You may have better things to do during the summer vacation but, in case you find yourself getting bored, I have an investigation that you might like to tackle. The work is open to all of my students, both those of you who are still studying the GCSE course and those who have just finished … Continue reading Summer Challenge
BBC Bitesize – Paper 1 Revision
November's trial examination will include everything in Paper 1. This means everything that was due to be covered in Y10 - and that in turn means a fair amount of content that you had to study at home during the lockdown. Now you are about to be tested on what you know and it is … Continue reading BBC Bitesize – Paper 1 Revision
Y9 Motion Test – feedback
The tests have been marked and the scores are in – but they don’t really matter. Obviously you care about how well you did (and rightly so) but what really matters is what you go on to learn after doing this test. In other words, there is always room for improvement. The purpose of this … Continue reading Y9 Motion Test – feedback
Delta and the Power of Change
In physics, one of the big differences between KS3 and KS4 is the idea of “change”. KS3 students are happy to talk about speed being distance divided by time but at GCSE level you need to be thinking instead about speed being a rate of change of distance. Why is this important? Because physics calculations … Continue reading Delta and the Power of Change
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