Physics Presentations

Relative Motion Lesson - Senior Physics Presentation Lesson

Follow a slide presentation on relative motion (using a fill-in-the-blank student copy with bolded/underlined terms left blank to copy into notes), work through worked examples (boat, escalator), and solve 'Check Your Understanding' practice problems (boat passenger, plane airspeed/wind, ship deck, plane displacement)…

Includes: 4 worked 'Check Your Understanding' practice problems with numeric answers embedded in the slides

Light - Reflection Explained - Distance Learning and Homeschool for Middle School

Watch an animated PowerPoint, answer a digital quick test, complete photocopiable worksheets and an investigation activity measuring angles of incidence/reflection, mark and self-correct answers, complete cut-outs/foldable, and use a progress self-check.

Includes: Animated PowerPoint (Reflection Teach Simple.ppsx, 62 pages) · Photocopiable lesson (35 pages)

Forces Introduction - Lesson Bundle

Students define and revise their understanding of force, rank the four fundamental forces by relative strength, solve numeric gravitational-force problems (Fg = mass x g), analyze contact vs. action-at-a-distance forces on everyday objects (a pen on a desk, cars, wheels), work through 'Check Your Understanding'…

Includes: student slide deck (55 slides, fill-in-the-blank style) · Student Lesson Outline (notes document)

Soap Bubbles PowerPoint Unit Study

View/read an illustrated slide presentation covering soap bubble physics (surface tension, foam, Plateau's laws), mathematics (minimal surface, double bubble conjecture and its real-world engineering use), freezing behavior, and artistic/historical depictions; complete an accompanying study guide.

Includes: 21-slide presentation on soap bubble science/math/history/art (provided as both PPTX and PDF) · 12-page study guide (PDF)

Hearing and the Human Ear - Lesson Bundle

A 1-2 day lesson package covering the physics and biology of hearing: frequencies, hearing loss causes/prevention, sound intensity, and ear anatomy.

Includes: student presentation (pptx) · teacher presentation (pptx/pdf)

Lasers, Absorption and Transmission - Google Slides and Distance Learning

Watch/view a slide-based lesson (with linked videos) and fill in blanks on a student-copy slide deck and matching outline as key terms and explanations are presented; complete guided notes on light rays, geometric optics, transparent/translucent/opaque materials, and laser properties.

Includes: Google Access instructions page (not content) · additional-resources doc with 5 external video/article links

Forces and Free Body Diagrams - Lesson Bundle

Students review force types (gravity, normal, tension, friction/kinetic/static), draw free-body diagrams for given scenarios (a tossed ball, a pushed chair, a sleigh pulled up a hill), resolve force vectors into x/y components, and solve numeric net-force problems (e.g. volleyball strike, boat tethered by two ropes…

Includes: student version slide deck (no answers) · teacher/answer version slide deck (with worked answers to Check Your Understanding and Practice problems)

Thin Lens Equation and Magnification - Lesson

Students follow a teacher slide presentation with fill-in-the-blank notes (student outline and student pptx), work through 'Check Your Understanding' problems on image location and magnification during class, then complete a 12-question Thin Lens Equation worksheet calculating image distance and image size/height for…

Includes: student version slide deck with blanks

Light - Shadows and Solar and Lunar Eclipses Fully Resourced Lesson for Distance Learning and Homeschool for Middle School

Watch an animated PowerPoint, complete a digital quick test, work through photocopiable worksheets and a photocopiable lesson booklet, mark and self-correct answers, complete cut-outs and a foldable, and use a progress self-check.

Includes: Animated PowerPoint (Shadows and Eclipses Teach Simple.ppsx, 48 pages) · Photocopiable lesson (25 pages)

Ray Diagrams, Reflection and Plane Mirrors - Google Slides and Distance Learning

A physics lesson presentation teaching reflection, plane mirrors, the law of reflection, ray diagrams, lateral inversion, and describing images (SALT method).

Snell's Law and the Index of Refraction Lesson

Fill in guided-notes blanks while following a slideshow lesson, solve refraction/critical-angle practice problems, and complete an in-class lab.

Includes: student lesson outline with guided-notes blanks (docx) · student slideshow (pptx, 10 slides)

Forces - Team Quest Quiz

Working in teams (and individually for some rounds), students answer pictorial questions across several themed rounds (e.g., a memory test identifying objects that briefly appear, an unscramble round identifying cut-up images, a cryptic-clue guessing round), competing for points on a built-in scoreboard for up to…

Includes: instructions/preview page describing game structure: 4 team rounds (Light knowledge - 21 questions; Lightning round - 5; cryptic clue… · note that all questions are pictorial and the PowerPoint is animated/interactive with a built-in scoreboard

Reading Passages on Position and Motion of Objects (PPT)

Students read each lesson's nonfiction passage on a physics topic, then answer multiple-choice comprehension questions (including vocabulary-in-context and diagram-reading items) and a spelling section, checking work against a provided answer key that cites the sentence evidence for each answer.

Includes: Lesson 6: Position, Distance, and Motion (passage + comprehension questions + spelling + answer key) · Lesson 7: Pushing and Pulling Forces (passage + comprehension questions)

Forces Team Quest Interactive Quiz

Working in teams (and individually for some rounds), students answer pictorial questions across several themed rounds (e.g., a memory test identifying objects that briefly appear, an unscramble round identifying cut-up images, a cryptic-clue guessing round), competing for points on a built-in scoreboard for up to…

Includes: instructions/preview page describing game structure: 4 team rounds (Light knowledge - 21 questions; Lightning round - 5; cryptic clue… · note that all questions are pictorial and the PowerPoint is animated/interactive with a built-in scoreboard

Light - Reflection, Refraction and Lenses Smart Board Bingo for Middle School

Students answer randomly generated physics questions displayed on the smart board and mark the corresponding answer square on a printed bingo card

Flight - Bell Ringers, Class Warm-Ups, and Exit Tickets

Answer short questions (fill-in-the-blank, short answer, opinion, drawing) about flight topics such as forces on a plane, lift, helicopters, bird flight, air properties, and environmental effects of airlines; record answers on a provided student answer sheet or in a Google Sheets tracker.

Complete Math Review Package

Follow guided-notes slides with fill-in-the-blank explanations and worked examples (e.g., converting numbers to/from scientific notation, determining positive/negative exponents), then complete 'Check Your Understanding' practice problems.

Includes: Significant Digits section (title only observed before truncation) · Rearranging Equations section (title only observed before truncation)