Physics: From Basics to Brilliance - Non-specialists & ECTs: Electricity

This is the third webinar in our Teaching Physics: From Basics to Brilliance series.

Join our dynamic, interactive workshop series designed to provide subject-specific support for science teachers. Whether you're looking to deepen your subject knowledge or refine your teaching strategies, our sessions have you covered!

These sessions will:

· Improve your subject knowledge and strengthen your understanding of core concepts

· Explore effective strategies to address common misconceptions and enhance student learning

· Identify the big ideas and links across the field of physics to create a cohesive learning experience.

Sessions will be interactive and allow time to identify own ideas and discuss how to develop own teaching.

Facilitators:

Dr Andrea Mapplebeck

Dr Christina Astin

Cost for ASE Members:

1 session = £37, 3 sessions = £105, 5 sessions = £165 and 10 sessions = £312

Cost for non- ASE members in statefunded schools in UK

1 session = £49, 3 sessions = £140, 5 sessions = £221 and 10 sessions = £417

Cost for non- ASE members in independent and international schools

1 session = £61, 3 sessions = £175, 5 sessions = £276 and 10 sessions = £521

Module 1 Wednesday 25th September: Forces Unveiled 4.30pm

Newton’s Laws and Common Misconceptions

Topics Covered:

• Forces misconceptions
• Types of forces
• Newton’s Laws of Motion

Module 2 Tuesday 8th October: Energy Explored 4.30pm

Principles, Pathways, and Power.

Topics covered:

• Energy principles
• Stores & pathways - Dissipation, Conservation, Efficiency
• Energy transfer
• Work done
• Power

Module 3 Tuesday 5th November: Electrifying Circuits 4.30pm

From Static to Dynamic Electricity

Topics Covered:

• From static to current electricity
• Understanding potential difference
• Resistance and the relationship between R, V and I

Module 4 Tuesday 12th November: Wave Wonders 4.30pm

Sound, Light, and the Electromagnetic Spectrum

Topics Covered:

• Modelling properties of waves including sound
• Light and the electromagnetic spectrum

Module 5 Wednesday 4th December: Maths in Motion 4.30pm

Numeracy Skills for Physics

Topics covered:

• Explaining & describing motion
• Understanding graphs

Module 6 Tuesday 17th December: The Heat is On 4.30pm

Mastering Thermal Physics

Topics Covered:

• Heating
• Temperature
• Thermal transfer mechanisms
• Thermal properties
  

Module 7 Wednesday 15th January: Magnetic Mysteries 4.30pm

Deliving into Electromagnetism

Topics Covered:

• Magnetic fields - permanent magnets, solenoids
• The motor effect
• Electromagnetic induction and transformers

Module 8 Thursday 30th January: Cosmic Journeys 4.30pm

Earth, Space, and Beyond

Topics Covered:

• Planets, satellites, orbits and circular motion
• Stellar evolution
• Telescopes and optics
• Cosmology: the Big Bang and redshift

Module 9 Thursday 6th March: Radioactivity Revealed 4.30pm

Understanding Radioactivity

Topics Covered:

• Radiation and types of radioactive decay
• Penetration
• Ionisation
• Half life

Module 10 Wednesday 19th March: Practical Mastery 4.30pm

Leading Engaging and impactful GCSE Experiments

Practicals covered:

• Tips on leading practicals, minds-on as well as hands-on and using simulations
• Specific heat capacity
• Thermal radiation
• Resistance and length
• V=IR
• Ripple tank
• Density and other practicals

If you have any queries, please email [email protected]

Host or Publisher The Association for Science Education