A lesson on food and fuels and looking at energy requirements, and energy in foods in joules/kilojoules The lesson contains: A settler task An engaging question and practical suggestion An opportunity to look at food labels and energy Learning checks using a variety of methods, e.g. true false, numbered opinions, fitb An extended activity using a worksheet An exam question plenary

Here is a slide for the beginning of every AQA GCSE Physics paper 1 lesson with a retrieval practice question. The questions on the right hand side are the most recent, the left hand side is randomly selected from the syllabus studied so far. The first couple of slides ask questions from the KS3 activate spec. You can click on the question the student is answering to reveal the answer underneath.

Full lesson for KS3 on light and colours. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment. Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Learning check Task and follow up activity Explanation of colours seen in a picture Keywords on every slide Exam practice Peer assessment opportunity Worksheets all included All answers provided to each question

Full lesson for KS3 on vision, the eye and light. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment. Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Explanation of main structures in the eye Diagrams and explanation of long vs short sightedness Literacy task that can be done as a listening activity Learning checks Keywords on every slide Exam practice Peer assessment opportunity Worksheets all included All answers provided to each question

Full lesson for KS3 on refraction and light. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment. Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q.s on sound to practice recall Engage - to get students hooked Explanation of how to use equipment to create a ray diagram to show refraction and the effects of lenses Learning checks Keywords on every slide Exam practice Peer assessment opportunity Worksheets all included All answers provided to each question Application plenary concept

Full lesson for KS3 on reflection and light. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment. Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Explanation of how to use equipment to create a ray diagram to show reflection Learning checks Keywords on every slide Exam practice Peer assessment opportunity Worksheets all included All answers provided to each question

Full lesson introducing KS3 students to light, ray diagrams and phases of the moon. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment. Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Explanation of ray diagrams Learning checks Keyword match up Exam practice Extended independent task Peer assessment opportunity Worksheets all included Keywords on every slide

Full lesson introducing KS3 students to the ear and hearing. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment. Recommended practical (that can be done from home) making an ear from a plastic cup! Google it! Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Exam practice Learning Check Peer assessment opportunity Plenary Worksheets all included Keywords on every slide

Full lesson introducing KS3 students to frequency and pitch. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment (see notes on practical oscilloscope slide). Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Practical task - equipment free alternative given in ‘notes’ section Review Exam practice Learning Check Peer assessment opportunity Plenary Worksheets all included Keywords on every slide

Full lesson introducing KS3 students to amplitude. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment (see notes on practical oscilloscope slide). Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Practical task - equipment free alternative given in ‘notes’ section Review Exam practice Learning Check Peer assessment opportunity Plenary Worksheets all included Keywords on every slide

Full lesson introducing KS3 students to waves, relating it to sound and giving a practical application. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment (see notes on practical slide) Full lesson breakdown: Title slide with date and settler q. Engage - to get students hooked Practical task - equipment free alternative given in ‘notes’ section Review Exam practice Literacy task Learning Check Peer assessment opportunity Plenary Worksheets all included Keywords on every slide

A set of 5 potential lessons using Vitamin C tablets to launch film canister rockets. Excellent experiment, fully differentiated planning sheets to accompany it, and a mark scheme for the method. Really useful for planning all parts of an investigation for key stage 3 students. Could easily be used to practice skills with older year groups too.