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Worksheet to give students practice calculating weight as gravity changes while mass remains constant. There are also some extension questions regarding the affect of mass and distance on the strength of gravity. The topic of Forces aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Forces_Calculating Weight and Mass by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This worksheet accompanies the Earth and Space Dominoes game. The vocabulary and meanings are the same as in the Dominoes game and can be used after the game is played to review what they learned. This worksheet can also be used without the game as a way of introducing new words, with the help of a dictionary or internet. Vocabulary on this worksheet: Asteroid belt Asteroids Astronomy Axis Comets Constellation Day Equator Galaxy Luminous Meteoroids Meteorites Orbit Satellite Solar system Year H

This 33 slide presentation is an introduction to what energy is, the different types of energy and how energy moves in and out of systems. The presentation includes links to a video, a website and an activity to do in the classroom. The zip file also contains the worksheet associated with the activity described in the presentation. The topic of Energy aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Energy_Introduction Power Point and Money Activity by Jennifer Nowak

Quiz with short responses to assess the learning of types of forces, affects of forces in general and specifically friction and gravity, and balanced and unbalanced forces. This quiz may be used as a summative assessment or a pre-learning quiz to gauge what students already know about the topic. The topic of Forces aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Forces_Quiz by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internati

This worksheet assesses students' ability to identify different types of energy with cloze (fill-in-the-blank) sentences. It also has questions asking the students to identify useful and wasted energy in two appliances. The topic of Energy aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Energy_Transfer and Storage by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This document includes directions, answers, and game pieces to play a dominoes game with space vocabulary. The game is played like original dominoes-laying the pieces down end to end with matching ends touching each other. However, in this game, matching pieces are those with the vocabulary word and its meaning. Vocabulary words: Asteroid belt Asteroids Astronomy Axis Comets Constellation Day Equator Galaxy Luminous Meteoroids Meteorites Orbit Satellite Solar system Year Hemisphere Eclipse by

Worksheet that extends ideas on forces. Students should already be familiar with the various types of forces and be able to discuss their actions on objects. The topic of Forces matches the National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint guidelines for Year 7 Physics. by Science Gorilla Forces_Extended Thinking by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This worksheet may be used as class work or homework to review concepts about Earth and Space. Topics covered are: speed of light stars as luminous objects the moon as a non-luminous object rotation on the axis eclipses tilt of the axis gravity by Science Gorilla

This worksheet acts as scaffolding for a research assignment about celestial bodies. This assignment is meant to extend the Earth and Space topic in Stage 7 of the National Curriculum. Students use the worksheet to direct their research and then turn their notes into an essay. The worksheet includes very general criteria for producing quality work. By Science Gorilla

Worksheet to give students practice identifying the various types of forces acting on objects. They are also asked to represent the relative strength of forces with arrow size. The topic of Forces aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Forces_Identifying Types and Strengths by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

The short quiz (8 short answer or one word answer questions) assesses the student's ability to recall energy types and identity them in different situations. The topic of Energy aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Energy_Quiz by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

This quiz features short and medium answer responses to questions assessing students' understanding of the following topics: Heliocentric and Geocentric models The affect of distance and atmosphere on planet temperature. Phases of the moon Day and Night Seasons Eclipses Luminous and Non-luminous bodies Earth and Space_Quiz by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Worksheet for students to fill out and then use to present one of the forces to the class. This should be used as a summative assessment. The topic of Forces aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Forces_Presentation by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Word Search to practice spelling and giving meanings to Forces related vocabulary. The topic of Forces aligns with National Curriculum and Cambridge Checkpoint for Year 7 Physics. Forces_Word Search by Jennifer Nowak is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.