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Andy Darvill's TES stuff

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I've been teaching science/physics for quite a while, and written lots of stuff along the way. Much of what I've written is for Nelson Thornes, OUP and SamLearning, but here are some things that are properly mine and I can publish here. Hope you find them useful. At www.darvill.clara.net you'll find some more items, and minisites about gcse radioactivity, energy resources and the electromagnetic spectrum which can occupy a class for a whole lesson and more.

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I've been teaching science/physics for quite a while, and written lots of stuff along the way. Much of what I've written is for Nelson Thornes, OUP and SamLearning, but here are some things that are properly mine and I can publish here. Hope you find them useful. At www.darvill.clara.net you'll find some more items, and minisites about gcse radioactivity, energy resources and the electromagnetic spectrum which can occupy a class for a whole lesson and more.
Energy resources: card-sorting activity
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Energy resources: card-sorting activity

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Print one set of cards per group. Each card names an energy resource, e.g. Fossil fuels, wind power, etc. The last card has instructions, e.g. sort the cards into fossil fuels vs others, sort them into renewable vs non-renewable, sort them into ones that use the sun vs those that don’t.
Radioactivity - Properties of alpha, beta and gamma
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Radioactivity - Properties of alpha, beta and gamma

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An overview of the properties of alpha, beta and gamma radiation. The sheet consists of a blank table with jumbled answers underneath for pupils to sort. I use it during the first lesson of the topic where I show the class radioactive sources and what happens when you put paper/aluminium/lead in front of them.
Radioactivity absorption questions
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Radioactivity absorption questions

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A source emits alpha, beta and gamma. but how much of each? This sheet give pupils a chance to figure this out using a bit of subtraction as different absorbers are put in front of the source.