Two practical, hands-on activities, one takes place outdoors, to help students develop their understanding of some key waves vocabulary. There is also a sheet for students to record their findings and a worksheet with straight forward calculations based on the wave equation. The activities are useful for foundation GCSE students or form a good introduction to keystage 3 students.

This is a bundle based around helping students get to grips with the vastness of space and the key vocabulary that goes with it. To get students thinking, there's a starter where students give their opinions by placing themselves on an imaginary line . Their position on the line indicates how much they agree or disagree with a series of statements. The sizing activity quite literally paces out the solar system to scale and brings home the true distance between the Earth and Moon. There are then three worksheets designed to promote thinking and consolidate what students have learnt

This lesson is run as a competition between small groups of students. The lesson encourages students to use a series of challenges and clues to work out for themselves the key ideas about the greenhouse effect. The lesson is structured with a starter, a session gathering the main ideas and then time for students to put together their own explanation. It is aimed at less academic GCSE students but would also work well for keystage 3 students and more able GCSE students who could complete it more quickly.

There are two resources here. Resource One: two data analysis worksheets based on global carbon dioxide emissions. They are accompanied by a powerpoint with infographics showing similar information and a pdf that can be enlarged for easier viewing. Resource Two: an activity where groups of students have to decide between fossil and nuclear fuels. It's based upon Edward de Bono's thinking hats and helps students to communicate verbally and in writing.

These resources were written specifically to meet the demands of the P16 (space) section of the AQA GCSE in physics. Three versions of the same crossword are provided to ensure that students find it hard to copy from each other! A word list (list of answers) is also provided to aid weaker students. The word list can also be used alongside the wordsearch. In addition, there is a colouring in sheet to help students remember the life cycle of stars.

Understanding particle theory is fundamental to science; it's so important that students have a really good understanding of it. This activity is designed to make students really think through these important ideas before they record what they have discovered.

This set of notes has been put together as a 12 page A4 booklet, organised for paper 1 and paper 2 For each required practical there’s a simple diagram, a list of equipment and a step by step method and hints about using the data collected; hopefully that’s everything a student may need to recall for the exams.

A highly structured and scaffolded suite of questions which guide students through the process of answering calculation questions using an equation. The smart use of a grid allows students to pick out the information they need and enables them to succeed. The questions get harder as the students progress through the pack. There’s also a worksheet (explaining electrical relationships) designed to help students think through what the mathematical relationships mean. This resources covers all the equations on the topic of electricity needed for AQA GCSE phyiscs (2016 spec)

A very visual way of appreciating the carbon cycle and a great introduction to climate change. This board game shows carbon atoms cycling around the natural environment. It moves around the 3 main stores (plants, animals and the atmosphere) according the the roll of a dice, but overall stays in balance. However, when the game is repeated (by skewing the number of atoms that move for one number on the dice) the cycle goes out of balance. There is a sheet for students to record the movement of the atoms and notes for the teacher as well as Word and pdf versions of the board which can be printed onto A4 card of laminated.

Since 2016, specifications have used the Institute of Physics preferred language describing energy stores and energy transfers. Here are notes and a worksheet for students along with a cut and stick activity to provide practise using these new ways of thinking about energy

Full and detailed instructions for building a simple loudspeaker that will work and play music.

This collection of materials has been written to help students summarise and revise all the information in the space section (P16) section of AQA’s GCSE physics. Each resource covers this whole section of the specification. summary presentation full of wonderful pictures supplied in pdf format as well as powerpoint four sides of exam style questions along with worked answers a set of key terms for students to sort and turn into a concept map along with pre-sorted words for less able students to use a single sheet of quick answer questions (along with answers) a set of notes for students that fit on to a single side a fill in the gaps worksheet that provides a set of notes once completed

Use this simulation, written in excel, to help your students to get to grips with calculations involving transformers. Use the sliders to adjust the input voltage or the number of turns in the primary and secondary coils to investigate what happens to the output voltage. This can be used by students working individually but it is probably best used for whole class teaching. When opening the spreadsheet, don't forget to click "enable content". The simulation is accompanied by a worksheet where students work through a series of calculations. Answers are also provided.

Use this to help your students build a knowledge base as they revise the required practicals in preparation for sitting the exam. Students find YouTube videos of the practicals (readily available) and then use the instructions and structure provided by this booklet to complete a summary of each experiment.

A suite of resources that give ideas and instructions on active ways of teaching; day and night, seasons and phases of the moon. The set of teacher notes are accompanied by a template and instructions to make a working paper model of the Earth, Sun and Moon and a worksheet to help reinforce key ideas about the phases of the Moon.

There are enough resources here to fill two lessons on the topic of electrical power. The activities include a student practical finding the power of various kettles; the student sheet has instructions and guides students through the calculations required. There is also a demonstration using an electricity meter to compare the power of various electrical items. They are backed up with three different worksheets helping students to understand and use the equation power = potential difference x current.

Here is a suite of resources based around earthquakes: The demonstration makes very clear how s and p waves are produced and the follow up worksheet is designed to consolidate understanding. The Plotting activity requires students to interpret eye witness accounts to determine the strength of an earthquake felt at different locations. These strengths are then plotted on a map to find the epicentre. It's based on an activity from the old Salters' GCSE. There is also a data handling exercise.

You will find here a set of resources that have been tried and tested with both able and foundation students: - Details of a ball and pea model that provides a hands on model to explain resistance - A competitive game for teams of students based on understanding current, potential difference and resistance - a team game for foundation students that develops their ability to carry out calculations using equations - details of a simple experiment that demonstrates the link between voltage and current - a set of worksheets to reinforce and consolidate.

This lovely simulation, developed in excel, allows students to investigate the effect on current and voltage of different circuit components. Click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to choose your component then use the sliders to adjust the supply voltage/resistance etc. There are accompanying worksheet to go with each component. This activity is great current vs voltage graphs and works well either as a preliminary to practical work or to reinforce practical work. Don't forget to click on "enable" when you open up the spreadsheet

This set of activities provides teacher notes on ideas about helping students to understand exactly what speed means and goes on to suggest how to introduce the use of the equation for speed. There is a student worksheet to reinforce the key ideas about speed. A follow on activity with a set of animal pictures allows students to calculate the speeds of a wide variety of animals.