An expanding range of resources covering the new KS4 GCSE syllabus, specifically geared towards AQA but which can easily be tweaked for other boards.
Over the course of the next few months, the topics covered will expand over the whole GCSE syllabus.
An expanding range of resources covering the new KS4 GCSE syllabus, specifically geared towards AQA but which can easily be tweaked for other boards.
Over the course of the next few months, the topics covered will expand over the whole GCSE syllabus.
A fully resourced lesson series designed for the new AQA GCSE Trilogy specification, from an experienced author.
Each lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers (individually and formatted together as a booklet)
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Individual lessons in this topic are also available, as well as the full Triple Physics unit.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 1: Permanent Magnets
Describe the attraction and repulsion between unlike and like poles for permanent magnets.
Describe the difference between permanent and induced magnets.
Recall where the magnetic forces are strongest in a magnetic field, and if magnetism is a contact or non-contact force.
Lesson 2: Magnetic Fields and Compasses
Draw the magnetic field pattern of a bar magnet showing how strength and direction change from one point to another.
Explain how the behaviour of a magnetic compass is related to evidence that the core of the Earth must be magnetic.
Lesson 3: Electromagnetism
Describe how the magnetic effect of a current can be demonstrated.
Draw the magnetic field pattern for a straight wire carrying a current and for a solenoid (showing the direction of the field).
State the relationship between the current and the magnetic field strength.
Recall how to convert a solenoid into an electromagnet.
Explain how a solenoid arrangement can increase the magnetic effect of the current and that this produces a uniform magnetic field.
PHYSICS ONLY: Interpret diagrams of electromagnetic devices in order to explain how they work.
Lesson 4: HIGHER ONLY The Motor Effect
Recall the factors that affect the size of a force on the conductor perpendicular to a magnetic field.
Name this as the “Motor Effect”
Apply Fleming’s left-hand rule to predict the direction of these factors.
Calculate the magnitude of these factors.
Lesson 5: HIGHER ONLY The Electric Motor
Explain how the force on a conductor in a magnetic field causes the rotation of the coil in an electric motor.
Worksheets for a lesson on Isotopes, including a full set of answers on powerpoint slides.
The lesson on “Atomic structure and notation” is provided free in my other resources, so you can try before you buy.
The other worksheets are available for the Atomic Structure topic, including the topic as a whole, in my other resources.
The worksheets are supplied as a PDF for ease of printing, and a publisher file so you can edit them.
A fully resourced lesson designed for the new AQA GCSE specification, from an experienced author.
This lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Other lessons in this topic are available, as is the topic as a whole.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 5: HIGHER ONLY The Electric Motor
Explain how the force on a conductor in a magnetic field causes the rotation of the coil in an electric motor.
A fully resourced lesson designed for the new AQA GCSE specification, from an experienced author.
This lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Other lessons in this topic are available, as is the topic as a whole.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 2: Magnetic Fields and Compasses
Draw the magnetic field pattern of a bar magnet showing how strength and direction change from one point to another.
Explain how the behaviour of a magnetic compass is related to evidence that the core of the Earth must be magnetic.
A fully resourced lesson designed for the new AQA GCSE specification, from an experienced author.
This lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Other lessons in this topic are available, as is the topic as a whole.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 4: HIGHER ONLY The Motor Effect
Recall the factors that affect the size of a force on the conductor perpendicular to a magnetic field.
Name this as the “Motor Effect”
Apply Fleming’s left-hand rule to predict the direction of these factors.
Calculate the magnitude of these factors.
Including full answers on powerpoint, these worksheets are designed to work together as a booklet or as stand-alone material.
Supplied in PDF for easy use, and publisher so you can edit them, these materials will provide students with challenging questions and tasks, along with notes for them to look back on an use for revision.
The “Atomic Structure and Notation” worksheets are avaiable for free in my other resources if you want to try before you buy.
A fully resourced lesson designed for the new AQA GCSE specification, from an experienced author.
This lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Other lessons in this topic are available, as is the topic as a whole.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 6: PHYSICS ONLY Loudspeakers
Explain how a moving-coil loudspeaker and headphones work.
A lesson designed to teach how to tackle:
calculations
calculations from data extracted from a graph
calcullations in two stages
Can be used with the most able all the way down to grade 2/3 students - this pushes them on by structuring their response.
Take hours off your weekly workload! Mark a full set in 30 minutes
Given the new ofsted focus on managing teacher workload, there is a shift towards effective marking being done efficiently. The emphasis here is on the students doing the work, and the students making guided progress.
This resource covers all of KS4 Physics with structured open tasks and target-based marking.
The students complete the work and hand it in.
Mark the pile of worksheets by highlighting or drawing a ring around the target you wish the student to do as their response. (You can also do this for any parts of the task the student has not completed, since the task is on the sheet).
Return the tasks to the students and project the targets onto the whiteboard for students to do their marking response.
I have made the ‘Conservation of Energy’ task available for free so you can try before you buy, and check that your school are happy that this fits in with their marking policy.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/conservation-of-energy-marked-work-task-12197783
The following tasks and mark schemes are included:
Energy
Conservation of Energy
Specific Heat Capacity
Comparing Energy Resources
Electricity
Resistance Write-up
Comparing Components
Series and Parallel Circuits
Step-up and Step-down Transformers
Generating Static Charge
Particle Model
Density Write-up
Internal Energy During Change of State
Crushing Can (non-triple version)
Why Does a Pump Get Hot?
Atomic Structure
Plum Pudding vs Nuclear Model
Effect of Decay on Nuclei
Uses of Radiation (Triple and non-triple versions)
Fission vs Fusion
Forces
Gravitational Fields
Hooke’s Law Write-up
Moments
Crushing Can
Dead Sea
Distance-time Graph of Journey
Terminal Velocity
Newton’s Laws
Braking vs Thinking Distance
Crumple Zones
Waves
Longitudinal vs Transverse Waves
Echolocation
Dangers of EM Waves
Uses of Microwaves and Gamma Rays
Climate Change
Electromagnetism
How a Compass Works
How to Make an Electromagnet Stronger
How a Motor Works
How is Potential Induced in a Generator
How a Transformer Induces Current
Space
Life Cycle of Stars
Orbits
Evidence for the Expanding Universe
A fully resourced series of lessons designed for the new AQA GCSE Trilogy (dual award) specification, but also suitable for other boards, written by an experienced author.
Each lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers (designed to be used on their own or as part of a booklet)
• Lesson Plan (with technician’s sheets where there are practical requirements)
Other individual lessons in this topic are available, as is the whole Forces unit as a bundle.
The lesson “Mass Weight and Gravity” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Worksheets for a lesson on Radioactive contamination, including a full set of answers on powerpoint slides.
The “Atomic structure and notation” worksheets are provided free in my other resources, so you can try before you buy.
The other worksheets are available for the Atomic Structure topic, including the topic as a whole, in my other resources.
The worksheets are supplied as a PDF for ease of printing, and a publisher file so you can edit them.
A fully resourced lesson in a series designed for the new AQA GCSE Trilogy (dual award) specification, but also suitable for other boards, written by an experienced author.
Each lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers (designed to be used on their own or as part of a booklet)
• Technician’s sheet for lessons with practical content and demonstrations.
Other individual lessons in this topic are available, as is the whole Energy unit as a bundle.
The first lesson “Energy Stores” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
A fully resourced lesson in a series designed for the new AQA GCSE Trilogy (dual award) specification, but also suitable for other boards, written by an experienced author.
Each lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers (designed to be used on their own or as part of a booklet)
• Technician’s sheet for lessons with practical content and demonstrations.
Other individual lessons in this topic are available, as is the whole Energy unit as a bundle.
The first lesson “Energy Stores” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
A fully resourced lesson in a series designed for the new AQA GCSE Trilogy (dual award) specification, but also suitable for other boards, written by an experienced author.
Each lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers (designed to be used on their own or as part of a booklet)
• Technician’s sheet for lessons with practical content and demonstrations.
Other individual lessons in this topic are available, as is the whole Energy unit as a bundle.
The first lesson “Energy Stores” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
A fully resourced lesson designed for the new AQA GCSE specification, from an experienced author.
This lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Other lessons in this topic are available, as is the topic as a whole.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 9: PHYSICS ONLY Transformers
Explain how the effect of an alternating current in one coil in inducing a current in another is used in transformers.
Explain how the ratio of the potential differences across the two coils depends on the ratio of the number of turns on each.
Calculate the current drawn from the input supply to provide a particular power output.
Apply the equation linking the potential differences and number of turns in the two coils of a transformer to the currents and the power transfer involved, and relate these to the advantages of power transmission at high potential differences.
Describe Vs and Vp for a step-up and a step-down transformer.
Describe the construction of a transformer.
A fully resourced lesson designed for the new AQA GCSE specification, from an experienced author.
This lesson includes editable and PDF versions of:
• Power point presentation
• Worksheets with full sets of answers
• Technician’s sheet (fully resourced and illustrated)
• A VLE version of the presentation (with the answers removed)
In addition, it includes an optional self-marking Google Classroom Homework for those of you lucky enough to work in a school with Google Classroom set up.
Other lessons in this topic are available, as is the topic as a whole.
The first lesson “Permanent Magnets” is available free of charge so you can try before you buy.
Objectives covered:
Lesson 7: 7 PHYSICS ONLY Induced Potential
Recall the factors that affect the size of the induced potential difference/induced current.
Recall the factors that affect the direction of the induced potential difference/induced current induced if the conductor is part of a complete circuit.
Apply the principles of the generator effect in a given context.
Apply the principle that an induced current generates a magnetic field that opposes the original change, either the movement of the conductor or the change in magnetic field.
Worksheets for a lesson on Radioactive decay and nuclear radiation, including a full set of answers on powerpoint slides.
The “Atomic structure and notation” worksheets are provided free in my other resources, so you can try before you buy.
The other worksheets are available for the Atomic Structure topic, including the topic as a whole, in my other resources.
The worksheets are supplied as a PDF for ease of printing, and a publisher file so you can edit them.
Worksheets for a lesson on Atomic Structure and Notation, including a full set of answers on powerpoint slides.
This is provided free so you can try before you buy.
The other worksheets are available for the Atomic Structure topic, including the topic as a whole, in my other resources.
The worksheets are supplied as a PDF for ease of printing, and a publisher file so you can edit them.
Developed to teach pupils how to revise, and to try new revision techniques, this resource structures each topic and provides the option for pupils to choose which type of revision activity is best for each section of each topic.
Instructions for a variety of key revision activities are on the rear of the sheet, so pupils can revise completely independently, given appropriate notes or other stimulus material (see my other resources for activities which result in a full set of notes!).
I have included the original publisher document so you can adapt it or create a version for your own subject.
The storyboard we use is from freeology:
http://freeology.com/reading/storyboard-with-six-boxes/
A generic resource designed to aid marking.
Pupils are prompted to make notes, then produce their final piece of work. Space is then provided for a teacher to write a positive comment and targets for improvement.
On the rear of the page is half a page for sticking in to the book and half a page for marking improvements, followed by an improved grade.
This structures marking to what ofsted are looking for, and when pupils stick it into their book and fold it over, the first thing an observer sees is the improvement and the new grade, making it easy for them to see your good practice.