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.
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.
Three worksheets for the price of one. calculating resistance, adding resistances, and calculating power. Suitable for KS3 or IGCSE/GCSE (or even as a simple reminder for A level). Sheets includes notes and formulae as well as progressively difficult questions with some differentiation.
All lesson PowerPoints and activities for year 9 (and indeed GCSE) electricity.
Student confusion over words like “charge”, “current” and even “electricity” (whatever that is) is common. Why not simply talk about the movement of electrons – even lower down the school in year 7? It is much easier for students to visualize a flow of particles carrying energy than it is to comprehend vague expressions like “flow of charge” or to understand current as a flow of water etc.
Make lots of small pieces of paper (about 1 cm x 5 cm). Arrange the students around the room in a large circle with you at one side (with the paper) and a lit Bunsen on the other (with plenty of mats surrounding it!). The students walk slowly round the room, collecting a piece of paper from you, setting light to the paper at the Bunsen (and placing on the mats) and returning to get more. Ask them in groups to try to identify the elements in the circuit (perhaps by sketching). You are the cell (use correct terminology here), they are electrons, the Bunsen is a lamp and the paper is energy.
Everything they need to know for GCSE/IGCSE magnetism. Includes a "draw the sentence exercise. The slides can also be put on a loop and students can mind-map the information.
For any year - dropping water (using a pipette) onto graph paper and investigating the relationship between height dropped from and diameter. Presentation and activity sheet. This could then be extended to the students choosing their own variables etc.
EVERYTHING you need to teach IB Physics Topic 1 Measurements and Uncertainties. Presentations, activities, worksheets, tests. Written by a very experienced IB teacher and examiner
Everything you need to teach IB Physics Topic 2 Mechanics. Presentations, practicals, worksheets, tests. Written by a very experienced IB teacher and examiner.
EVERYTHING you need to teach IB Physics Topic 3 Thermal Physics. Presentations, practicals, worksheets. Written by a very experienced IB teacher and examiner
Stand alone lesson to celebrate and remember the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 Moon landing. Based on an article published in the TES by the same author. Suitable for any years. Includes an activity where students have to use facts they have discovered about the moon to decide what articles to take on a moon rescue mission.
