*** BEING UPDATED PLEASE DO NOT NOT NOT PURCHASE AT THE MOMENT. AS THERE ARE NO USEFUL FILES TO DOWNLOAD. THANK YOU *** Get a free resource! Purchase this resource, leave a review and choose another Barclayfox resource (to the same value) for free! Simply email your tes username and the title of your chosen resource to foxteach@hotmail.com This resource includes 2 worksheets plus 2 answer sheets. (1 x adaptations in animals with 1 x answer sheet, also 1 x adaptations in plants with 1 x answer sheet). Aimed at KS3 Biology (UK) / Grades 6 to 8 (USA) etc. It could also be used with low ability or SEND learners at 9 - 1 GCSE. Complete and ready to use worksheets, excellent opportunity to move the leaning focus to your pupils and allow independent working and then self marking and/or peer marking activities. Thank you for looking, these worksheets will save you a lot of time and effort. If you choose to buy, your positive feedback on tes would be very much appreciated :) If you buy - don't forget to claim your FREE resource! Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: Worksheet, activity sheet, answers, with answers, adaptation, animals, plants, polar bear, camel, shark, fur, blubber, teeth, claws, gills, marram grass, stomata, cuticle, transpiration.

Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology Revision lesson. All resources are included in this excellent lesson, save yourself lots of lesson preparation time! Students revise by covering the following (again): * Recall the roles of various scientists. * Revise what vaccines and antibiotics are and what they do. * Describe Edward Jenner’s experiment and its results. * Understand the advantages and disadvantages of vaccines. * Explain what superbugs are. * Recall what DNA is, and what it does. * Explain evolution. * Explain how extinctions can be prevented. STARTER Pupils start the lessons by working together to work out which scientist made which contribution to science. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There is a very good variety of interesting student activities such as: up and about, gap fills, unscramble, literacy activities, questions, video, discussion, recall, think/pair/share, questions with answers, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc etc. PLENARY Learners self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES Several extension activities are provided in case any group you teach requires them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a huge amount of time and effort. If you choose to buy, your positive feedback on tes would be very much appreciated :) Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). 1. Vaccinations – lesson 1. (Vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner) 2. Vaccinations – lesson 2. (Advantages & disadvantages of vaccinations, how pathogens spread etc) 3. Antibiotics - lesson 1. (Medicines, Fleming, penicillin and selecting an appropriate antibiotic) 4. Antibiotics - lesson 2. (Antibiotic resistance, super bugs, MRSA, resistant bacteria) 5. DNA & Darwin & evolution & Peer review. (Discovery of the structure of DNA, evolution etc) 6. Preventing extinction. (Preventing extinction, conservation, seed banks, captive breeding etc) 7. Revision lesson. (All of the above - vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, Evolution, extinction etc) Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: Vaccinations, vaccines, Antibiotics, DNA, Darwin, evolution, extinction, conservation, seed banks, gene banks, zoo, safari park, captive breeding etc.

Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology lesson. All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it ! LO’s: Explain what DNA is and how it was discovered. Describe the structure of DNA. Use a mnemonic to recall base pairs. Describe how scientists worked together/collaborated to discover the structure of DNA. Name the father of the theory of evolution. Explain what evolution is. Understand peer review and how scientists collaborate. Apply new literacy and numeracy skills. Covers a lot of ground quickly but carefully. Use as 1 lesson or spread it over two. STARTER Pupils work together to figure out what today’s lesson is about. This leads the pupils to think about the Los and self-assess against their current understanding of this topic and undertake a scientific literacy activity. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There is a very good variety of interesting student activities such as: up and about, gap fill, numeracy, literacy activities, quiz questions, video, recall, think/pair/share, questions with answers, long answer question, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc etc. PLENARY Learners self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A good variety of extension activities are provided should any class require them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a huge amount of time and effort. Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). Vaccinations 1 - vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner Vaccinations 2 - Advantages & disadvantages of vaccinations, how pathogens spread etc. 3. Antibiotics 1 - Medicines, Fleming, penicillin and selecting an appropriate antibiotic Antibiotics 2 - Antibiotic resistance, super bugs, MRSA, resistant bacteria This lesson Preventing extinction, conservation, seed banks, captive breeding etc Revision lesson. Vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, Evolution, extinction etc Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: DNA, genes, genetics, chromosomes, base pairs, TAGC, tigers, characteristics, Darwin, evolution, survival of the fittest, peer review, collaboration, Charles Darwin, evolve, etc

Complete KS3 Biology lesson 4 KEY STUDENT OUTCOMES: Recall what antibiotics are and what they do… Describe some methods for preventing the spread of bacterial infection… Explain what is meant by antibiotic resistance and superbugs… Challenge Mission: Demonstrate (using diagrams) how superbugs proliferate. STARTER Pupils start the lessons by working together to unscramble words that lead them to thinking about what the lesson is about. Next they think about the Los and self-assess against their current understanding of this topic and undertake a scientific literacy activity. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There is a very good variety of interesting student activities such as: up and about, gap fill, matching, literacy activities, quick quiz, recall, think/pair/share, questions with answers, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc etc. PLENARY Learners self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A good variety of extension activities are provided just in case any group you teach requires them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a huge amount of time and effort, if you choose to buy, your positive feedback on tes would be very much appreciated :) Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). 1. Vaccinations – lesson 1. (Vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner) 2. Vaccinations – lesson 2. (Advantages & disadvantages of vaccinations, how pathogens spread etc) 3. Antibiotics - lesson 1. (Medicines, Fleming, penicillin and selecting an appropriate antibiotic) 4. Antibiotics - lesson 2. (Antibiotic resistance, super bugs, MRSA, resistant bacteria) 5. DNA & Darwin & evolution & Peer review. (Discovery of the structure of DNA, evolution etc) 6. Preventing extinction. (Preventing extinction, conservation, seed banks, captive breeding etc) 7. Revision lesson. (Vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, Evolution, extinction etc) Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: Superbugs, super bugs, resistance, resistant, antibiotics, Penicillin, Bio, Biology, Alexander Fleming, medicines, virus, bacteria, Doctor, nurse, medicine, syringe, petri dish, microscope, MRSA, science, scientific methodology, smallpox, cowpox, antibodies, illness, ill, cure, pathogen, antibody.

Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology lesson from Barclayfox. All resources are included in this well differentiated excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it ! STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO: * Understand what antibiotics can treat and what they cannot. * Describe the use of antibiotics and how they work. * Explain how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. * Successfully complete an experiment to select an appropriate antibiotic. STARTER Pupils start the lessons by thinking about the Los and self-assessing against their current understanding of this topic and undertaking a scientific literacy activity. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There is a very good variety of interesting student activities such as a practical experiment, gap fill, matching, literacy activity, quick quiz, recall, think/pair/share, questions with answers, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc etc. PLENARY Learners self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A good variety of extension activities are provided just in case any group you teach requires them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a lot of time and effort, if you choose to buy your positive feedback on tes would be very much appreciated :) Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). 1. Vaccinations – lesson 1. (Vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner) 2. Vaccinations – lesson 2. (Advantages & disadvantages of vaccinations, how pathogens spread etc) 3. Antibiotics - lesson 1. (Medicines, Fleming, penicillin and selecting an appropriate antibiotic) 4. Antibiotics - lesson 2. (Antibiotic resistance, super bugs, MRSA, resistant bacteria) 5. DNA & Darwin & evolution & Peer review. (Discovery of the structure of DNA, evolution etc) 6. Preventing extinction. (Preventing extinction, conservation, seed banks, captive breeding etc) 7. Revision lesson. (Vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, Evolution, extinction etc) Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: Antibiotics, Penicillin, Alexander Fleming, medicines, vaccine, vaccination, immunity, immune, virus, bacteria, Doctor, nurse, medicine, syringe, petri dish, microscope, illness, ill, cure, blood, white blood cell, fungus, germ, germs, disease, roll, MMR, Mumps, Measles, Rubella, vaccination, German measles, HPV, human papilloma virus, cancer, immune system, injection, droplet, observation, hypothesis, theory, experiment, pathogen, antibody, skin, stomach acid, primary defences, etc

Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology lesson There is nothing for you to do but deliver it ! STUDENTS LEARN TO: * Describe how a person develops immunity. * Explain how vaccinations work. * Compare the advantages and disadvantages of vaccinations. * Investigate the spread of a pathogen by doing an experiment / practical * Analyse the meaning of the experiment. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to name as many of the body’s defences against infection as they can. This leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes and then students think more deeply as they self-assess against their current understanding of this topic. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There are various interesting student activities such as a practical experiment, gap fills, matching, play ball, literacy activity, questions with answers, recall, think/pair/share, quiz, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities, up and about game etc. PLENARY In the plenary activity pupils complete a gap fill activity to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. Next they self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance the learning in today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A good variety of extension activities are provided just in case any group you teach requires them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a huge amount of prep. time. :) Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). 1. Vaccinations – lesson 1. (Vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner) 2. Vaccinations – lesson 2 - this lesson. 3. Antibiotics - lesson 1. 4. Antibiotics - lesson 2. 5. DNA, Darwin, evolution and Peer review. 6. Preventing extinction. 7. Revision lesson. For more great lessons please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: vaccine, vaccination, immunity, immune, virus, bacteria, role, Edward Jenner, medicine, antibiotics, science, scientific methodology, smallpox, cowpox, antibodies, illness, ill, cure, blood, white blood cell, fungus, germ, germs, disease, roll, MMR, Mumps, Measles, Rubella, vaccination, German measles, HPV, human papilloma virus, cancer, immune system, injection, droplet, pathogen, antibody, skin, stomach acid, primary defences, etc

Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology lesson. All resources are included in this engaging and fun lesson. Students learn to: * Understand new key words such as vaccine, smallpox, bacteria etc * Describe the role of vaccines in fighting disease. * Explain how vaccines work. * Analyse the sequence describing how Edward Jenner developed the very first vaccine. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to work out a picture puzzle. This leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, and then students self assess against their current understanding of this topic (at the end of the lesson they will use this assessment to reflect on how much progress they made during the lesson). MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused as they have fun learning. There are various interesting and fun student activities such as gap fill, matching, video, sequencing, literacy activity, questions with answers, recall, think/pair/share, quiz, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities, up and about game etc. PLENARY In the plenary activity pupils complete a physical (up and about) quiz to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. Next they self assess their progress against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES These are provided just in case any group requires them. Thank you for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled) 1. Vaccinations – lesson 1 (Immunity & Edward Jenner & Penicillin etc). 2. Vaccinations – lesson 2 (Advantages & disadvantages, how pathogens spread etc). 3. Antibiotics - lesson 1 (Medicines, Fleming, penicillin, selecting an appropriate antibiotic) 4. Antibiotics - lesson 2 (Antibiotic resistance, superbugs, MRSA, antibiotic resistant bacteria). 5. DNA & Darwin & evolution & Peer review (Discovery of the structure of DNA, evolution etc) 6. Preventing extinction (conservation, seed banks, gene banks, captive breeding etc) 7. Revision lesson. (Vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, evolution, extinction etc). For more great lessons please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: vaccine, vaccination, Edward Jenner, immunity, immune, virus, bacteria, smallpox, cowpox, antibodies, MMR, Mumps, Measles, Rubella, vaccination, German measles, HPV, human papilloma virus.

High quality, complete and ready to use lesson. For use in KS3 and for lower and middle ability groups in KS4. ‘‘LENSES, FOCAL LENGTH AND TELESCOPES’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Identify convex and concave lenses. * Explain that lenses cause refraction and explain what it is. * Draw a ray diagram for convex and concave lenses. * Explain how to measure the focal length of a lens. * Explain how a telescope works. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking about the outcomes presented and then self- assessing their current understanding of what this lesson is going to cover. This engages the students as they are actively thinking, and this then facilitates self-assessment of their individual progress at the end of the lesson. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN.... This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There are various student activities such as: practical / experiment, differentiated worksheet for the practical, gap fill, paired work, literacy activities, numeracy (differentiation), focused questions with answers and differentiation, quiz, homework, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete an activity then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE: All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you but order the practical kit, photocopy the 2 differentiated activity sheets and deliver the lesson. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING: Thanks for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) OTHER BARCLAYFOX SPACE LESSONS FOR STUDENTS BETWEEN 10 YEARS AND 14 YEARS OLD: * Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. * Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models * Seasons. * Gravity, weight and mass. * Exploring and observing the universe. * The moon’s phases. * Eclipse * Space travel * Observations of the universe * Day and night * Lenses, focal length and telescopes. MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

High quality, complete and ready to use lesson. For use in KS3 and for lower and middle ability groups in KS4. ‘‘ECLIPSES’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Understand new key words such as eclipse, umbra, penumbra etc. * Understand what solar and lunar eclipses are. * Be able to explain what happens during a solar and lunar eclipse * Be able to draw diagrams of a solar and a lunar eclipse. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs and doing a mini quiz. After discussion of the answers this leads on to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess their current understanding of what this lesson is going to cover. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN.... This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: practical, gap fill, carefully selected videos, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, SMSC, quiz, homework, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete an activity then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE: All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you but order the practical kit and deliver the lesson. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING: Thanks for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) OTHER BARCLAYFOX SPACE LESSONS FOR STUDENTS BETWEEN 10 YEARS AND 14 YEARS OLD: * Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. * Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models * Seasons. * Gravity, weight and mass. * Exploring and observing the universe. * The moon’s phases. * Eclipse * Space travel * Observations of the universe * Day and night MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

High quality, complete and ready to use lesson. For use in KS3 and for lower and middle ability groups in KS4. ‘‘LIFE CYCLE OF A STAR’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Recall space facts such as what planets, moon, stars and galaxies are * Understand new key words such as nebula, red giant, white dwarf etc. * Describe the life cycle of stars of similar mass to our sun. * Describe the life cycle of stars of much larger mass than our sun. * Compare and contrast the 2 life cycles. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a mini quiz. After discussion of the answers this leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess their current understanding of what this lesson is going to cover. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: unique activity sheet, carefully selected video, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, quiz, homework worksheet, gap fill, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete an activity sheet then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. OTHER BARCLAYFOX SPACE LESSONS FOR STUDENTS BETWEEN 10 YEARS AND 14 YEARS OLD: * Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. * Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models * Seasons. * Gravity, weight and mass. * Exploring and observing the universe. * The moon’s phases. * Eclipse * Space travel * Observations of the universe * Day and night MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Worksheets on KS3 space. worksheets, activities, and card sort etc (6 + 6 associated Answer sheets) as follows: My weight on other planets - Worksheet and Answer sheet (differentiation via a ‘challenge mission’). Phases of the moon - Activity sheet with a PowerPoint giving the answers one by one (differentiated). . Heliocentric versus Geocentric (models of the solar system) - Activity sheet and Answer sheet (differentiated). Light and space - Question sheet with Answer sheet (can be used in class or given as homework). Life cycle of stars - card sort. Life cycle of stars - worksheet and Answer sheet (differentiated). Also, please note that complete and ready to use high quality lessons for all of the KS3 space and gravity and the universe topic are also available from me. To find them, in the resources search box simply type, barclayfox and a few words from the lesson list below to see the lessons. 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. * Life cycle of a star * Eclipse Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Moon’s phases, phases of the moon, waxing, waning, gibbous, crescent. Complete KS3 lesson. ‘The Moon’s phases’ ‘‘THE MOON’S PHASES’’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Use new literacy words e.g. waxing and waning. * Draw the different phases of the Moon. * Name the phases of the moon. * Explain why we see phases of the Moon. * Successfully complete a phases of the moon practical. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a picture puzzle and work out what today’s lesson is about. After discussion that leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess against their current understanding of this lesson. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: practical, unique activity sheet, animation, carefully selected video, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, picture puzzle, quiz, homework, gap fill, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete a quiz and then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE: All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you but order the equipment (list is provided), photocopy the unique activity sheet and deliver the lesson. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING: Thanks for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 6 LESSONS: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Observing the stars and space exploration, light years, telescopes, probes, landers. Complete KS3 lesson. ‘Observing and exploring’ is number 5 in a series of 6 high quality lessons that fully and expertly delivers all the points within BOTH the NEW KS3 Department for Education ‘Space Physics’ National Curriculum and the AQA KS3 specification / syllabus sections ‘3.7.2 Universe’ and ‘3.1.2 Gravity’. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE: All resources are included in this excellent powerpoint lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it. Zero preparation time, project and go ! ‘OBSERVING AND EXPLORING’ - STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will be able to: * Understand what a ‘light year’ is. * Explain how large the universe is compared to the earth. * Apply understanding of the ‘speed of light’ * Describe ways of discovering the universe from the earth. * Explain how probes can be used to explore the universe. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a picture puzzle and work out what today’s lesson is about. After discussion that leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess against their current understanding of this lesson. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: gap fills, matching, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation (“challenge missons”), picture puzzle, homework, carefully selected video, self-assessment opportunities, peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete a matching activity and then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING: Thank you for taking the time to look, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 6 LESSONS: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Gravity, weight and mass. Gravitational field strength on other planets. Complete KS3 lesson. Gravity is lesson 4 in a series of 6 high quality lessons that fully and expertly delivers all the points within BOTH the NEW KS3 Department for Education ‘Space Physics’ National Curriculum and the AQA KS3 specification / syllabus sections ‘3.7.2 Universe’ and ‘3.1.2 Gravity’. NO PREPARATION REQUIRED ! Simply print the worksheet (or you could project it) the PPT carefully leads you step by step through the lesson so no preparation required. GRAVITY STUDENT OUTCOMES: By the end of the lesson students will: * Know what gravity is, and which direction it acts in. * Understand the factors that affect gravitational field strength. * Understand the difference between mass and weight. * Be able to calculate weight and mass on the earth. * Be able to calculate weight on other planets. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to unscramble key words and work out what today’s lesson is about. After discussion that leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self-assess against their current understanding of this lesson. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: calculations with answers, gap fill, matching, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, word unscramble, homework activity sheet (unique), mnemonic MATTHEW, self-assessment opportunities, peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete questions and then peer assess to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. COMPLETE AND READY TO USE: All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but photocopy the activity homework sheet and deliver the lesson. THANK YOU FOR LOOKING: Thanks for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) THIS IS ONE OF A SERIES OF 6 LESSONS: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models. 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. MORE HIGH QUALITY LESSONS: For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Seasons, why they happen, northern hemisphere, sun’s height in the sky, day and night etc. Complete lesson. Seasons is number 3 in a series of 6 high quality lessons that fully and expertly delivers all the points within BOTH the NEW KS3 Department for Education ‘Space Physics’ National Curriculum and the AQA KS3 specification / syllabus sections ‘3.7.2 Universe’ and ‘3.1.2 Gravity’. NO PREPARATION REUIRED ! Simply submit the equipment list to your technicians and then the PPT will lead you step by step through the entire lesson. Recall why we have day and night. * Explain the seasons and the importance of the sun’s angle. * Explain why if it is summer in the UK, it is winter in Australia. * Compare the shadows and the suns positions in winter and summer. * Use new literacy words such as sphere, hemisphere, equator etc * Successfully complete a simple practical to explain summer and winter. STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a picture puzzle and work out what today’s lesson is about. After discussion that leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes, students then self assess against their current understanding of this lesson. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is chunked into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: demo, practical, gap fills, matching, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, picture puzzle, mini test, homework, carefully selected video, self-assessment opportunities, peer assessment opportunities etc. This good variety of activities keeps pupils focused and happily learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete a matching activity and then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it. Thank you for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) This lesson is one of a series of 6: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.

Geocentric and Heliocentric models of the solar system, planets, moons, dwarf planets. Complete lesson. This is lesson 2 in a series of 6 high quality lessons that fully and expertly delivers all the points within BOTH the NEW KS3 Department for Education ‘Space Physics’ National Curriculum and the AQA KS3 specification / syllabus sections ‘3.7.2 Universe’ and ‘3.1.2 Gravity’. STUDENT OUTCOMES - are noted further down. READY TO USE - no preparation required apart from (if you want) photocopying the work sheet (or you could simply project it and the students could write the answers in their books). The PPT guides you at every step! STARTER Pupils will start the lessons by thinking and working in pairs in a race to solve a picture puzzle and work out what today’s lesson is about. After discussion that leads to revealing the title and lesson outcomes students then self assess against their current understanding of this topic. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and engender positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. All points of the specification are addressed. There are various student activities such as: gap fill, matching, a unique differentiated activity sheet, paired work, literacy activities, focused questions with answers and differentiation, picture puzzle, think/pair/share, quiz, mini test, sort into size order, homework, self-assessment opportunities, peer assessment opportunities etc. Lots of variety to keep learners happy, engaged and learning. PLENARY: In the plenary activity pupils complete a quiz and then peer assess it to uncover how much they have learnt during the lesson. They then self-assess themselves against the lesson outcomes. Students who need further support set themselves additional homework to enhance learning of today’s lesson. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES: These are provided just in case any group requires them. All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it. OUTCOMES - AT THE END OF THIS LESSON STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO: * Understand the difference between moons, planets and dwarf planets. * Explain the geocentric model of the solar system. * Explain the heliocentric model of the solar system. * Understand why Galileo supported the heliocentric model. Thank you for looking, your positive feedback would be very much appreciated :) This lesson is one of a series of 6: 1. Solar system, stars and galaxies and the universe. 2. Geocentric and heliocentric solar system models 3. Seasons. 4. Gravity, weight and mass. 5. Exploring and observing the universe. 6. The moon’s phases. For more lessons that meet the new KS3 and KS4 specifications please type Barclayfox into the tes resources search engine to see all my lessons. Happy teaching ! Barclayfox.