College physics, an active learning guide
Ever so often I manage to get hold of a book that makes me think more deeply about how I teach. This week, this book was delivered and I wish I had found it years ago. It is designed for American college students and is full of short exercises that are suitable for A level,…
Mix and match electricity questions
Life is currently crazy busy. I am marking and grading A levels and GCSE and have L6 and Yr 10 exams coming in. And I need to find a new place to live. Although I have no lessons currently, there is no time for reflection. However, before half term I was teaching about electricity and…
Newton’s Laws questions
This is one of the first sets of harder problems I give my GCSE class in Yr 10. None of the questions are hard as such (except maybe the whale and finding forces using the acceleration). However, I like these because students can’t go on automatic pilot, and there is a point to calculating weight,…
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The reflective physics teacher 