Full Lesson PowerPoint (including suggested practical task) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Biology lesson on Microscopes, focusing on many of the magnification calculations and other numeracy elements that are key to the 9-1 specification. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (including independent learning tasks) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about how our ideas about the universe have changed as we have gathered more evidence. You will need to download the free resource "8La Space Exploration Hunt and worksheet” afrom my TES shop. This lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (including independent learning activity) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about specialised plant and animal cells, including red blood cells, nerve cells, ciliated epithelial cells and root hair cells. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about static electricity. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the resistance, how it is calculated, and its relationship with electrical current. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical demo) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Biology lesson on animal and plant cells. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (plus an engaging practical demo) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about how sound travels through different materials. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full Lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach students the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry content on breaking down hydrocarbons (cracking) and comparing hydrogen versus petrol as fuels for vehicles.The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. Note: this lesson covers the Edexcel Paper 2 specification point on hydrogen fuel cells which is relevant to both Combined Science and Triple Science students: “Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using hydrogen, rather than petrol, as a fuel in cars” For full coverage of the Triple-only Paper 1 content, evaluating hydrogen fuel cells alongside chemical cells, see my separate lesson “SC16a Chemical Cells and Fuel Cells”.

Full Lesson PowerPoint to accompany the GCSE 9-1 specification Biology Core Practical lesson on using microscopes. The resource is easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full Lesson PowerPoint (with independent learning activity) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson explaining why there are energy changes in exothermic and endothermic reactions, including drawing reaction profiles and the new content on bond energies and their use to calculate reaction outcomes. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers (the final activity & learning objective is Higher-tier only).

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on Dynamic Equilibrium. The resource is easy to follow for teachers and readily accessible for students. For Combined Science, Foundation students only need to cover the first two objectives; Higher tier candidates also need to learn about factors affecting the position of the equilibrium. Triple Science students also need to do the follow-up lesson (SC15b) on Factors affecting Equilibria. A clearer version of the worksheet can be downloaded from my shop in needed. Search for "GCSE Chemistry Haber Process worksheet to go with lesson CC12a SC12a “Dynamic Equilibrium”.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about protoctists and their cellular features, with a focus on the importance of algae. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. Also included is an ICT extension task summarising the impact that fungi, bacteria and protoctists can have on human health. I have used this previously for a full additional lesson of consolidation while delivering the unicellular organisms topic.

These lesson PowerPoints (including practical activity) can be used to teach a broad range of abilities about key terms relating to solutions and how to test the solubility of a substance. There are two versions of the lesson, one aimed at Higher ability groups and one more accessible to mixed / lower ability groups. Each has its own version of the worksheet. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

These lesson PowerPoints (with suggested practical task) will allow you to deliver two lessons to a broad range of abilities. Lesson 1 introduces the reactivity series of metals, sets up a simple experiment and then focuses on balancing chemical equations. Lesson 2 builds upon these skills by looking at the reactions of metals with oxygen, water and acids. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This double lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how we detect and use sound. The first lesson focuses on our ears, the limits of human hearing and the various uses of infrasound and ultrasound. The second lesson is ICT-based and focuses on safe use of sound and the impact that human noise pollution has on wildlife. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

These PowerPoints will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about neutralisation and its "real world" uses. There are two PowerPoints in this package; one for use as an ICT suite/iPad research lesson (or could also be used with appropriate textbook/literature resources), while the second allows you to deliver a two-part practical lesson where students investigate how indigestion remedies neutralise stomach acid. The lessons are in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This double-lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lessons on Methods of Separation and Purification, including filtration, evaporation & crystallisation, simple distillation and fractional distillation. The resources allow delivery of one lesson covering the required theory for each separation technique, then an optional second lesson where the pupils use filtration and evaporation as part of a purification process (distillation is carried out by the students in a separate Core Practical lesson). Full equipment lists are provided for the teacher demonstrations and class practical tasks. To go with this lesson you will need to download the free activity “SC2d Simple and Fractional Distillation cloze text worksheet”. All of the resources are easily accessible for students, simple to follow and appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

This PowerPoint allows two lessons to be taught in which students build circuits, observe changes in current, then answer (and mark) in-depth analysis questions about the experiment. The format of the lesson is designed to begin embedding core practical analysis skills at an early age. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Two full lesson PowerPoints (with practical learning activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about continuous and discontinuous variation, and also about hybrids. The second PowerPoint builds upon the first by allowing in-depth analysis of the data collected in the opening lesson. Decide how far to go with this; an extra lesson may be needed or material may need to be omitted with lower-ability groups. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. You will also need to download the free “7Da_Variation data collection sheet” from my TES shop.

These PowerPoints will allow you to teach students the GCSE 9-1 Chemistry required content on Solubility and Precipitates. Two full lesson PowerPoints are provided: Solubility and Precipitates Covers the solubility rules and what happens during precipitation reactions plus some Higher-tier only content on ionic equations. Making a precipitate In this lesson students are able to learn the method to make their own pure, dried precipitate. The resources are easy to follow for teachers, readily accessible for students and are appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes. Other GCSE lessons are available from my shop. They can be purchased individually or, alongside this lesson, as part of a whole-topic bundle.