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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.

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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.
IB Physics COMPLETE
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IB Physics COMPLETE

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EVERYTHING you need to teach IB Physics (Options sold separately) for Standard and Higher level. PowerPoints (world famous!), activities, worksheets the lot. Produced by experienced IB teacher. Save 46 pounds by buying the bundle.
Sound multiple-choice questions
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Sound multiple-choice questions

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To be used as a useful summary after students have looked at the speed of sound in different substance. The multiple-choice format is useful for those of you preparing for these style exams (Cambridge IGCSE). The 'write your own' multiple choice questions at the end are surprisingly difficult to do, and are an excellent link to sentence structure/grammar etc.
reviewing lesson for reflection and refraction
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reviewing lesson for reflection and refraction

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Please give me feedback if you have time. These are PowerPoints and sheets on reflection and refraction. I use in lessons and they may need some adaption to your classes. Most lessons start with a "Do now" that students do as they enter. I shou
"Falling" (terminal velocity etc.)
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"Falling" (terminal velocity etc.)

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Year 9 or GCSE. PowerPoint discusses terminal velocity and falling without air resistance and there is an investigation (with investigation write-up template) at the end. I should mention that there are running jokes about my dislike of dogs (sorry!).
Standard model and Feynman diagrams
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Standard model and Feynman diagrams

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Written for IB Physics this should be easily adaptable for A level (they are now almost the same in terms of content). Structure of matter, standard model and Feynman diagrams. Written by an experienced Physics teacher (26 years) with humour!
Law of Reflection
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Law of Reflection

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A lesson for IGCSE (14-6 year old) Coordinated Science although this will also work at KS3 (11-14 year olds). The slide that says 'Follow Mr Porter' I normally take them outside and show them how to play 'Wall Ball' and hence demonstrate the law of reflection. Please message me if you don't know 'wall ball'. The sheets are exercises in using the law, either drawing rays of light to show light being bounced off mirrors to find treasure on a treasure map or trying to 'zap' a dog (I have a running joke about my hate of dogs in my lessons). Please feel free to substitute something other than a dog!
IB Physics Topic 4: Waves
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IB Physics Topic 4: Waves

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for A level too. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too! Includes a short video by the author explaining the EM spec - great for a "flipped" lesson. 34 files included for this price.
Seasons practical
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Seasons practical

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Students investigate length of day in Summer/Winter. Each group of students need a light source and access to a globe (blow up ones will do). The instructions are quite hard to follow for some kids - perhaps groups could be organised by attainment and the teacher could assist the lower group.
Reactivity series and displacement reaction
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Reactivity series and displacement reaction

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Please give me feedback if you have time. These are Power Points and sheets I use in lessons and will need some adaption to your classes. Most lessons start with a "Do now" that students do as they enter.
"Following instructions" activity
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"Following instructions" activity

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I used this as a competition whilst working at a school in Peru/ Can be used as an introduction to writing a scientific method or just as a fun little competition at the end of term etc. Students have to do exactly what the instructions say using a piece of paper.
Hooke's law
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Hooke's law

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Two comprehensive lessons with practical sheets and presentations. Hooke's law for GCSE/IGCSE with calculation of spring constant and as an extension finding the spring constant for two springs in series and parallel.
Draw the sentence - Lithium and fluorine
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Draw the sentence - Lithium and fluorine

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I use this technique a lot. Students have to convert the 8 sentences into diagrams - hence "Draw the sentence". This is a great assessment exercise and is linked to my TES article at http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6112077 This is an easier one as both have equal but opposite charge - slightly harder examples have also been uploaded.
Car investigation
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Car investigation

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These are PowerPoints and sheets I use in lessons and will need some adaption to your classes. Most lessons start with a "Do now" that students do as they enter. I should mention that there are running jokes about my dislike of dogs (sorry!).
IB Physics Topic 8: Energy production
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IB Physics Topic 8: Energy production

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Great value for money for the amount of work you will save. Written by a very experienced IB Physics teacher. Presentations feature humour too!