'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 and activities covering disease transmission in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A key information annotation activity
4: 3 questions on disease transmission
5: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
6: A discussion 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 non specific immune response content in the 2016 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A snakes & ladders starter game
3: A blood clotting modelling activity
4: A dice game
5: A multiple choice answer activity
6: A sheet for students 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 revision lesson with activities covering the mains electricity content of the GCSE Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student summary sheet
3: A 6 mark question marking activity
4: A cables & plugs dice game
5: A key word game
6: A fuses literacy activity
7: A circuit breaker activity
8: A 6 mark plenary question
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Photosynthesis
• Respiration
• The effect of exercise
• Metabolism
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: Respiration practice questions
10: The use of glucose by plants practice question
11: A 6 mark photosynthesis required practical question
12: A 6 mark question on metabolism
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Prokaryotic & Eukaryotic cells
• Plant & Animal cells
• Specilised cells
• Microscopes
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark microscope question
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Mitosis
• Meiosis
• Cell differentiation
• Chromosomes
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark mitosis question
10: A mitosis spag activity
11: A crossing over activity
12: A DNA & Genome literacy activity
13: A uses of stem cells activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the nucleic acid content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A DNA & the Genome recall starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
9: Labels for a large modelling activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the types of protein content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A protein structure recall starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
9: An optional Haemoglobin modelling activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the ATP content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A uses of ATP starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on digestion & enzymes. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A questions on the lock and key mechanism
4: A questions on amylase action
5: A question on the break down of proteins
6: A questions on where enzymes are found in the digestive system
7: A questions on enzymes produced by the pancreas
8: A questions on the small intestines
9: A questions on the enzymes required practical
10: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
11: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on group 1, 7 & 0 elements. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on the function of the endocrine system
4: A question comparing the nervous & endocrine system
5: A question on the control of blood glucose
6: Questions on reproductive hormones
7: A question on the menstrual cycle
8: A question on contraception
9: A question on treating infertility
10: A question on TSH & negative feedback
11: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
12: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the skeletal system content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
State the names of bones in the skeleton
Describe the functions of the skeleton
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: A parts of the skeleton information hunt starter
4: A diagnosis question
5: A function of the skeletal system discussion activity
6: A SPAG activity
7: A recall activity
8: 2 plenary questions
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the specialised cells content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
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Name some specialised cells
Identify the features of specialised cells
Explain how the features of a specialised cell makes it good at its job
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: A comparing real life jobs to cell jobs starter activity
4: Information on a range of specialised cells
5: A information hunt and table for students to fill in
6: A scientific writing plenary activity
7: An extension activity
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the plant and animal cells content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
Name the organelles of animal and plant cells
Describe the functions of cell organelles
Compare the structures of animal and plant cells
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: An organelles starter game
4: An organelle information hunt
5: A modelling activity for students to work through in groups
6: A multiple choice plenary activity
7: An extension activity
8: An optional home work activity
9: Instructions for students to make a game about cells
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This resource is made up of 7 separate learning grids to help students revise. Each pair of students simply need to roll two dice to pick what they need to explain to the person they are working with. The only extra thing you will need are exam questions for each section.
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This is an activity which you can either use as a starter or as part of a revision lesson. Each pair of students will set up the sheets and then take it in turns to play battleships, answering questions on giant ionic bonding as they go. There is also an instruction slide included to help you explain to students what they need to be doing.
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This is a an activity that can be used with students to get them thinking about all the things they can tell about an atom from what it looks lie in a periodic table.
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This resource is a document going through how inertial mass can be taught in an innovative way using very slow drag racing.
Any feedback would be appreciated and the full lesson is available in my shop