AQA GCSE Physics and Combined Science Activity Booklets
Worksheets that take a pupil from stuck to stretched, one booklet per topic. Every calculation is modelled using FIFA — Formula, Insert, Fine tune, Answer — and every question is labelled Support, Core or Stretch, so one booklet works for the whole class.
Suitable for GCSE Physics and GCSE Combined Science: Trilogy. The booklets cover the whole AQA GCSE Physics (8463) specification, which includes all of the physics in AQA Combined Science: Trilogy (8464). Anything that’s only for separate Physics is clearly tagged, so Combined Science pupils know exactly what to skip. The only booklet Combined Science pupils won’t need is 4.8 Space physics.
4.1 Energy — free to download
The whole Energy booklet, with its answer booklet, free. Use it with a class and see whether it suits you before buying the rest — there is no sign-up and no email needed.
17-page activity booklet · 15-page answer booklet · 30 questions · required practical 1
The other seven topics — £15
The complete set: all eight topics, each with its own answer booklet. One set works for both your GCSE Physics and Combined Science classes.
16 PDFs · 95 pages of activities · all 10 required practicals
4.1 Energy · 4.2 Electricity · 4.3 Particle model of matter · 4.4 Atomic structure · 4.5 Forces · 4.6 Waves · 4.7 Magnetism and electromagnetism · 4.8 Space physics (separate Physics only)
The free Energy booklet above is a complete sample of what the others look like.
What is in every booklet
- Retrieval starter — five closed-book questions from earlier topics, to begin a lesson
- Knowledge organiser — the whole topic on one page, plus an equation bank with units
- FIFA worked examples — Formula, Insert, Fine tune, Answer, each followed by a scaffolded Your turn question
- Graded questions — Support, Core and Stretch, with bordered working boxes for calculations
- Required practicals — written out in full, with questions on method, errors and improvements
- Varied activities — match up, fill the gaps, true or false, spot the mistake, graph plotting, quick-check multiple choice
- Exam-style question with marks and a score box, and a challenge task that goes beyond GCSE
- Progress tracker with three confidence boxes per statement
Higher Tier only and Separate Physics only are tagged throughout, so Foundation and Combined Science pupils know exactly what to skip. Black and white throughout, so it photocopies cheaply, and one purchase covers unlimited printing for your own classes.
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