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Forces - What is a Force? KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable introduction to forces.
What’s Covered
Force is a pull or a push with examples.
Arrows indicate the direction of force.
Contact and non-contact forces explained and examples
Forces can change an objects speed, direction or shape
The Newton and newtonmeter.
Real-life examples of forces.
Practical
The first simple practical gives pupils experience in reading scales as they find the weight of their pencil case and other items provided by the teacher. (selection of different objects and different size newtonmeters needed)
The second practical introduces an element of fun and competition by using a bathroom scales calibrated in Newtons (an ordinary bathroom scales can be used but multiply the reading in kilograms by 10) to find the person with the strongest grip in the class (photograph of how to do this shown on the PowerPoint)
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (x3)
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains fifteen resources so that the teacher can use them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Mixtures-Pure Substances, Solutions, Dissolving and Solubility KS3
This fully resourced lesson on mixtures for middle school includes an animated PowerPoint which:
explains why elements and compounds are pure substance and mixtures are not;
explains the terms solute, solvent, solution, soluble and insoluble;
uses particle theory to explain why stirring, temperature and particle size affect the rate of dissolving;
provides the opportunity to plan an investigation into the effect of temperature on the rate of dissolving;
uses particle theory to explain dissolving, suspensions and saturated saturated solutions;
demonstrates extracting information from solubility curves;
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz and all answers to classwork and homework)
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (students use to make their own notes)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (x3)
Fact sheet
Homework (x3) plus answers
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains 18 printable resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
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Magnetism - Magnets and Electromagnets Save the School Nurse Escape Room - KS3
Finish and reinforce a module of work on magnets or revisit it prior to exams with this innovative, enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson.
Prior Knowledge Required
Magnetic materials can be made into magnets.
Iron, cobalt and nickel and their alloys are magnetic materials.
Unlike poles attract and like pole repel.
There is an invisible magnetic field around a magnet made up of field lines.
Draw the field lines around a bar magnet.
The closer together the field lines the stronger the magnetic field.
Draw the field lines around two bar magnets with like and unlike poles facing.
There are more field lines around the poles where the magnetic field is strongest.
The magnetic field strength gets less as distance from the magnet increases.
Field lines point away from the south pole and towards the north pole of a magnet.
When a magnetic material is made into a magnet, the randomly facing domains all line up to point in the same direction.
The Earth acts as though there as a south-type pole at magnetic north and a north-type pole at magnetic south.
Explain how an electric bell, a circuit breaker and a relay work
Pupils have to work their way through the clues to find the code to a combination lock on the school exam paper store in which the school nurse has been accidentally locked.
The pack contains:
PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
crossword;
word search;
dominoes activity;
worksheet;
code breaker sheet;
answer keys;
lesson plan.
If time is limited just the crossword, word search and domino can be used. The worksheet is the most challenging clue to solve and this can be omitted completely for less able classes.
Both 3 and 4 number combination locks can be purchased very cheaply online or the teacher can pretend to phone the school office for the staff to attempt to release the nurse.
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Current Electricity KS3 - 39 Worksheets/Homeworks
39 original, differentiated and challenging homework/worksheets covering current electricity at KS3 in its entirety. The topics included are:
Current, Voltage and Resistance
Conductors and Insulators
Circuits and Symbols
Lamps in Series and Parallel
Current in Series and Parallel
Voltage in Series and Parallel
Does the Number of Batteries Affect Current? Why.
Does the Number of Batteries Affect Voltage? Why.
Does Resistance Affect Current? Why?
Switches in series and parallel
Ohms Law
Each topic comes with a detailed answer/mark scheme PowerPoint to make self-assessment and peer assessment easier.
Also Available
Fully resourced lessons on each of the above topics are available. In addition to the worksheets/homeworks and mark schemes shown here, each topic comes with an animated PowerPoint and at least nine other resources. Resources place an emphasis on literacy, oracy and assessment for learning. The format of each PowerPoint is to explain the concept, guide the pupil through planning/conducting the practical and conclude. Each animated PowerPoint includes an exit ticket class quiz for instant feedback to the teacher on learning.
The module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
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Distance Learning or Remote Learning Quiz KS3
A fantastic end-of-year or back to school activity but really the ideal any-time vehicle to promote community and communication between teachers and students and which also introduces that important element of healthy competition - so often missing in distance learning. The competition can be run for individual classes or across several classes and offering a prize and running a “coming to your computer soon” campaign for a few days before fires interest and enthusiasm.
How it Works
The design of this fully - animated quiz is unique and is specifically tailored to quizzing at a distance.
Students complete the quiz which automatically records the score and the time taken.
They then take a screenshot or photograph of their final score or time and email it to their teacher.
The winner is the student with the highest score and in the event of a tie, the student with the lowest time wins.
The time penalties for each question mean that those pupils who have cheated and looked up the answers online are unlikely to win.
On selecting a wrong answer, the student is immediately provided with the correct answer.
Question Content
All questions are pictorial and multiple choice. A wide-range of topical and historical general knowledge is included. As well as asking a question, most slides also provide some interesting snippets about the topic so pupils are expanding their general knowledge as well as enjoying the activity. Topics include:
geography
history
sport
nature
current affairs
science
music
astrology
astronomy
flags of the world
famous people
famous landmarks
Types of Question
Straight forward select the correct answer.
Unscramble the picture to identify the object.
Memory test – answer questions on the order and detail of objects which have passed on a conveyor belt.
Memory test – Give the coordinates of fish before and after they swim around a pond.
Identify the slowly - revealed animal or famous location.
Identify the well – known phrase or saying from animated clues.
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Current Electricity-Circuits and Symbols KS3
This action-packed lesson on the relationship between resistance and current, is fully resourced and differentiated with 12 activities including starter, plenary, exit ticket quiz plus homeworks and 9 learning outcomes.
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and a practical.
This pack contains material for two hours lesson time in total to enable the teacher to select and totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Objective
To know the symbols for a switch, a resistor, a lamp, a voltmeter, a battery and an ammeter.
To be able to recognise series and parallel circuits.
To be able to draw simple and complex series and parallel circuits from sketches and descriptions.
Resources
Animated 17 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
2 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Current, Voltage and Resistance - What Are They?
Conductors and Insulators
Circuits and Symbols
Intro to Current Electricity
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Bundle
Air Resistance and Friction Explained KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable explanation of the causes and effects of air resistance and friction with animated PowerPoints which:
demonstrate air resistance as resulting from collisions between the front of an object and air particles;
demonstrate how friction is caused by collisions between “bumps” in sliding surfaces and slows them down and produces heat;
demonstrate why streamlined bodies reduce air resistance to travel faster;
provide a visual explanation of the relationship between acceleration due to gravity, sir resistance, steady speed and why parachutes work.
The three practicals investigate:
the relationship between the force needed to move a shoe over different types of surface.
the relationship between surface area of a parachute and air resistance
do streamlined objects travel faster in water?
What’s Covered
Friction is a force which opposes motion and is measured in newtons (N).
Friction increases with the roughness of the surface.
Friction is caused by collisions between “bumps”, sometimes microscopic, as surfaces slide over each other.
Collisions slow things down and produce heat.
How lubricants reduce friction
Air resistance results from collisions between the front of an object and air particles.
Steady speed.
Air resistance wastes energy and slows moving objects
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz (x2)
Answer PowerPoints to make self and peer assessment easy
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers) (x2)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (x2)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes) (x2)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoints (x2)
Fact sheet (x2)
Homework plus answers (x6)
Fact share worksheet (x2)
24 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist (x2)
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains thirty-one resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
Other fully resourced forces lessons for KS3
Weight and Mass
What is a Force
What is Friction
Air Resistance
Balanced and Unbalanced Forced
Forces Understanding Diagnostic
Forces Module
Games to reinforce learning
Friction and Air Resistance Dominoes KS3
Force, Weight and Mass Dominoes KS3
Force, Weight and Mass Find the Pair KS3
Friction and Air Resistance Find the Pair KS3
Forces - 48 Question Board Game KS3
Forces Smart Board Bingo KS3
Forces Escape Room - Save the Caretaker
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Current Electricity 1 KS3
Three action-packed, engaging and differentiated lessons - Current, Voltage and Resistance-What are They?, Conductors and Insulators-What Causes Resistance?, Circuits and Symbols and a bonus 42 Question Card Sort Team Game to be played and enjoyed at the end of the three topics to consolidate learning.
About this Bundle
This bundle contains material for 6 hours teaching with 33 learning outcomes over 43 engaging, challenging and differentiated resources to enable the teacher to select and totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
Three one-page flow chart suggested lesson plans are included showing the logical choices between activities
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and practicals.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan for each of the three topics indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Resources
3 Animated PowerPoints- each includes an exit ticket /plenary quiz
3 Cut and stick
3 Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
3 Flip Its
3 sets of Taboo Cards
3 Worksheets for practicals
3 Fact sheets
3 Foldable 3
3 Fact Share Worksheets
13 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
3 PowerPoints with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork
Flow chart lesson plan
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
This pack part of an **11 **topic module, available individually or in money-saving bundles. Please follow the link below to my shop or the links to other resources in this series.
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Links to other resources in this series.
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity - Conductors and Insulators KS3
This fully resourced and differentiated lesson explains conductors and insulators in terms of high and low resistance as caused by collisions between electrons and metal ions. It then takes students through designing a circuit to teas a range of materials and a results table.
Objective
To know that conductors conduct electricity and non-metals do not.
To know that metals are conductors and non-metals are insulators.
To be able to design a test circuit and results table.
To explain why some materials are conductors.
.
Resources
Animated 11 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
4 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint - answers/mark scheme.
With 13 original, enjoyable and engaging pupil resources and two PowerPoints, this pack is designed to be totally bespoked by the teacher to perfectly match pupil ability, time allowed for the topic and departmental focus. Depending on the resources chosen teaching time can take between 50 minutes and 2 hours. Resources not used in the lesson can be utilized for homework and pre-exam revision/review.
There are 9 differentiated learning outcomes – please see preview.
A one-page flow-chart suggested lesson plan is included showing the logical places where choices between resources can be made. Instructions for use are clearly stated on each resource.
Resources include elements of literacy, oracy, self-assessment, peer assessment and teacher assessment which are clearly identified on the flow-chart.
The animated PowerPoint is the backbone of the lesson. The other is the answer/mark scheme for all assessment material so that self-assessment and peer assessment is extremely easy. Facility is also made for pupils to reflect on their performance.
This pack is suitable for schools using interactive notebooks.
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Links to other resources in this series.
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity - Games Compendium
Forces Revision Lesson for KS3
This is a diagnostic tool to check understanding of a forces module of work which includes:
definition, units and measurement of forces;
mass and weight;
friction;
air resistance;
balanced and unbalanced forces.
It can be used after the module has been taught or as a review lesson prior to testing.
This lesson is an extremely useful tool to check for understanding which can be used as a final lesson for a module of work on forces or as a revision lesson.
What is Included
54 Question PowerPoint
Answers PowerPoint
Student answer sheet
Fact Sheet
Suggested Lesson Plan
Students have some time to review the fact sheet either independently or with teacher.
Students use the answer sheet to write down the answers to the questions on the Question PowerPoint
Students check their answers against the answer PowerPoint
On the fact sheets, students circle the numbers of the questions they got wrong on the answer sheet. This gives them a review list of facts to take away with them.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Current Electricity-Current, Voltage and Resistance-What are They? KS3
This action-packed lesson introduces current as a flow of electrons and explains the relationship between current, voltage and resistance using the analogy of a diver using up energy obtained from food and giving off heat as they swim through pipes filled either with water (low resistance) or water and rocks (high resistance). The food as a source of energy is then replaced by the battery, the diver by the electron and the rocks by metal ions. Both scenarios are animated in the PowerPoint. This explanation is then extended to compare the resistance of long, short, thick and thin wires. The practical explores the conditions needed for current to flow in a circuit.
Objective
To know that current is a flow of electrons through a conductor when they are given energy or pushed by a voltage from the battery.
To know and explain how metal ions cause resistance.
To know and explain the comparative resistance of wires according to length and thickness.
To explain why electrons lose more heat passing through a high resistance conductor.
To know the conditions needed for current to flow in a circuit.
Resources
Animated 17 slide PowerPoint with exit ticket quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
4 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
One-page Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /mark scheme
With 14 original, enjoyable and engaging pupil resources and two PowerPoints, this pack is designed to be totally bespoked by the teacher to perfectly match pupil ability, time allowed for the topic and departmental focus. Depending on the resources chosen teaching time can take between 50 minutes and two hours. Resources not used in the lesson can be utilized for homework and pre-exam revision/review.
There are 14 differentiated learning outcomes – please see preview.
A clear and concise one-page flow-chart lesson suggested lesson plan is included showing the logical places where choices between resources can be made. Instructions for use are clearly explained on each resource.
Resources include elements of literacy, oracy, self-assessment, peer assessment and teacher assessment which are clearly identified on the flow-chart.
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Current Electricity - The Whole Module
Current Electricity - Dominoes
Current Electricity - Games Compendium
Forces - Air Resistance KS3
This fully resourced lesson included an animated PowerPoint which:
makes understanding air resistance as collisions between the front of an object and air particles very easy to understand;
demonstrates why streamlined bodies reduce air resistance to travel faster;
provides a visual explanation of the relationship between acceleration due to gravity, sir resistance, steady speed and why parachutes work.
Understanding is reinforce by two simple but exciting practicals investigating :
The relationship between surface area of a parachute and air resistance
Do streamlined objects travel faster in water?
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Answers PowerPoint
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint (X3)
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (x3)
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains 16 resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Forces Escape Room - Save the Caretaker KS3
Finish and reinforce a forces module or revisit it prior to exams with this innovative, enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson which includes:
Forces – definition, units, measurement
Weight and mass
Friction
Air resistance
Balanced and unbalanced forces
Pupils have to work their way through the clues to find the code to a combination lock on the school tool shed in which the school caretaker has been accidentally locked.
The pack contains:
PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
crossword;
word search;
dominoes activity;
worksheet;
code breaker sheet;
answer keys;
lesson plan.
If time is limited just the crossword, word search and domino can be used. The worksheet is the most challenging clue to solve and this can be omitted completely for less able classes.
Both 3 and 4 number combination locks can be purchased very cheaply online or the teacher can pretend to phone the school office for the secretary to try the combination to free the caretaker.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Forces - Weight and Mass KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable explanation of the relationship between mass and weight.
What’s Covered
All objects attract each other and that the attraction force depends on the size of the object.
The attraction force of planets is called gravity which acts towards the centre.
Gravity hold Earth’s atmosphere in place.
Mass is the amount of material in a body, is measured in kilograms (Kg) and is independant of position.
Weight is the effect of gravity pulling on a mass.
Units for gravitational field strength are N/Kg.
Applying W = m x g to calculate weight of a body on Earth, the Moon and Jupiter.
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (x3)
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains fifteen resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Current, Voltage and Resistance Explained Distance or Home Learning Pack for KS3
An action-packed and enjoyable distance learning or home learning introduction to current as a flow of electrons. It explains the relationship between current, voltage and resistance using the analogy of a diver using energy obtained from food and giving off heat as they swim through pipes filled either with water (low resistance) or water and rocks (high resistance). Food as a source of energy is replaced by a battery, diver by the electron and rocks by metal ions. Both scenarios are animated in the PowerPoint. This explanation is then extended to compare the resistance of long, short, thick and thin wires. The simulated practical explores conditions needed for current to flow in a circuit.
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress. There is also a short digital test which can be returned to the teacher.
Objective
To know and explain:
that current is a flow of electrons through a conductor when they are given energy or pushed by a voltage from the battery.
how metal ions cause resistance.
the comparative resistance of wires according to length and thickness.
why electrons lose more heat passing through a high resistance conductor.
conditions needed for current to flow in a circuit.
Resources
An animated PowerPoint guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Two worksheets, two cut-out activities and a word search (answers in the PowerPoint).
Foldable and cut-out activity for students to record and organise learning.
Checklist - students assess their progress.
Short digital test which can be returned to the teacher.
For students without home internet /computer a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
Ways to Use this Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Families not wishing to collect worksheets or in isolation can print worksheets at home.
School provides a hard copy of the condensed PowerPoint and worksheets.
More distance learning resources available from :
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Circuits and Symbols Distance Learning or Home Learning Pack for KS3
This action -packed distance or home learning package introduces electrical symbols and teaches the student how to draw simple and more complicated circuit diagrams from sketches of circuits with actual apparatus. Series and parallel circuits are also introduced.
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
The simulated practical takes the student through planning, designing a table and drawing conclusions from a given set of typical results.
Objective
To be able to recognise and draw the symbols for a battery, lamp, voltmeter, ammeter, switch, resistor and motor.
To be able to draw simple and more complex circuit diagrams from sketches of circuits with actual apparatus.
To be able to recognise and draw series and parallel circuits.
Resources
An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Four worksheets, a cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint.
A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning.
A checklist for students to use to assess their progress.
A short digital test which can be returned to the teacher.
For those students without internet or a computer at home, a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
Ways to Use this Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home.
Provide students with a hard copy of the condensed PowerPoint and worksheets
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Current Electricity - Ohms Law KS3
This action-packed lesson on Ohms Law is fully resourced and differentiated with 11 activities and 9 learning outcomes
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment and feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz
This pack contains material for two hours lesson time in total to enable the teacher to select resources in order to totally bespoke the lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Objective
• To know that metal ions cause resistance.
• To be able to explain why some materials have a high resistance and others a low resistance.
• To understand why resistance reduces current.
• To understand that collisions between metal ions and electrons releases energy.
• To understand that appliances are made using materials with different resistances to produce different effects.
• To use Ohms Law to find resistance.
Resources
Animated 14 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Current, Voltage and Resistance - What Are They?
Conductors and Insulators
Circuits and Symbols
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Current Electricity Christmas Enquiry KS3
Electricity Christmas Enquiry
This is a fully differentiated and resourced enquiry/investigation into how to brightly light a model nativity scene for the hall .
Suitable for UK levels 3 to 5.
The fully animated PowerPoint systematically takes the pupils through the stages of planning, developing and reflecting.
Enough material for 2 to 3, one hour lessons, depending on ability.
Sections of the PowerPoint are easily selected or skipped.
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Challenging questions for more able pupils but clicking to the next slide provides support for those who need it.
Equipment per group- two batteries or a powerpack, two lamps in holder, connectingwires.
Groups of 3 to 4 pupils ideal.
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This lesson is part of a 14 - lesson module which meets the requirements of the NC for current electricity in totality.
Individual lessons £4. Bundle of 12 fully resourced lessons is £20 and bundle of 12 PowerPoints only is £14.
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Current, Voltage and Resistance Fully Resourced lesson Free Download
**Conductors and Insulators – Fully Resourced Lesson
Circuits and Symbols – Fully Resourced Lesson
Lamps in Series and Parallel – Fully Resourced Lesson
Current Electricity KS3 Fully Resourced Module
PowerPoints Only for whole Module**
Current Electricity - Voltage in Series and Parallel Circuits KS3
This action-packed lesson on voltage in series and parallel circuits is fully resourced and differentiated with 13 resourced activities and 12 learning outcomes.
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and a practical.
This pack contains material for up to two hours lesson time to enable the teacher select material to bespoke the lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Objective
To know the units for and how to measure voltage.
To know that the voltage across all the components in a series circuit adds up to the voltage across the battery.
To know that the voltage across any component in a parallel circuit is the same as the voltage across the battery.
Resources
Animated 11 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Links to other resources in this series.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Forces - Hooke's Law KS3
This fully resourced lesson includes an animated PowerPoint which:
demonstrates a material changing its shape when acted on buy a force – deformation;
demonstrates stretching and compression;
demonstrates an elastic material regaining its shape after deformation;
demonstrates an elastic material failing to regain its shape after the elastic material is exceeded;
guides students through planning an investigation of Hooke’s Law;
demonstrates that, for elastic materials within their elastic limit a graph of extension against force is a straight line and confirms Hooke’s Law.
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Answers PowerPoint for easy self and peer assessment
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework plus answers (2)
Fact share worksheet
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains 13 resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
Lots more resources for forces at my shop?
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