Tests all of the memorised knowledge required for the new AQA Physics GCSE. They progress cumulatively throughout each topic. Physics only (triple science only) are identified in purple. Equations provided on the equation sheet are in bold and italic.

With each activity mapped directly to the syllabus points these sheets are designed to provide students with a complete set of revision notes once completed. Ready to print on a double-sided A3 sheet, they are perfect for research sessions with the odd demo and video thrown in! Model answers are being uploaded over the coming weeks - many thanks to J Farry for these!

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 A VLE (student) version of the presentation (without the answers) Worksheets Practical tasks Technician’s sheet Full model answers 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. The full unit is available to buy either as individual lessons, the Trilogy full unit or the Triple full unit - this one is provided free for you to use, with the hope that you will like it and twist your bosses arm to buy the others for your department! 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.

Designed to be printed double sided on A3, these workbooks contain the syllabus objectives for EDEXCEL P1 and P2, Foundation and Higher tier, with a task matching each objective. The tasks are designed to provide challenge and support, and once completed provide a set of notes from which to revise further. Material for Higher Tier Only is in blue text. All model answers are now complete. Thanks to Mr Appleby and Miss Monk for the P2 Topics 1 and 4 model answers. Please feel free to contact me through the community and send me any corrections.

Designed to be printed onto a folded A3 sheet, or two A4 sheets stapled together, this resource provides a framework for a complete experiment from Hypothesis all the way to Evaluation. The graph is plotted onto graph paper which is included in the printed sheet, along with a table for results which is flexible (there are a few blank columns in case your experiment requires ranges/calculated columns etc. All of the prompts have been designed to be as open as possible, and the help sheet is designed to assist pupils who are unfamiliar with scientific process, or require prompting. An all-in-one write up resource!

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.

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 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 8: PHYSICS ONLY generators and microphones Explain how the generator effect is used in an alternator to generate ac and in a dynamo to generate dc. Draw/interpret graphs of potential difference generated in the coil against time. Explain how a moving-coil microphone uses the generator effect to convert the pressure variations in sound waves into variations in current in electrical circuits.

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.

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 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.

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) • 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.

Tailored to the AQA syllabus, but not specific to it, a lesson to cover the processes of nuclear fission and fusion, starting with binding energy calculations, then introducing the binding energy per nucleon graph, applying the binding energy and calculations to the fission and fusion processes and exploring the idea of critical mass. All notes are printable gap-fill with diagrams, relevant questions to consolidate, and worked answers to all questions (calculation and written). The worksheet comes in PDF for convenience and the original publisher file for you to be able to edit should you wish to.

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.

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 is the free sample of the main resource which 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. The full resource is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/low-workload-high-impact-ks4-physics-marked-work-package-12197775

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.

A booklet compiling all the worksheets in the Energy Topic into a booklet. Available in the Energy Topic bundle, along with 14 fully resourced lessons.

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) • 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.