EP2429 Subject knowledge enhancement: Physics KS4 RX014 / HD01

Start date
4 Oct 23
Duration
8 Hours
Learning Method
Remote Delivered CPD

Summary

This course has been funded by the Thomas Gainsborough Enthuse Project.  Only schools from the Norfolk and Suffolk area will be funded. 

Bookings from outside this area should book onto course RX014 KB06.

Develop the background subject knowledge required to help planning and teaching physics for key stage 4. It will build on your knowledge from undertaking the key stage 3 physics course.  Start your key stage 4 teaching with the tools and confidence to plan and teach effective learning for your physics classes. You will explore ways of building student understanding, taking into account misconceptions and common issues in teaching these concepts.

Who is the course leader?

  • Alison Watts

    I am a Physics and Maths specialist and have previously worked in schools in Sheffield and Chesterfield. I currently work as an Education...

Outcomes

You will be able to:

  • make links between forces and motion using Newton’s Laws.
  • develop an understanding for electricity and magnetism using a stepped series of student-led activities.
  • cultivate a secure understanding of atomic structure to help teach radioactive decay.
  • evaluate a range of Key Stage 4 practicals including the resistance of wire, Ohm’s Law, Hooke’s Law and density.

Book now and you will be automatically registered for the scheduled sessions for the course. Remote CPD courses have live, facilitator-led sessions and are not available for instant access. Please refer to the schedule of dates published for each course instance.

Sessions

DateTimeLocation
2. Electricity – ohm’s law04 October 202315:45-16:45Virtual
3. Nuclear radiation11 October 202315:45-16:45Virtual
4. Hooke’s Law and participant-led task recap18 October 202315:45-16:45Virtual
1. Forces and motion01 November 202315:45-16:45Virtual

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Cost

Fee-paying school or college (independent)Activity fee£210.00 +VAT
State-funded school or collegeActivity feeFree

Additional information

Our remote CPD courses for teachers are delivered across a series of sessions run at specific times and dates. Information on all course sessions can be found under the description of each course. To complete a course, all sessions are mandatory.

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