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IGCSE 0625 · 1.2 · Core · Lesson bundle

Acceleration of free fall, g

The fourth lesson of motion, made lesson-ready: free fall is motion under gravity alone, with a constant acceleration g of about 9.8 m/s squared, and with no air resistance every mass falls at the same rate. Plan, worksheet with answers, slides, and a Numbered Heads Together activity with a full facilitation guide, built around the site simulation The Hammer and The Feather.

Syllabus
0625, 1.2
Level
Core
Duration
45 minutes
Activity
Numbered Heads
Core visual
The twin-graph poster
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Every part, two ways

Each part of the bundle opens right here on the site, projectable in any browser, and downloads as an editable file, never a locked PDF. Adapt them to your set, your timing and your school's calendar.

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Lesson plan

The 45-minute plan, with the simulation hook, the idea of g, examiner traps and a timing and contingency note.

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Worksheet and answers

Six original questions with a full worked answer key and marking notes.

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Slides

Your actual slides, presented right in the browser, with the live simulation linked beneath; the download is fully editable.

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21st century skills activity

Question rounds run as Numbered Heads Together, with answers and a full facilitation guide so the structure runs faithfully.

The matching topic page and simulation

Send learners to the lesson online

This bundle pairs with the student topic page Free fall, and the hook runs on the site simulation The Hammer and The Feather: drop both with air resistance on and off and watch what changes.

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How it is built

One idea, made unforgettable

The simulation shows the whole idea in one drop: with the air removed, a hammer and a feather land together, because the acceleration of free fall g is the same for every mass. The lesson then fixes the speed-time picture, a straight line of gradient g, and the relationship v = g t.

Numbered Heads Together then rehearses the precise statements and a calculation, and because nobody knows who will be called, every learner prepares. The activity ships with a full facilitation guide so it can be run faithfully by any teacher, and the traps it pre-empts are the classic ones: heavier objects falling faster, and confusing g with a speed or a weight.

Original work by the TheLucidSTEM team. Questions are written in the style of the papers; no past paper question is reproduced. Supplied in editable formats so you can adapt them freely.
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