Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint and worksheets cover chapter 11.4: Upthrust and Floatation.
The lesson objectives are:
What is meant by upthrust on an object in a fluid
What causes an upthrust
What the pressure in a fluid depends on
How to explain whether an object in a fluid floats or sinks
This PowerPoint also goes through the whole derivation for Archimedes’ principle, so there is a lot of algebra and simultaneous equations, designed for a triple physics set. The answers at the end of the PowerPoint refer to the summary questions on page 169 in the book. The worksheet also has answers.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 8.5: More about Levers and Gears.
The lesson objectives are:
How levers act as force multipliers
How can you tell if a lever is a force multiplier
What gears do
How gears can give a bigger turning effect
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The questions at the end refer to the summary questions on page 123 of the AQA GCSE physics book.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying circuit symbols (part of the electricity topic). Students are to match up the symbols with the corresponding name, then with the corresponding definition.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 14.5: Using Lenses.
The lesson objectives are:
How to find the position and nature of an image formed by a lens
What type of image is formed by a convex lens and its principal focus
What type of lens is used in a camera and in a magnifying glass
What type of image is formed in a camera and what type in a magnifying glass
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. This may need to run over into two lessons.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint and worksheets cover chapter 5.2: Cables and Plugs.
The lesson objectives are:
What the casing of a mains plug or socket is made of and why
What is in a mains cable
The colour of the live, neutral and earth wires
Why a three-pin plug includes and earth wire
It is suggested that students have a go at rewiring a plug in lesson. The answers at the end of the PowerPoint refer to the exam question worksheet.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying momentum. It contains extension questions to stretch and challenge the higher achieving students. The answers have also been provided.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint and worksheet covers chapter 15.4: The Motor Effect.
The lesson objectives are:
How to change the size and reverse the direction of the force on a current-carrying wire in a magnetic field
How a simple electric motor works
What is meant by the magnetic flux density
How to calculate the force on a current-carrying wire
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end of the PowerPoint refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 221. The worksheet also is aimed at high ability, answers have been provided
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 8.8: The Parallelogram of Forces.
The lesson objectives are:
What the parallelogram of forces is
What the parallelogram of forces is used for
What is needed to draw a scale diagram of the parallelogram of forces
How to use the parallelogram of forces to find the resultant of two forces
As the content is for higher science students, the lesson has been aimed at higher achieving students. The powerpoint goes through both the scale drawing and trigonometry approach of calculating a parallelogram of forces. The answers at the end relate the the summary questions on page 129 of the GCSE physics book.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 16.5: The Beginning and Future of The Universe.
The lesson objectives are:
What the Big Bang theory of the universe is
Why the universe is expanding
What the Cosmic Microwave Background radiation is
What evidence there is that the universe was created in a big bang
As the content is for triple science students, the lesson has been aimed at high ability. The answers at the end refer to the summary questions in the AQA GCSE physics book, page 241.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying momentum. It contains extension questions to stretch and challenge the higher achieving students. There is also a super stretch question to test your students’ ability to comprehend long questions. The answers have also been provided.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying specific latent heat. It contains extension questions to stretch and challenge the higher achieving students. The answers have also been provided.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying efficiency (part of the energy topic). This worksheet has been created with all abilities in mind, and gets progressively more difficult down the worksheet. The answers have been provided.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying magnetism. As this content is for triple science students only, the worksheet has been aimed at high ability students. The answers have also been provided.
Following closely along with the AQA GCSE physics book, this lesson PowerPoint covers chapter 8.9: Resolution of Forces.
The lesson objectives are:
What is meant by the resolution of forces
How to resolve a force
About the forces on an object in equilibrium
How to use a force diagram to work out whether or not an object is in equilibrium
As the content is for higher science students, the lesson has been aimed at higher achieving students. The PowerPoint goes through both the scale drawing and trigonometry approach of resolving a forces. The answers at the end relate the the summary questions on page 131 of the GCSE physics book.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying moments (part of the forces topic). This worksheet has been created with all abilities in mind, and gets progressively more difficult down the worksheet. The answers have been provided.
This worksheet is aimed at GCSE students studying power (part of the electricity topic). This worksheet has been created with all abilities in mind, and gets progressively more difficult down the worksheet. The answers have been provided.
This worksheet is intended to be used for the waves on a string required practical in AQA GCSE physics. Included is the list of equipment, method and a diagram of the setup. This sheet has been designed to improve students' graph drawing and analysing skills.