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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.
Periodic table worksheet
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Periodic table worksheet

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Straightforward question sheet for use in class or as homework to re-cap work covered when studying the periodic table. Useful revision exercise.
Rates of reaction summary sheet
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Rates of reaction summary sheet

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End of topic summary sheet to stick in their books. Useful for examination revision too. Could be used for them to write their own worksheets etc. Contains a 'party' analogy which I have found useful in explaining rates and collision theory.
Organic chemistry GCSE/IGCSE
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Organic chemistry GCSE/IGCSE

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Presentation covers the whole of Orghanic chemistry for GCSE/IGCSE. Fractional distillation, Alkanes, alkenes, cracking, alcohols, addition reactions, polymers etc. Clear slides with humour too!
Bond energies
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Bond energies

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GCSE/IGCSE Chemistry bond energies presentation. Clear and simple explanation with examples.
IB Internal assessment presentation and sheets for students
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IB Internal assessment presentation and sheets for students

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IB Internal assessment presentation and sheets for students explaining what they are assessed on. I do one practice assessment and the Powerpoint refers to that. Slides go over the different criteria as does the student sheet. Student sheet also contains many suggested experiments (this is written for Physics, but most of it applies to Biology and Chemistry too).
Properties of metals
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Properties of metals

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Written for year 9, could also be used for lower groups in KS4. Going through the properties of metals, their uses and reactions with acids in a humorous style.
Chemistry IGCSE REVISION dominoes and bonus definitions sheet
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Chemistry IGCSE REVISION dominoes and bonus definitions sheet

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Print out both sheets - cut into dominoes and off you go! Completed dominoes should form a square/circle. Will take a group of 3 students about 20 - 25 minutes to do this excellent revision exercise. Also included is a sheet of Chemistry definitions to help their revision. Perfect activity for this time of year!
Climate change, global warming and acid rain
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Climate change, global warming and acid rain

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Originally written for a top year 9 group, this is suitable for GCSE too. Causes of acid rain, composition of air, nitrogen oxides, climate change, ozone layer. It's all here presented in a clear and humorous style. Excellent activity at the end too.
Rocks
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Rocks

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I introduce mind-mapping in my first lesson with a class. I build up a mind-map about myself on the smartboard as a way of introduction – all my students now know I hate dogs and banks, support Nottingham Forest, love Physics and listen to Bruckner and RUSH. I then get students to do their own mind-map in the front of their books about themselves – making sure they use colour and illustrations to make them think and make the mind-map more memorable. For this Rocks lesson you can use their mind-mapping skills by putting notes on a PowerPoint set to “loop” and students have to organize the notes into a mind-map. Go to “Set-up slide show” and check the “loop continuously until ‘esc’” box. Then go to “Animations” and click on “Advance slide automatically” and put 10 seconds between each slide. It normally takes about 4 or 5 repetitions of the loop for students to complete their maps. This is especially useful for topics which are content heavy and where students need to remember facts such as Rocks or Radioactivity.