Each resource has a slide to assess prior knowledge, introduction to the topic that the lesson covers and a range of tasks, activities and progress checks to assess student understanding throughout each topic.
Lessons are available as a bundle to cover the whole topic of a specification (at a discounted rate) or are available to buy individual lessons.
Each resource has a slide to assess prior knowledge, introduction to the topic that the lesson covers and a range of tasks, activities and progress checks to assess student understanding throughout each topic.
Lessons are available as a bundle to cover the whole topic of a specification (at a discounted rate) or are available to buy individual lessons.
AQA Chemistry New Spec (Paper 2 Topic 2- exams 2018) – Organic Chemistry (4.7) AQA Chemistry New Specification!
All lessons to cover topic 7 (paper 2, topic 2) – Organic Chemistry, from the new spec (exams 2018). Lessons cover all specification points of this topic (see below).
The lessons include any required practical tasks that AQA have outlined, and an opportunity for learners to complete each of these. Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and progress checks to assess learning throughout the lessons. There is also opportunity to assess extended answer questions in some of the lessons to allow extended feedback on their work in these tasks.
All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in:
All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in:
Trilogy specification points and lessons:
4.7.1.1 – Crude oil, hydrocarbons and alkanes (C7.1 lesson)
4.7.1.2 – Fractional distillation and petrochemicals (C7.2 lesson)
4.7.1.3 –Properties of hydrocarbons (C7.2 lesson)
4.7.1.4 – Cracking and alkenes (C7.3 lesson)
Chemistry Triple science specification points and lessons:
4.7.2.1 – Structure and formulae of alkenes (C7.4 lesson)
4.7.2.2 – Reactions of alkenes (C7.4 lesson)
4.7.2.3 – Alcohols (C7.5 lesson)
4.7.2.4 – Carboxylic acids (C7.6 lesson)
4.7.2.4 – Reaction of carboxylic acid and alcohols (esters) (C7.7 lesson)
4.7.3.1 – Addition polymerisation (C7.8 lesson)
4.7.3.2 – Condensation polymerisation (HT) (C7.9 lesson)
4.7.3.3 – Amino acids (HT) (C7.10 lesson)
4.7.3.4 - DNA and other naturally occurring polymers (HT) (C7.11 lesson)
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.1 – Sexual and asexual reproduction and meiosis
Specification points covered =
4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction
4.6.1.2 - Meiosis
A fully resourced lesson about types of reproduction and meiosis to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2 - Inheritance, variation and evolution).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
New AQA B6.10 (New Biology GCSE spec 4.6 - exams 2018) – Evolution
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.10 – Evolution
Specification points covered =
4.6.2.2 - Evolution
A fully resourced lesson about evolution to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2 - Inheritance, variation and evolution).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
AQA Biology New GCSE Spec (Paper 2 Topic 2 - exams 2018) – Inheritance, variation + evolution (4.6)
All lessons to cover the TRILOGY lessons of topic 6 (paper 2, topic 2) – Inheritance, variation + evolution (4.6), from the new spec (exams 2018). .
The lessons include any required practical tasks that AQA have outlined, and an opportunity for learners to complete each of these.
Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and progress checks to assess learning throughout the lessons.
There is also opportunity to assess extended answer questions in some of the lessons to allow extended feedback on their work in these tasks.
All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in:
Trilogy specification points and lessons:
4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.3 lesson)
4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.5 lesson)
4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.6 lesson)
4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson)
4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.9 lesson)
4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.10 lesson)
4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.11 lesson)
4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.11 lesson)
4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.16 lesson)
4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.16 lesson)
4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.16 lesson)
4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.17 lesson)
4.6.4.1 - classification of living organisms (B6.18 lesson)
To buy all of these lessons separately from my shop would cost £30.
AQA B7 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.7 – Ecology)
Lesson: B7.2 - Adaptations
Specification points covered =
4.7.1.4 - Adaptations
A fully resourced lesson about adaptations to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B7 (Paper 2, Topic 3 - Ecology).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
AQA B7 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.7 – Ecology)
Lesson: B7.5 - How materials are cycled
Specification points covered =
4.7.2.2 - How materials are cycled
A fully resourced lesson about cycling materials (carbon cycle, water cycle and the role of microorganisms in this process) to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B7 (Paper 2, Topic 3 - Ecology).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
New AQA P7.1 (New Physics GCSE spec 4.7 - exams 2018) - Magnetic poles and magnetic fields
AQA P7 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.7 – Magnetism and electromagnetism)
Lesson: P7.1 – Magnetic poles and magnetic fields
Specification points covered =
4.7.1.1 - Poles of a magnet
4.7.1.2 - Magnetic fields
A fully resourced lesson about magnetism, the poles of a magnet, magnetic fields and permanent and induced magnetism, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P7 (Paper 2, Topic 3).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
New AQA P7.2 (New Physics GCSE spec 4.7 - exams 2018) - Electromagnetism
AQA P7 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.7 – Magnetism and electromagnetism)
Lesson: P7.2 – Electromagnetism
Specification points covered =
4.7.2.1 - Electromagnetism
A fully resourced lesson about Electromagnetism, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P7 (Paper 2, Topic 3).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA Biology New GCSE Spec
Entire resources to cover all of the trilogy/combined content in paper 2 of the new GCSE specifications.
All trilogy/combined lessons for all 3 topics, including any worksheets, practical order information to support in teaching these topics.
Lessons cover the combined ‘trilogy’ science route lessons
The lessons include any required practical tasks that AQA have outlined, and an opportunity for learners to complete each of these.
Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and progress checks to assess learning throughout the lessons.
There is also opportunity to assess extended answer questions in some of the lessons to allow extended feedback on their work in these tasks.
Specification points covered are:
Paper 2 Topic 1 (4.5 - homeostasis and response)
4.5.1 - Homeostasis (B5.1 lesson)
4.5.3.2 - Control of blood glucose concentration (B5.1 lesson)
4.5.2.1 - Structure and function (B5.2 lesson)
Required practical 7 - plan and carry out an investigation into the effect of a factor on human reaction time (B5.2 lesson)
4.5.3.1 - Human endocrine system (B5.6 lesson)
4.5.3.4 - Hormones in human reproduction (B5.10 lesson)
4.5.3.5 - Contraception (B5.11 lesson)
4.5.3.6 - The use of hormones to treat infertility (HT only) (B5.12 lesson)
4.5.3.7 - Negative feedback (HT only) (B5.13 lesson)
Paper 2 topic 2 (4.6 - Inheritance, variation and evolution)
4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.3 lesson)
4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.5 lesson)
4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.6 lesson)
4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson)
4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.9 lesson)
4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.10 lesson)
4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.11 lesson)
4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.11 lesson)
4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.16 lesson)
4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.16 lesson)
4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.16 lesson)
4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.17 lesson)
4.6.4.1 - classification of living organisms (B6.18 lesson)
Paper 2 topic 3 (4.7 - Ecology
4.7.1.1 - Communities (B7.1 lesson)
4.7.1.2 - Abiotic factors(B7.1 lesson)
4.7.1.3 - Biotic factors (B7.1 lesson)
4.7.1.4 – Adaptations (B7.2 lesson)
4.7.2.1 - Levels of organisation (feeding relationships + predator - prey cycles) (B7.3 lesson)
4.7.2.1- Levels of organisation (required practical 9 - population sizes) (B7.4 lesson)
4.7.2.2 - How materials are cycled (B7.5 lesson)
4.7.3.1 - Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson)
4.7.3.6 - Maintaining Biodiversity (B7.7 lesson)
4.7.3.2 - Waste management (B7.9 lesson)
4.7.3.3 - Land use (B7.9 lesson)
4.7.3.4 - Deforestation (B7.9 lesson)
4.7.3.5 - Global warming (B7.9 lesson)
AQA P5 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.5 – Forces and their interactions)
Lesson: P5.5 – Forces and elasticity (including required practical)
Specification points covered =
4.5.3 - Forces and elasticity
Required practical 6 - investigate the relationship between force and extension for a spring.
A fully resourced lesson covering forces and elasticity, hooke’s law and the required practical for this specification point. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P5 (Paper 2, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P5 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.5 – Forces and their interactions)
Lesson: P5.15 – Momentum and conservation (HT Only)
Specification points covered =
4.5.7.1 - Momentum is a property of moving objects
4.5.7.2 - Conservation of momentum
A fully resourced lesson covering Momentum and conservation (HT Only). The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P5 (Paper 2, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P5 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.5 – Forces and their interactions)
Lesson: P5.14 – Braking forces and factors affecting it
Specification points covered =
4.5.6.3.1 - Stopping distance
4.5.6.3.2 - Reaction time
4.5.6.3.3 - Factors affecting braking distance 1
4.5.6.3.4 - Factors affecting braking distance 2
A fully resourced lesson covering braking and forces. The lesson covers the range of aspects needed in these specification points (stopping/thinking/braking distances. Factors affecting each of these and the braking force required etc.). The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P5 (Paper 2, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.6 – Power
Specification points covered =
4.1.1.4 - Power
A fully resourced lesson covering power and power equations The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
New AQA B6.4 (New Biology GCSE spec 4.6 - exams 2018) – DNA Structure (TRIPLE ONLY)
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.4 – DNA Structure
Specification points covered =
4.6.2.2 - Evolution
A fully resourced lesson about the structure of DNA to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2 - Inheritance, variation and evolution), this is a Biology only lesson.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.12 - Cloning (TRIPLE ONLY)
Specification points covered =
4.6.2.5 - Cloning (biology only)
A fully resourced lesson covering cloning for the biology only route. The lesson includes information and tasks on cloning both plants and animals from cuttings, tissue culture, embryo cloning and adult cell cloning. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA A level chemistry - Physical chemistry
Topic 1 - Atomic structure, lesson 3 - Electron configuration and ionisation energies
Specification points covered =
3.1.1.3 - Electron configuration
Fully resourced lesson covering the following with information and tasks:
Electron configurations of atoms and ions up to Z = 36 in terms of shells and sub-shells (orbitals) s, p and d.
Ionisation energies.
Students should be able to:
• define first ionisation energy
• write equations for first and successive ionisation energies
• explain how first and successive ionisation energies in Period 3 (Na–Ar) and in Group 2 (Be–Ba) give evidence for electron configuration in sub-shells and in shells.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P5 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.5 – Forces and their interactions)
Lesson: P5.12 – Acceleration, velocity-time graphs, terminal velocity
Specification points covered =
4.5.6.1.5 - Acceleration
A fully resourced lesson covering the specification point ‘acceleration’. The lesson looks at acceleration, velocity-time graphs (drawing and analysis). The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P5 (Paper 2, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
New AQA P6.3 (New Physics GCSE spec 4.6 - exams 2018) - Reflection and refraction of waves (with Required practical)
AQA P6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Waves)
Lesson: P6.3 – Reflection and refraction of waves (with Required practical)
Specification points covered =
4.6.1.3 - Reflection of waves (physics only)
Required practical 9: Investigate the reflection of light by different types of surface and the refraction of light by different substances. (physics only)
A fully resourced lesson about reflection and refraction of waves, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P6 - Triple only content.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Waves)
Lesson: P6.9 – Lenses(Physics only)
Specification points covered =
4.6.2.5 - Lenses
A fully resourced lesson covering lenses; showing how images are formed using convex and concave lenses. This is a physics only lesson that covers any higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Waves)
Lesson: P6.11 – Black body radiation (Physics only)
Specification points covered =
4.6.3.1 - Emission and absorption of infrared radiation
4.6.3.2 - Perfect black bodies and radiation
A fully resourced lesson covering the ‘Black body radiation’ aspect of the physics only specification This is a physics only lesson that covers any higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
