Experienced Science teacher and Head of Department specialising predominantly in Physics at GCSE and A-level.
My resources are designed as complete and ready-to-go lessons for any science teacher but are particularly suited to NQTs or those who are not 100% confident at the material yet as explanations and activities are very clearly described and answers provided wherever possible.
At KS4 and KS5, lessons prepare students for their exams by incorporating exam application throughout.
Experienced Science teacher and Head of Department specialising predominantly in Physics at GCSE and A-level.
My resources are designed as complete and ready-to-go lessons for any science teacher but are particularly suited to NQTs or those who are not 100% confident at the material yet as explanations and activities are very clearly described and answers provided wherever possible.
At KS4 and KS5, lessons prepare students for their exams by incorporating exam application throughout.
Lesson 4 and 5 in year 7 forces topic investigating friction. There are two lessons, the first with a practical investigating the effect of changing mass on the amount of force needed to overcome friction and move a block. The second lesson has students draw a graph of their results and complete a write up of their experiment.
There is also a starter worksheet where students decide whether each of the factors on the board either increase or decrease drag forces and a question worksheet to consolidate learning that could be done at the end of the lesson or given as homework.
Students learn how to identify the forces around them as well as categorise them as either contact or non-contact forces. They will also learn how forces always come in pairs (action and reaction) and to label forces on free-body diagrams. There is a worksheet to practise labelling forces differentiated for low, middle and high ability.
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This lesson bundle follows and covers the complete new AQA specification for Combined Science: Trilogy - Physics - Electricity unit. (The new combined science GCSE replaces the old double award core and additonal science units.)
This bundle now contains 14 lessons with their accompanying resources for the Electricity unit from the Physics section of the new AQA GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy.
Each lesson has engaging ‘bell work’ as students settle, clearly defined learning objectives, tasks to promote interest and consolidate learning of the lesson material and plenary slides. Most lessons also contain a practical activity to develop students’ skills and confidence using equipment and to give students the opportunity to discover the circuit rules for themselves before learning the theory, although this can also be flipped to instead test the theory in practice once learnt.
The lessons and resources included are:
L1 - Circuit components, series and parallel circuits;
L2 - Current;
L3 - Charge;
L4 - Potential difference;
L5 - Power;
L6 - Resistance;
L7 - Required practical 15 - Resistance with wire length;
L8 - Ohm’s law;
L9 - Power and resistance;
L10 - Resistors - Thermistors and LDRs;
L11 - Required practical 16 - Resistors in series and parallel;
L12 - The National Grid;
L13 - Types of current - AC DC and the plug;
L14 - The plug and electrical safety in the home
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Lesson 3 in year 7 cells topic looking at the microscope - its discovery and the main functional parts.
Students learn how to use a microscope, why we need them and how to prepare a slide to observe under a microscope. They will also learn how to compare a labelled image of a cell to their own specimen and identify main cell features. Method for practical is included.
Lesson ppt includes diagram for students to label and wordfill on preparing a microscope slide (both ready to print).
In lesson 11 of the electricity unit students complete the required practical investigating the effect on the total resistance of placing two uniform resistors in a series versus parallel arrangement.
The lesson power point contains slides with tasks covering the full investigation from a hypothesis and risk assessment, experimental set up and method, example results if needed, and follow up questions.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
In lesson 8 of the electricity unit students learn about Ohm’s law by discovering the law through experiment. As well as developing their practical skills, there are questions for them to practice using the equations, both on the slides and on a separate worksheet.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
Updated 20/05/18 with additional method.
All my A-level lessons are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification.
Each lesson contains a starter activity to develop problem-solving skills before students progress with new theory and practice. All powerpoints have practice questions with answers at the end. Practical activities feature throughout as this is key to students' understanding and appreciation of the subject.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 13 of the electricity unit students learn about the two types of electrical supply - alternating current (AC) and direct current (DC). Students learn about the different features of each, what each looks like on an oscilloscope trace, what type of devices does each supply, and how (and why) the National Grid operates on AC.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
In lesson 7 of the electricity unit students investigate the relationship between a length of constantan wire and its resistance. The lesson includes pre- and post-experiment tasks and example results are included in the powerpoint in case the experiment doesn’t go as planned! There is also guidance on what a good graph looks like.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
You can view my other resources in my TES author shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/QuasiEntropist/
All my A-level lessons are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new AQA Physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification.
Each lesson contains a starter activity to develop problem-solving skills before students progress with new theory and practice. All powerpoints have practice questions with answers at the end. Practical activities feature throughout as this is key to students' understanding and appreciation of the subject.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 1 of the electricity unit students recap various circuit components, what is required for electric current to flow, and the difference between series and parallel circuits. Students also build basic circuits, developing their confidence and practical skills from the start.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
Lesson 7 in the year 7 forces topic looking at forces in sports.
Students use their learning from the rest of the forces topic to research and present their findings on forces in a sport of their choice.
Students will need access to iPads or computers.
In lesson 4 of the gravitational fields unit students look at the orbits of planets and satellites. The lesson is introduced in part by a couple of videos that challenge their known models of the motion of the solar system.
The lesson goes on to discuss properties of orbits such as radius, orbital speed and orbital period and the derivation of the relationship between orbital period and radius is gone through in detail (this is required knowledge in the specification).
Students then go on to learn about the energy of satellites, escape velocity and how to calculate it, as well as synchronous orbits and geostationary satellites (including their applications).
These A-level lesson power points are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification. Lessons begin with a starter activity to get students thinking and develop problem-solving skills before they progress with new theory and practice. All power points contain practice questions with answers included at the end.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 3 of the gravitational fields unit students are introduced to the concept of gravitational potential and grapple with why values of gravitational potential are negative. The learn to calculate
gravitational potential in a radial field and work done in moving a mass between points of different gravitational potential (including the special case of equipotentials that lays the ground work for next lesson on orbits). They then progress to look at graphical representations of variations of g and V with r and how to calculate these variables from the graphs.
These A-level lesson power points are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification. Lessons begin with a starter activity to get students thinking and develop problem-solving skills before they progress with new theory and practice. All power points contain practice questions with answers included at the end.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 2 of the gravitational fields unit students recap some AS content (g by freefall) and apply a new equation to calculate the gravitational field strength at a certain point for a variety of objects e.g. planets. They discuss the factors which influence gravitational field strength, g, and those which do not. It includes a video demonstrating this through objects of different mass being dropped from an equal height in a vacuum chamber.
These A-level lesson power points are detailed and tailored to guide students (and teachers) through the new physics A-level specification (and are referenced accordingly). Each has outlined at the start a clear progression through the topic and the relevant section from the specification. Lessons begin with a starter activity to get students thinking and develop problem-solving skills before they progress with new theory and practice. All power points contain practice questions with answers included at the end.
The high level of detail in these lessons will particularly suit those who are newer to teaching physics at A-level or whose subject knowledge may be a little rusty.
In lesson 1 of the forces unit students discover the difference between distance and displacement, speed and velocity. They then build on this understanding to determine whether other quantities are scalar or vector and also perform basic vector calculations.
Students also recap the speed distance time equation from KS3, learn to estimate calculations based on typical speeds for a variety of objects,and learn the difference between average and instantaneous speed.
All questions in powerpoint come with answers.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
Suitable for both the AQA GCSE Physics 9-1 and Combined Science: Trilogy courses.
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In lesson 2 of the forces unit students learn how to read a distance time graph and identify the motion in its different sections. They then build on their knowledge of speed calculations in the previous lesson to calculate the speed using the gradient.
Higher tier students will also learn to calculate the instantaneous speed by finding the gradient of the tangent.
All questions in powerpoint come with answers.
All lesson power points have a slide with clearly defined lesson objectives at the start.
Suitable for both the AQA GCSE Physics 9-1 and Combined Science: Trilogy courses.
Please note that the worksheet and answer sheet are freely available elsewhere on TES. The price of this resource is for the lesson powerpoint only. I have attached the worksheet and answers as I have found them a useful accompaniment.
Lesson 4 in the year 7 metals topic looking at displacement reactions of metals. After learning about what a displacement reaction is, students complete a practical and use their observations to determine the order of reactivity of their sample metals. Students also learn about the applications of displacement reactions e.g. sacrificial metals on oil rigs.
In lesson 5 of the Magnetism and Electromagnetism unit (AQA specification 4.7.3.1 to 4.7.3.3), students recap what they learned about the motor effect and the electric motor in lessons 3 and 4 with recall Q and go onto learn about induced potential and the Generator Effect. Ideally this theory should be taught in part through demonstration and diagrams and instructions for these are included.
All lesson powerpoints begin with a question/task to engage students as soon as they enter the classroom, clearly defined learning objectives and opportunity to recall and apply to the exam what they have learned throughout.
There are also teacher notes in the notes sections of the slides where relevant for teachers who may be less confident with the material.
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Lesson 2 in the year 7 metals topic looking at the reactivity series of metals. Students learn about the reactivity of group 1, 2 and transition metals. Students complete a practical observing different metal reactions and determine, based on their observations, the order of reactivity of their sample metals.
