a simple toy design - santa science activity with bonus candy cane science extension

a simple powerpoint on mains electricity and safety good for use with lower ability pupils

a step by step instruction for the construction of a practical investigation on insulation a useful practice for coursework

a worksheet i made for pupils to plan an investigation into what companies coffee cups are best, most big coffee companies will donate some of their takeout cups to schools we finished the investigation by writing to the companies with the results of our investigation

a writing frame to allow pupils to plan a parachute investigation

All the planning for the physics section of the new additional science GCSE for Edexcel.

a rollercoaster project where pupils design a rollercoaster and carry out some investigations and use calculations such as work done

a card sort of the size of objects, planet, solar system, universe etc, makes a nice starter

a simple structured speed investigation sheet good for lower ability pupils

A simple lesson really useful for entry level science about the risks of asteroids and near earth collisions. All worksheets included

A simple exploring space lesson - that focusses on space rovers- you can model one (we used a big track) or avoid it - it also includes a diamond 9 activity based on space rovers and a design your own rover activity all resources included in powerpoint

A set of physics objectives for a number of the OCR entry level science modules. These are designed as a pupil assessment sheet to be stuck in at the start of a module and reviewed half way and at the end of a topic. There is also a small self assessment section where they can record there test result and do a what went well and how they can improve.

For this you need some santa's (i used santa babies) then you need 3 long boxes of different lengths and widths these would be the chimneys, pupils could be given elastic bands, string and lego and they have to devise how to get santa down all the chimneys safely. the worksheet is included as well as a north pole university certificate for a reward

A simple lens lesson for the let there be light topic. Includes an eye diagram to label, simple experiments and some how to see colour questions at the end. Differentiation is done with an extension as a purple star.

A set of resources where pupils build a lego sleigh and reindeer and have to strap santa and his presents to it (santa is a christmas jelly baby) i will use paper and some blocks to be presents and offer elastic bands and string for harnesses. All lego instructions are included i bought all the lego at the lego store but it could be done with christmas decorations as easily. They will then harness the reindeer (the harness must pull 1kg) and test their fully loaded sled in a wind tunnel (basically a cardboard box and a hair dryer) to ensure that santa can survive. A north pole U certificate is included for pupils who successfully complete the challenges

a basic lesson on recapping refraction and reflection and discussing total internal reflection and fibre optics, designed for entry level science

A lesson i wrote for higher ability KS3 but can be KS4 about waves and wave speed calculations. Includes all lesson resources and a progress check sheet so can be used in observations as well.

A lesson plan where pupils investigate current in circuits by building circuits with different numbers of bulbs, it starts with recognising symbols and builds to describing resistance. A progress check sheet is included and all lesson resources apart from equipment are included

a lesson I planned based on heat loss and how it can be prevented, based around the theme of keeping coffee warm, it also has a card sort activity on the types of heat loss where pupils can draw a diagram explaining the type of heat loss You could also remove some of the cards and see if they can reproduce the information on them. Then a level 3is and a level 4 ish investigation planning sheet for the pupils to plan a heating investigation with

Inspired by someone else's angry bird physics display i developed the following lesson resources for an angry birds lesson, i used red and green playballs to represent the birds and pigs. And we made blocks using the net attached to the sheet. There is also a design an angry bird competition sheet. It helps pupils develop simple investigation skills.