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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.

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Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat
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Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat

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Fully comprehensive and explanatory Powerpoint for Specific heat capacity and specific latent heat. Includes practical activities and worksheets. Written for IB but could also be used for A level and some GCSE/IGCSE syllabuses. Written with humour by a very experienced (26 years!) Physics teacher.
Electromagnetic induction GCSE/IGCSE
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Electromagnetic induction GCSE/IGCSE

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All they need to know for IGCSE/GCSE Physics. The transformers lesson (also available from the same author) follows on nicely from this. This assumes you have a generator/dynamo to demonstrate and you have wire/magnets/multimeters for them to induce their own current.
Evaporation and boiling
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Evaporation and boiling

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Lesson PowerPoint and worksheet on the difference between evaporation and boiling and the factors which affect the rate of evaporation.
The Motor effect
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The Motor effect

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Presentation with everything they need to know about Fleming's left hand rule and the motor effect. Obviously great if you also have model motor sets to build. Can also build loudspeakers that use the motor effect (instructions on notes below slides). Worksheet to practice the left-hand rule.
Resistance and power worksheets
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Resistance and power worksheets

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Three worksheets for the price of one. calculating resistance, adding resistances, and calculating power. Suitable for KS3 or IGCSE/GCSE (or even as a simple reminder for A level). Sheets includes notes and formulae as well as progressively difficult questions with some differentiation.
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!).
Heat transfer worksheets
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Heat transfer worksheets

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Set of 4 straightforward worksheets with notes and questions testing their understanding of conduction, convection and radiation. Best done after the "standard" demonstrations. The "Convection stops!" worksheet is a "What if....?" scenario where students have to think about what would happen if convection didn't happen and fill in a mock newspaper front page. This could be adapted for conduction and radiation too.
Kinetic and gravitational energy presentation and worksheets
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Kinetic and gravitational energy presentation and worksheets

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Suitable for KS3 and KS4. PowerPoint presentation with worksheets on using the formula for GPE and KE. I have a running joke in my lessons about my dislike of dogs - hence the dog falling from the aeroplane! Please feel free to change for a cat/politician/Biology teacher.........
Magnetism and magnets
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Magnetism and magnets

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Everything they need to know for GCSE/IGCSE magnetism. Includes a "draw the sentence exercise. The slides can also be put on a loop and students can mind-map the information.
Apollo 11 Anniversary lesson
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Apollo 11 Anniversary lesson

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Stand alone lesson to celebrate and remember the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Based on an article published in the TES by the same author. Suitable for any years. Includes an activity where students have to use facts they have discovered about the moon to decide what articles to take on a moon rescue mission.
Physics IGCSE revision dominoes.
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Physics IGCSE revision dominoes.

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Cut out dominoes from both sheets. The should fit together to make a rectangle/circle. Should take an average group about 25 minutes to do. Feel free to personalise!!
Satellites and orbital motion
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Satellites and orbital motion

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Originally written for year 9 this could also be used as an introduction higher up the school, including IB and A level. I have a running joke in my class about my hatred of dogs hence the example!!