A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 4th lesson in “Chapter 3 - Light” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson focuses on the eye, from the pages ‘the eye and the camera’. I have separated these into two lessons. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. This lesson includes a short practical where students view inverted images through a magnifying glass. From this lesson, students should be able to: Label the structures in the eye (pupil, cornea, iris, lens, retina, optic nerve) Describe the function of each of the structures in the eye (pupil, cornea, iris, lens, retina, optic nerve) Describe how the lens inverts images Describe the role of photoreceptor cells in the retina All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 3rd lesson in “Chapter 3 - Light” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘refraction’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. This lesson includes a class practical where students investigate refraction using a glass block and ray box. From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall what refraction is Give some examples of refraction Describe how the direction of light changes as it passes from one medium to another Explain why light changes direction as it passes from one medium to another Use a glass box and ray box to investigate how the direction of light changes as it passes from one medium to another All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 5th lesson in “Chapter 3 - Light” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson focuses on the camera, from the pages ‘the eye and the camera’. I have separated these into two lessons. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. This lesson includes a class practical where students make a pinhole camera and use it to view the image of a candle. From this lesson, students should be able to: Describe the role of the key parts in a camera (aperture, lens, CCD) Describe how a simple camera is used to view an image Compare the parts of a camera to the parts of the eye Make a simple pinhole camera and use it to view an image of a candle To describe how the pinhole camera is used to view an image All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 6th and final lesson in “Chapter 3 - Light” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson focuses on ‘colour’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. This lesson includes a short practical where students pass white light from a ray box through a triangular prism. From this lesson, students should be able to: Describe how white light is dispersed when it passes through a prism Explain why white light is dispersed when it passes through a prism Explain why objects have certain colours Recall the primary colours of light and secondary colours of light Describe the colour of light that will be seen when primary colours of light are mixed Identify the colour of light that will be seen when different coloured lights are passed through different coloured filters All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 2nd lesson in “Chapter 4 - Space” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘the solar system’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Identify and compare the inner planets / terrestrial planets, and outer planets / gas giants To recall that our planets orbit the Sun in an elliptical shape Compare the sizes and surface temperatures of the planets in our Solar System Briefly describe how the Solar System was formed All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 1st lesson in “Chapter 4 - Space” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘the night sky’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Describe the objects you can see in the night sky Define the terms satellite, meteor, comet, Solar System, galaxy and Universe Describe the structure of the Universe Compare the sizes of structures in the Universe All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 3rd lesson in “Chapter 4 - Space” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘the Earth’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what causes day and night Explain why the Sun appears to rise in the East and set in the West Describe the seasonal changes in different places on Earth Explain what causes seasons All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 1st lesson in “Chapter 3 - Light” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘light’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Use ray diagrams to explain how we see non-luminous objects Explain the terms transparent, translucent and opaque, and give examples Explain the terms luminous and non-luminous, and give examples Explain that light-time (light-minutes and light-years) is a measure of distance All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 3rd lesson in “Chapter 3 - Motion and Pressure” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on ‘gas pressure’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. This lesson contains a number of practical demonstrations. From this lesson, students should be able to: Define the term ‘gas pressure’ Explain what causes gas pressure Describe how volume and temperature affect gas pressure Explain why volume and temperature affect gas pressure Describe how atmospheric pressure changes with increasing altitude Explain why atmospheric pressure changes with increasing altitude All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 2nd lesson in “Chapter 3 - Motion and Pressure” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on ‘motion graphs’, specifically distance-time graphs. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Interpret distance-time graphs Describe a journey using a distance-time graph Use distance-time graphs to calculate speed All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 4th and final lesson in “Chapter 4 - Space” from Activate 1, Physics. This lesson is on ‘the Moon’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Describe the phases of the Moon Explain what causes us to see phases of the Moon Describe what happens during a solar eclipse and explain what causes a solar eclipse Describe what happens during a lunar eclipse and explain what causes a lunar eclipse Explain the difference between a lunar eclipse and a full moon, and explain why we don’t see a lunar eclipse every month All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 4th lesson in “Chapter 3 - Motion and Pressure” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on ‘pressure in liquids’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. This lesson includes two simple practical demonstrations. From this lesson, students should be able to: Describe how liquids exert pressure in all directions Describe how liquid pressure changes with depth Explain why liquid pressure changes with depth Explain floating and sinking in terms of pressure and upthrust All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 5th lesson in “Chapter 3 - Motion and Pressure” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on ‘pressure on solids’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall the definition for pressure in terms of force and area Apply ideas about pressure to different situations, e.g. why snow shoes make it easier to walk in the snow Recall the formula for calculating pressure, with the correct units Calculate the pressure acting on a surface when given the force and area All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 8th and final lesson in “Chapter 2 - Energy” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on ‘energy and power’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Define the term ‘power’ Use the unit ‘kilowatt hours’ as a measure of energy Calculate power using the equation energy / time All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 8th and final lesson in “Chapter 2 - Energy” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson focuses on work done (titled ‘energy transfer - forces’). This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Give a definition for the key term ‘work’ Identify when work is being done from a range of scenarios To calculate work done using the equation force x distance To explain how simple machines (levers and ramps) allow some forces to have greater effects To explain why a lever is known as a ‘force multiplier’ To apply the law of conservation of energy to simple machines All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 8th and final lesson in “Chapter 2 - Energy” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on conservation of energy (titled ‘energy adds up’). This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall the law of conservation of energy Recall the 7 main stores of energy When given an example, identify what the main store of energy is Describe how energy is transferred between one store to another Explain why money can be used to model energy All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 4th lesson in “Chapter 2 - Energy” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson is on ‘energy and temperature’. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Recall a scientific definition for the term ‘temperature’ in terms of energy Describe the difference between the temperature of an object and its thermal energy store Describe how the arrangement of particles changes when a substance is heated Describe how equilibrium is reached when an object has a different temperature to the surroundings All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A science-themed Christmas quiz for secondary age students (11-16). Quiz rounds include: Multiple choice: Guess the silly animal name Matching animals to their group names, e.g. a murder of crows, a pride of lions Anagrams of scientific key words Close up microscope images ‘The science of Christmas’ - science general knowledge with a Christmas theme