'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.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the eye section of the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: An information hunt activity
3: An eye problems activity
4: A focusing card sort
5: A 6 mark assessment question
6: A group discussion activity
7: A sheet for students to work through
8: A literacy key information starter game
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: 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 with activities covering the microscopes content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A labeling a microscope activity
3: Magnification activities
4: An electron microscope information hunt
5: A comparing microscopes card sort activity
6: 2 6 mark questions
7: A student sheet for them to work through during the lesson
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: 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 with activities covering the metabolism content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A types of metabolism information hunt activity
4: A formation of urea activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A student sheet for them to work through during the lesson
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: 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 with activities covering the communities section of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy activity
3: A key information game
4: A SPAG activity
5: A competition graph activity
6: A stable community modeling activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: 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 with activities covering the viral diseases content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A question sheet for students to work through
4: A 6 mark assessment question
5: A set of notes for students to use
6: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
7: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
8: Various activities to gather information on different viruses
9: Viral replication card sort
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the natural polymers content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A condensation polymerization activity
4: A starch and cellulose activity
5: A protein activity
6: A DNA activity
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A sheet for students to fill out throughout the lesson
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: 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 with activities covering the reactions of alkenes content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: An alkene key information starter game
3: Activities looking at the reactions with water, bromine and hydrogen
4: A 6 mark assessment question on addition polymerisation of alkenes
5: A sheet for students to work through
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 with activities covering the role of synapses section of the 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: A synapse parts information hunt
4: A model activity synapse activity
5: A cholinergic synapse card sort
6: A role of synapse dice game
7: A summation & control literacy activity
8: A starter game
9: A homework task
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Science specification, drug development 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: A drugs starter question
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: A starter game
4: Drug development card sort
5: 6 mark question
6: A question sheet for students to work through
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: 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 with activities covering the carbon cycle content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A key information sheet for students to use
4: A model activity which can be potentially be used
5: A series of key questions to ask students
6: A presentation activity
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A key information slide that can be used for flipped learning
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: 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 with activities covering the polymers content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literature starter game
3: A sheet for students to fill in throughout the lesson
4: A polymerization card sort
5: A drawing polymers activity
6: A polymer strength data analysis activity
7: A 6 mark plenary question
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: 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 with activities covering the electrolysis content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question analysis activity
3: A literacy activity
4: A dice AFL game
5: An electrolysis model activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: 2 slides that can be used for flipped learning
8: A key information starter game
9: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: 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 with activities covering the electrolysis of water content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game to remind students what they have already covered on electrolysis
3: A SPAG activity
4: A modelling activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A flipped learning slide
7: A group task
8: A dice assessment game
9: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: 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 new lesson and activities covering the formation of the Solar System content of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A literacy battle ships activity
2: A power point to help lead students through the lesson
3: A information hunt activity
4: Presentation help cards
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A power point explaining how to carry out a micro teaching activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
10: A sheet for students to work through
11: A project sheet
12: A key information activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the reflexes part of the new 2015 OCR Biology A Level specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet to fill out during the lesson
3: A reflex card sort
4: A type of reflex explanation activity
5: A reaction time practical 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 & activities covering the cell cycle content in A Level specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A cell cycle activity with student sheet
4: A dice assessment activity
5: A control of cell cycle activity
6: An assessment question
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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Description
This set of 4 lessons include content covering mutations & variation, body plans, the control of gene expression and the Lac Operon. Also included is a student workbook on the genetics of living systems.
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the black body radiation practical content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A series of sheets for students to work through while carrying out the practical
4: An absorption of infrared radiation activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a set of flash cards to help students revise the cell membranes content in the OCR A Level Biology specification. Each card gives help on what students need to include.
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This is a last minute power point that covers most of the key points in the B3 syllabus. Each slide also have a few prompt questions to help get students thinking.