Four animated starter questions to prompt discussion and explore the concepts underlying energy conservation. Students find the bizarre situations and theoretical approach appealing. As with concept cartoons student’s ideas can be very revealing. This resource should be used once the basic concepts of energy types have been introduced.

A fun competitive interactive whiteboard game in which two teams take it in turns to match pictures triangles to equations describing them. Requires students to be able to label sides and apply SOHCAHTOA. Suitable for GCSE and A-level. The game automatically scores and has a built in timer in the event of a draw. Students really enjoy the competitiveness, strongly recommended. This game won a Microsoft innovation award. A version containing an editor and picture pairs is now available to buy on TES resources. Visit my shop; www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/bennyjohn5.

The pdf file allows students to independently learn and practise the A-level Young Modulus topic. Students use this pdf file on iPads/ tablets. Think of it as a very interactive text book, or a bit like Ceefax or Teletext from the olden days. Performance will vary through different apps and platforms. The Adobe Acrobat Reader is optimal on “single page view”, Outlook and OneNote are inferior. Also available as interactive eBooks; Moments of Inertia pV graphs for Engineering Adding Resistors A level GCSE Energy GCSE Radioactivity GCSE Electricity bennyjohn5@hotmail.com

28 quantum multiple choice questions for Physics A-level with student-friendly solutions and extension work options. Questions from the particles topic are available as a free sample Also available 257 multiple choice question bundle for A-level physics first year topics

An animated presentation on radioactive half-lives. Lots of examples and attractive applications. The PowerPoint includes a differentiated starter quiz and graded plenary. Differentiated calculation worksheets with answers are included. Mainly tailored to GCSE higher level but serves as a useful recap at A-level. Updated May 2022

Very competitive, fast paced and really fun - my students favourite type of quiz. An interactive whiteboard quiz for two players answering questions simultaneously on each side of the IWB. This is the “creator” template allowing you to make new games with your choice of questions. This quiz won a Microsoft innovation award. Below are links to four free examples to try before you buy. Please note that performance may vary on some types of whiteboard. Energy Cells Forces Digestive system

An exciting A-level lesson on pixel resolution. Originally used for OCR Advancing Physics Unit 1. Contains an animated introduction to resolution, a very carefully worked example, an introductory starter quiz and ten pages worth of differentiated exam questions with answers and explanations. Useful for computer science too.

An A-level Physics lesson on sampling waves. Originally used for OCR Advancing Physics unit 3. Contains an iPad sampling task, a paper-based sampling activity, five pages worth of exam questions with hints and worked answers. The process of sampling is carefully explained using clear animated diagrams. Exam questions cover equations for bit rate rate and signal:noise ratio.

Atomic diagrams and the scattering diagram are enhanced with animations. A starter is included to test and recap learning on atomic symbols and isotopes. The presentation has a link to a suitable Youtube clip. The end of the presentation has questions (& answers) on the analysis of Rutherford’s experiment.

A set of cards describing the stages in the life of a star. Can be printed as a card sort or done on computer(s) using the first slide. Answers are included. Appropriate for AQA P3 unit and OCR 21stC P7 unit.

I used this to teach refraction at GCSE level, but could work as an introduction for A-level. Uses a tractor stuck in the mud analogy to aid students in working out which direction rays bend. This resource also includes a starter quiz, plenary and question sheets with answers plus a Snell’s law extension for gifted students. There is plenty of material here which could easily be cropped to tailor to your own class.

Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. A FREE exemplar Four in a Row game on Mental Maths is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on five maths topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a discounted price. The level of challenge is aimed at higher ability level GCSE students but it will serve as a useful starter at A-level. As an indication of the difficulty, the hardest expressions to factorise are; x² + 2x - 35 = (x + 7)(x -5) 2x² + 7x + 3 = (2x + 1)(x + 3)

An exemplar FREE Four in a Row game on Radioactivity is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on six other physics topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a greatly reduced price. Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. Wave Properties Four in a Row is designed primarily for GCSE Physics/ Combined Science courses but may be useful elsewhere.

These lessons contain ray diagrams, power calculations and lens practicals. Quizzes, question sets and practicals are in the presentation. This presentation was originally used to teach the topic at GCSE and stop short of the A-level lens equation.

An exemplar FREE Four in a Row game on Radioactivity is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on six other physics topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a greatly reduced price. Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. Molecules and Matter Four in a Row is designed primarily for GCSE Physics/ Combined Science courses but may be useful elsewhere.

An exemplar FREE Four in a Row game on Radioactivity is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on six other physics topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a greatly reduced price. Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. Forces and Motion Four in a Row is designed primarily for GCSE Physics/ Combined Science courses but may be useful elsewhere.

Two worksheets with answers on atomic symbols, isotopes, alpha and beta decay, fission and fusion nuclear equations. A very brief presentation is included with examples for alpha and beta decay. When my students met this topic in A2 OCR Physics, these resources provided a satisfying recap. Students generally muddled through the questions with answers requiring little teacher input. These worksheets would also work well for GCSE students.

Includes careful notes and diagrams, results from a practical and exam style questions. My favourite item here is an extension task to stretch the most able in your group - students find the maximum power output from a cell using differentiation or trial and improvement.

A GCSE Physics summary revision lesson on parachuting. Covers forces, motion graphs, momentum & energy topics. The basics are handled with a card sort and forces quiz. There is lots here to extend more able students. This resource can be easily tailored to suit your class. Students are gripped by the skydiving/ parachuting context. There is plenty of material here which could easily be cropped to tailor to your own class.