'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 and activities covering the antibiotics and painkillers content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A growing bacteria activity
4: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
5: A section on antibiotic resistance
6: A 6 mark 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 protist disease content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A Malaria SPAG activity
4: A Malaria group work activity
5: A 6 mark assessment question
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
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the inherited conditions content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information activity
3: A dice game for AFL
4: A 6 mark question analysis activity
5: Information on different inherited conditions
6: A 6 mark 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 reactions of alkenes content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: An alkene key information starter game
3: Activities looking at the reactions with water, bromine and hydrogen
4: A 6 mark assessment question on addition polymerisation of alkenes
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 lesson with activities covering the carboxylic acids content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A exam question answer analysis starter activity
3: Activities going through the properties & strength of carboxylic acids
4: A how esters are produced activity
5: A question sheet for students to work through
6: A method for investigating the reaction of carboxylic acid and calcium carbonate
7: A 6 mark assessment question
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
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the factors affecting rate of reaction section of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game looking at key words used in practical investigations
3: Activities looking at the affect of surface area, temperature, catalysts and concentration on rate of reaction
4: A question for students to work through for homework
5: A 6 mark assessment question
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
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the bacterial disease content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A how bacteria spreads key information activity
4: A key information dice game
5: A set of notes for students to use
6: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
7: 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 immune system content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A natural defenses information hunt
4: A natural barriers dice game
5: A phagocytosis literacy activity
6: An immune system dice game
7: A producing antibodies stop motion activity
8: A 6 mark assessment 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 vaccination content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A history of vaccines starter activity
3: A vaccination spag activity
4: A key information dice game
5: A pair activity on heard immunity
6: A 6 mark 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
7: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This is a free resource covering the investigating chlorophyll content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point that goes through the background information
2: A set of student notes
3: A method sheet
4: A Link to a video which takes students through the lesson
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the structure of chloroplasts content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A key information highlight then summarize activity
4: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
5: Examples of models students can make during the lesson
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 biotic and abiotic factors content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A question sheet for students to work through
4: A 6 mark assessment question
5: A set of notes for students to use
6: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
7: 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 effect of exercise content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resources includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: An oxygen debt activity
4: A recovering from exercise activity
5: A mini project task
6: A 6 mark 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 and activities covering the health issues content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: An alcohol problems starter game
3: A risk factors activity
4: A dangers of smoking activity
5: A dangers of alcohol discussion activity
6: A type 2 diabetes 6 mark question
7: A student sheet for them to work through on the dangers of alcohol
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
11: A potential effects of alcohol on the body demo
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the global warming content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A global warming graph activity
4: A how global warming is caused activity
5: A suggested model activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A student sheet for them 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 and activities covering disease transmission in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A key information annotation activity
4: 3 questions on disease transmission
5: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
6: A 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 and activities covering animal pathogens and disease content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
3: Activities on Influenza, TB, HIV and Malaria
4: A Key information started game
5: A key information annotation activity
6: Questions on the different pathogens
7: A group discussion 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 and activities covering plant pathogens and disease content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
3: Activities on Ring Rot, Potato Blight, TMV and Black Sigatoka
4: A Key information started game
5: A key information annotation activity
6: A question looking at how plant disease affects food security
7: A group discussion 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 testing for ions content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: Explanations how to test for metal ions, sulphates, halides, carbonates & carry out flame tests
3: A sheet for students to fill out
4: A starter game based on experimental command words
5: Quick practice exam style questions
6: A work out what is in a mixture activity
7: A key information annotation activity
8: A 6 mark assessment 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 reacting acids & metals content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
3: A command word starter game
4: A reactivity series activity
5: A equation activity
6: A practical design activity
7: A group presentation activity
8: A graph analysis activity
9: A 6 mark assessment question
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