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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.

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Simon has been teaching Physics for over 27 years in British state schools and international school around the world. He specializes in International Baccalaureate, A level and IGCSE. He is now head of the secondary school at the British School of Tashkent, a Nord Anglia school and in August he will become International Principal of NAS Guangzhou Panyu. He is a regular contributor to the Times Educational Supplement and is one of their "Subject geniuses" for Science.
Circuit symbols
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Circuit symbols

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Suitable for all levels, KS2, KS3 or KS4 (let's presume by KS5 they've got it!). Ask the class to name each symbol before revealing the answer. Some funny "symbols" too! Finish by constructing some simple circuits around the class and getting the class to draw them as diagrams in a "circus" style activity.
Testing water
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Testing water

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Practical activity and presentation on testing water and purifying. Use distilled water and a batch of dilute salty water as the two samples for the practical activity. Covers purifying water for consumption too.
Climate change, global warming and acid rain
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Climate change, global warming and acid rain

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Originally written for a top year 9 group, this is suitable for GCSE too. Causes of acid rain, composition of air, nitrogen oxides, climate change, ozone layer. It's all here presented in a clear and humorous style. Excellent activity at the end too.
Informal reasoning
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Informal reasoning

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Desrciption and actvitities via the smartboard about various types of informal reasining. Hasty generalisation, post hoc ergo propter hoc, circular reasoning, ad hominem, special pleading, ad ignorantium, false dilemma, false analogy, equivocation, loaded question etc. Written originally for an IB TOK lesson, should be useful in many areas.
IB Physics Topic 4: Oscillations and waves
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IB Physics Topic 4: Oscillations and waves

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals and revision material. Very useful for AP too. I have a running joke in my class about me not liking dogs - please feel free to edit!
IB Physics Topic 3: Thermal physics
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IB Physics Topic 3: Thermal physics

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EVERYTHING you need to teach this topic. Presentations, worksheets, practicals, revision material and a TEST! Very useful for AP too. I have a running joke in my class about not liking dogs - please feel free to edit!