A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS3 lesson from Barclayfox. (For USA - this lesson is for use between 6th to 8th grade). This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do not need to spend many hours carefully planning, creating, resourcing and improving this lesson after each use. I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for my students and improving it over many years. This is a very high quality ready to use lesson. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives: * Be able to name some drugs. * Be able to define what a drug is. * Define the 4 drug groups (e.g. stimulant, hallucinogen etc). * Categorise drugs into the 4 groups. * Describe the effects different types of drugs have on both health and behaviour. This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - identify which are drugs. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Matching task - answers are provided. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking * Self marking * Up and about activity * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Scientific Literacy activity. * SMSC * Plenary formative/summative assessment quiz / activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. * Extension activities – just in case additional activities are required. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

** PLEASE DO NOT PURCHASE AS I AM UPDATING THIS LESSON AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY NO FILES ATTACHED TO DOWNLOAD** Get a FREE lesson! Details below. This is a complete, and ready to deliver, high quality fully differentiated KS3 (for the USA this is grade 7, 8 and 9) lesson from Barclayfox. Complete from start to end. You do not need to spend a huge number of hours carefully planning it and writing multiple thoughtfully differentiated and unique resources, I have already spent those hours creating this great lesson. Furthermore it has been improved time and again after each use. It is a tried and tested successful teaching resource. A reasonable estimate is that this is 15+ hours of effort. This is a KS3 resource, but it is more than suitable to teach the topic to lower ability KS4 or to revise previous learning with KS4 students. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with the differentiation. Lesson objectives: Be able to * Explain the differences between animal and plant cells. * Name some specialised cells. * Accurately draw the organelles of various specialised cells. * Describe their function * Explain their adaptations. This carefully crafted lesson is over 40 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Differentiated Activity sheets - 3 differentiated worksheets, PLATINUM (high ability), GOLD (medium ability), SILVER (for students needing Support). * Differentiated Long Answer (extended writing) questions with answers * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking * Self marking * Up and about activity - work in groups to collect data from stations around the room. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – answers are provided. * Scientific literacy activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. GET A FREE LESSON ! Purchase this resource, leave a review and choose another Barclayfox resource (to the same value as this one) for free! Just email your username and your chosen resource to foxteach@hotmail.com Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Happy teaching! Barclayfox.

KS3 - complete lesson. You place the file attached on the shared area, and students copy the file, and then follow the instructions, watch the video, and learn using the internet links. They complete the questions and activities. It covers: adaptation, variation, habitat and adaptations, inherited variation, survival. A complete, and ready to use. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

** Please do not buy I am updating it** Get a free resource ! Details below. High quality Biology differentiated worksheets and activity sheets with answers from Barclayfox. (3 activity sheets / worksheets + 3 Answer sheets). This is a KS3 resource, but it also produces excellent results by using it in the following ways: * As cover work that can be peer marked during cover using the answer sheets provided. * As differentiated homework that can be peer-assessed next lesson. * With lower ability KS4 * To revise previous learning with KS4 students These differentiated worksheets cover: * Create your own garden food web activity * Key questions * Investigate an ocean food web with differentiation * Matching key words to the definitions * Word search, * Who eats who * Many other key questions etc. * Differentiated with “challenge missions” Save yourself the many hours needed to prepare good quality resource with answers - I have already spent those hours preparing these for my students and improving them over many years. There is nothing for you to do but give them a very quick look through and photocopy for your students. If you buy - don't forget to claim your FREE resource! Purchase this resource, leave a review and choose another Barclayfox resource (to the same value) for free! Simply email your tes username and the title of your chosen resource to foxteach@hotmail.com Happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

This lesson is 2 in a series of 5 that expertly and fully delivers all the points within the NEW KS3 specification SoW on the “light” topic. I find that this powerpoint and the activities keep lower level students engaged during the lesson while allowing differentiation for higher achievers. I'm sure you'll find it useful.  For more lessons designed to meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking/working in pairs and thinking back to the previous lesson to solve a gap fill. After revealing the title and lesson outcomes students self assess against their current understanding of this topic. Next there is a scientific literacy activity to ensure all students learn the key words required to understand this lesson. MAIN The slides then move on to lead the students onto the law of reflection. They will delve a little deeper into this by answering key questions from a diagram. MAIN Next, the lesson focuses on reflections in mirrors and how this works. Diagrams are clear and help get the key points across accurately. Students calculate the angle of incidence and self-assess. Next they look at specular and diffuse reflections. MAIN Students study a slide which shows a mirror and virtual image. This leads to a discussion and the revealing of how rays of light move and reflect off the mirror to create the virtual image. Student answer several questions focused on the above. MAIN Differentiation, Kinaesthetic up and about OR ray box practical - depending on which you feel is best matched to the abilities of your particular class. In the Kinaesthetic activity students follow the instructions and throw, or roll, a ball against a wall and compare the angles of incidence with their respective angles of reflection. In the light box practical they fire rays of light at a mirror and record incidence and reflection angles. These activities reinforce the law of reflection in student’s minds. PLENARY Each student self-assesses versus each of the objectives. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES These are provided just in case any group requires them. All resources are included in this great lesson, there is nothing for you to do but order the equipment for the class practical (simply hand your technician the printed off kit list.doc). Thank you for looking, your feedback is much appreciated! :) Lesson 2 in a series of 5. Happy teaching, Barclayfox.

This lesson is 4 in a series of 5 STARTER Pupils become engaged in the lessons by thinking/working in pairs to solve a picture puzzle to find out what today’s lesson is about. After revealing the title and lesson outcomes students self assess against their current understanding of this topic. Next there is a scientific literacy Q and A activity to ensure all students learn the key words required to understand this lesson. MAIN Homework is set and then dispersion is demonstrated by the teacher, this is an opportunity for differentiation as high ability groups can do a short practical. There is a Q and A activity to bring out the key points. MAIN Dispersion is linked to the colours in a rainbow and how a rainbow is created. The standard ROY G BIV mnemonic for remembering the spectrum is introduced. MAIN Students study a slide which shows the sun, an apple and a girl and asks them, how is it that the girl can see that the apple is red in colour? This leads to a discussion and the revealing of how some colours are absorbed and some reflected off the apple and into the girl’s eyes so that she sees the apple as red. This progresses further into what effect different colours of light has on the colours that we see when looking at objects. Students then apply their new understanding to complete an activity and peer mark their answers. MAIN Students complete a practical experiment to investigate the effect of coloured filters on the colours that they can see. Next they look at the three RGB primary colours and the effects of adding them together. PLENARY A quiz - peer marked - which uncovers how much they have learnt during the lesson. Students self assess their understanding of this topic now they have reached the end of the lesson, and compare it to their previously self-assessed understanding at the start of the lesson. Students who need further support set themselves homework. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A variety of activities are provided just in case any of your groups requires them either this year or in future years. There is nothing for you to do but order the equipment for the class practical (simply hand your technician the printed off kit list.doc). Thank you for looking, your feedback is much appreciated! :) Lesson 4 in a series of 5. Happy teaching, Barclayfox.

Worksheets on KS3 space. worksheets, activities, and card sort etc (6 + 6 associated Answer sheets) as follows: My weight on other planets - Worksheet and Answer sheet (differentiation via a ‘challenge mission’). Phases of the moon - Activity sheet with a PowerPoint giving the answers one by one (differentiated). . Heliocentric versus Geocentric (models of the solar system) - Activity sheet and Answer sheet (differentiated). Light and space - Question sheet with Answer sheet (can be used in class or given as homework). Life cycle of stars - card sort. Life cycle of stars - worksheet and Answer sheet (differentiated). Also, please note that complete and ready to use high quality lessons for all of the KS3 space and gravity and the universe topic are also available from me. To find them, in the resources search box simply type, barclayfox and a few words from the lesson list below to see the lessons. 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. * Life cycle of a star * Eclipse Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

High quality, complete and ready to use lesson. For use in KS3 and for lower and middle ability groups in KS4. ‘‘LIFE CYCLE OF A STAR’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Recall space facts such as what planets, moon, stars and galaxies are * Understand new key words such as nebula, red giant, white dwarf etc. * Describe the life cycle of stars of similar mass to our sun. * Describe the life cycle of stars of much larger mass than our sun. * Compare and contrast the 2 life cycles. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a mini quiz. After discussion of the answers this leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess their current understanding of what this lesson is going to cover. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: unique activity sheet, carefully selected video, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, quiz, homework worksheet, gap fill, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete an activity sheet then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. OTHER BARCLAYFOX SPACE LESSONS FOR STUDENTS BETWEEN 10 YEARS AND 14 YEARS OLD: * Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. * Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models * Seasons. * Gravity, weight and mass. * Exploring and observing the universe. * The moon’s phases. * Eclipse * Space travel * Observations of the universe * Day and night MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Moon’s phases, phases of the moon, waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent. Complete KS3 lesson. ‘The Moon’s phases’ ‘‘THE MOON’S PHASES’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Use new literacy words e.g. waxing and waning. * Draw the different phases of the Moon. * Name the phases of the moon. * Explain why we see phases of the Moon. * Successfully complete a phases of the moon practical. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a picture puzzle and work out what today’s lesson is about. After discussion that leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess against their current understanding of this lesson. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: practical, unique activity sheet, animation, carefully selected video, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, picture puzzle, quiz, homework, gap fill, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete a quiz and then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE: All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you but order the equipment (list is provided), photocopy the unique activity sheet and deliver the lesson. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING: Thanks for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 6 LESSONS: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

This is a highly entertaining Christmas lesson full of fun activities. Complete and ready to use. It also includes a fully explained activity where students build and fire simple catapults made from lolly (popsicle) sticks. This is done in the classroom (no need to go outside). You do not need to know how to build the catapult, the lesson carefully guides students so they can do it without help ! They will absolutely love this activity and the story it is part of… great fun ! The story: A story about an invasion of zombie Santas is told. Christmas is in jeopardy! The learners have to try to save Christmas by defeating the zombie horde and finding a cure to turn the zombies back into humans. All instructions are included and the lesson teaches the learners almost automatically, any of us can give this fun and imaginative lesson. How can we stop the zombie horde? How do we cure the zombies turning them back into people? Can your class save Christmas? Flexible length: The length of the lesson is very flexible depending on your needs. There are activities you can miss out and there is also a Christmas cracker based extension you can add in. So, the lesson can easily last anywhere between 0.5 hours and 1.5 hours depending on your requirements. Subject and age groups: This lesson gets the learners out of their seats, keeps them happy, focused and engaged as they work in teams building and creating. There’s nothing like zombies to capture the imagination of students! It’s a great lesson that teachers of any subject can use with all ages from 6 to 16 and it won’t go out of date (like a quiz might) so you can use it for years to come, which makes it excellent value at this price ! Learning and skills: As well as being great fun and entertaining it is also educational and includes: literacy, numeracy, SMSC, team working skills, questions with answers, physical coordination skills, activities with answers, play ball game, joke telling etc High quality, ready to use lesson - great for teachers of all subjects! Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Key words: Christmas English, Christmas Geography, Christmas Geog, Christmas History, Christmas French, Christmas activities, Christmas activity, Xmas, saving Christmas, Christmas literacy, quiz, quizzes, Xmas, practical, team work, fun, entertaining, engaging, SMSC, literacy, happy kids, fun learning, catapult, elf, elves, sleigh, reindeer, Christmas maths, Christmas English, Christmas English language, Christmas English literacy, Christmas PE, Christmas PSHE, Christmas RE, Christmas French, Christmas German, MFL, Christmas Sociology, Christmas Psychology, Christmas Physics., Christmas Chemistry, Christmas Biology, Christmas Design technology, Christmas product design, EBacc, BTec, Progress 8, Christmas engineering, drama, ICT, media, computer science, art, business.

Specific latent heat. Includes specific latent heat of vaporisation and of fusion. An excellent ready made modular lesson made up of 8 parts. Simply chose the parts that best suit the ability of your group. Covers all main exam boards including AQA, Edexcel, OCR etc. Ready to use, complete lesson. Engaging and it has differentiated worksheets and all answers provided throughout. Students will be able to: Understand the relevant scientific literacy Define specific latent heat. Understand the difference between fusion and vaporisation Explain what happens to the temperature when the specific latent heat is applied. Explain why. Sketch heating and cooling graphs when a change of state occurs. Explain the curves Conduct a practical to melt ice and do calculations. Perform latent heat calculations (differentiated worksheets) Happy teaching, Barclayfox Search words specific latent heat, latent heat, latent heat of fusion, latent heat of vaporisation, fusion, vaporisation, vapourisation, state change, solid, liquid, gas, fusion, latent heat, heating curve, cooling curve, bonds, physics, latent heat, latent heat of fusion, specific latent heat.

This lesson takes the students on a journey. It leads students to consider what they want to improve and then gives them a simple but magical tool to do it in the form of a scorecard. Particularly useful for tutor time, or for New Years Resolutions or for any reflection and target setting or goal setting. It can be focused on school targets and be used to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and achieving progress. Useful for students and also for teacher’s - I’m much more organised and self disciplined now I use my scorecard ! :-) Could even be used as an active assembly - each student would simply need a scorecard and a pen to participate. Both the Powerpoint and excel files are fully editable. Happy teaching Barclayfox.

This is a powerpoint navigated lesson that works on many levels. It leads students to consider what they want to improve and then gives them a simple but magical tool to do it in the form of a scorecard. Particularly useful for tutor time, or for New Years Resolutions or for any reflection and target setting or goal setting. It can be focused on school targets and be used to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and achieving progress. Useful for students and also for teacher’s - I’m much more organised and self disciplined now I use my scorecard ! :-) Could even be used as an active assembly - each student would simply need a scorecard and a pen to participate. Both the Powerpoint and excel files are fully editable. Happy teaching Barclayfox.

The ear - KS3 science lesson that teachers pupils about the parts of the ear. Their functions, loudness, decibels, dB, ear damage, making and seeing sounds, oscilloscope, and noise cancellation. It includes an attractive PowerPoint with many varied activities to keep students focused. The PPT includes an unscramble puzzle race, video links, sequencing activity, gap fill, ear based literacy and numeracy, homework, and a plenary quiz. No marking for you ! All answers are provided throughout for easy peer or self-assessment. Duration: 1 lesson Like you I always want to give my young people the best lessons I can so I have spent a lot of time and effort on this spread out over 10+ years, I hope you like it! Feedback welcome :-D Thank you for your time, and happy teaching! Barclayfox.

Echoes and ultrasound - KS3 science lesson that teachers pupils about: Sound, using sound, echoes, what ultrasound is, Uses of ultrasound, baby scans, sonar, fish finders, dolphins, Calculation of distance from an object. It includes an attractive PowerPoint with many varied activities to keep students focused. The PPT includes an unscramble puzzle race, video links, gap fill, echo based literacy and numeracy, simple homework, and a plenary gap fill activity. No marking for you! All answers are provided throughout for easy peer or self-assessment. Duration: 1 lesson. Like you I always want to give my young people the best lessons I can so I have spent a lot of time and effort on this spread out over 10+ years. I hope you like it - if you do I would be immensely grateful for your feedback :-D Thank you for your time, and happy teaching! Barclayfox.

Hello and Happy Christmas to you! Here is an excellent quality Christmas quiz packed with lots of high quality Christmas fun and many high quality engaging images. 3 rounds: Christmas films, Christmas songs, Christmas itself + 2 extension activities if you need them. No work required, PowerPoint is ready to use - let one of your students hit the return button as you focus on other things. Plus lots of very funny Christmas cracker jokes throughout to get you and the kids laughing and enjoying yourselves ! Get into the wonderful Christmas spirit, enjoy !! Best wishes, Barclayfox Christmas fun, xmas fun, christmas quiz, christmas quizzes

Complete lesson, for the first time you meet any new class, including your tutor group. Use this lesson multiple times during your first week! Use it at the beginning of every year. Great for new teachers and experienced teachers. I have been using this very successfully for over a decade in a wide variety of schools (including two “tough” schools). It provides an interesting and highly structured introductory lesson and has ensured good behaviour - even in groups that other teachers consider to be badly behaved. Happy Teaching Barclayfox