NEW AQA GCSE (2016) Physics - Electrical Charges & Fields

This lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Physics GCSE, particularly the 'Electricity’ SoW.

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The lesson begins with an introduction to the structure of the atom, students will be asked to identify the sub-atomic particles on a digram of an atom. This then leads into a task whereby students are asked to label a diagram of an atom and complete a fill-in-the-blank task, the answers to this are included in the PowerPoint presentation.

Next, students will complete a ‘memory test’ task where they will be given some information about the charges and relative masses of an electron, proton and neutron. They will be given a short time to remember this information before then having to copy it up from memory, their work can then be self-assessed using answers provided. Students will now complete a mid-lesson progress check to assess their understanding of what they have learned so far this lesson.

The next part of the lesson focuses on static charge, students will firstly watch a video about static electricity, during which they will need to answer a set of questions. Once complete this work can be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.

Next, students will complete a fill-in-the-blank tast to summarise what they have learned so far, this work can also be self-assessed using the answers provided. The PowerPoint moves on to then explain how static charge is a non-contact force and a diagram is shown of an electric field of a charged object, students need to understand how two objects with opposite charges are attracted to each other.

The final task is a past-paper question on the topic of static charge, students can complete this task on the worksheet provided (higher ability students may want to complete this without their notes) and then the task can be self-assessed using the mark scheme.

The plenary task requires pupils to write a Whatsapp message to their friends explaining what they have learned this lesson!!

All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)