'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, Pendulum section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: Calculating frequency starter activity
4: Pendulum investigation activity
5: Mock exam question
6: 6 mark plenary question
This resource is a new lesson with activities covering the discovery of the nucleus content in the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literature analysis starter activity
3: Instructions for a plum pudding role play activity
4: Instructions for a Rutherford experiment demo
5: A experimental results explanation task
6: A 6 mark plenary activity
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This resource is a series of summary sheets covering the nervous system content in the A Level Biology specification. These sheets can be used during revision in lessons, as prompts in lessons or can be sent to students as flipped learning activities. The areas covered in this resource are:
1: Sensory neurones
2: Action potentials
3: Resting potentials
4: Synapses
5: Summation
6: Organisation of the nervous system
7: Neuromuscular junction
8: Sliding filament model
9: Reflexes
10: Neurones
11: The Brain
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This resource is a lesson & activities covering the antibiotic resistance content in A Level specifications. This resource includes:
1: A discovery of antibiotics starter game
2: A how antibiotics effect bacteria activity
3: A model activity
4: A how bacteria deal with antibiotics activity
5: A antibiotic resistance development activity
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Set of 3 lessons covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, The Effect of Lifestyle on Some Non-communicatable Diseases section. This resource is designed to be taught over at least 3 lessons and includes activities for students to work through in pairs and groups as well as lots of opportunities for AFL.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the global warming content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A global warming graph activity
4: A how global warming is caused activity
5: A suggested model activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A student sheet for them to work through during the lesson
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, enzymes in digestion section. This resource is designed to be taught in 3 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: 3 power points leading students through the lesson
3: 6 mark construction question on enzymes
4: An information hunt activity
5: Lock & key card sort activity
6: Activity of enzymes graph activity
7: Enzymes & collision theory card sort
8: 6 mark question of factors affecting enzymes
9: Digestive system card sort activity
10: Enzymes in digestion circus activity with mock exam questions built in
11: The role of enzymes in digestion 6 mark question
Set of 2 lessons covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification on CHD. There are separate lessons on artificial treatments & drug treatments. All 2 lessons include activities for students to work through and there are lots of opportunities for AFL.
This resource is a lesson and activities covering the blood, tissue fluid & lymph content of the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: A blood parts activity
4: A forming tissue fluid model / class activity
5: A micro teaching (group presentation) plenary activity
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This resource is a whole lesson with resources for the transformers section of the new AQA Physics specification. Included in this resource is:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark starter activity
3: A transformers information sheet
4: A micro teaching activity
5: A maths activity to enable students to construct the transformers equation
6: A series of transformer equation questions
7: A modeling activity
8: Student transformer diagrams
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Electrolysis of brine fully resourced lesson. It includes a 6 mark question electrolysis starter activity, a power point which will take students through the lesson, a electrolysis of brine DART's activity, 3 past paper questions with mark schemes and a electrolysis of brine 6 mark question plenary.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the causes o variation content in the 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A speciation starter activity
3: A plant chlorosis activity
4: A genetic variation activity
5: A continuous & discontinuous variation activity
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson covering the momentum content in the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: The momentum equation activity
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A force & momentum activity
4: A conservation of mass activity
5: A graph drawing activity
6: A rearranging equations activity
7: A calculating stopping distance activity
8: A maze starter game
9: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
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This resource is a GCSE Physics, particle model of matter revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Physics 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Density
States of matter
Cooling curves
Chemical & physical change
Internal heat energy
Latent heat energy
SHC
Pressure in gases
Calculating pressure
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a lesson and related activities covering the current PD graphs section of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A current PD graph analysis starter
3: A resistance in a diode activity
4: A resistance in a LDR activity
5: A method and photo of how the equipment should be used
6: A 6 mark question for your plenary and AFL
7: A calculating resistance from a graph activity
8: A dice game AFL activity
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This resource is an A Level Biology lesson on the 5 kingdoms. This resource includes
1: A power point leading students through the lesson
2: A 5 kingdoms micro-teaching starter activity
3: A table for students to fill in on the 5 kingdoms
4: A literacy activity
5: A student sheet that students can fill out during the lesson
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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