To go with my lesson on Flame Tests, Photometry and Positive Ion Tests.

This full lesson PowerPoint (plus suggested practical task) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about nutrients and the tests for starch and fat. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. This is one of several lessons that I offer for free so users can sample my work before deciding whether to pay for further resources. The other free lessons that I offer are detailed in the attached document “Year 8 Science lessons checklist”. If you find these lessons useful, please leave constructive reviews and take a look at the many discounted bundles that I offer across KS3 and KS4.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with practical learning tasks) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the key principles of refraction. This is best followed by my follow-up lesson on Uses of Refraction, which gives real-world context to the ideas covered in this lesson. 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 practical and independent learning activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the primary and secondary colours of light, how we see objects in different colours under different lights and how colour filters work for primary and secondary colours. Remember to download the worksheet as well as the PowerPoint! 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 independent learning activity) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the Carbon Cycle and the role of unicellular and multicellular organisms in recycling carbon. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. Don’t forget to download the cut & stick as well as the PowerPoint - both are included in this package.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with independent learning tasks) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the contents and organisation of our Solar System, the Universe beyond it, plus light years as a distance measurement. 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 and independent learning tasks) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about magnetic fields and how they are important on Earth. 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 (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 (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach two lessons to a broad range of abilities about the extraction of metals from their ores. This is an important topic at GCSE level so it’s a good idea to provide an early introduction during Key Stage 3. 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 outline and equipment list for this whole topic; the other lessons are available to buy individually and as a bundle from my shop, OnSpecScience.

Independent learning activity to go with my lesson on "Pregnancy, Development and Birth".

This PowerPoint (including an independent learning activity) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the structure of atoms and the characteristics of protons, neutrons and electrons. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

To go with my lesson SC26a-b on “Choosing Materials and Composite Materials”.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Biology lesson on the Nitrogen Cycle. 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.

To go with my GCSE Chemistry lesson on Electron Configuration.

To go with my Year 8 lesson "The Rock Cycle".

Practical method and worksheet to go with my GCSE Chemistry lesson on “Properties of Ionic Compounds”. Full details and equipment list for students to test solubility and conductivity of substances, to determine whether or not they are ionic.

To go with my GCSE Chemistry lesson “Ions and Ionic Bonding”. Answers to the first half of the sheet (covering key-term definitions and formation of some common ions) are included. Answers to the second half cannot be presented in the same way and are in the associated PowerPoint which can be purchased from my shop. They are pretty straighforward to figure out if you do not want to purchase the entire lesson.

To go with my Year 7 lesson "Muscles and Blood".

This full lesson PowerPoint is designed to teach Year 7 students about Bunsen burners and how to light and use them safely. This is the third in a series of three lessons I have planned which focus solely on teaching students about the basics of safe and accurate practical work. Visit my shop to find the other lessons in this series: Year 7 Equipment and Safety Year 7 Measuring Skills Plus a whole catalogue of other KS3 Science and KS4 Chemistry lessons.

My shop - OnSpecScience - offers a range of free and paid resources covering KS3 Science and KS4 Chemistry. This document tells you which Year 8 lessons I have available for you to try for free. If you like them, please leave a review and consider buying some of my other lessons. I guarantee they will reduce workload and help to give you your life back :-)