A-Level Physics Transition - Disciplinary Literacy Activity for New Year 12 Students

AQA A-Level Physics Transition | Beta Decay and Positrons Disciplinary Literacy Task | Reading Comprehension with Questions and Answers

Build your students ability to read complex, scientific texts ready for the jump to A-Level Physics with this Disciplinary Literacy Transition Activity. Bridging GCSE knowledge of beta decay to A-Level Particles and Radiation content, this ready-to-use induction task features an adapted passage telling the story of the observations leading to the discovery of the neutrino, positron, and beta-plus decay. A glossary and 12 questions are included to develop your student’s tier-3 vocabulary and the literacy skills required in AS-Level and beyond.

Suitable for incoming Year 12 students or for use within the AQA Particles and Radiation unit (3.2.1 Particles) in A-Level and AS Physics.

What’s Included:

• 700 word passage of reading age 16-17, featuring tier 3 vocabulary and a prior knowledge summary box
• 7 word glossary and 12 comprehension and deeper reading questions which target development of scientific literacy and reading skills as well as early A-Level knowledge.
• Full answers for self and peer-assessment
• Editable and ready-to-print version (.doc and .pdf)
  
  Designed to help you to:
• Save time with a ready to distribute, self-contained task with full solutions, ready to set as transition summer work, September induction activities, or to use within a Particles Units
• Bridge between GCSE and A-Level with a resource which consolidates and activates student’s prior knowledge before expanding and deepening it to KS5 level
• Encourage independence in your new intake of year 12 students
• Develop literacy and vocabulary skills, often neglected, but necessary for students to access A-Level Physics exam questions
• Build scientific literacy through the real context of how unexplained observations led to the development of knew hypotheses and experiments in particle physics.
• Intrigue your future students with a small glimpse of the content that they will learn about in A-Level Physics while also giving it a clear context, linking to their GCSE knowledge.
  
  Similar resources:
• A-Level Physics Transition - Maths Skills
• A-Level Physics Transition - Prior Knowledge Quiz Pack
• A-Level Physics Transition - Calculation Practice