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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.

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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.
Free-body diagrams
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Free-body diagrams

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Written for IB/A level, could also be used lower down the school. Includes worksheet and practical activity. Written by experienced and humorous (?!) Physics teacher.
Projectile motion
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Projectile motion

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Fully explained for horizontal and non-horizontal initial motion. Practical investigation and worksheets. Written for IB or A level by experienced Physics teacher. Humour too! (I don't like dogs!).
Internal resistance
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Internal resistance

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Presentation, worksheet and practical activity for internal resistance A level or IB. Written by very experienced (26 years!) Physics teacher.
Adding resistances practical activity using pencil lines!
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Adding resistances practical activity using pencil lines!

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Students investigate the effect of adding resistances together in parallel using pencil lines on the worksheet. Will need standard multimeters to do this task. Includes PowerPoint, activity sheet and question sheet. Ideal for GCSE or A level/IB. Written by experienced Physics teacher (26 years!!).
Radioactive half-life
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Radioactive half-life

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Half-life for IGCSE based upon the authors recent artcile in "My Best lesson" in the TES. Full instructions and presentation for a top of the range radioactive half-life lesson. Feel free to adapt the Disease (MrPorteritis) that is running rampant in Warsaw (or your own town) to model radioactive decay using spreadsheets.
IGCSE Physics revision PODCASTS
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IGCSE Physics revision PODCASTS

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Revision podcasts for the first four topics in Cambridge IGCSE Physics (P1 Motion, P2 Matter and forces, P3 Energy, work and power, P4 Simple kinetic molecular model of matter). Ideal for this time of year, students can listen on their phones/ipods. BONUS formulae podcast. Students love this novel way to revise.
SCIENCE DISPLAY - Science jokes
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SCIENCE DISPLAY - Science jokes

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Ready made Science display for any lab. 20 Science jokes and their explanations. Print out and stick randomly on board (all jokes have humorous cartoons etc too). Students have to match the joke with the correct explanation. Will cover a large board! (just miss a few jokes out to cover smaller board). Very popular! Probably best for seondary, but why not push those primary kids?
IGCSE Physics REVISION sheet
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IGCSE Physics REVISION sheet

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Mr Porter's amazing "Revise by writing" sheet. Students have to use 47 words to describe various pictures - convection, terminal velocity, latent heat, etc. Once you've seen the idea and used the sheet you can apply this to just about any topic (in Chem and Bio too).
Science investigation - splashes
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Science investigation - splashes

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For any year - dropping water (using a pipette) onto graph paper and investigating the relationship between height dropped from and diameter. Presentation and activity sheet. This could then be extended to the students choosing their own variables etc.
Newton's laws of motion
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Newton's laws of motion

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Step by step, easy to understand and humorous presentation explaining Newton's laws for year 9 and GCSE lower groups. Non-Physics specialist and don't quite understand them yourself? - You will now!
Circuit symbols
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Circuit symbols

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Suitable for all levels, KS2, KS3 or KS4 (let's presume by KS5 they've got it!). Ask the class to name each symbol before revealing the answer. Some funny "symbols" too! Finish by constructing some simple circuits around the class and getting the class to draw them as diagrams in a "circus" style activity.
IB Physics Topic 4: Oscillations and waves
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IB Physics Topic 4: Oscillations and waves

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for AP too. I have a running joke in my class about me not liking dogs - please feel free to edit!