Electricity KS3 for mid to high ability students. Not all is my own work but a compilation of resources

Short lesson powerpoint on the required practical looking at insulating materials. Access the required practical through the AQA website

Students use a concept cartoon to write a statement identifying which concept they agree with and why. They focus on heating water using a kettle.

Full lesson with a practical aimed at measuring ‘work done’

Full lesson on this topic with starter and plenary Calculations questions from elsewhere on Tes

Full lesson on magnets with an experiment exploring how they work

Full lesson on this topic with a card sort activity and independent island task

Full lesson with a creative task on light. Students would need access to textbooks or IT for the task

Aqa specification A yearly plan for students to use for revision. it involves students revising using Quizlet and they have released a gcse scheme of revision cards. The textbook pages relate to separate sciences kerboodle but this is easily changed to suit. It uses the principles of spacing and interweaving and gives students a manageable list of things to do each week. The red tasks should be provided by the teacher, I’ve made a folder on google drive for these activities.

Full lesson on energy transfers with key defintions, starter, plenary and you will need to order a selection of wind up toys, hair dryers etc. for students to complete an energy transfers circuit

KS3 or KS4 lesson on Hooke’s law with practial work included. The powerpoint takes your through how to set out a table and graph.

Activity mat for students to complete differentiated independent tasks on the uses of sound. Links and AFL tasks included

A sequence of lessons aimed at KS3 on craters. Students plan and investigate then review their experiment. Full lesson plans with starters, plenaries and worksheets included.