Resources by Best Evidence Science Teaching

More than light

• Describe the relationships between speed, frequency and wavelength for light waves.
• Describe the nature of light as a form of electromagnetic radiation....

Motion graphs

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Read values of distance or time off the axes of a distance-time graph for a plotted point
• Describe the changes to an object represented by a move from one point on a distance-time...

Motor effect

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Describe the magnetic field created by a current carrying wire.
• Describe the force acting on a current carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field.    
• Explain how a coil of...

Movement of the Earth and other planets

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Describe how the seasons change through a year.
• Describe the movement of the Earth through a year.
• Describe evidence that shows the Earth moves in a circular orbit...

Movement of the Moon

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Describe the properties of the Moon.
• Identify the shapes that the Moon can appear to be. 
• Describe how the shape of the Moon appears to change over time.   
• ...

Moving charge

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify an electric field.
• Describe the effect of an electric field on a charged particle.            
• Describe the properties of electric fields.       
• Explain...

Neutralisation

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Explain the appearance of bubbles when bicarbonate of soda reacts with vinegar.
• Explain what happens when an acid appears to ‘eat away’ a material.
• Suggest evidence that...

Night Sky, Stars and Galaxies

These diagnostic questions and response activities (contained in the zip file) support students in being able to:

• Identify the Sun as a star

• Explain why Sun looks bigger and brighter than other stars

• Describe how the stars (and Moon) appear to move in the sky...