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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.
GCSE Chemistry Required Practical 1 - Making Salts
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GCSE Chemistry Required Practical 1 - Making Salts

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A student booklet that can be printed two pages to a sheet for the first Chemistry required practical for the new GCSE Chemistry. This booklet can be printed on coloured paper and stuck in the students books to easily identify a required practical.
Kinetic Energy lesson plan and presentation
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Kinetic Energy lesson plan and presentation

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A full lesson plan for GCSE Physics on Kinetic Energy. This includes demo calculations and re-arranging of the equations to help students with the new requirements of calculating velocity from kinetic energy. Accompanying videos and lesson plan to illustrate the effect of mass and speed on kinetic energy.
Energy stores and systems powerpoint and lesson plan
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Energy stores and systems powerpoint and lesson plan

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An introductory lesson for GCSE Physics regarding energy stores and the concept of shifting energy as opposed to energy types. clarifies the situation with concrete examples and an energy circus for students to identify energy stores that are used.
Motion and energy calculations worksheets
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Motion and energy calculations worksheets

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A handy collection of worksheets for motion and energy covering acceleration, kinetic energy, work and power and energy production and resources. Suitable for the GCSE Physics or Combined Science specification.
AC/DC Lesson plan and presentation
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AC/DC Lesson plan and presentation

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This is a lesson plan and presentation to introduce the idea of AC/DC. It starts with a game of "what's the link?" encouraging lateral thinking. It then goes on to detail AC and DC and the differences between them.
GCSE Physics Required Practical 10 - Radiation and absorption
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GCSE Physics Required Practical 10 - Radiation and absorption

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This has been produced as an extract of the AQA required practical document. It is designed to be printed two pages to a page and flip on short edge to form a booklet that students can then stick in their books. This is for required practical 10 - Radiation and absorption. The content is from AQA and the layout and formatting is my own. AQA may change the contents of their practical this is correct as of 20-10-2016.
GCSE Physics Required Practical 9 - Light
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GCSE Physics Required Practical 9 - Light

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This has been produced as an extract of the AQA required practical document. It is designed to be printed two pages to a page and flip on short edge to form a booklet that students can then stick in their books. This is for required practical 9 - Light. The content is from AQA and the layout and formatting is my own. AQA may change the contents of their practical this is correct as of 20-10-2016.
GCSE Physics Required Practical 8 - Waves
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GCSE Physics Required Practical 8 - Waves

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This has been produced as an extract of the AQA required practical document. It is designed to be printed two pages to a page and flip on short edge to form a booklet that students can then stick in their books. This is for required practical 8 - Waves. The content is from AQA and the layout and formatting is my own. AQA may change the contents of their practical this is correct as of 20-10-2016.
GCSE Physics Required practical 7 - Effect of force on acceleration
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GCSE Physics Required practical 7 - Effect of force on acceleration

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This has been produced as an extract of the AQA required practical document. It is designed to be printed two pages to a page and flip on short edge to form a booklet that students can then stick in their books. This is for required practical 7 - Effect of force on acceleration. The content is from AQA and the layout and formatting is my own. AQA may change the contents of their practical this is correct as of 20-10-2016. NB The specification refers to effect of force and effect of mass however the AQA practical booklet only refers to effect of force. This may be updated later…
GCSE Physics Required Practical 6 - Hooke's Law
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GCSE Physics Required Practical 6 - Hooke's Law

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This has been produced as an extract of the AQA required practical document. It is designed to be printed two pages to a page and flip on short edge to form a booklet that students can then stick in their books. This is for required practical 6 - Hooke’s Law. The content is from AQA and the layout and formatting is my own. AQA may change the contents of their practical this is correct as of 20-10-2016.
GCSE Physics Required Practical 5 - Density
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GCSE Physics Required Practical 5 - Density

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This has been produced as an extract of the AQA required practical document. It is designed to be printed two pages to a page and flip on short edge to form a booklet that students can then stick in their books. This is for required practical 5 - Density. The content is from AQA and the layout and formatting is my own. AQA may change the contents of their practical this is correct as of 07-07-2016.
GCSE Physics Taboo
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GCSE Physics Taboo

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Three sets of Taboo cards for GCSE Physics. These cover all the major topics for the new GCSE. Waves, Electricity, Motors, Energy, Radioactivity, Motion. A great fun resource for revision.
GCSE Physics - Circuit calculations - Series and parallel circuits
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GCSE Physics - Circuit calculations - Series and parallel circuits

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A structured worksheet for students to work through with a variety of problems relating to series and parallel circuits. This encourages them to think about the rules and state them along with descriptions of observations and explanations of what is happening. There are calculations of current, resistance and voltage in a variety of circuits. Included are the answers...
GCSE Physics - Circuit calculations - Ohm's Law
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GCSE Physics - Circuit calculations - Ohm's Law

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Scaffolded and differentiated calculations for Ohm's Law. This worksheet leads the student through using Ohm's Law and rearranging it It is to be used as a supplementary worksheet to the other Ohm's Law ones I have as it incorporates IV graphs and interpretation as well. This can only be done once the relevant required practicals are completed. Now with an answer sheet!
GCSE Physics - Acceleration calculations
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GCSE Physics - Acceleration calculations

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Structured, scaffolded acceleration calculations. These calculations encourage students to start with calculating acceleration and they end with rearranging the equation to calculate time or final velocity. All data is real data. Now with added answers.
Quantities, units and their symbols for GCSE Physics
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Quantities, units and their symbols for GCSE Physics

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A handy reference guide for GCSE Physics students (not double award). This covers all the major units and symbols that they might come across as a handy lookup table. This can be used for memorising the units by using look, cover, write check activities as well.