KS3 Physics

STEP marking Year 10 Mock Astrophysics How to guide

Forces and Motion Quiz Questions Reading Target Sheet Knowledge Organiser PHET

1. What can forces do? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
2. What happens to our weight when we float? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
3. Are there forces on stationary objects? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
4. How does a force meter work? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
5. What is the difference between mass and weight? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
6. How can we control friction? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
7. How can we show how fast something is moving? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
8. How can we work out how fast something is moving? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
9. What effect do forces have on moving objects? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
10. How can drag be reduced? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
11. Why do things have a top speed? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
12. How were locomotives developed? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary

Electricity Quiz Questions Reading Target Sheet Knowledge organiser Circuit diagrams PHET circuit builder

1. How can we use electricity safely? Keynote Lesson Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary
2. What is an electric circuit? Keynote Lesson Plenary
3. How do we draw electric circuits? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
4. How do we measure electricity? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
5. How much current will flow around a circuit? Keynote Lesson Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary
6. What are the differences between series and parallel circuits? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
7. What is voltage and how is it measured? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
8. What happens to the voltage in a parallel circuit? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
9. How do we use electricity? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
10. How do our bodies use electricity? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
11. What is a cell and how does it work? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
12. How is our electricity measured? Keynote Lesson Plenary
13. How is electricity generated? Keynote Lesson Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary

Waves Quiz Questions Reading Target Sheet Knowledge Organiser

1. What is light and how does it move?
2. What happens when light hits something?
3. How do eyes and cameras work?
4. What happens to the light when we look in the mirror?
5. How do we bend light?
6. How can light reflect without a mirror?
7. How do we split light?
8. How can you make white light?
9. How does sound travel?
10. How are different sounds made?
11. What are the similarities and differences between sound and light?
12. How do we hear sounds?
13. What is noise?
14. How can echoes be used?
15. How does the speed of sound vary?

Energy Resources and Energy Transfer Quiz Questions Reading Target Sheet Knowledge Organiser

1. What are fossil fuels? Keynote Powerpoint Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary
2. How can we make fossil fuels last longer? Keynote Powerpoint Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary 1 Plenary 2
3. What other energy sources are available? Keynote Powerpoint Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary
4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of our energy sources? Keynote Powerpoint STEP: Presenting Plenary
5. How can we use energy from the sun? Keynote Powerpoint Plenary
6. How much energy do our bodies need? Keynote Powerpoint Worksheet Plenary
7. Where does the energy originally come from? Keynote PowerPoint Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary
8. What is the difference between heat and temperature? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
9. How is heat energy transferred through solids? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
10. What is the kelvin temperature scale? Keynote Lesson Plenary
11. Why do materials expand when heated? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
12. How does heat travel through liquids and gases (fluids)? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
13. How does heat transfer from the Sun to the Earth? Keynote Lesson Worksheet Plenary
14. How can we use less of our non-renewable fuels? Keynote Lesson Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary
15. How can we explain changes of state? Keynote Lesson Worksheet 1 Worksheet 2 Plenary

Astrophysics Quiz Questions Reading Target Sheet Knowledge Organiser

1. What do we have days, nights and years?
2. Why does the shape of the Moon appear to change?
3. Why are summer and winter different?
4. What is the solar system?
5. What is beyond the solar system?
6. How does gravity change as you go into space?
7. How have ideas about the solar system changed?

Magnetism and Electromagnetism Quiz Questions Reading Target Sheet Knowledge Organiser

1. What can magnets do?
2. What are compasses?
3. What did William Gilbert find out about magnetism?
4. What shape are magnetic fields?
5. How can electromagnets be used to make sound?
6. What are relays and how are they useful?
7. How do electromagnets work?
8. What is the shape of the magnetic field around a wire?