This is my favourite optical illusion and it’s not well known. Could be used as an interactive starter in Physics, Biology or Art. I have used this several times for Science Week assemblies - a hall full of students audibly stunned at how their own eyes work. Strongly recommended.

A bingo game designed to get the whole class using their brains to consolidate this topic. There are 22 graph-based questions, the answer and method is shown after each question. The questions are in difficulty order. Surprisingly competitive.

Five interactive competitive games on AS Physics topics of Mechanics, Particles, Photoelectric Effect, Waves and Young Modulus. These will make a very welcome break from other less thrilling means of revision. The Matching Pairs Game is a fun and competitive interactive whiteboard game in which two teams take it in turns to match tiles. The game automatically scores and has a built in timer in the event of a draw. Students really enjoy the competitiveness. This game won a Microsoft innovation award. An editor is separately available to make your own games; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/matching-pairs-interactive-game-creator-11063058 These five games are also available together in a discounted bundle of ten A-level Matching Pairs Games; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/bundler/11560439 bennyjohn5@hotmail.com

Plays by the same rules as popular children’s card game “TopTrumps”. A card game with twenty-three different fundamental particles. I recommend this to introduce the particles topic at A-level, it is very engaging. Make up a whole class set for students to work in pairs they will accidentally learn loads whilst having fun. My students often have the cards in front of them throughout the topic. Added rules for annihilation when a particle and antiparticle meet. Graphics used by permission by the Particle Zoo

A tried and tested lesson on absorption and emission spectra. Contains a recapping starter, an identifying spectra task and consolidation exercises. By using energy numbers for the levels students engage with the concept much better. Suitable for AQA Combined Science Trilogy 4.4.1.1 or AQA GCSE Physics 6.4.1.1 or A level Chemistry or Physics.

An exemplar FREE Four in a Row game on Radioactivity is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on six other physics topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a greatly reduced price. Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. Wave Properties Four in a Row is designed primarily for GCSE Physics/ Combined Science courses but may be useful elsewhere.

This quiz contains eighteen multiple choice questions. Students should have a gut feeling for the size of their answers. This quiz should help them to learn to self-check that they are calculating quantities with the correct order of magnitude. Contains a page summarising the answers and an introduction by way of The Hitchhikers Guide.

77 mechanics multiple choice questions for Physics A-level with student-friendly solutions and extension work options. Questions from the particles topic are available as a free sample Also available 257 multiple choice question bundle for A-level physics first year topics

My Seeing Stars film won second prize in the O2learn video competition in 2012. https://https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAKxHh6Kank The film clip and associated lesson are designed to get students to recognise stars, planets and constellations with just their eyes. The lesson contains notes on Orion and the Plough and a short quiz.

An exemplar FREE Four in a Row game on Radioactivity is available to try before you buy. Four in a Row games on six other physics topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a greatly reduced price. Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. Physics Equations Four in a Row is designed primarily for GCSE Physics/ Combined Science courses but may be useful elsewhere.

This lesson is a favourite of mine. The topic may not be on an examined syllabus anymore but works as an excellent extension or gain time lesson. Contains a lot of big ideas but broken up with short activities. Differentiated question sheets are embedded in the powerpoint. Ofsted judged this lesson with my year 9s as"outstanding" in every area.

I used this to teach refraction at GCSE level, but could work as an introduction for A-level. Uses a tractor stuck in the mud analogy to aid students in working out which direction rays bend. This resource also includes a starter quiz, plenary and question sheets with answers plus a Snell’s law extension for gifted students. There is plenty of material here which could easily be cropped to tailor to your own class.

Atomic diagrams and the scattering diagram are enhanced with animations. A starter is included to test and recap learning on atomic symbols and isotopes. The presentation has a link to a suitable Youtube clip. The end of the presentation has questions (& answers) on the analysis of Rutherford’s experiment.

41 waves multiple choice questions for Physics A-level with student-friendly solutions and extension work options. Questions from the particles topic are available as a free sample Also available 257 multiple choice question bundle for A-level physics first year topics

18 Thermal multiple choice questions for Physics A-level with student-friendly solutions. Questions from the circular motion topic are available as a free sample Also available 220 multiple choice question bundle for A-level physics second year topics

A competitive interactive whiteboard game in which two teams take it in turns to match waves keywords to diagrams and descriptions. The game automatically scores and has a built in timer in the event of a draw. Students really enjoy the competitiveness, strongly recommended. This game won a Microsoft innovation award. A version containing an editor and picture pairs is now available to buy on TES resources. Visit my shop; www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/bennyjohn5

Four in a Row games on six other physics topics are available individually from my shop or as a bundle at a greatly reduced price. Four in a Row is a game for your whiteboard. Nothing needs to be printed or prepared to play this game. The game-play is somewhere between noughts and crosses and blockbusters. Two teams alternate, competing to correctly answer questions on the grid. The board is interactive - clicking tiles changes the colours and also reveals answers. Radioactivity Four in a Row is designed primarily for GCSE Physics/ Combined Science courses but may be useful elsewhere.