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.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will guide learners through gravity and electrostatic non contact forces.
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 forces can act at a distance and explain why these forces are present.
Success criteria:
-Identify non-contact forces.
-Describe how objects react to some non-contact forces.
-Explain why non-contact forces are needed for our daily lives.
This lesson contains 17 slides
Produced to be used when delivering the activate 1 pathway.
A resource containing 2 powerpoint slides for 2 lessons and a worksheet for applying Hooke’s law and analysing data.
I run the resource as an initial practical for investigating Hooke’s law and the second lesson to further solidify theory.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
For the practical lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Investigate the effects of forces on the extension of a spring.
Success criteria:
-Identify independent and dependent variables.
-Describe how to write a method concerning spring extension.
-Explain why repeatability and reliability are important factors within experiments.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
For the theory lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: To analyse the results and draw conclusions between the spring practical and Hooke’s law theory.
Success criteria:
Identify the forces needed to extend and compress a spring.
Describe Hooke’s law.
Explain why the pattern for Hooke’s law does not remain indefinitely.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
The worksheet contains 2 pages.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about drag forces friction and air resistance.
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 drag forces affect the movement of an object.
Success criteria:
Identify 2 drag forces.
Describe how drag forces affect objects.
Explain why air resistance and friction can be useful and a nuisance.
This lesson contains 22 slides
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify independent and dependent variables.
Describe the effect of sucrose concentration on % change in mass
Explain why there is a change in mass in the potatoes.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students about how the eye and the camera treat light. Students will have the opportunity to create a simple pinhole camera.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Compare how the eye and the camera interpret light differently.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
Identify parts of the camera and the eye.
Describe how light is processed by the camera and the eye.
Compare the eye and the camera.
Powerpoint contains 15 slides.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about the law of reflection, specular reflection and diffuse scattering and how objects appear in mirrors (virtual images)
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
An animation is included to show how a virtual image is generated.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how light reflects and the law of reflection.
Success criteria:
Identify types of reflection.
Describe the law of reflection.
Explain the appearance of virtual objects.
This lesson contains 40 slides
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by refraction.
Describe how light refracts through mediums.
Explain why refraction is useful.
Learning Objectives:
To understand that distillation can be used to separate a liquid from the solids, which are dissolved in it.
To explain how distillation occurs.
To explain how Condenser works to distill a solvent from a solution.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall how many electrons each shell can hold.
Describe the link between the electronic configuration diagram and written version.
Explain the link between the outer electrons and the group the atom is in.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about charges and how these charges contribute towards static electricity. Students will then progress to find how these charges interact with another and generate current.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Justify how charges behave and how this contributes to electricity.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
Identify the 2 charges.
Describe how materials can become charged.
Explain why static shocks occur.
Powerpoint contains 20 slides.
A worksheet is also included to complement the Van Der Graaf.
By the end of this lesson learners should be able to:
Identify substances that can diffuse.
Describe how particles move during diffusion.
Explain why temperature affects the rate of diffusion.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify 2 musculoskeletal disorders.
Describe the role of the joint.
Explain why decreased collagen content can lead to hypermobility.
Explain why rheumatoid arthritis leads to pain in the joints.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify what is meant by oxidation and reduction.
Describe how halogens and metals react during displacement reactions.
Explain why transitions metals can bond to many different atoms.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify metals and non-metals.
Describe 2 properties of metals and non-metals.
Explain why non-metals can harm the environment
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify key parts of the nervous system.
Describe the path of a reflex arc.
Explain why impulses need to be automatic and quick.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the contents of a food chain / food web.
Describe what a biomass pyramid shows.
Explain why numbers pyramids do not appear as pyramids.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the reactants and products of anaerobic respiration.
Describe the process of anaerobic respiration.
Explain why the body uses anaerobic respiration.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the minerals a plant needs
Describe the effect of a lack of these on a plant
Explain why plants require some nutrients.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the meaning of the term chemosynthesis.
Describe the process of chemosynthesis.
Explain why chemosynthesis is necessary for some organisms.