Physics Partners Coach in Your Pocket – Information & Guidance

Welcome to the Physics Partners AI Coaching Toolkit. This page explains how each mode works and how it supports teachers — especially non-specialists — with lesson planning, assessments, subject knowledge, and tackling misconceptions.

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🗓️ Today’s Daily Prompt

What it does

This mode generates an instant, high-quality starter for your next physics lesson, including:

  • Retrieval question
  • A hook to spark interest
  • A hinge question to check understanding
  • A short discussion prompt
  • A simple plenary or reflection

Best for

  • Busy days when you need an opener fast
  • Cover lessons
  • Non-specialists needing classroom-ready material

Example prompts

  • “Give me today’s Daily Prompt for Year 8 Energy.”
  • “Daily Prompt for tomorrow’s lesson on Newton’s 3rd Law.”
  • “Starter and hinge question for Y10 waves please.”
  • “Daily Prompt for a low-ability Y7 class on forces.”
  • “Give me a Daily Prompt that revises electricity before a test.”

⚡ Quick Help

What it does

Quick Help gives you instant, reliable physics explanations and teaching guidance. Ideal for last-minute planning or when a pupil asks something unexpected.

Best for

  • Clarifying tricky concepts
  • Addressing misconceptions quickly
  • Non-specialists needing confidence boosts
  • Lesson planning on tight schedules

Example prompts

  • “What’s the simplest way to explain current to Year 8?”
  • “My class thinks mass and weight are the same — what do I do?”
  • “Why does gravitational field strength vary on different planets?”
  • “Explain energy stores in one clear analogy.”
  • “A student says heavy things fall faster — how do I fix this?”

📋 Build a Lesson

What it does

This mode creates a complete physics lesson structure including:

  • Retrieval
  • Hook or context
  • Clear explanations with misconceptions highlighted
  • Practical/demo suggestions
  • Think–pair–share questions
  • Hinge question
  • Exit ticket

Best for

  • Non-specialists
  • New teachers
  • Anyone building a full scheme of work quickly

Example prompts

  • “Build a lesson on pressure in liquids for Year 8.”
  • “Build a mixed-ability lesson on series circuits.”
  • “Create a Year 10 lesson on momentum with a hinge question.”
  • “Build a lesson on thermal insulation for low-ability Year 9.”
  • “Generate a hook for an electromagnets lesson.”

🗂️ Plan from My Timetable

What it does

Paste your timetable once — the Coach identifies your next physics class and plans the next lesson automatically.

It checks your current topic progress and generates the correct next lesson.

Best for

  • Teachers with multiple year groups
  • Organising planning across busy weeks
  • Reducing decision fatigue

Example prompts

  • “Here is my timetable — help me plan my next lesson.”
  • “Identify my next physics class and build that lesson.”
  • “Use my timetable to plan my next three forces lessons.”
  • “I’m on Lesson 4 of Waves — generate the next one.”
  • “Plan tomorrow’s physics class based on my timetable.”

📝 Create an Assessment

What it does

Generates:

  • Pupil Quick Tests
  • Starter quizzes
  • Hinge questions
  • Exit tickets
  • Exam-style question sets

Best for

  • Checking understanding before moving on
  • Building retrieval practice into lessons
  • Supporting non-specialists with high-quality diagnostic tools

Example prompts

  • “Create a Pupil Quick Test for Year 8 on electricity.”
  • “Give me five hinge questions on Newton’s 1st Law.”
  • “Make a 12-question retrieval quiz for energy stores.”
  • “Create an exit ticket for a lesson on forces and motion.”
  • “Generate exam-style questions for Year 10 on momentum.”

📚 Training Mode – Improve My Physics

What it does

Training Mode boosts your subject knowledge with:

  • Clear step-by-step explanations
  • Common misconceptions to watch out for
  • Confidence checks
  • Alternative explanations and analogies

Best for

  • Non-specialists
  • Early-career teachers
  • Teachers wanting to strengthen physics subject knowledge

Example prompts

  • “Teach me fission step-by-step and check my understanding.”
  • “Explain pressure in gases as if I’m a trainee teacher.”
  • “What misconceptions do pupils have about acceleration?”
  • “Test me on circuits with increasing difficulty.”
  • “Explain electromagnetic induction using simple analogies.”

Need more help?

You can always ask the Coach:

“Which mode should I use for this task?”

The system will point you in the right direction.