routine
Use as brain breaks
Print out the slides and post or display on the whiteboard daily
Use in your daily announcements
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This Joke of the Day resource contains 492 curated jokes for all ages and students will love! There are SO many benefits to telling jokes in the classroom. Joke telling can strengthen vocabulary, help review figurative language, teach multiple word meanings, build social skills, and make the classroom a more fun and enjoyable place in general!
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
492 Unique Curated Jokes
11 sets with Powerpoint format
11 sets of Printable mix n match Word Doc format
11 sets of PDF format for slides and for printable
POSSIBLE USES:
Incorporate into morning meeting routine
Use as brain breaks
Print out the slides and post or display on the whiteboard daily
Use in your daily announcements
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These word problems worksheets include 303 problems and is geared towards helping students learn the necessary materials that cover** IGCSE / GCSE / O-level materials** for astronomy and astrophysics. These worksheets include 303 problems with solutions to support students with their learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
303 questions with solutions
questions have solutions in Word Docs format
POSSIBLE USES:
Great for revision on astronomy and astrophysics materials
Great to cover astro content at the grade 9 / 10 level content at the international level
Use them for inspiration to develop further questions or have students make questions for each other
Check out these other resources you may also love:
→ Astronomy joke a day - link HERE
→ Veritasium astronomy video companions - link HERE
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These 28 holistic small group lesson plans include supplementary materials and is geared towards helping students learn mathematics / science in a 3 hour per day - 1 week lesson plans. These lesson plans include 47 files and essentially a year worth of lessons plans to support students with their learning.
These are middle school / high school related mathematics / science lessons for home schooling and online schooling in particular.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
28 lessons to support students with mathematics in a holistic approach
19 supporting files and frameworks
604 pages of lesson plans and supporting documents
Each lesson plan includes a specific structure with every day of the week having:
A meditation / mindfulness item
An exercise item
A journaling item
A problem-solving item
A week long inquiry on either mathematics or science
Space for self-inquiry time (i-time)
Space for sharing with each other
Action steps (what will be done later on after the lesson)
Space for self-reflection
Space for teacher reflections
[Optional for some lessons is an ending activity]
POSSIBLE USES:
Use these to support students with learning mathematics
Give students space to investigate their own inquiries
Let students engage with mathematics topics that have real-world relevance
COVERED TOPICS (not in any particular order):
The numbers of renting / buying a home
Algebra level-up framework week
Investing and quantitative finance
Art and mathematics project week
Numberlines
Inequalities
Making math game week
Math book inquiry week (epic books)
Trigonometry / clinometer
Flowcharts / algorithmic thinking
Math / science mini-lesson development for younger students
Deep sea ecology (with math)
Probability and statistics
Bootcamp A-level mathematics (differentiation and integration) week
Banking, finance and currencies
Science of the future
Natural selection / Genetic engineering
Neuroplasticity and the importance of habit
Gamification and game theory
Genetics and the beauty industry
Motion, momentum and explosions
Fantastic physics of the everyday
Weather
John Dalton or Dimitri Mendeleev? (elements / compounds / mixtures)
The science of water
Human body systems
The Inquiry cycle and sustainability
Space science
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These word problems worksheets include 172 problems and is geared towards helping students learn the necessary materials that cover** International A-level / IB DP** for astronomy and astrophysics. These worksheets include 14 separate worksheets with solutions to support students with their learning.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
172 questions with solutions
questions have solutions in Word Docs format
POSSIBLE USES:
Great for revision on astronomy and astrophysics materials
Great to cover astro content at the grade 11 / 12 level content at the international level
Use them for inspiration to develop further questions or have students make questions for each other
Check out these other resources you may also love:
→ Astronomy joke a day - link HERE
→ Veritasium astronomy video companions - link HERE
→ Astro word problems international middle school level (IGCSE / GCSE / O-level) - link HERE
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These 13 holistic small group lesson plans include supplementary materials and is geared towards helping students learn science in a 3 hour per day - 1 week lesson plans. These lesson plans include 21 files and essentially half a year worth of lessons plans to support students with their learning.
These are middle school / high school related science lessons for home schooling and online schooling in particular. The other half of the year is mathematics based and available as another product.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
13 lessons to support students with science in a holistic approach
8 supporting files and frameworks
258 pages of lesson plans and supporting documents
Each lesson plan includes a specific structure with every day of the week having:
A meditation / mindfulness item
An exercise item
A journaling item
A problem-solving item
A week long inquiry on either mathematics or science
Space for self-inquiry time (i-time)
Space for sharing with each other
Action steps (what will be done later on after the lesson)
Space for self-reflection
Space for teacher reflections
[Optional for some lessons is an ending activity]
POSSIBLE USES:
Use these to support students with learning science
Give students space to investigate their own inquiries
Let students engage with science topics that have real-world relevance
COVERED TOPICS (not in any particular order):
Science of the future
Natural selection / Genetic engineering
Neuroplasticity and the importance of habit
Gamification and game theory
Genetics and the beauty industry
Motion, momentum and explosions
Fantastic physics of the everyday
Weather
John Dalton or Dimitri Mendeleev? (elements / compounds / mixtures)
The science of water
Human body systems
The Inquiry cycle and sustainability
Space science
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These 46 video companions cover every Crash Course Astronomy Videos from Youtube. Each video companion has a student version ready to be printed and filled in (or digitally filled in) and a teacher version which has answers as well. This set of video companions are truly excellent value as they are priced and covers basically every possible topic in general astronomy and astrophysics.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
46 student versions of the video companions - Word doc format
46 teacher version of the video companions - Word doc format
471 individual questions on these videos.
181 pages of teacher and student video companions.
POSSIBLE USES:
Use these to support students with learning astronomy and astrophysics
Give students space to find answers from relevant and well-made videos.
These videos suit middle / high school and pre-university level students.
COVERED TOPICS:
Introduction to astronomy
Naked eye observations
Cycles in the sky
Moon phases
Eclipses
Telescopes
The gravity of the situation
Tides
Introduction to the Solar System
The Sun
The Earth
The Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Jupiter’s moons
Saturn
Uranus & Neptune
Asteroids
Comets
The Oort cloud
Meteors
Light
Distances
Stars
Exoplanets
Brown dwarfs
Low mass stars
White dwarfs & planetary nebulae
High mass stars
Neutron stars
Black holes
Binary and multiple stars
Star clusters
Nebulae
The Milky Way
Galaxies, part 1
Galaxies, part 2
Gamma-ray bursts
Dark matter
The Big Bang, Cosmology part 1
Dark Energy, Cosmology part 2
A brief history of the universe
Deep time
Everything, the universe… And life
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These 40 Famous Scientists Coloring Sheets cover many famous individuals who are in many different fields.
WHAT’S INCLUDED:
40 coloring sheets for famous scientists in black and white with some of their associated achievements.
POSSIBLE USES:
Engage students in a gentle method regarding famous scientists and their habits.
Give students a individual of historical significance and provide them a figure for research and intrigue.
INCLUDED INDIVIDUALS:
Albert Einstein
Isaac Newton
Marie Curie
Galileo Galilei
Charles Darwin
Rosalind Franklin
George Washington Carver
Stephan Hawking
Louis Pasteur
Carl Sagan
Jane Goodall
Alexander Fleming
Mae Jemison
Edwin Hubble
Robert Ballard
Katherine Johnson
Nicolaus Copernicus
Robert Hooke
Leonardo da Vinci
Vera Rubin
Thomas Edison
Alan Turing
Hasan Ibn al-Haytham
Mary Anning
Max Planck
Richard Feynman
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Nikola Tesla
Pythagoras
Carl Linnaeus
Jacques Cousteau
Archimedes
Ada Lovelace
Gregor Mendel
Michael Faraday
Alexander Graham Bell
Antoine Lavoisier
Alfred Nobel
Robert Oppenheimer
Dmitri Mendeleev
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