OCR A Level PE (H555) – Linear Motion Lesson 1: Describing Motion | Full Lesson with Workbook & Answers

A complete, ready-to-teach lesson on describing linear motion, written for OCR A Level PE H555/01, 1.3.b Linear motion. This is A Level-only content.

Students begin with a simple puzzle: how can a runner travel 400 m and still end up 0 m from where they started? From there they build a precise vocabulary for describing movement, and each idea is experienced first, then named, then applied to sport. The lesson finishes by turning that understanding into well-structured OCR exam answers.

What’s included:

32-slide PowerPoint with full teacher notes on every slide, including model answers, timings, misconceptions to pre-empt and questioning prompts
6-page student workbook with 10 structured tasks: linear or not, direct vs eccentric force, scalar or vector, distance vs displacement, speed and velocity calculations, acceleration and deceleration calculations, and an OCR-style exam question
Teacher answer version with every task completed in green, plus a model exam answer

Lesson highlights:

• The OCR definition of linear motion, and how it is created by a direct force through the centre of mass
• Distance vs displacement, and speed vs velocity: definitions, calculations and units
• Acceleration and deceleration using a = (v − u) ÷ t, with worked examples and a challenge
• A discrepant question that tackles “acceleration just means speeding up”, plus hinge questions to catch misconceptions
• An I do, we do, you do sequence building to a 3-mark applied answer
• AO1, AO2 and AO3 self-assessment, an exit ticket and a retrieval review

Pairs with Linear Motion Lesson 2: Graphs of Motion. Fully editable. No prep needed.

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