As CEO and founder of STEM Tutoring UK, I provide the following service to students online and in real life:
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Workbook for each topic
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Core Practical practise
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PGCE with QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
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As CEO and founder of STEM Tutoring UK, I provide the following service to students online and in real life:
Hands-on interactive engaging format
Workbook for each topic
Access to an electronic workbook and answers on OneNote
Core Practical practise
Exam technique practise
My credentials are:
14+ years teaching experience
PGCE with QTS (Qualified Teacher Status)
Examined for Edexcel and AQA GCSE and A Level
Full-time online teaching during covid using Teams and OneNote
A great revision technique to go up a grade in Physics A Level is to memorise all the definitions. These are 1,2 or 3 mark wave definitions which will give your students the edge and it is especially useful for students who depend on their maths skills to solve problems, but it is difficult to derive an A Level standard definition during an exam!
The definitions are for:
frequency
period
wavelength
amplitude
longitudinal wave
transverse wave
coherent
superposition
phase
phase difference
path difference
Huygen’s construction
diffraction
standing wave
node
antinode
refraction
critical angle
total internal reflection
focal point
virtual image
real image
plane polarisation
ultrasound
infrasound
wavefront
intereference
This pdf is easy to make into a set of colourful flash cards, and having them around, as opposed to online, ensures students can use them for a quick starter, plenary or for a break during a long lesson.
The definitions are written to an A Level standard, double checked against mark schemes on past paper exams for the wave topic.
KS3 Physics 4 Electricity Resistance worksheets include defintions, formula practise, practical, topic test questions and scientific skills.
The 4 worksheets are editable .docx files and a pdf, they have teacher’s answers at the back with suggestions about how to support the pupils.
Resistance. This introduces the definition and the formula with practise questions.
Investigating how the resistance of playdough is affected by the dough’s length. This includes a plan with blanks and a circuit diagram to complete. It requires pupils to measure current and voltage, and then calculate the resistance. They draw a graph and form a conclusion and evaluation. There is a reference to a website with info about the practical.
3.Past paper style questions on resistance based on the practical they completed.
There is an optional scientific skills page at the back, introducing random error and systematic error and reproducible.
Answers are included for all worksheets, with hints about common pitfalls.
Other useful worksheets:
KS3 Electricity Current worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979971
KS3 Electricity voltage worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12980749
KS3 Electricity Resistance Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12988786
KS3 Electricity Mindmap Worksheet
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12662308
KS3 Entire Electricity Topic Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-current-electricity-complete-resource-for-current-voltage-resistance-12988815
KS3 Physics 4 Electricity Voltag worksheets include defintions, practicals and extension.
The 4 worksheets are editable .docx files and a pdf, they have teacher’s answers at the back
Voltage (aka Potential Difference). The definition is introduced for voltage. Pupils are helped to draw circuit diagrams for series and parallel circuits. Pupils are introduced to the rule of voltage in series and parallel.
Voltage in a Series and Parallel Circuit. This allows pupils to calculate voltage in different circuits and gain more confidence with reading circuit diagrams.
Voltage in a Series and Parallel Circuit. The outcome is the same as above, but has extension circuits near the bottom, as the circuits are more complicated. This is a tricky KS3 worksheet so good for differentiation.
Analogy of a circuit: This is a favourite activity for pupils. Pupils come up with analogies of a circuit. I’ve given the example of pizza delivery person (charge) driving around roads (wire) and transfers pizzas to house (Voltage across bulbs).
Answers included for all worksheets.
Other useful worksheets:
KS3 Electricity Current worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979971
KS3 Electricity voltage worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12980749
KS3 Electricity Resistance Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12988786
KS3 Electricity Mindmap Worksheet
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12662308
KS3 Entire Electricity Topic Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-current-electricity-complete-resource-for-current-voltage-resistance-12988815
KS3 Physics 5 Electricity Current worksheets include defintions, practicals and extension.
The 5 worksheets are editable .docx files and a pdf, they have teacher’s answers at the back
Conductors and Insulators. This includes a definition, space to practise drawing a circuit diagram to test items to confirm if they are conductors or insulators. A practical can be carried out and pupils complete 2 tables with items and materials, as either conductors or insulators.
Heating Effect of a Current. This includes a definition and the opportunity to make a fuse from nichrome wire to show the heating effect of a current as the wire glows read and melts. This can be a class practical or demo. This introduces the ammeter and pupils measure the current the wire melts at.
Current and Charge. The definition is introduced for current. Pupils are helped to draw circuit diagrams for series and parallel circuits. Pupils are introduced to the rule of current in series and parallel.
Current in a Series and Parallel Circuit. This allows pupils to calculate current in different circuits and gain more confidence with reading circuit diagrams.
Current in a Series and Parallel Circuit. The outcome is the same as above, but has extension circuits near the bottom, as the circuits are more complicated. This is a tricky KS3 worksheet so good for differentiation.
Answers are included for all worksheets.
Other useful worksheets:
KS3 Electricity Current worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979971
KS3 Electricity voltage worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12980749
KS3 Electricity Resistance Worksheets
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12988786
KS3 Electricity Mindmap Worksheet
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12662308
KS3 Entire Electricity Topic Bundle
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-current-electricity-complete-resource-for-current-voltage-resistance-12988815
This resource is the second lesson of eight for the KS3 Forces and Motion topic. It includes: a lesson plan, teaching slides, pupil workbook and answers in the teachers work book. This is the entire lesson resource, the lesson plan details requisitions required for any activities. The eight lessons are:
Introduction to Forces
Types of Forces and Effects
Balanced / Unbalanced Forces
Mass and Weight
Force and Extension (springs and Hooke’s Law)
Friction
Calculating average speed
Speed Circus
There are series for all the Physics KS3 Topics:
Forces and Motion
Energy
Waves
Electricity
Electromagnetism
Matter
Space
This resource is the first lesson of eight for the KS3 Forces and Motion topic. It includes: a lesson plan, teaching slides, pupil workbook and answers in the teachers work book. This is the entire lesson resource, the lesson plan details requisitions required for any activities. The eight lessons are:
Introduction to Forces
Types of Forces and Effects
Balanced / Unbalanced Forces
Mass and Weight
Force and Extension (springs and Hooke’s Law)
Friction
Calculating average speed
Speed Circus
There are series for all the Physics KS3 Topics:
Forces and Motion
Energy
Waves
Electricity
Electromagnetism
Matter
Space