'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 designed for KS3 students covering the gas exchange in the lungs content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
Recall the structure of the lung and the process of breathing
Describe the process of gas exchange in the alveoli
Explain how the body is adapted to ensure a high rate of gas exchange
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 task
4: A starter diagnosis question
5: A key information game
6: Information on the alveoli
7: A modelling activity
8: A scientific writing activity
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This resource is a A Level Biology, hormonal control workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Hormonal control
Adrenaline
The control of blood glucose
The control of insulin release
The structure of the pancreas
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the potable water content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
3: A desalination information hunt pair activity
4: A 6 mark plenary question on distillation
5: A suggested demo on distillation to carry out
6: A desalination modeling activity
7: Flipped learning information slide
8: A key information starter game
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This resource is a lesson covering the momentum content in the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: The momentum equation activity
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A force & momentum activity
4: A conservation of mass activity
5: A graph drawing activity
6: A rearranging equations activity
7: A calculating stopping distance activity
8: A maze starter game
9: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the radiation content of the AQA GCSE Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: An information sheet
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A blockusters starter game
4: A types of radiation 6 mark answered question to mark
5: A half life graph activity
6: An uses of radiation literacy activity
7: An uses of radiation 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the evolution section of the GCSE Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student summary sheet
3: A snakes & ladders starter game
4: A comparing theories of evolution activity
5: A natural selection dice game
6: An evolutionary tree activity
7: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a revision lesson with activities covering the current electricity content of the GCSE Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student summary sheet
3: A static electricity dice game
4: Series & parallel circuit activities
5: A resistance activity
6: A resistance graph activity
7: A resistance graph 6 mark question
8: A resistance in a wire 6 mark question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the diabetes content in the 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter literacy game
3: 2 graph activities
4: A stem cells in diabetes treatment activity
5: A type of 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 DNA profiling content of the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A human genome AFL dice game
4: A DNA profiling modelling activity
5: A PCR modelling activity
6: A human genome key point highlight activity
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This resource is a GCSE Chemistry quantitative chemistry revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Chemistry specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Atoms, elements & compounds
Mixtures
Atomic structure
The periodic table
Groups in the periodic table
Transition metals
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a GCSE Chemistry, the atmosphere revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Chemistry 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
The changing atmosphere
Global warming
Composition of the atmosphere
Formation of limestone
Carbon footprint
Acid rain
Carbon cycle
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the field investigations content in the required practical section of 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 key information literacy activity
4: A sampling area activity
5: A 3 page booklet for students to work through while carrying out the investigation
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the communities section of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy activity
3: A key information game
4: A SPAG activity
5: A competition graph activity
6: A stable community modeling 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 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
This resource is a set of flash cards to help students revise the transport in plants content in the OCR A Level Biology specification. Each card gives help on what students need to include.
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on using quadrats
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This resource is a set of flash cards to help students revise the cell membranes content in the OCR A Level Biology specification. Each card gives help on what students need to include.
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