This lesson is 2 x 50 minute lessons, for SEN/LAP pupils. Split into two lessons.
Created for Year 10 – KS4.
First Lesson -
Starter
Recap – plant cells
Risk assessment
Practical explanation
Equipment labelling activity
Independent, dependent and control variables
Second lesson -
Percentage change in mass
Experiment conclusions (after 24 hours)
Worksheets – print slide 1 to 2 for first lesson
- print slide 3 for the second lesson
This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria:
Identify the placenta and umbilical cord
Describe how a woman becomes pregnant after fertilisation
Describe how the developing foetus is protected inside the mother.
Included:
Starter & Accessing Prior Knowledge Questions
Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [AFL]
Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold tasks] & Markscheme
Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet [print slide 1 to 2 double sided]
Instructions in the notes
This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria:
Define Aerobic Respiration
State the word equation for Aerobic Respiration
Describe how cells get the reactants it needs for aerobic respiration.
Compare combustion & respiration.
Included:
Starter & Accessing Prior Knowledge Questions
Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [AFL]
Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold tasks] & Markscheme
Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheets x2 printed as A5 booklet
Instructions in the notes
This lesson is key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long.
Success criteria:
Define the terms discontinuous & continuous.
Describe difference between discontinuous & continuous variation.
Represent discontinuous & continuous data using graphs.
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning]
PRACTICAL ACTIVITY - Students collect height and tongue rolling data to display on a graph
Independent Practice - Extension task - [Bronze, Silver & Gold tasks]
Markscheme included
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheet printed double sided [unblurred when bought]
This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria:
State what DNA is
Describe the structure of DNA
Describe how DNA is organised in cells.
Created for Year 7. Suitable all KS3 or for foundation level GCSE students [LAP].
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [AFL]
Independent Practice [BSG, Extension] & Markscheme
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet, slides 1 to 2 Instructions in the notes
Worksheet created for students in an SEN school.
Included:
Draw the structure of DNA, ATCG pairing
Describe the structure of DNA
Draw a punnet square
label a sperm and egg cell
inherited and environmental traits
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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school
Included:
Infographic on Alleles and Inheritance
TASK 1 - 10 x questions based on this
TASK 2 - Punnet square completion, starts easy then gets harder
Answers to task 1 included - teachere should model answers to task 2
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Independent work created for students in an SEN school.
Included:
information on 4 stages,
hormones LH, FSH, Oestrogen and Progesterone.
Graph displaying hormone levels and uterus lining thickness.
10 questions with answers at the end
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This lesson is 50 minutes long, created for MAP pupils in an SEN school. Will more suit mainstream students.
Created for Year 9 – KS3 – AQA/EDEXCEL
Included:
Content and presentation – Anaerobic respiration, strenuous exercise, lactic acid, oxygen debt
Independent check for understanding tasks – worksheet 1
Comparing aerobic and anaerobic venn diagram
Strenuous vs steady exercise, with Usain Bolt and Mo Farah as examples.
Extension task - worksheet
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This is a year 10 theory lesson for SEN/LAP pupils. This was created after they had created an onion slide.
The focus - how to use a microscope, prepare a slide and calculating total magnification (there is no triangle or rearranging equations).
Included:
Starter - what can you see under a light microscope
Hook - career link
Content and presentation - parts of a light microscope, how to use a microscope correctly, how to prepare a specimen slide, how to calculate total magnification (you can put a picture of their slide up for this bit)
Main worksheet with quick check for understanding
Independent task 1 - why do we use light microscopes, true/false microscopes table, calculating total magnification from objective and eyepiece, additional two questions.
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All answers included
This lesson was created for students in an SEN school - 50 minutes long.
***Edited to include all answers, an additionally final check activity [storyboard gapfill],better picture for current atmosphere, better questions for devonian period
Included:
What the atmosphere is
Geological periods of the earth - this will be beyond their understanding, briefly explain that the age of earth is given names same as humans e.g. baby, toddlers, teen etc
The Hadean Eon and atmosphere composition of Earth
ACTIVITY - Pie chart completion, 2 questions based on prev slide
The Archaen Eon and changing atmosphere of the Earth [decreasing volcanic activity, earth cooling]
ACTIVITY - Gapfill activity
Devonian Period and changing atmosphere of the Earth [plant evolution]
Photosynthesis definition with picture
ACTIVITY - equation fill in the blank
ACTIVITY - questions on devonian period
Current atmosphere of the Earth
ACTIVITY - Pie chart completion, 2 questions based on prev slide
FINAL ACTIVITY - Story board gapfill of the changing atmosphere over time
Questions are simple. Follows teacher instruction then studen task format
Print slide 1 to 3 for worksheet, unblurred when bought
This lesson is 50 minutes long, created for SEN/LAP pupils as part of calculator use practice
Created for Year 10 – KS4 – AQA/Edexcel
Included:
Starter
Content and presentation – what active transport is (linked to carrying something heavy and going up a slide), animations to show movement of glucose, the cell membrane and carrier proteins, quick check tasks and links to osmosis and diffusion using water and oxygen
Independent learning activity – gapfill, tick correct, add an arrow, select the correct answer
Plenary – circle correct for active transport
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This lesson was created for students in an SEN school and can cover two 50 minute lessons.
Included: Part 1
Starter - fluoride
The Water Cycle picture - teacher explanation of key words
ACTIVITY - Keyword match
ACTIVITY - fill in the missing keywords on the water cycle picturE
ACTIVITY - number the points where the description is happening on the water cycle
Potable water information - nets on mountains and desalination
INDEPENDENT TASKS - Exam questions
Included Part 2 -
Potable water picture - sedimentation, filtration clorination
PRACTICAL ACTIVITY - Making potable water from dirty water using alum and by making a filtration tower. Instructions and equipment.
Risk assessment for practical
Table for observations
3 x worksheets included. Print slides 1 to 3 single sided. Everything unblurred when bought.
This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria:
State the meaning of inherit and give examples of genetic traits
Describe how traits are passed down from generation to generation, using gummy bears
Explain why organisms are unique to their parents
Included:
Starter
Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [AFL]
Independent Practice [Extension] & Markscheme
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet, slides 2 to 3
Instructions in the notes
This lesson is a key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long.
Success criteria:
Define the term adaptation
Describe how adaptations can affect the survival of organisms
Explain how organisms become endangered or extinct
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning]
SEEC (Select, Explore, Explain, Consolidate) table – for literacy (Adaptation)
Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task]
Markscheme included
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
This lesson is a key stage 3 or 4 lesson (Year 9 or Year 10) that is 60 minutes long.
Success criteria:
Define the term genetic drift
Describe some examples of genetic drift
Explain the impact of genetic drift on population diversity
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning]
Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task]
Markscheme included
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria:
Define what a tissue is
Describe cell organisation
Explain the functions of different tissues in an organ
Created for Year 7 - KS3.
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [AFL]
Independent Practice [Bronze, silver and gold task] & Markscheme
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet – print two pages per sheet, double sided – unblurred when bought
This lesson is a key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long.
Success criteria:
Identify and give examples of inherited and environmental variation
Describe how inherited and environmental variation is caused
Explain why environmental variation can confuse the idea of a species
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning]
SEEC (Select, Explore, Explain, Consolidate) table – for literacy (Variation)
Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task]
Markscheme included
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
Colour coded knowledge organiser.
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Labelled heart diagram - colour coded pic and labelling
Right side function - colour coded
Left side function - colour coded
Artery, vein and capillary pictures, transport direction
How arteries branch into capillaries back into veins
Table of different between the three vessels
This lesson is a key stage 3 or 4 lesson that is 60 minutes long.
Topic 6 – Edexcel – Plant Structures
Success criteria:
Recall how to use a microscope
Describe the role of stomata in gas exchange
Prepare a specimen for viewing under a microscope
Included:
Starter Career link [Hook]
Content & Presentation.
Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning]
Practical activity – preparing stomata imprint to view under microscope
Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task] as extension [unblurred when bought]
Markscheme included
Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards]
Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment
Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]