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The digestive system KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: label the digestive system, green pen mark
Main: Move around the room and find information about the key organs of the digestive system
HA/MA/LA sheets to fill in
Write a food story of food moving through the digestive system
Plenary: peer assess food story, marking sticker included
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Cells, tissues and organs KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class, some resources from other areas of tes
Starter: Put key words in size order and discuss
Main: discuss what cells tissues, organs are and examples
Organ systems worksheet to fill in using information around the room
LA version of cut and stick match up the organ, system and function
Extension: research extension questions about the organ systems (sheet provided)
Plenary: tweet something you have learnt today
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Microscopes practical KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: work out magnification
Main: Complete practical looking at onion epidermis and cheek cells
practical sheet to fill in
Plenary: Peer assess their practical work
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Microscopes KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 7 class
5 mins
Differentiated questions to see what students know already about the microscope
Main
History of the microscope task – HA/LA version HA comprehension task about history, LA cut and stick to put in order
Show students parts on real microscope then cut and stick activity to label microscope parts – HA/LA version available as well as support sheets - go through answers
Extension: magnification calculations
Plenary
5 mins
Tweet something you have learnt today
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Plant cells, tissues and organs KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class - some resources from other areas of TES
Starter: memory task, draw and label a plant cell with all they can remember
Main: draw and label root hair cell and palasaide cell, write the function and adaptations
use information around the room to fill in diagram of cells in a leaf and how they help photosynthesis
extension questions at each station
Plenary: exam questions
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Animal cell specialisation KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: What does specialised mean?
Main: research task move around the room to find out about specialised animal cells
differentiated worksheet
answer questions about the cells
differentiated task to compare different cells
Plenary: Exam questions
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Unicellular organisms KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: how many cells make up the human body
Main: key definitions uni/multi cellular
task to move around the room and find out about different unicellular organisms
Comparison task to compare organelles in unicelllular organisms
Plenary: summary questions based on the lesson
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Plant and animal cells KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 7 class
10 mins
Spider diagram of anything students already know about cells
Discuss this with students
Give students an empty diagram of a plant and animal cell, one per table. Work together to try and label all of the organelles. Explain the term organelle
Green pen mark, then given students their own copy for their books that they need to fill in.
Print match up grid for students, cut up the function of organelles and place around the room. Students move around the room to find the function of each organelle
Green pen organelle worksheet
Students draw venn diagram, identify what a plant/ animal cell has and which organelles they share
Plenary
5 mins
Students identify whether the statements are true or false
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B4.3 The heart
Biology Aqa trilogy, B4.3
Aimed at a mixed ability class
Starter: exam question based on previous lesson on blood vessels
Main: 2 minute video to introduce heart
double circulatory task
Then differentiated task on the heart to label
Plenary : exam question on labelling the heart