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Prefer active student-led activities and so tend to design accordingly.
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Experienced science teacher - 15 years of teaching. Commissioned resource author. Copy editor.
Prefer active student-led activities and so tend to design accordingly.
Save yourself heaps of planning time, for as little as £1.00. Funds generated from the sales of resource helps pay for the software and apps used to create my resources.
95 Questions and answers focusing on the Thermal Transfer section of the P1 exam (more topics will be published later). There are 2 pdf files - one with a 4 x 2 layout and the other with a 5 x 2 layout.
Topics include:
conduction, convection, radiation
evaporation, condensation, kinetic theory
Changing the rate of energy transfer
animal adaptations and energy transfer
the vacuum flask
insulating houses and u-values
payback time
solar panels
specific heat capacity
This bundle includes: 95 x flash cards, rotation square activities, word searches, revision cubes, Cornell Note activity, comic, routemap etc. that I’ve put together over the years. There really is something for everyone in here.
Activity Time: 45mins
GCSE Power
15 Questions and Answers most of which focus on calculations, converting units and re-arranging equations. Each question is differentiated by difficulty (most difficult have 4 smileys while easiest have only 1 smiley face).
The activity focuses on P = E/t and P = I * V - to further differentiate you could supply students with model answers. I usually give different abilities different numbers of Smiley's to collect, so a lower ability student would have 6 while a higher would have many more.
There are 3 files in this resource, a colour version, black and white version and the answer key.
Activity Length: 40 minutes
Suitable for GCSE students of all abilities.
This is a 3 part resource. The first is a comic book style text that introduces EM waves as being transverse and as waves of different lengths and frequency (there is an explanation as to what these terms mean). The second part is a user friendly worksheet, again in a comic book style, where students can use textbooks, video or internet to discover the uses, dangers, advantages, disadvantages, frequency and wavelengths of the spectrum.
My students enjoy using the comic-book style textbooks, in particular my reluctant readers and dyslexic students, however, there should always be an alternative source information around, like a text book, to ensure that they are exposed to text of all types.
The third is a powerpoint file of the comic book if you should wish to present it rather than printing it.
The activity will challenge the higher abilities as they will be expected to apply their knowledge in a compare and contrast activity, while also being expected to produce work that shows a deeper understanding.
Keywords: transverse wave, electromagnetic spectrum, light, communication,
These activities work best in pairs and I've found that they are very good at building resilience and independence. The students are given the problems and answers, but are asked to show their working out and meta cognitive processes - teaching them how to problem solve and apply their ideas.
Suitable for middle to higher achievers.
Over 50 Questions with answers.
This resource is made up of a trifold brochure with many energy related questions. Give students the question brochure, tube map and "sites and station" leaflet.
As a virtual tourist to London the students aim to visit as many attractions as they can.
They choose a station to start at and a site that they wish to visit.
For each station along the way they answer the corresponding energy related question.
Full instructions given.
Multiple choice mini assessment consisting of 18 questions. The answers have been designed to cover any misconceptions. Can be used as is, or used in conjunction with the free "quick key" app, which allow instant feedback and data analysis.
Ideal activity for all abilities as feedback tasks, revision or homework.
Students are given a category (route) that the teacher feels they need the most work on.
Students use the tube map and the station brochure, to guide them through the stations and present them with the relevant questions.
Differentiate by giving lower achievers a set of cue cards (included) or allow some revision using the revision cards (included) beforehand.
Higher achievers can follow the challenge route.
This resource includes:
- Tube map
- Revision Cards
- Cue cards
- Brochure of stations with questions
- Answers
Objective: Understand the process of diffusion within the cell and the factors that affect the speed of diffusion.
The activity draws on ideas of SOLO taxonomy hexagons, Tony Ryan's Thinkers' Keys and other strategies that focus on deeper thinking and conceptual links.
The resource is made up of a double sided Trifold leaflet with some activities more challenging than others. I have included each page as a separate file so that it can be previewed more thoroughly for inspection before purchase.
Objective: To understand that metals need to be extracted from ores
To understand the properties and uses of metals and alloys
Suitable for higher KS3 students or KS4.
This is resource consists of 2 activities. The first is a Jeopardy worksheet where students are given the answer and they come up with the question, the second is a learning grid that asks students to find relationships between words.
Instructions for link word
Students placed in groups of two and given a relevant piece of text. Working as a team, using glossaries, text book, internet etc. students then force a relationship between as many of the words as they can by making coherent sentences with their chosen words..
They can either:-
1. Write an sentence using the two words that clearly explains how they are linked
2. __________________ is linked to _______________________ because _____________________________.
3. ________________ is linked to ________________ an example is ___________________________________.
4. _______________ is similar to _____________ because __________________________________________.
5. ____________________ is different to _________________ because ___________________________________.
6. We can use ________________ to ____________________________ because _____________________________.
To differentiate the task the words carry a number score. A high ability student would have a far higher score than a lower ability student. This forces the higher level student to choose words that have a higher value ie more difficult to make connections to.
Encourage students to use as many words as they can in their EXPLANATION as they will be added to their scores.
Objectives:
To perform calculations relating to KE and GPE
To improve math skill through metacognition activity
To understand the relation between Kinetic Energy, GPE and Conservation of Energy.
Differentiate through the activities, some of which are simpler than others, or through group work or task choice.
This magazine-type activity has always been a firm favourite with my groups. Working in groups or as a longer homework project it is designed to get students thinking about energy in real terms and the importance of correctly showing mathematical method.
This comprises 2 activities. The first resources asks students to construct their own crossword using the questions provided (they need to find the answers to the questions as well).
The second is a collection of KS3 Word searches on cells.
A collection of KS3 science resources including revision and feedback tasks, literacy support and deep learning tasks. Total price of bundled items: £32.90.
Take your students on a virtual tour of London.
Students are issued with a London Underground Map and they follow the tube routes. As they do this they will collect money for each station that they visit providing they answer the question correctly or complete the task!
Routes are differentiated so perfectly suited to mixed achievement groups.
A card sort of 15 cards suitable for Key Stage 3 or low achievement KS4.
Objectives
To understand ways of separating mixtures.
To understand Key terminology.
The resource consists of a 15 question card sort and a set of 15 revision cards in colour and another in black and white.