GCSE Physics: Forces | Full Unit + Required Practicals (AQA)

A no-prep, 6-lesson science unit on **GCSE Physics (AQA 4.5): forces and their interactions; scalar and vector quantities; contact and non-contact forces; free-body diagrams; …plus every other element across the range — the complete coverage list is included inside the resource.

Big question: How do forces control the motion and energy of every object around us?

What’s included

• 6 × Teacher lesson plans (Word) on the 5E spine (Engage · Explore · Explain · Elaborate · Evaluate)
• 6 × Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch — mapped to Foundation Higher)
• 6 × Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, 16:9 widescreen)
• 1 × Full required-practical lab pack (Word) — AQA RP: force and extension — method, fair-test variables, household and lab equipment lists, a real risk assessment, a blank results table, and analysis + conclusion scaffolds
• 1 × Knowledge organiser (Word, A4 landscape)
• 1 × Baseline + end-of-unit assessment with a teacher answer key — plus 6 original exam-style questions with full mark schemes and command words (describe / explain / evaluate / calculate)
• Hand-coded diagrams with clear labels for the unit’s key ideas — never AI-generated
• Original illustrations for every phenomenon hook

Lesson outline

1. Scalars, vectors and free-body diagrams
2. Newton’s laws and F = ma
3. Forces and springs — Hooke’s law (AQA RP)
4. Momentum, Newton’s second law and conservation
5. Work, energy and moments
6. Pressure in fluids and atmospheric pressure