a booklet i made for low ability students to think about the earth and the universe, it gets them planning a space mission, diamond ranking the equipment they would take with them, thinking about the conditions on other planets amongst other things

Written this year, inlcudes some victim identification material and works on the crime scene having a coded message (like the zodiac killer), a muddy footprint and a severed arm and then later on another crime scene with a knife and some bones from another victim. I used coded messages to link the crime scenes and taunt the pupils as the killer but simple messages could be left instead, i tried to link in some victim support material as well to give a link to citizenship and the impact of crime, i will give more details by email through the TES if desired

a shorter version of my rollercoaster project that gets pupils to prepare a projecton one fairground ride or rollercoaster where they think about forces, levers and moments

A good opening to investigating science and CSI type projects, looks at the murders committed by burke and hare and has a sorting out worksheet for their story, once pupils have sorted the cards out you can remove some of them and get them to reproduce parts of the story to see what they have learnt there is also pictures of old medical instruments for them to guess how they were used and a section of pictures for them to make posters on the history of anatomy.

a module and evaluation sheet/assessment i made to introduce pupils to the country of japan allows them to learn a little japanese, discover manga and try some japanese foods

A worksheet discussing the different stages of a rockets motion from take off to returning to ground, has forces labelled and stages and diagrams for pupils to sequence, once they have completed this you can remove some of the cards and ask the pupils to reproduce the information from memory to check learning.

Two powerpoints, one on sources of electricity (including renewable sources) with a picture of the blue lagoon in Iceland, which is geothermal, and another about showing tectonic plates pulling apart in Pingvellir national park, a volcanic crater and geyser along with the beautiful Gulfloss waterfall and the blue lagoon

a simple review of forces - with a name the force activity - labelling force diagrams of wonder woman, my little pony, sonic etc and then doing a different surfaces friction investigation i use lego cars but you could use trolleys- the experiment sheet is differentiated and so is the forces sheet - purple stars are challenge questions but it is designed for lower ability all resources needed are included in the powerpoint or attached separately

Based on the game consequences which you may remember from when you were younger, I made these sheets when we had been working on lord of the flies so they have a bit of a lost theme. Each pupil fills in one part of the sheet folds it over and passes it to the person next to them they do a part fold it over and pass it on. when all parts have been completed you unfold it and get some really random and funny stories

looks at the science of phrenology once believed in and now dismissed use the first sheet as a starter, then introduce ideas of phrenology to pupils and get them to measure each other and see if they have any criminal characteristics has great links to citizenship as you can discuss whether it is fair to label people on looks alone.

requires populations of jelly babies to carry out. give the pupils an island outline and a population of jelly babies they then use half the cards at the front of the actvity to affect their population and answer questions on what happens to their populations. The level ladder may need adjusting to match APP

Stolen from lots of other places on the TES this is a handy little revision tool for the new edexcel science spec for chemistry

level assessed tasks on the forces that act on a parachute, useful for KS3, based on the old levels but could be adapted for APP

a worksheet with some activities i designed to support a viewing of bowling for columbine

a sketchbook template for a scheme of work on movement figures and dance. With sections for pupils to complete their own activities

a poster with some of the key how science works keywords on it

I designed this as a interview lesson but it works as part of the OCR twenty first century science module on life on earth as well. you start with the pictures of a real family tree and look for similarities before moving on to look at darwins finches and his work and the development of phylogenetic trees. It's a good springboard into a discussion about how DNA evidence supports the theory of evolution and can then extend into darwins work, my extension sheet included has an excerpt from the origin of the species describing the finches

a worksheet that could be used to give structure to a shadow puppets investigation, useful with lower ability pupils

A grinch themed science lesson - i would get pupils to solve the challenges with lego and materials. using toys or lego animals for pets. and different sized toner boxes with gifts hidden in them for the pupils to retrieve.

A set of worksheets and cards to help pupils plan a music festival given a set budget, they can gain money from stalls but they have to have security etc, they can also produce a lineup poster (an example one included) to say what they would have playing and decide how much they would charge for a ticket. This is a good budgeting porject and one that the pupils are quite enaged by, there is a selection of bands however it may need to be adapted to suit your pupils