I set this as a task for my low ability Year 9s as a cover work lesson. Feedback was good and the member of staff covering said it kept a challenging group engaged!
This 4 part lesson introduces students to continuous and discontinuous variation, leading them to carry out a data collection and produce an appropriate graph for the data collected. This is facilitated by the use of a learning mat which follows the 4 part structure of the lesson.
This assessment was used to assess my Year 10 group at the end of the Unit 3 - Infection and Response topic.<br />
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I then had pupils carry out a personal question level analysis to identify areas for improvement to work on. This was particularly effective to individualise learning.
This follows a 4 part lesson structure complete with learning mat, extension task and independent learning task to introduce pupils to animal and plant cells.
This 4 part lesson, complete with learning mat and information sheets introduces pupils to the key structures and functions of specialised cells and the difference between cell specialisation and cell differentiation. Opportunities for assessment are provided in the form of exam style questions.
This powerpoint and learning mat introduces pupils to the structure of animal and plant cells via a 4 part lesson structure. Opportunities for peer and self assessment are made clear.
This 4 part lesson plan introduces students to inheritance and the causes of different characteristics. Includes a powerpoint and 2 differentiated learning mats - Foundation and Higher with different levels of exam style questions to assess students.
This task is designed to help develop extended writing skills and includes a feedback generator. The focus of this task is for high impact marking so pupils are required to redraft their answer after completing the task to show improvement. At this stage opportunities for further development can be identified or the assessment loop closed.
This extended writing task is designed to introduce extended writing skills at KS3 to help develop these skills for KS4. Includes peer / self assessment mark scheme