Y.O.Y.O. lessons - Scientific investigations designed to develop problem solving skills and make independent learners of our spoon fed students! In this one they investigate how the height of a ramp affects the time it takes for a marble to roll down it! Students must complete the set task without any help whatsoever from their teachers! They have only the worksheet to help them! They can only ask you a question if they use a joker card! (They have three of them - one specific question per Joker). Complete it without using jokers and win rewards! Character building for both staff and students and an excellent lesson to use for formal observations and OFSTED invasions. This is how real scientists are made. The resource comes with a set of joker cards, a worksheet for the lesson and a teacher guide with the YOYO rules as a PowerPoint. Enjoy!

A content packed, double sided worksheet all about magnets and magnetism! Aimed at key stage 3 students of all abilities, there is something on this worksheet for everyone. It starts with a practical activity before testing students knowledge of magnets in a variety of styles. Complete with a full answer sheet, this is ideal for non specialists or expert practitioners alike and is an excellent resource for use in the classroom, homework or revision. Enjoy! It comes as a word document and in pdf format. All images are copyright of science geeks and are all my own work.

Thermionic emission? Particle accelerators?! An often overlooked A level topic which introduces the essential relationship eV = 1/2 mv2 linking work done by and electric field on a charged particle and kinetic energy… This worksheet takes students through the use of this vital idea and also gets across the important, an again often overlooked, concept of equations only being valid in non-relativistic situations. Einstein-tastic! It comes complete with full answer sheets and at a bargain price! It is also provided in both word and pdf formats. Yes. I am too kind!

An excellent resource which examines all aspects of efficiency topic in one handy worksheet. Complete with answers, the worksheet is accessible to all students and hones their key skills whilst stretching more able students. It deals with efficiency in all its forms and present the idea in challenging contexts. Includes extension tasks encouraging students to use their investigative skills and delve deeper into efficiency and unfamiliar concepts like the "coefficient of friction". BONUS ALERT! It comes with a handy, separate, Self study information street which makes it ideal to set for a cover lesson. Enjoy! Available in word and pdf format. All included!

Y.O.Y.O. lessons - Scientific investigations designed to develop problem solving skills and make independent learners of our spoon fed students! In this one they investigate how the surface area of a piece of paper affects the time it takes to hit the ground and how this relates to air resistance. Students must complete the set task without any help whatsoever from their teachers. They have only the worksheet to help them. They can only ask you a question if they use a joker card! (They have three of them - one specific question per Joker). Complete it without using jokers and win rewards! Character building for both staff and students and an excellent lesson to use for formal observations and OFSTED invasions. This is how real scientists are made. The resource comes with a set of joker cards, a worksheet for the lesson and a teacher guide with the YOYO rules as a PowerPoint. Enjoy!

An extra solar system of seven incredible earth like worlds! Students learn about the fascinating discoveries made about the TRAPPIST-1 system! By analyzing data and using their knowledge of our own Solar System, students find out about and imagine the conditions on these intriguing set of worlds! What would it be like? Could there be life? How will we get there? These questions and more will be answered by YOUR STUDENTS using their skills! Extension task galore are included for students of all abilities. A full answer sheet is included to save hard working teachers time. Ideal for KS3 or KS4 students. NASA VIDEO INCLUDED TO INSPIRE!

Y.O.Y.O. lessons - Scientific investigations designed to develop problem solving skills and make independent learners of our spoon fed students! In this one they investigate the first law of reflection! Students must complete the set task without any help whatsoever from their teachers! They have only the worksheet to help them! They can only ask you a question if they use a joker card! (They have three of them - one specific question per Joker). Complete it without using jokers and win rewards! Character building for both staff and students and an excellent lesson to use for formal observations and OFSTED invasions. This is how real scientists are made. The resource comes with a set of joker cards, a worksheet for the lesson and a teacher guide with the YOYO rules as a PowerPoint. Enjoy!

A simple presentation showing young science geeks how to calculate acceleration using worked examples with some simple questions to follow. THEORY and ANSWERS included along withe a link to a FREE SCIENCE GEEKS VIDEO! Enjoy!

Electricity! Current in series and parallel circuits! What is current? What is it made of? How does it behave? What will the ammeter reading be in different places and different circuits. Ideal for KS3 or KS4 students, this worksheet tests students’ knowledge of these difficult concepts allowing the teacher to assess them and take steps to ensure further progress. Complete with answers, this double sided worksheet will stretch students of all abilities and comes complete with BOFFIN TASKS to stop the more able students from annoying you.

This resource comes packed with FIVE activities where students are required to investigate the rate of heat loss from an object. They investigate surface area, volume, starting temp, type of material and the surface the object is in contact with. Watching water cool has never been such fun and students have to act fast in order to get each activity complete. This practical investigation comes complete with a presentation to lead students, activity task cards and complete technicians notes. Requiring simple equipment available in every lab it is appropriate for secondary students of all ages. Aside from heat transfer, it also helps students get to grips with the pesky concept of independent, dependent and control variables.

Can your students use, manipulate and apply to different concepts the equations for calculating velocity and acceleration. This worksheet will help you and them decide! It comes complete with a fully comprehensive answer sheet (no marking)! Identify which students are struggling with these basic concepts and intervene before the difficult stuff comes along. It comes complete with pdf and word versions for your editing pleasure.

Y.O.Y.O. lessons - Scientific investigations designed to develop problem solving skills and make independent learners of our spoon fed students. In this one they investigate how the angle an elastic band is fired at affects how far away it lands. Hours of elastic firing fun! Don’t forget those safety glasses! Students must complete the set task without any help whatsoever from their teachers. They have only the worksheet to help them. They can only ask you a question if they use a joker card. (They have three of them - one specific question per Joker). Complete it without using jokers and win rewards. Character building for both staff and students and an excellent lesson to use for formal observations and OFSTED invasions. This is how real scientists are made. The resource comes with a set of joker cards, a worksheet for the lesson and a teacher guide with the YOYO rules as a PowerPoint. Enjoy!

Sort-tastic FUN! A comprehensive card sorting activity that can be tailored for all ability levels! Sort the cards into three groups of properties and uses of alpha, beta and gamma radiation. (or four groups if you include beta plus decay - this is in some of the new GCSE specifications). The cards are printed on A4 sheets, four cards per sheet. Presented as individual files, this means that you can print and laminate only the cards that you want. This is ideal for group work, getting students thinking and discussing high level physics. It is suitable for A level students too.

You’re On Your Own Kids! This time it’s investigating the strength of electromagnets. No more spoon feeding! It’s time our students were made to THINK and solve problems themselves. The human race is dooooomed unless we start developing these skills in the smart gadget generation. Teachers are not allowed to help unless the students use a much valued joker card to help them progress. Suitable for students of all ages and abilities. Worksheets are included with Joker card templates and full YOYO rules and instructions. The age of thinking has begun…

Yet another equation for our GCSE students to learn and master. This presentation introduces the equation and provides examples before putting the little blighters through their paces. All questions come with answers built into the presentation. Physics-tastic. Free video too!

Pesky Space topics! A content packed worksheet covering objects within and beyond our solar system! Galaxies! Nebula! Light years! The big Bang! There is differentiated content here to keep students of all abilities occupied! COMPLETE with ANSWERS! Science Geeks - making engaging worksheets so you don’t have to!

Physics Fun! Get to Santa’s Groto by traveling along a challenging path, strewn with physics based conundrums, questions and even mime tasks! (The mimes are hilarious) Who will get there first? Aimed at students of all ages, it comes complete with ONE HUNDRED challenging questions and tasks that students must overcome to make progress! Educational festive fun at the end of a busy term. I have tried it with my classes and they love it! It comes complete with FULL RULES, easy to produce board games and question cards. Print off multiple editions of the game so that all the class can get involved at no extra cost! You need a dice to play and something to use as counters. They play in teams of two… Enjoy!

BASE UNITS? DERIVED UNITS? Pesky prefixes! It is amazing how much trouble these essential concepts in Physics cause for our fledgling advanced level students. This power point leads them gently through it and tests their knowledge to the limit as the challenges get progressively harder. Great for new students or as a revision resource for older students before their final exams.

We all know what atoms are made of don’t we? But where did our current models come from? Travel through the ages with this comprehensive worksheet from Democritus to Dalton onto the plum pudding model, Rutherford’s alpha scattering experiment and even Bohr’s Model! Easily accessible for students of all abilities it comes complete with an answer sheet and a bonus crossword puzzle to keep the pesky kids busy. The nuclear model is one of the great scientific discoveries ever.

Conservation of energy used to be a fun, easily accessible topic. Not any more! The new model introduced several years ago is fiendishly difficult to implement in everyday lessons and situation! Fret no more! This comprehensive worksheet and free video is packed with questions and challenges. All resources come with in depth answers. This is an ideal resource to deal with this difficult topic.