By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify 2 devices used to deal with electrical overload.
Describe how fuses and earthing deal with electrical overloads.
Explain the movement of electricity and why earthing works.
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about electromagnets and how how magnetic fields are produced in a current carrying conductor. Solenoids as coils of wire that are able to behave as a bar magnets when a current is present in them.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Learning objective: Explain why current can generate electromagnets and how to change their properties.
Success criteria:
State what is created when current flows through a wire.
Describe how to increase the magnetic field strength.
Explain why solenoids are used in industry.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
Contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers to use as a plenary.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by pressure.
Describe how gas particles interact with the wall of the container.
Explain why each of the following increases pressure:
Increasing temperature,
Increasing the amount of gas particles,
Decreasing volume of the container.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the uses of alpha, beta and gamma radiation.
Describe how they are used in real world applications.
Explain why the type of radiation is suited for the role it carries out.
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Recall the equation for work done
Apply the conservation of energy to simple machines
Explain how a lever works
A google slides resource that is ready to be used out of the box. Slides include guided walkthroughs for calculating KiloWattHours and the cost of using domestic appliances.
Slides might need some alterations when opened with powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Recall the equation for power
Describe the link between power, fuel use and the cost of using domestic appliances
Explain the difference between energy and power
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the different models of the solar system.
Describe what retrograde motion is.
Explain why retrograde motion links to a heliocentric model.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify different ideas about the universe from different cultures.
Describe the geocentric model of the solar system.
Explain the reasoning for the geocentric model.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Recall how a radio signal is made.
Describe how electromagnetic waves are used for communication.
Explain the advantages of electromagnetic radiation.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify technologies developed since the space programme.
Describe some of the risks and benefits of the space programme.
Evaluate the space programme.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what is meant by a parallax
Describe how to convert a distant star, Earth and the Sun into a triangle.
Justify which trigonometric formula to use to calculate the distance between a distant star and Earth or the Sun.
A revision session containing a mind map (with guidance and without).
A Powerpoint containing a quiz session (10 questions) - excellent for a starter / plenary.
Answers to each section of the mind map within the Powerpoint.
A revision session containing a mind map (with guidance and without).
A Powerpoint containing a quiz session (10 questions) - excellent for a starter / plenary.
Answers to each section of the mind map within the Powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the waves of the EM spectrum.
Describe how frequency and wavelength change throughout the EM spectrum.
Explain why radio waves can be used safely.
A comprehensive Powerpoint which will allows for students to learn about luminous and non-luminous objects, opaque, transparent and translucent objects and how thickness of a translucent object affects the amount of light traveling through.
I personally use this as an introductory lesson to the light topic.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how objects interact with light.
Success criteria:
-Identify luminous and non-luminous materials.
-Describe how light interacts with a translucent material.
-Explain why the thickness of a translucent material affects the light.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by kinetic and gravitational energy.
Describe how to calculate kinetic and gravitational energy.
Explain why pendulums within a closed system will remain swinging at a fixed height.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the effect of force.
Describe how to calculate force.
Explain why mass and acceleration affects force.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the formula for speed.
Describe what’s shown in a distance-time graph
Explain why the gradient is the same as the speed on a distance-time graph.
Includes a simulation where you can use your webcam / student’s webcams to model distance time graphs based on movement toward / away from the screen.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the law of conservation of energy.
Describe what’s meant by energy efficiency.
Create Sankey diagrams.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different types of waves.
Describe how to measure properties of waves.
Compare constructive and destructive interference.