An activity designed to encourage students to learn about different career paths. Students should learn about various occupations and what the role involves as well as discuss the link between the job and a current news topic. Resources: Cards with a selection of careers and small summary/job description 5 current news articles in printer friendly format NB: Not all occupations can be related to each article but the activity should promote discussion and open students eyes to a selection of different career paths. Extension: Add more occupations Ask students to provide the article for the next lesson (to encourage an interest in current affairs) Can be completed as a regular tutor time activity or as part of a careers lesson Promotes thinking outside the box, discussion, research, collaborative thinking and application of knowledge.

3 lists for each of the A level Sciences. Suitable for all learners in preparation for their A levels and throughout the course to support their UCAS applications My students are always asking me for a good list of wider reading books so I have compiled a list for each A level Some books are tricky to source/expensive so schools could consider investing in some titles for their library at school or organise a loan scheme Great to hand out to parents or guardians at A level options evenings to help motivate their children

Contains some of the key terms needed for the new GCSE specification Can be used as a plenary/homework/starter/revision activity Answers included

25 key terms and definitions included in a printer friendly crossword Covers key terms from the new GCSE specification Answers included Great for a plenary/ homework or revision activity

The activity is aimed at GCSE and A level students but could be used to extend KS3 students with high reading ages. High level science involves learning an additional language as well as understanding the concepts and a lot of the words are very similar due to the root of their formation. This activity helps students to understand where the words come from so when they come across new terms, they may be able to use this knowledge to understand part or all of the term. It is a technique used in university study to help students, in particular medics to help them remember all the new terminology Provide each student with a hard copy of the morpheme table or display it on your WB. Students use the table to try and determine the meaning of the scientific words Go through the words in turn and students can mark their work/peer assess ensuring that they write the correct definition in their table if they were unable to work it out. I have included answers - they are not necessarily formal definitions as I wanted to try and keep the link to the morphemes.

A selection of activities using word banks to increase students vocabulary and confidence in using scientific terms. The word banks are great for creative writing and sentence structure. They can also be used as part of a forest school activity in an outdoor classroom or as a homework to encourage students to go outside and discover nature and science around them. The terms range in difficulty to allow the resource to be used for all ages and abilities The resource can be used in class or at home and can be used for short snappy activities e.g. spelling tests or for more extensive projects

Science in the News Suitable for all ages including high level primary students Dictionaries may be needed to support students Aims of resource: • To encourage more non-fiction reading • To extend vocabulary • To be more confident in using scientific terminology in everyday life • To learn about current affairs • To encourage discussion An activity that could be used regularly or as a stand alone lesson.

An A4 page covering the main maths skills required for GCSE Chemistry/Combined science (Chemistry) Print out in colour/b&w and laminate to use in class or provide each student with a copy to stick in the front of their books for reference

A selection of activities covering the first chapter of the new AQA GCSE Chemistry/Combined science - Atomic structure and the periodic table Activity 1: Quiz Activity 2: Card sorts x 4 Activity 3: Treasure hunt questions x 4 Designed to revise the topic. Detailed instructions give variations for each activity to allow them to be done in different formats and differentiate to suit your class

A selection of practical based questions covering the content and skills learnt in required practical 1&2 Can be set as revision or h/w following completion of the practicals in class Answers at the bottom of the document

3 activities to help students consolidate their understanding of chemical bonding (full instructions given within resource) Activity 1: Command word activity Activity 2: Literacy task Activity 3: Summary and application task Extension/higher: Students can extend their understanding to inter molecular forces and properties of each type of bonding A great way to get the key points into students notes whilst also demanding explanations using their understanding. Suitable for KS3, KS4 (new spec GCSE combined science and Chemistry) Also suitable for a revision activity at the start of A Level Chemistry

A simple adaptation of the coffee shop style loyalty cards. Add your school logo to the first page and print them out double sided, multiple per page to make them credit card size. The students name is written in the box at the top and the teacher signs each little book every time the student attends a revision session. We found them to be a great incentive for students to attend sessions. Once the card is complete the student placed it in a collection box and we organised a prize draw every half term/term (depending on the amount of sessions scheduled) Prizes included Amazon gift cards and stationary/supplies to help with revision and exam preparation

Information about the key scientists involved in the changing atom. it is downloaded from various sources on the internet and I ask students to read about a particular scientist and highlight the key points. As a class we then build the history of the atom using the information and any prior knowledge they may have.

I keep a stack of these in my lab for whenever an empirical formula question comes up and the students require a bit of support. By the exam, all my students lay out their working in this way and it almost guarantees the marks (as long as they use their calculator properly)

A lesson teaching students an exam technique using different coloured pens to help them build their confidence when answering long questions in exams. Starter - Quick MCQs to get their brains in gear with a self-assessment Main - A selection of long answer questions across the spec and an accompanying PP to explain the technique - this can be peer of self-assessed Extension - application questions - I photocopied the extension questions from the Oxford textbook (there are loads of great questions in there) Plenary - sharing their application question to help other students make links within the content (support for the unified paper)

A quick activity that could start revision or be used from the start of the year to allow students to quickly monitor their progress. I set students different topics as part of their independent work and have reference copies of the mark schemes in my lab for them to use once they have completed the questions It is a good way to monitor and motivate independent work as well as remind students of the volume of content they need to know for their final exams.

Designed to accompany OCR A level Chemistry practice paper - Set 1, paper 2 - H432/02 Synthesis and analytical techniques The self assessment sheet breaks down each question by topic so students can quickly see which topics they are confident in and which topics require further work. I use the self-assessments in a similar way to PLCs and ask the students to keep them in their notes to refer to as a starting point for revision

Designed to accompany OCR Chemistry Practice paper - Set 1 H432/01 Periodic table, elements and physical chemistry The self assessment sheet breaks down each question by topic so students can quickly see which topics they are confident in and which topics require further work. I use the self-assessments in a similar way to PLCs and ask the students to keep them in their notes to refer to as a starting point for revision

A 54 mark assessment made up of 14 multiple choice questions and the rest long answer questions The self assessment sheet breaks down each question by topic so students can quickly see which topics they are confident in and which topics require further work. I use the self-assessments in a similar way to PLCs and ask the students to keep them in their notes to refer to as a starting point for revision

A 57 mark assessment covering rates, orders and equilibrium from module 5 (OCR A level Chemistry) The self assessment sheet breaks down each question by topic so students can quickly see which topics they are confident in and which topics require further work. I use the self-assessments in a similar way to PLCs and ask the students to keep them in their notes to refer to as a starting point for revision