A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
A fun, engaging and detailed lesson presentation (29 slides) on the properties of metals and non-metals. This lesson focuses on the key properties and their key terms such as malleable and ductile. A number of quick competitions are used to introduce these terms to the students and once provided with the definitions, the students are expected to put these properties correctly with the metals (or non-metals). Progress checks occur throughout the lesson so that the understanding of the students can be checked.
This lesson is designed for both KS3 and GCSE students.
A highly detailed set of 2 lessons (35 slides) on the topic of rearranging the formula. Over the course of the two lessons, they build up gradually with a culmination of some of the more difficult questions on this topic met at GCSE. Students are reminded of the meaning of the "subject of the formula" and then introduced to inverse operations. Students are guided through the simple questions involving one move to rearrange before looking at two moves and then questions which involve indices and square roots. The second lesson looks at the hardest questions, involving additional Mathematical skills such as factorising.
Progress checks are constant throughout the two lessons so that any misconceptions can be quickly addressed.
These lessons were designed for students studying GCSE but can be used with KS3 students appropriately too
A detailed lesson presentation (25 slides) that introduces students to the difficult topic of specific heat capacity. Students are guided through the equation for energy transferred and shown how to rearrange the equation, so they are able to tackle the question, no matter the subject of the question. There are regular opportunities for students to apply their new found knowledge to questions and to assess themselves against the answers. Quick games and competitions are also used to maintain engagement.
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