Learning question: How can we calculate the acceleration of an object?
Retrieval starter.
Introducing specific vectors and scalar examples (speed vs velocity, distance vs displacement)
Whiteboard AFL activity.
Intro to acceleration, equations , equation practice.
Whiteboard plenary activity
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Thinking about half life.
Describing radiation in medicine including tracers, gamma cameras and gamma beam therapy.
Student written activity with questions and answers
Introduction to background radiation and activity where students calculate their annual dose
Learning question: How does the national grid deal with changes in demand ?
Retrieval starter.
Annual energy use in the UK
Base load and energy demands
Student activity
Whiteboard activity
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: What is the risk associated with different doses of radiation?
Retrieval starter.
Introduction to radiation dose in Sieverts and background radiation
Radiation dose in context
Exam style question worked example
Calculate your own annual radiation dose.
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: Are all electromagnetic waves the same?
Retrieval starter.
P12 Wave recap
Introduction to EM spectrum
Questions and answers
Whiteboard AFL questions
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Discussion of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Describing nuclear fission
Looking at uncontrolled chain reactions in the context of nuclear weapons and how much energy is released
Describing how nuclear power stations work and control fission reactions.
Class discussion of the ethics of nuclear weapons in the modern world
Powerpoint with resources and activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: Do all moving objects have the same amount of kinetic energy ?
Retrieval starter questions
Video activity to discuss energy transfers
Kinetic energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: How do we waste energy ?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions.
Discussion of waste and how it relates to energy.
Student written activity.
Useful and wasted energy discussion.
Student Sankey diagram activity.
Plenary whiteboard questions.
Powerpoint, activities and extension worksheet
Learning question: How much energy is transferred when a change in energy store occurs ?
Lesson content:
Retrieval starter questions
Describing the law of conservation of energy, systems and closed systems with a demonstration.
Student written activity with extension sheet.
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Learning question: What are the different forms of energy
Lesson content:
What is energy discussion.
Description of energy stores and energy transfers
Student written activity
Description and examples of energy transfers between different stores
Student circus activity
Plenary whiteboard questions
Powerpoint with activities and resources to support the lesson.
Learning question: What factors affect the gravitational potential energy of an object ?
Retrieval starter questions
Lesson content:
Discussion of gravity on Earth vs Moon
Gravitational potential energy equation, worked examples student calculation activity and extension questions
Student practical (measuring change in GPE)
Plenary whiteboard questions
Lesson powerpoint with activities and worksheet to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Introduction to activity with student practical to model it.
Introduction to half-life with worked examples.
Student activity with worksheet
Whiteboard activity
Lesson powerpoint with activities to support the lesson.
Lesson content:
Starter quiz
Research activity (with criteria) to create presentations on nuclear issues
Learning question: What is a tangent and why is it useful?
Retrieval starter.
Distance-time graphs recap.
Distance-time graphs and changing speeds
Tangents, instantaneous speed and average speed.
Student activity various worksheets
Whiteboard plenary activity.
Learning question: What are the different features of a distance time graph ?
-Retrieval starter.
-Intro to speed and speed equation
-Worked example and speed calculation question
-Introduction to distance-time graph.
-Distance time graph activity
-Whiteboard plenary activity
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: How useful is the electromagnetic spectrum ?
Retrieval starter.
Card sort activity with feedback to discuss uses of the EM spectrum
Questions and answers (One set for Higher and one for Foundation)
Mobile phone radiation dangers activity
Note lesson content and order has been altered from the textbook to better match specification
Learning question: Can electromagnetic waves be dangerous ?
Retrieval starter.
Dangers an uses of UV
Dangers and uses of X-rays and Gamma rays
Venn diagram activity
Guess the X-ray quiz