A non-practical investigation into vehicle stopping distances. Pupils learn about thinking and braking distances. The first depends on reacting. The second on KE. Graph to plot.

Introduction to the 5 SUVAT equations, how they're derived, examples and questions.

Double-sided activity worksheet to investigate GPE and KE with a pendulum. Requires datalogger and lightgate to measure velocity. For very able pupils, can be completed in an hour. Pendulum is varied in starting height and velocity measured at bottom. Tables on worksheet plus graph to plot.

Combustion / burning Magnesium (Mg) ribbon and weighing to find the empirical formula of Magnesium Oxide (MgO). Includes worksheet at end of PPT to make calculation easier.

Work out Gravitational Potential Energy and Kinetic Energy by designing a rollercoaster. Pupils are taken through calculating GPE, KE and final velocity. For a high ability group.

Classic reaction time testing with 30cm ruler. Sheet is double-sided. One side has a table to convert centimetres to milliseconds. The other side has two tables for each hand and an empty chart to do a bar chart. Pupils are asked to make predictions and write a conclusion. Video is from Youtube of Drag Racer - Hillary Will showing her reaction time.

A simple worksheet to go with ‘Body Story - Teen Dreams’ a 45min docudrama about puberty. I’ve used this successfully with a yr7 low-literacy group. Go over what they’ve written as plenary. Great, if you don’t fancy spending an hour hearing yourself talk about wet dreams and hair. VIDEO LINK:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGVPQF03tfI

Kepler's three laws of planetary motion explained with an overview of ellipses.

Worksheet with table for pupils to convert their mass to what they weigh (in Newtons) on other planets plus a Neutron Star.

This is a cube net to print onto A4 card and cut-out. Requires tracing paper to form screen. May require use of a scalpel or knife to cut-out window for screen and a pin for the pinhole.

The 7 parts of the EM spectrum which could be laminated. Has information about where in the spectrum they appear, frequency range, uses, pictures, energy, danger level.

Cardsort of the three types of radiation Alpha, Beta and Gamma. Pupils sort properties of each under each type.

C1 Air Pollution Revision worksheet in A3. Will keep them busy for an hour.

Investigate how surface area and mass affect the time it takes an objects take to fall. Introduces terminal velocity and air resitance. A double-sided worksheet for high ability students. Requires a piece of A4 paper and card, stopwatch and two metre rules plus graph paper. Will take an hour for very able students to complete. Pupils measure the time a piece of A4 paper/card takes to fall 1.5m. Then folded. Worksheet has tables ready to fill in. They will plot a graph of velocity vs surface area (already worked out).

IB Physics Definitions HL & SL - generic but some might differ slightly from particular textbooks.

Four images of different shaped magnets for pupils to draw field lines on at end of a lesson on magnetism.

It's a pyramid! They make an actual square base pyramid of biomass. Photocopy onto card. Three faces are blank, one face has an example food chain with number of organisms. Will need full explanantion of what biomass is and how it increases up the pyramid, so as not to get confused with pyramid of numbers.

An A4 sheet to laminate and use with activity. Put three holes in side of plastic bottle, fill with water and observe water jetting out of holes. Pupils answer questions to consider pressure at top and bottom.

Lots of keywords from P1 Earth in the Universe.

Newton's 3 Laws of Motion on a cool, handy tetrahedron. Print onto card, cut-out, assemble and keep forever! Three faces are blank for students to add the 3 laws with pictures, examples whatever.