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Get some 5-star momentum

julia — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:07:56 +0000

Excellent presentation for teaching Momentum for Year 11 Physics, this set of slides offers some engaging animations and really useful worked examples. This GCSE Physics powerpoint covers Space for Reflecion for OCR Gateway Science including the lessons: 1) when an object collides with another object, the two objects exert an equal and opposite force on each other 2) momentum = mass x velocity 3) force = change in momentum / time 4) momentum is a property that is always conserved. Help your classes to understand these key concepts using this ready-to-teach resource today.

“Excellent animations to illustrate collisions and associated momentum calculations. Certainly less dry than teaching this unit using diagrams of snooker balls!”

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Resource contributed by James Ferguson.

Henry’s Marvellous Measurements!

julia — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:07:00 +0000

Excite your primary science classes with this fun lesson to teach primary science skills. This fun packed lesson is about common measurements and units used in science and is a great way to teach skills. Have a look at the free lesson plan that guides you through the various challenges the pupils are set, then download the other parts of this ready-to-teach resource to use it in your science lesson today. Also suitable for Key Stage 3 Science, this is a really fun lesson, and VERY busy!

“This is a fabulous resource which I’m going to use with a Yr 6 class over an afternoon.”
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Resource contributed by Henry Cordy-McKenna.

On your marks….

julia — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:06:30 +0000

Get your best teaching resources to the starting blocks – it’s time to go for gold in our Olympic resource competition!

Upload your best Olympic-themed teaching resources to enter the Teachable Olympics 2012! Win the Gold, Silver or Bronze Teachable Award and your resource will be featured on our website and in all marketing leading up to and during this year’s event for other teachers to buy and download.

The Teachable Olympics gives you the opportunity to share your best Olympic-themed teaching resource for any subject and level. All you have to do to enter is upload your favourite Olympic-themed resources to Teachable before the closing date of 9th April 2012.

The resource could be a tried and tested favourite that you love using every 4 years or something brand new made for the 2012 games. Either way, now is the time to share it with other teachers – and earn not only a prestigious Teachable award but 50% off all income from the sales.

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Navigate a submarine through David Cameron’s blood

julia — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:23:33 +0000

Have a look at this unique idea for a new style of homework for KS3 Science called J2i (Journey to Independence). Pupils are given 4 weeks to produce their final piece of work, and can do it pretty much any way they like. Perfect for your Key Stage 3 Biology classes for the blood and circulation topic, this project lets them navigate a submarine through David Cameron’s blood to locate and destroy the alien controlling his brain! View the YouTube clip for more information or preview now.

“Pupils are amazing us with what they produce!”

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Resource contributed by Henry Cordy-McKenna.

Projectile Motion

julia — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:22:54 +0000

Great for your GCSE Physics classes, this download is a ready-to-use presentation for Year 11 GCSE (Higher) Space for Reflection OCR Gateway Science Suite Lessons 5-6 (P5c). This science powerpoint covers the lessons: 1) horizontal and vertical velocities are vectors 2) resultant velocity of a projectile is the vector sum of the horizontal and vertical velocity 3) in horizontal projectile there is no acceleration horizontally 4) how to use equations of motion for an object.

“Well-explained and presented. The structure of this resource encourages interactivity, plus there are some amusing animations to keep the class entertained!”

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Resource contributed by James Ferguson.

Teaching the PH Scale?

julia — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:22:00 +0000

This Chemistry powerpoint offers a great flexible way of teaching pH scale. Suitable for all age groups, it has been tried and tested on primary, KS3 and KS4 students and worked well. This chemistry resource contains enjoyable activities and guessing games and examples of materials. It uses the idea of folding the original scale into a ‘V’ to help students remember which is high and low on the scale. You can use last slides to show how neutralisation works. Get this helpful ready-to-use chemistry download now.

“My class liked this resource because they found it colourful and said it helped them to understand acidity and alkalinity.”

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Resource contributed by Sarah Parker.

Looking for quick percentage resources?

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:24:52 +0000

Grab this download now and get 4 maths powerpoint activities to use for teaching percentages – a set of quick fire questions for use with groups in a class, a game of bingo requiring students to solve clues to see if they have a value, a fill in the gaps activity requiring number processing, and a set of pot luck questions in the question of sport format. Perfect for your GCSE maths classes, get these great activities to use today!

“Four activities for the price of one! Well thought out, clear and easy to use.”

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Resource contributed by Joanne Holloway.

Have you got the code?

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:24:07 +0000

Designed for Key Stage 3 Maths classes, this resource gives you a lesson that can be used to check knowledge of Number terms such as factors, multiples and primes, and introduce concepts such as cubed numbers for level 5-6 students. Organise your students into a maximum of 8 groups, hand out the questions and students submit the codes back to you. You can then enter the results into an excel spreadsheet and watch the cells turn green when correct, giving you a very visual display of class progress and knowledge. This maths presentation and worksheet is ready to use today!

“An interesting way to involve pupils in group work…a variety of questions and an extension task for quick workers.”

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Resource contributed by Craig Pitman.

5 second quadrilateral quest

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:21:53 +0000

Have fun with quadrilaterals in your maths lessons with this fun interactive game for Key Stage 2 maths or Key Stage 3 maths. This game is designed for 2 pupils to play in front of the class and is perfect for use as a starter or plenary. Select a quadrilateral given a set of properties. There are 2 versions depending on how tough you want to make it; in the first version pupils have only 5 seconds to respond, in the second version pupils have 10 seconds to respond. Take your pick from these maths worksheets.

“A lively activity to open or close a lesson on properties of quadrilaterals.”

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Resource contributed by Susan Byrne.

Viva Las Vegas water supply

julia — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:16:49 +0000

Perfect for the GCSE Geography AQA A Living World topic – Las Vegas – this Geography powerpoint explores where water comes from and how it is used, containing images, activities and links to news articles to engage students in this topic. At the end you can get your students to design their own ‘xeriscaped garden’, helping them to consolidtate learning in a memorable way, and it has exam style questions suitable for your GCSE Geography students.

“Engaging resource with a link to a good video and useful exam exercise at the end.”

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Resource contributed by James Yeoman.