'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• The Digestive System
• Food Tests and Enzyme Required Practical
• The Heart and Blood Vessels
• Cardiovascular Disease
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark cancer question
10: A 6 mark student marking 6 mark question
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Diffusion
• Active transport
• Osmosis
• Osmosis required practical
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark osmosis required practical question
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Endocrine system
• Glucose control
• ADH
• Hormones in reproduction
• Contraception
• Treating infertility
• Negative feedback
• The Thyroid gland
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark ADH question
10: Reproductive hormones graph activity
11: A glucose regulation SPAG activity
12: A control of blood glucose literacy activity
13: A treating infertility activity
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Homeostasis
• Glucose control
• Water control
• Temperature control
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark water control question
10: A glucose control literacy activity
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This is a new lesson for the antibodies & antitoxins section of the new OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An information sheet for students to use throughout
3: A snakes and ladders starter activity
4: A Plasticine building activity
5: A key word plenary activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the sewage treatment content in the 2015 GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A key information highlighting activity
4: A dice game AFL activity
5: A sewage treatment model
6: A 6 mark question to be used as assessment
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the collision theory content in the new 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A key information starter game
2: A definition construction activity
3: Various model building activities
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the calculating percentage mass section of the new 2016 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A starter mass of compounds game
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A calculating the percentage of nitrogen in fertilizers task
4: A circus of questions with answers
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the action potential section of the OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student work sheet
3: An action potential starter game
4: A key word literacy activity
5: An action potential modeling activity
6: An action potential card sort activity
7: A literacy activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the meiosis content in most A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A mitosis recap starter activity
3: A meiosis stages activity with sheet for students to fill in
4: An assessment dice game
5: A increasing genetic diversity activity
6: An assessment question
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the cell mediated immunity content of the OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy starter game
3: A key information sheet
4: A cell mediated immunity model activity
5: A micro-teaching activity
6: A Sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
7: A home work sheet
8: A video showing how to model the process
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• The effect of exercise
• Metabolism
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: Respiration practice questions
10: The use of glucose by plants practice question
11: A 6 mark photosynthesis required practical question
12: A 6 mark question on metabolism
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic cells
• Plant & Animal cells
• Specilised cells
• Microscopes
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark microscope question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the inertial mass content in the new AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lad students through the lesson
2: An instruction sheet on how to run the lesson
3: A dice game
4: A literacy starter activity
5: 2 graph drawing activities
6: A data analysis circus of questions
7: An equation activity
8: A suggested drag race activity
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This resource is a A Level Biology, cell membrane revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
The structure of membranes
The function of membranes
Factors affecting membrane structure
Diffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Biology specification, Diffusion section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: A literacy starter game
2: A power point with leading students through the lesson
3: Calculating surface area to volume ratio activity
4: Diffusion in organisms activity
5: 6 mark exam question plenary
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, Osmosis section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: An osmosis practical sheet
2: A power point with activities leading students through the lesson
3: Which way will water move activity
4: Diffusion summary card
5: 6 mark AFL question
6: Osmosis discussion activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the role of synapses section of the 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: A synapse parts information hunt
4: A model activity synapse activity
5: A cholinergic synapse card sort
6: A role of synapse dice game
7: A summation & control literacy activity
8: A starter game
9: A homework task
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the vaccination content of the OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A artificial immunity dice game
4: A vaccination model activity
5: A key words plenary activity
6: A SPAG activity
7: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the non specific immune response content in the 2016 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A snakes & ladders starter game
3: A blood clotting modelling activity
4: A dice game
5: A multiple choice answer activity
6: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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