The author has over 20 years’ experience of teaching and has worked in wide range of schools with very diverse student groups. He holds an MSc in “Education and Technology in Science”. This lessons and scheme of work have been successfully trialed and refined in the classroom environment.
The author has over 20 years’ experience of teaching and has worked in wide range of schools with very diverse student groups. He holds an MSc in “Education and Technology in Science”. This lessons and scheme of work have been successfully trialed and refined in the classroom environment.
This resource contains a 21-slide theory lesson and a Kahoot Quiz as a plenary.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 defines Stellar Nebulae as clouds of dust and gas where stars are ‘born’.
Slide number 3 explains how Stellar Nebulae collapse due to gravity to form a protostar.
Slide 4 looks at Main sequence stars and explains how our sun is a main sequence star.
Slide 5 & 6 look at what happens when the core of a main sequence star runs out of hydrogen and then helium to become less bright; forming a red giant.
Slide 7 shows that when a red giant finally collapses then its outer layers shed off and the remains are called a white dwarf.
Slide 8 shows that the outer layers of the red giant that drift off into space become planetary nebulae.
Slide 9 looks at the different life-cycle of massive stars and begins by comparing the relative sizes of some known stars.
Slide 10 and 11 show how massive stars become red super-giants – using Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion as an example.
Slide 12 looks at what happens when Red Super-giant stars start to die.
Slide 13-15 looks at Supernova’s - the death of Red Super-giant stars.
Slide 16 and 17 look at the two possible outcomes post supernova. Giant stars become either a Neutron star or a Black hole (depending on the size of the giant star).
Slide 18 and 19 are much needed summaries of both Star life-cycles.
Slide 20 is the book-work reference with two hyperlinked you tube videos of Stars life cycles.
Slide 21 contains the hyperlink to a Kahoot Quiz based upon this lesson
Slide 22 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 10-slide theory lesson and a “sound wave” revision worksheet.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 is an animated GIF reminder that sound is a longitudinal wave.
Slide 3 is an excellent summary image to show the frequencies of infrasound, sound and ultrasound and the animals that can use each one.
Slide 4 is a revision of basic wave structure and terminology.
Slide 5 is a prompt for the students to use the revision worksheet on sound.
Slide 6 looks at some of the large mammals that can communicate over hundreds of Km using infrasound.
Slide 7 explains the volcanic eruptions also produce infrasound which can be remotely monitored.
Slide 8 is the book-work reference.
Slide 9 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 7-slide theory lesson
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 makes a distinction between alien life forms and intelligent alien life
Slide number 3 explains the concept of the Goldilocks planet where water may be found in a liquid state – a probable prerequisite for life.
Slide 4 looks at the recent discovery of “Trappist 1” solar system with its multiple Goldilocks planets and contains a hyperlink to the NASA press release video on You tube.
Slide 5 looks at our attempts to send robot landers to other planets and looks at the example of a tiny robot Lander called Phoenix to Mars to look for evidence of life.
Slide 6 looks at the SETI program which analyses Radio waves to look for signals from intelligent alien life.
Slide 7 is the book-work reference.
Slide 8 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 13-slide theory lesson.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 is an animated GIF reminder that sound is a longitudinal wave.
Slide 3 is an excellent summary image to show the frequencies of infrasound, sound and ultrasound and the animals that can use each one.
Slide 4 is a revision of basic wave structure and terminology.
Slide 5 looks at how sound waves can reflect to give an echo and explains how most ultrasound applications use this ‘echo’ to create an image.
Slide 6 and 7 explain how ultrasound sonar is used to detect fish\ submarines under the water.
Slide 8 explains how bats use echolocation – ultrasound clicks to detect prey in the dark.
Slide 9 looks at a commercial, possibly unethical use of ultrasound to keep teenagers from congregating.
Slide 10 and 11 explain how ultrasound is used to look at an unborn fetus to detect the gender/abnormalities.
Slide 12 is the book-work reference.
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This resource contains:-
1) A 14 slide theory lesson including a 13 question KAHOOT QUIZ mini plenary.
2) A Keyword Search.
3) An Exam Questions Worksheet
The theory lesson contains an introductory five slides explaining how fossil fuels were formed.
Slide 6 discusses some of the problems associated with their use.
Slide 7 presents an overview of renewable energy types.
Slides 8-11 gives more detail about the more common types of renewable energy sources.
Slide 12 is the book-work reference.
Slide 13 contains the hyperlink to a 13 question KAHOOT quiz on Energy Resources.
Slide 14 is an extension exercise using the Keyword Search or past exam questions.
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This resource contains an 10 slide theory lesson with a 8 question KAHOOT mini plenary.
The theory lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 contains an animated gif that shows how transverse waves carry energy but not matter.
Slide 3 is the classic wave diagram showing the amplitude, wavelength and frequency/time period.
Slide number 4 contains an animated gif that shows how longitudinal (such as sound) waves carry energy but not matter.
Slide 6 introduces the two wave equations
Slide 7 is a prompt to hand out the wave calculation worksheet
Slide 8 is a prompt to use the key-word search of all the science words associated with this topic.
Slide 9 is the book-work reference.
Slide 10 contains the hyperlink to a 8 question KAHOOT quiz on waves.
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This resource contains a 15-slide lesson which is a mixture of theory, practical work and a 2:38 second You Tube video. The practical will take about 45 minutes.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number is a map of the world showing the positions of the volcanoes and the plate boundaries.
Slide 3 is a close up diagram of the pacific plate being subducted below the Australian plate demonstrating how friction forces build and are released as earthquakes.
Slide 4 introduces the practical but to emphasise the importance of earthquake-proof building design, also introduces the 5 worst earthquakes (as measured by the Richter scale).
Slides 5 – 9 are the 5 worst earthquakes recorded (as measured by the Richter scale).
Slide 10 is a photograph of how Earthquake-proof buildings are tested by NASA.
Slide 11 is a photo of 3 different marshmallow/spaghetti building constructions.
Slide 12 gives the rules of the practical/ winning criteria.
Slide 13 is the theory of P waves and S waves which can be correlated with pushing the table forwards and backwards and S waves being a transverse, side-to side motion.
Slide 14 is shows how, like all waves, earthquake waves can be reflected and refracted as they pass through different densities.
Slide 15 is the book-work reference and also contains a You Tube link which was filmed inside a shop during an earthquake in Yokohama, Japan.
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This resource contains a 7-slide theory lesson with a key word search.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 explains what ionising radiation is.
Slide number 3 introduces the 3 types of ionising radiation, alpha beta and gamma.
Slide 4 discusses how ionising radiation can damage DNA and give rise to mutations and possible cancers.
Slide 5 discusses how even UVC and X-rays can also be classed as ionising radiation (but not to the same extent as gamma rays).
Slide 6 is the book-work reference.
Slide 7 is a prompt to give the keyword search out at the end of the lesson.
Slide 8 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 10-slide theory lesson, a data analysis task and a key word search on Stellar Evolution.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2 contains an interactive cartoon flash animation which demonstrates the Doppler Effect brilliantly.
Slide 3 asks students to apply the Doppler Effect to light waves rather than sound waves.
Slides 4 and 5 provide the answer to the previous question by explaining the concept of ‘red shift’ and ‘blue shift’.
Slide 6 summarises the red shift/blue shift with a hyperlinked YouTube video.
Slide 7 is a data analysis question for the students to use Hubble’s red shift data to compare the speed of galaxies with their distance away from us and draw a conclusion.
Slide 8 is the book-work reference.
Slide 9 is a prompt to hand out the keyword search to the students
Slide 10 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 7-slide lesson and includes the classic practical “The solar system in your schoolyard”, a key word search and a card sort which can be used to order the planets of our solar system OR to order the objects in the universe in terms of their relative sizes.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 explains that our sun is one of millions that make up our galaxy – the Milky Way.
Slide number 3 explains that the all the different galaxies make up the universe.
Slide 4 looks at our own solar system and contains a hyperlink to the classic practical “The solar system in your schoolyard”.
Slide 5 also contains a hyperlink to a 2.23 minute you tube video which compares the sizes of known stars.
Slide 6 is the book-work reference.
Slide 7 is a prompt to give the keyword search and\or the card sort activity as a plenary at the end of the lesson.
Slide 8 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 13-slide theory lesson.
Slide number 1 is an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slide number 2, 3 and 4 try to explain something which is really beyond our comprehension.
Slide 5 introduces Edwin Hubble whose work on the expanding Universe fist gave rise to the Big Bang theory.
Slide 6 introduces Sir Fred Hoyle who interpreted Hubble’s work differently to give us an alternative theory – the Steady State Theory.
Slide 7 summarises the competing theories.
Slide 8 and 9 look at the CMB evidence that supports the Big Bang Theory.
Slide 10 summarises the competing theories and the evidence to suggest that the Big Bang is our current preferred theory.
Slide 11 is the book-work reference.
Slide 12 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains a 15-slide theory lesson. It has been written to a highly visual lecture using some stunning images taken by the Hubble telescope.
The lesson contains an introductory slide explaining the lessons learning objectives.
Slides number 2 shows the classic EM absorption graph as a way of introducing the necessity of space telescopes to avoid Earth’s atmospheric distortion.
Slide 3 introduces The Solar Dynamics Observatory which can capture images of the sun’s UV output.
Slide 4 is an example of the Sun’s UV output at a wavelength of 17.1nm.
Slide 5 contains a hyperlink to a 4:36 second video from NASA showing some of the most amazing images/films taken by The Solar Dynamics Observatory over the past 5 years.
Slide 6 and 7 introduce the Hubble telescope.
Slide 8 shows an image of the malformed mirror that was used in the original Hubble telescope.
Slide 9 shows an image of the space shuttle service mission sent to correct the faulty optics of the Hubble telescope.
Slide 10 shows the “before and after” images from the Hubble telescope.
Slides 11-12 show some of the iconic images captured by the Hubble telescope.
Slides 13-14 discuss the implications of the Hubble Deep Field image.
Slide 15 contains the book-work reference.
Slide 16 contains the image credits.
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This resource contains an 5 slide theory lesson and a Keyword-search.
The theory lesson contains an introductory two slides which are designed to form the basis of a discussion about the similarities/differences between food and fuels.
Slide 3 and 4 introduces the idea that energy can be measured and has different units depending upon the context e.g food energy can be measured in calories but fuel energy is measured in Joules.
Slide 5 is a book-work reference.
The Keyword search is based on the language around respiration and is a deliberate link to recap the Year 7 B1.2 "Structure and function of Body systems" topic
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This resource contains an 11 slide theory lesson with a 20 question KAHOOT mini plenary.
The theory lesson contains an introductory three slides explaining that the heat energy we feel from the sun is a type of electromagnetic radiation called infra-red. Infra-red is shown in the context of the EM spectrum - the majority of which is invisible to the human eye.
Slides 5 - 9 show examples of commercial applications of infra-red radiation.
Slide 10 is the book-work reference.
Slide 11 contains the hyperlink to a 20 question KAHOOT quiz on Convection, Conduction and Radiation- to assess what your students have learnt over the past two lessons.
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This resource contains a very basic 7 slide theory lesson.
The theory lesson contains an introductory four slides which discuss the difference between temperature and Heat Energy with particular reference to the different Units.
Slides 5 and 6 are a quick test to see if the students have grasped the concept.
Slide 7 is a book-work reference.
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This resource contains a very basic 4 slide theory lesson.
The theory lesson contains an introductory two slides which are designed to form the basis of a discussion about the law of Conservation of Energy because energy only ever changes from one form to another
Slide 4 is a book-work reference.
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This resource contains an 8 slide theory lesson and a Keyword-search.
The theory lesson contains an introductory four slides giving examples of Convection in air currents, central heating radiators and ovens.
Slide 5 gives an example of Convection in water - boiling.
All the convection slides are under the sub-heading "heat energy piggybacks on particles" to help reinforce the concept of convection regardless of the liquid or gaseous medium.
Slide 6 gives an example of conduction and makes the link with metals (as good conductors of thermal energy).
The conduction slide has the sub-heading "heat energy is contagious" to help reinforce the concept of thermal energy moving through a solid.
Slide 7 is an excellent visual summary of heat transfers.
Slide 8 is a book-work reference.
Slide 9 is a reminder/extension to the supporting Keyword search (based on the language around this topic).
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