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I am currently a Teacher of Science and I have a background in Telecomms and Software Engineering. I can occasionally be found on BBC Radio Shropshire as their Science Teacher. I enjoy finding innovative ways to help students revise and have developed the Grade Gain app for Science revision.

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I am currently a Teacher of Science and I have a background in Telecomms and Software Engineering. I can occasionally be found on BBC Radio Shropshire as their Science Teacher. I enjoy finding innovative ways to help students revise and have developed the Grade Gain app for Science revision.
Powers of Ten and Standard Form Lesson plan and presentation
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Powers of Ten and Standard Form Lesson plan and presentation

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The lesson plan and accompanying presentation for Science students to learn about standard form, aka scientific notation, and common prefixes. The PPT is fully editable and has opportunities for AfL embedded into the lesson. Any images are CC0 license so royalty free. This takes students from guesstimating size, to understanding the need for standard form to recognising standard prefixes such as kilo. There is an accompanying homework task (available separately) - Powers of Ten, Prefixes and Standard form Homework/worksheet.
GCSE Physics - Particle Motion in Gases Lesson plan and presentation
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GCSE Physics - Particle Motion in Gases Lesson plan and presentation

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A lesson plan and presentation covering particle motion in gases. There is also a formula test sheet for the plenary. This lesson covers Amonton's Law, better known as Gay-Lussac's Law and the relationship between pressure and temperature for a fixed volume of gas. It also includes a demonstration I designed to show the increase in pressure from the increase of temperature for a fixed volume of gas without relying on a pressure sensor. More physics resources are available in my shop GradeGain .
Energy changes due to temperature (specific heat capacity) Lesson plan and presentation
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Energy changes due to temperature (specific heat capacity) Lesson plan and presentation

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A lesson plan and presentation to cover the energy changes in a system and specific heat capacity part of the new GCSE (2016) Physics and AQA Trilogy specification. Refers to required practical 1 - a FREE worksheet for this is also available from me, made from the AQA required practical document. Introduces specific heat capacity and then provides time for students to reflect on required practical.
Electromagnetic Spectrum Card sort
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Electromagnetic Spectrum Card sort

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This is a fun activity to help students learn the order of the electromagnetic spectrum. I print out the colour sheets and laminate them so students can hold them up, then get them to arrange themselves into the right order. They need to look for the visual clues to help them e.g. colours and wavelength on the background. This could be printed out in a smaller version e.g. 2 slides to a page and students can then do this in pairs or small groups. Great as an introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum but also good a s a revision activity.
Physics Taboo 3
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Physics Taboo 3

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Taboo game cards covering the main Physics topics: Lenses, Motor Effect, Pressure, Centripetal force, Moments Students play in teams of two. One person picks up a card and has to describe the phrase in the top box without using any of the words on the card. Their team mate has to guess it to win. The opposing two members of the four can jump in and steal the card by guessing correctly.
GCSE Physics - static electricity lesson plan and presentation
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GCSE Physics - static electricity lesson plan and presentation

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A lesson plan and presentation introducing static electricity and the triboelectric effect. There are links to a couple of you tube videos that emphasise the points being made. This lesson also details a practical that students can do to experience the triboelectric effect for themselves.
GCSE Combined Science - Physics - Paper 1 Mind Map
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GCSE Combined Science - Physics - Paper 1 Mind Map

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This has the main topic headings for the Combined Science Paper 1 grouped according to topic. Each required practical is highlighted. This can be used as a revision aid for students to work through and identify areas to work on or they can add to and improve the mind map with detail although it may want to be blown up onto A3 for this.
GCSE Physics - Moments and cantilevers lesson plan and presentation
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GCSE Physics - Moments and cantilevers lesson plan and presentation

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A GCSE Physics lesson plan and presentation that introduces moments and cantilevers to students. They need to complete the cantilever practical as specified in the AQA resources - measuring deflection when masses are added to a clamped metre rule. This introduces key terms and ideas. Please review my work ;-) Thanks for buying.
Electromagnetic radiation splat
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Electromagnetic radiation splat

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An animated PowerPoint file that enables you to play splat. Have a list of questions where the answers are parts of the electromagnetic spectrum and have two students at the board. The first person to "splat" the right answer wins. Winner stays on is always a good game but you can rotate in teams or anyway you like. Excellent for revision of the electromagnetic spectrum.
Learning Triangle PPT slide
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Learning Triangle PPT slide

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A single slide with a reflective learning triangle on it. This is a great way for students to reflect on their learning and capture the progress they have made in a lesson.
GCSE Physics - Required Practical 4c Diode
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GCSE Physics - Required Practical 4c Diode

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I have reworked the required practical from AQA as using cells did not provide sufficient variability or control for collecting data on a diode. This practical sheet provides detailed instructions of how to set up the circuit and gather the data including how to do this using LEDs instead of a diode.
Flash Cards for all the Common Quantities and Units
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Flash Cards for all the Common Quantities and Units

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These flash cards are great when printed out double sided and then laminated. Can be used in multiple ways - as flash cards to test the whole class, as small cards for pupils to play pelmanism (memory) with. Printed single sided they can be used as a card sort activity. Covers all the common GCSE units for Physics.