A circus of activities to examine pressure at Key stage 3.

A card sort for the properties of light and sound: Light, sound or both. Complete with colour coded slide of answers. Aimed at KS3.

Lesson 1 in KS3 Energy topic: Energy & Energy Stores. Differentiated Learning Outcomes: All: Recognise some forms of energy. Most: Give examples of energy stores. Some: Analyse household objects & identify types of energy used & stored.

Lesson 2 in the KS3 Energy topic - Formation of fossil fuels. Includes starter activity linking to previous lesson. Also introduces the law of Conservation of Energy Learning Outcomes: All: Recognise that energy cannot be created or destroyed. Most: Give examples of energy transfers. Describe the process of forming fossil fuels Some: Explain the energy transfer in the formation of fossil fuels.

Lesson 3 in the KS3 energy topic - Energy in Fuels. Learning Outcomes: All: State the units of energy. Carry out a practical activity safely. Most: Identify independent and dependent variables. Collect data to work out which fuel is best. Some: Analyse data to make a valid scientific conclusion

Lesson 6 in the KS3 Energy topic - Green Transport. Differentiated Learning Outcomes: All: State what is used to make a biofuel. Most: Describe 3 types of ‘green’ vehicles Some: Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using green vehicles Design a green vehicle.

Complete lesson on pressure for KS3. Learning Outcomes: All – describe how moving gas particles cause pressure when they hit the walls of their container Most – explain the ways in which gas pressure can be increased or decreased Some – explain some of the effects of air pressure

Complete KS3 lesson on Plate Tectonics. Learning Outcomes: All: State that continents aren’t fixed in position. Most: Describe how the continents move. Some: Apply the idea of plate tectonics to explain why volcano’s and earthquakes only occur in certain places.

Complete lesson number 6 in the Heat Transfer topic for KS3: Protective Clothing. Differentiated learning outcomes: All: Explain why protective clothing is needed using scientific reasoning. Most: Understand the important scientific properties of insulation. Some: Understand the important scientific properties of insulation.

Quiz Quiz Trade cards for Heat Transfer. Extremely useful.

Lesson 1 of the KS3 topic Heat Transfer - Hot Stuff. This lesson is focused on the difference between heat and temperature. Practicalprocedure included. Differentiated learning outcomes: All Recall the units for measuring temperature and heat energy. Work out which way heat energy will be transferred between a hot and a cold object. Most Explain the difference between temperature and heat energy. Some List the three things that the amount of heat energy stored in an object depends on.

1st lesson in the Key Stage 3 topic The Solar System and Beyond. Complete lesson. Differentiated learning outcomes: All: Explain what the terms day and year means to an astronomer. Most: Describe how shadows form and how they can be used to tell the time. Some: Explain how the time and date varies on our planet.

Quiz quiz trade cards for light. Designed for KS3 but also useful for KS4 as a quick starter.

Complete notes, including diagrams, for Edexcel GCSE Physics P1, Topic 1: Light and the Solar System. In bullet-point form - excellent revision tool.

Complete notes, including diagrams, for Edexcel GCSE Physics P1, Topic 4: Waves and the Earth. In bullet-point form - excellent revision tool.

Complete notes, including diagrams, for Edexcel GCSE Physics P1, Topic 6: Energy and the Future. In bullet-point form - excellent revision tool.

Complete notes, including diagrams, for Edexcel GCSE Physics P1, Topic 5: Generation and Transmission of Electricity. In bullet-point form - excellent revision tool.

A bundle containing the complete set of 6 revision booklets for Edexcel GCSE Physics - P1. Topic 1: Visible light and the Solar System. Topic 2: The Electromagnetic Spectrum. Topic 3: Waves and the Universe. Topic 4: Wavers and the Earth. Topic 5: Generation and Transmission of Electricity. Topic 6: Energy and the Future. Complete notes, including diagrams in bullet point form. Excellent resources for revision lessons.

The first 3 lessons in the KS3 Energy topic: 1. Energy & Energy Stores, 2. The Formation of Fossil Fuels, 3. Energy in Fuels.

Lessons 4-6 in the KS3 topic of Energy. All lessons with differentiated learning outcomes. 4. Saving Energy 5. Energy From Food. 6. Green Transport.