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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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Capacitors
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Capacitors

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Presentation, worksheets and practical activities for capacitors A level or IB. Is it in some GCSE courses too?! Includes explanatory video from the author too!
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!!
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!
Testing water
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Testing water

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Practical activity and presentation on testing water and purifying. Use distilled water and a batch of dilute salty water as the two samples for the practical activity. Covers purifying water for consumption too.
IB Physics Topic 4: Waves
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IB Physics Topic 4: Waves

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too! Includes a short video by the author explaining the EM spec - great for a "flipped" lesson. 34 files included for this price.
"Following instructions" activity
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"Following instructions" activity

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I used this as a competition whilst working at a school in Peru/ Can be used as an introduction to writing a scientific method or just as a fun little competition at the end of term etc. Students have to do exactly what the instructions say using a piece of paper.
Draw the sentence - Lithium and fluorine
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Draw the sentence - Lithium and fluorine

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I use this technique a lot. Students have to convert the 8 sentences into diagrams - hence "Draw the sentence". This is a great assessment exercise and is linked to my TES article at http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6112077 This is an easier one as both have equal but opposite charge - slightly harder examples have also been uploaded.
reviewing lesson for reflection and refraction
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reviewing lesson for reflection and refraction

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Please give me feedback if you have time. These are PowerPoints and sheets on reflection and refraction. I use in lessons and they may need some adaption to your classes. Most lessons start with a "Do now" that students do as they enter. I shou
Car investigation
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Car investigation

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These are PowerPoints and sheets I use in lessons and will need some adaption to your classes. Most lessons start with a "Do now" that students do as they enter. I should mention that there are running jokes about my dislike of dogs (sorry!).