'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.
This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on using genetics. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on chromosomes
4: A question on transcription
5: A question on translation
6: A question on the DNA code
7: A question on genetic engineering
8: A question on the advantages & disadvantages of genetic engineering
9: A question on cloning
10: A question on embryo transplant
11: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
12: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on pathogens & immunity. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question about Semmelweiss
4: A question on gonorrhoea
5: A question on Salmonella
6: A question on viral diseases
7: A question on fungal disease
8: A question on immunity
9: A question on vaccination
10: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
11: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the gas movement in the lungs content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
Recall the structure of the lungs
Explain how airs move in and out of the lungs
Compare the lungs to balloons inflating in a sealed bell jar
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: A recall starter activity
4: A suggested video with questions
5: Slides on breathing in and out
6: A student modelling activity
7: A sheet for students to work through
8: A plenary activity comparing the lungs to a bell jar
9: A plenary diagnosis question
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the skeletal system content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
State the names of bones in the skeleton
Describe the functions of the skeleton
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: A parts of the skeleton information hunt starter
4: A diagnosis question
5: A function of the skeletal system discussion activity
6: A SPAG activity
7: A recall activity
8: 2 plenary questions
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This resource is a lesson and activities on the maintenance of a resting potential content in the new 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet which can be used throughout the lesson
3: A build a axon membrane activity
4: A literacy questioning activity
5 A micro teaching plenary activity
6: A homework activity
7: A key information literacy activity
8: A starter game
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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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the life cycle of a star content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A snakes & ladders starter activity
3: A diagram construction task
4: A micro teaching activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A question sheet for students to work through
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 on the function of the nephron content in the new 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A card sort starter
3: A large diagram activity (stage cards included but you will need to draw a large nephron)
4: A micro teaching activity
5: A student sheet
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the adrenaline & hormonal communication section of the new 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: An information hunt starter activity
4: An adrenaline dice game
5: A micro-teaching plenary activity
6: An adrenaline literacy activity
7: A hormonal control of cells activity
8: 2 videos showing how to carry out the modeling activities
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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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the breaking energy content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A kinetic energy starter game
3: A calculating kinetic energy activity
4: 2 graph activities
5: A calculating breaking energy activity
6: A breaking energy equation construction task
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the decay section of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter literacy game
3: A decay factors information hunt
4: An experimental analysis question
5: A decay card sort
6: A 6 mark plenary 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
10: A decay practical
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the plant defences section of the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A plant defences modelling activity
4: A student diagram
5: A dice game
6: A micro-teaching activity
7: A assessment question for students to work through
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 metabolism content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A types of metabolism information hunt activity
4: A formation of urea activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A student sheet for them 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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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the reaction time required practical content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A reaction time conversion table
4: A booklet for students to work through while working through the investigation
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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This lesson covers the A2 light dependent reaction of photosynthesis section of the 2015 A2 Biology specification. This lesson has been designed to be as interactive as possible and gives lots of opportunities to interact with students. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A large interactive light dependent reaction demo
3: A reaction diagram for students to fill in
4: Pictures showing what the demo looks like once it’s set up
5: A sheet for students to work through
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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This resource is a new lesson covering the alternating current content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A AC / DC literacy activity
4: A calculating frequency activity
5: A plenary activity pulling the lesson together
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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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the CHD content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A exam question analysis starter activity
3: A development of a cholesterol plaque model activity
4: 2 exam style questions
5: A card sort activity
6: A homework task
7: A 6 mark plenary question
8: A video going through how to carry out the model activity
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
11: A set of notes for students to use
12: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
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This resource is a lesson & activities covering the DNA and genome content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A chromosomes key points activity
4: A dice assessment activity
5: A how genes code for amino acids activity
6: A DNA student model activity
7: A 6 mark assessment activity
8: A homework question
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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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the stem cells and their uses content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A literacy activity
4: A uses of stem cells activity
5: A use of stem cells to treat diabetes activity
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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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the electrolysis content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question analysis activity
3: A literacy activity
4: A dice AFL game
5: An electrolysis model activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: 2 slides that can be used for flipped learning
8: A key information starter game
9: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
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 measuring the distribution of organisms content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A quadrat activity
4: A belt transect activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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