Introduction to atoms, elements and compounds using a differentiation wheel. The students choose a task that is in their comfort zone, and one which is above their comfort zone. Requires textbooks.
Lesson 8 of an 8 part series. This allows students to utilise all their skills so far to analyse, draw graphs of and evaluate the results obtained in the previous lesson
Lesson includes a guided powerpoint and the related helper sheets
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Lesson 7 of an 8 part series. This allows students to utilise all their skills so far to plan and then collect data from an investigation
Lesson includes a guided powerpoint and the related worksheet
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Lesson 5 of a 8 part series. This introduces students on how to collect data, then allows them to put that to practice with a practical activity.
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Lesson 1 of an 8 part series. This introduces students on the art of asking questions.
Lesson includes a guided powerpoint and the related worksheets (one core, one support)
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Complete lesson on changes in energy stores.
Starter - Some true and false questions on Energy to address misconceptions
Main - Intro to energy and the new 'stores' approach. Work through the different stores of energy, giving examples. The students then have a worksheet to complete. Energy transfers then discussed with a demo (as shown in the picture) and examples given. Students then move around a circus identifying energy stores and any transfers.
Plenary - Three levelled questions (with markschemes) for students to answer
Complete lesson on energy and work
Starter - Students think about work done without knowing what it is
Main - Introduce work done, the formula, some worked examples, and then the students complete the worksheet (worksheet has rearranging opportunities), progress check as answers are on the slides. Then the students complete a short practical looking at how the number of elastic bands can affect the force needed to pull an object across the desk
Plenary - Practical evaluation and link to a Kahoot! quiz
Complete lesson on gravitational potential energy.
Starter - Students start thinking about GPE
Main -Introduce GPE, some worked examples and then an opportunity for students to complete a worksheet of questions (rearranging questions included). Answers to questions are included as part of a progress check. Students can then do a simple practical looking at their own gravitational potential energies
Plenary - Link to a Kahoot! quiz
Complete lesson on kinetic and elastic energy stores.
Starter - Students start thinking about a factor which may affect KE
Main -Allow students to think of the other factor which affects KE, then introduce the formula, some worked examples and then the opportunity for students to complete a worksheet (answers included, rearranging opportunities on the sheet). Then moved on to elastic energy, worked examples and then a worksheet for the students to complete. Finally a small practical looking at the energy in an elastic band
Plenary - 6 questions on the material covered in the topic so far, answers are in the notes.
Complete lesson on energy and power.
Starter - BoBs Big Five. Students answer 5 recap questions in the back of their books to review what they know so far, answers are included
Main -Introduce power, the formula, how to rearrange it then an opportunity for students to test their own knowledge with a worksheet (answers included). Students then move around the room identifying different appliances, working out their powers in W as most are in kW, and then calculating the energy they use. Worksheet is differentiated and this is an activity using non-standard units (kW, mins, kJ etc), again answers are included
Plenary - Bingo. students pick 9 values from the slides and then have to do calculations to clear their boards. All answers are in the notes.
Starter - Thinking tasks getting the students to think about half lives but without actually talking about them
Main - Introduce a half life, then get the students to do a practical to get half life data which they plot, then calculate the half life.
Plenary - Graph interpretation and exam questions
Starter - recap on decay equations
Main - Again moving through alpha, beta and gamma but as a demo this time, adding information about ionisation power, penetration power and speed.
Plenary - Students complete levelled question or exam questions
Starter - Students remembering information from last lesson, then a true and false quiz on radioactivity
Main - Remind students about atomic and mass numbers, introduce isotopes, then a short worksheet to recap that information. Move on to the three types of decay and what happens in them, then a longer worksheet of increasing difficulty. All worksheets have answers
Plenary - A couple more decay questions
Lesson works students through answering a question on the structure of the atom. They have 3 opportunities to answer the question with your added input in between each attempt. They then check their answers with the mark scheme, then go on to answer exam questions.
Full lesson on Atoms and Radiation
Students complete a points to prove activity, this has several questions that they need to answer to either be safe, or get rewards.
Plenary - Levelled exam questions with mark scheme