Hello!
I am the Head of Physics at a Comprehensive Secondary School in Basingstoke. I am also the Head of BTEC Science, a Teaching and Learning Coach and Assistant G&T Co-ordinator.
I believe students learn in many ways and incorporate many learning styles in my teaching.
I love being able to enthuse and inspire my students every day and as a result I enjoy consistent outstanding lessson observations and exam success!
I believe I have the best job in the world, even on the toughest days...!
Hello!
I am the Head of Physics at a Comprehensive Secondary School in Basingstoke. I am also the Head of BTEC Science, a Teaching and Learning Coach and Assistant G&T Co-ordinator.
I believe students learn in many ways and incorporate many learning styles in my teaching.
I love being able to enthuse and inspire my students every day and as a result I enjoy consistent outstanding lessson observations and exam success!
I believe I have the best job in the world, even on the toughest days...!
This is for two resources:
1. A PowerPoint presentation containing 15 circuit symbols, definitions of charge and current and a nice practical. Lots of questions, with answers, are within.
2. A homework task with questions consolidating the lesson.
This is for two resources, a PowerPoint to help you teach and a photo-sheet for students when they do their practical. You should use the AQA Physics sheet with practical. E-mail me and I can provide you a link or a copy of it.
Each class has a warrior which can have its attack and defence stats upgraded. Students score points completing homework and consolidation tasks. They use these points to upgrade their warrior, or to enlist the powers of the Gods or Goddesses, or to use magical items.
Warriors move between the Nine Realms trying to defeat the other class' warriors.
Included is the Rule sheet, all God/Goddess cards and 25 Magical Item cards.
Now Includes Student Tracking Sheets too!
Last year my studnets found this to be very competitive and it got them into the class quickly (and got more of them completing homework to a better standard!!)
Let me know what you think or how it could be improved!
This is for three resources all about Morse Code and Communications.
It includes:
1. An Introduction to WW1 where students watch a quick PowerPoint slideshow showing images of WW1 with emotive music. Students are asked how they feel about what they see. (SMSC link).
2. Communications through the ages PowerPoint where students see pictures and have to think of ways they could have communicated. They are then introduced to Morse Code. A worksheet is completed which is included within the PowerPoint. Students are then put into a WW1 situation and have to solve a problem.
3, My colour coded lesson plan.
My lesson was graded as Oustanding in almost all areas. Student participation was exceptional and it really captivated them.
Let me know what you think!
This set comprises of eight PowerPoints covering the difficult parts of P6. I used and will continue to use this year these PowerPoints until the change over. Lots of questions and answers within with very clear explanations and diagrams. Include differentiated lesson objectives as expected.
Diode and Half Way Rectification
Full Wave Rectification
LDR, Thermistors and Potential Dividers
Logic Gates
Potential Dividers
How to Reduce Heat in Transmission Lines
Resistance - Ohmic or Non-Ohmic
Transistors
10 Powerpoints covering P5a(i) through to P5d(ii). Includes everything on the syllabus.
Covers:
P5a(i and ii) Satellites, Gravity and Circular Motion
P5 b(i and ii) Vectors and Equations of Motion
P5c (i and ii) Projectile Motion
P5d (i and ii) Action and Reaction
Really good revision aid.
I printed these out with four slides to one A4 and made a set of cards for students to use for revision.
This is for 20 APP resources that cover areas about investigations, plotting graphs, analysing data and risk assessing.
They cover Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9. They are all practical based activities (either experiment or using data) and they each take a whole lesson.
Print them out on A3 yellow paper so you can easily locate them in student's books.
Each APP task is write in boxes on one side. Other side is success criteria, teacher and student somment boxes. Very easy to mark, just highlight the criteria students attained.
Year 7:
Graph Drawing Sycamore Seeds
Trends and Patterns Titanic Density
Risk Assessment of Neutralisation
Plan Separation Techniques
Secindary Sources for Frictional Forces
Tabulating Data of Light Intensity
Year 8:
Why do People Smoke SMSC
How Much Fat Is In a Crisp Tabulate Data
What's So Special About Alkali Metals Trends and Patterns
Burning Magnesium Data Analysis
Electromagnets Drawing Graphs
Streamlining with Plasticine Evaluation of Procedure
Year 9:
Should Cannabis be Legalised Application of Data
Holly Leaves and Prickles Interpreting Trends
Rates of Reaction Evaluating Procedure
How Do You Make A Salt PLan an Investigation
What Crushed My Can Explaining Evidence
Resistance Of A Wire Presenting Data
Quadrats gathering Information
Salol Risk Assessment
I designed these so they could be used to prepare students for the skills needed at GCSE. Our department made them a priority.
This is an excel data generator that asks you to very simply add numbers in for comments. It then generates comments and advises on which extra homework to do to master a task. Two to an A4 side are then ready for printing.
A PowerPoint guide to how to use this is included.
Included are 12 extra homework tasks (designed to be about 15 minutes of work) that match up with comments made. These tailor each student's needs.
I have been using this (on the old OCR Gateway spec) and have found book marking to be much easier. It provides personalised comments and tailored tasks to meet student's specific needs. Students have found this to be very handy as they are able to see where they need to improve at a glance. Parents enjoyed being able to use it in a similar fashion.
This is for a set of consolidation activities that are designed to each take on whole lesson. They could be used as homewwork tasks too if time is short but I prefer to use them as lessons.
They consolidate knowledge about:
1. Energy and Potentials
2. GPE and Work
3. Power and Specific Heat Capacity
4. Reducing nwanted and Energy and Conservation of Energy and Power
5. Efficiency and Energy Resource Use
6.Wind, Solar, Geothermal, Hydro, Waves and Tidal Power Stations
7.Bio and Nuclear Energy and Energy Trends
Each has a theme and a box to put a score and grade in.
This resource is for a set of Prove-It cards I use in lessons. They compliment the precise learning aspect I build into lessons.
The idea is that these are give to students on entry to the classroom. At the end of the lesson they need to be able to prove they have answered the questions. These relate to the lesson objectives and tasks within a lesson so they summarise the lesson well.
Could be used as a plenary or during consolidation lessons within a scheme of work.
This is for three resources. It contains a PowerPoint presentation detailing trends in energy use. Questions and answers are within. An activity using lots of different sources of data follows.
This is for three resources. A PowerPoint presentation covering how biofuel and nuclear power stations work and how they generate electrical energy. Questions and answers contained. A summarisation activity follows.
This bundle is for two resources. A PowerPoint presentation covering how hydroelectricty, wave and tidal systems work and generate electricity. Questions and answers are contained within. An activity utilising this knoweldge follows.
This is for two resources. A PowerPoint presentation covering how wind, solar and geothermal energy are used. Questions and answers are contained within. An activity about satellites follows.
This bundle is for three resources. A PowerPoint presentation covering the basics about energy resources. A sisplay picture is conatined along with an Island activity to get them thinking. Questions and answers are contained within the presentation.
This is for two resources. A PowerPoint covering what energy loss is and an activity about insulatig a spacesuit. A photo-sheet compliments the practical.