Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 16.5: The Beginning and Future of The Universe.
The lesson objectives are:
What the Big Bang theory of the universe is
Why the universe is expanding
What the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is
What evidence there is that the universe was created in a big bang
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 241.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 16.4: The Expanding Universe.
The lesson objectives are:
What is meant by the red-shift of a light source
How red-shift depends on speed
How people know that the distant galaxies are moving away from Earth
Why people think the universe is expanding
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 239.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 16.2: The Life History of a Star.
The lesson objectives are:
Why stars eventually become unstable
The stages in the life of a star
What will eventually happen to the Sun
What a supernova is
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 235.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint and worksheet covers chapter 15.1: Magnetic Fields.
The lesson objectives are:
The force rule for two magnetic poles near each other
The pattern of magnetic field lines around a bar magnet
What induced magnetism is
Why steel, not iron, is used to make permanent magnets
The Powerpoint is aimed at all abilities, although the corresponding worksheet is aimed at lower abilities. It is suggested that during this lesson, the students should have access to magnets to play and observe with. The answers at the end refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 215.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet aimed at KS3 students on the topic of waves. The lesson objectives covered are:
Describe the different types of wave and their features
Describe what happens when water waves hit a barrier
Describe what happens when waves superpose
PowerPoint presentation aimed at KS3 students on the topic of The Earth (in space). The lesson objectives covered are:
Explain the motion of the Sun, stars, and Moon across the sky
Explain why seasonal changes happen
This follows closely along with the AQA Activate 1 book, chapters 4.3.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet aimed at KS3 students on the topic of The Moon (in space). The lesson objectives covered are:
Describe the phases of the Moon
Explain why you see phases of the Moon
Explain why eclipses happen
This follows closely along with the AQA Activate 1 book, chapters 4.4.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint and worksheets cover chapter 15.8: Transformers in Action.
The lesson objectives are:
How the ratio of the primary to the secondary potential difference depends on the number of turns in each coil
How the number of turns on the secondary coil relates to the number of turns on the primary coil for a step-down transformer and for a step up transformer
What you can say about a transformer that is 100% efficient
Why less power is wasted using high potential difference to transfer power through the grid system
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end of the PowerPoint refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 229. The Worksheets are also aimed at high abilities, and have answers included.
Full lesson resources for “Mathematics in Science - Significant Figures”!
Objectives:
To understand the importance of mathematics in science
To be able to simplify numbers with a large amount of digits
To understand the concept of infinitely long irrational numbers
The lesson is intended for high school, though is also appropriate for middle. Estimated time for lesson is 51 minutes, though I give information on how to extend the lesson.
Files in resource:
PowerPoint with notes explaining each slide
Lesson plan outlining each activity
Worksheet, fully editable
Answers to worksheet
Lesson write-up. Goes through all lesson objectives in clear language. Students can read this instead of lesson, or use this for pre-reading, or to catch-up on missed lesson.
5 Worksheets, with answers, to help with teaching the equations for electricity to GCSE.
One worksheet covers the circuit symbols and definitions.
Four worksheets cover the equations.
One worksheet covers rearranging and memorising the equations
These worksheets are intended to be used whilst running any of the 10 required practicals in AQA GCSE physics. They all include the equipment and methods for running the practicals.
Some are designed towards improving maths skills; drawing graphs; calculating gradients; and substituting algebra with the line of best fit.
Some are designed to improve students' abilities in writing scientific conclusions.
These worksheets are designed towards higher achieving students, although the methods have been written to be easily followed by all, and a number of them have diagrams of the set ups included. The headers also link to where the learning can be found in the AQA books.
If you find any issues with any of the worksheets, please don't hesitate to let me know.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers the whole of chapter 16: Space.
The lessons are in the following order:
Formation of the Solar System
The Life History of a Star
Planets, Satellites and Orbits
The Expanding Universe
The Beginning and Future of The Universe
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end of each PowerPoint refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book.