Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on plant minerals. In this lesson students will explain the role of nitrates, phosphates, potassium and magnesium in healthy growth. They will describe where plants get their minerals from and explain why farmers use fertilisers. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Chemosynthesis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765651 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on anaerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn the word equations for anaerobic respiration in humans and yeast, explain the differences between anaerobic and aerobic respiration, discuss some uses for anaerobic respiration and explain what is meant by ‘oxygen debt.’ Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: anaerobic, fermentation, oxygen debt, lactic acid and yeast) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Sorting task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Ecosystems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12768066 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on metals and non-metals. In this lesson students will describe the properties of metals, locate metals in the periodic table and explain what is meant by the term ‘metalloid.’ Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: metal, non-metal, metalloid, malleable, ductile and sonorous) -Task boxes -Comprehension task -Oxidation reactions (recap from year 7 and as an example of how metals and non-metals react differently -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Groups and Periods https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12782206 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on groups and periods of the periodic table. In this lesson students will use data patterns to predict the properties of elements and explain what is meant by a group and a period. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: groups, periods, transition metal, reactivity, atomic mass and atomic radius) -Labeling exercise -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Data interpretation (numeracy) with graph drawing extension -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Group 1 Elements https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12982261 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on competition. In this lesson students will describe how adaptations help plants and animals to compete for different resources. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: competition, adaptation, mates and resources) -Task boxes -Matching exercise -Handout sheet task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Adapting to Change https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12981293 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on the role of bacteria and enzymes in digestion. In this lesson students will learn about what an enzyme is and why they are needed for digestion. They will also discuss the role of bacteria in digestion. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (immune system, enzyme, digestive juices, catalyst and bile) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Drugs https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12762660 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on variation. In this lesson students will state what causes variation and give examples. They will learn about the difference between inherited and environmental variation. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: variation, characteristics, environmental variation, inherited variation and species) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Continuous and Discontinuous variation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12981312 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on photosynthesis. In this lesson students will explain the role of a producer in an ecosystem, describe the chemical process of photosynthesis and identify the structures and subcellular structures responsible for photosynthesis. They will also discuss how water and gases move in and out of plants. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (producer, consumer, xylem, phloem and stomata) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Leaves https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765291 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Chemistry C1a (The Periodic Table). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and can be used to revise for end of topic tests or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments. In this lesson students will revise: Metals and non-metals Groups and periods The elements of groups 1, 7 and 0 Displacement reactions Recap of types of reaction from previous year (neutralisation, displacement, combustion/oxidation and thermal decomposition) Practice conservation of mass Practice balancing equations -Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12772671 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on the group 0 noble gases. In this lesson students will describe some of the properties of group 0 elements, and use patterns in the properties Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Labeling and note taking exercise -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Graph drawing exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12784101 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on inheritance. In this lesson students will explain how characteristics are inherited. They will also describe the structure of DNA and some of the history of DNA discovery. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: fertilisation, genetic information, DNA, chromosomes and genes) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Natural Selection https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12770866 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on natural selection. In this lesson students will describe the process of natural selection and explain how it leads to the evolution of species over time. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: fitness, evolution, natural selection, artificial selection and fossil) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Extinction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12981439 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on solutions. In this lesson students will explain what a saturated solution is, discuss some of the factors affecting solubility and compare solubility data. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: soluble, insoluble, solubility, concentration and saturated) -Task boxes -Handout sheet -Numeracy task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Filtration https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12982395 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on acids and metals. In this lesson students will describe the reactions with acids and metals and explain how to perform the squeaky-pop test for hydrogen gas. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Comprehension questions -Handout sheet -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Metals and Oxygen https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12790399 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on mixtures. In this lesson students will explain the difference between a pure substance and a mixture, describe particle arrangements in mixtures and understand how heating curves can be used to identify pure substances, Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: compound, mixture, substance, pure and impure) -Task boxes -Comprehension task -Refresher reading for heating curves -Identifying pure substances task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Solutions https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12786187 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on solutions. In this lesson students will use the particle model to show how solutes are dissolved in a solvent and practice using key vocabulary to describe solutions. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: solution, solvent, solute, miscible and immiscible) -Task boxes -Identification (Solute or Solvent?) -Comprehension task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Solubility https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12786674 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo