Learning question: How does the national grid deal with changes in demand ?
Retrieval starter.
Annual energy use in the UK
Base load and energy demands
Student activity
Whiteboard activity
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Thinking about half life.
Describing radiation in medicine including tracers, gamma cameras and gamma beam therapy.
Student written activity with questions and answers
Introduction to background radiation and activity where students calculate their annual dose
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Research activity (with criteria) to create presentations on nuclear issues
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: What is the risk associated with different doses of radiation ?
Retrieval starter.
Introduction to radiation dose in Sieverts and background radiation
Radiation dose in context
Exam style question worked example
Calculate your own annual radiation dose.
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: Are all electromagnetic waves the same?
Retrieval starter.
P12 Wave recap
Introduction to EM spectrum
Questions and answers
Whiteboard AFL questions
Learning question: How does the UK generate the energy it needs ?
Retrieval starter.
UK energy needs and fossil fuels.
Whiteboard AFL questions
How do power stations produce electricity.
Fossil fuel debate
Powerpoint with resources and activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: Do all moving objects have the same amount of kinetic energy ?
Retrieval starter questions
Video activity to discuss energy transfers
Kinetic energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint, activities and extension worksheet
Learning question: How much energy is transferred when a change in energy store occurs ?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions
Describing the law of conservation of energy, systems and closed systems with a demonstration.
Student written activity with extension sheet.
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: What are the different forms of energy
Lesson content:
What is energy discussion.
Description of energy stores and energy transfers
Student written activity
Description and examples of energy transfers between different stores
Student circus activity
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: What factors affect the gravitational potential energy of an object ?
Retrieval starter questions
Lesson content:
Discussion of gravity on Earth vs Moon
Gravitational potential energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Student practical (measuring change in GPE)
Plenary whiteboard questions
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: What is inside an atom
Atomic structure discussion including whiteboard activities
Introducing isotopes
Introduction to ions
Questions and answers
Exit pass.
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Discussion of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Describing nuclear fission
Looking at uncontrolled chain reactions in the context of nuclear weapons and how much energy is released
Describing how nuclear power stations work and control fission reactions.
Class discussion of the ethics of nuclear weapons in the modern world
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: How fast is the speed of light ?
Retrieval starter.
Introduction to speed of light
Wave speed equation in the context of EM waves
Practice questions with answers
Radio waves and AC currents.
Whiteboard AFL activity
Powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: What factors affect the elastic potential energy of an object ?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions
Demo activity to discuss energy transfers and factors that effect elastic potential energy stored.
Elastic potential energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: How do we waste energy ?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions.
Discussion of waste and how it relates to energy.
Student written activity.
Useful and wasted energy discussion.
Student Sankey diagram activity.
Plenary whiteboard questions.
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: Explain how an electrical appliance can have a positive impact on society?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions
Demo activity to discuss electrical appliances and energy transfers in appliances
Tasks to accompany computer lesson
Discussion of appliances benefit to society.