Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. febolearning@gmail.com
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Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Water Transport in Plants.
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Learning Objectives
Describe the journey water takes up the plant
Describe an experiment to show that water travels up the plant
Predict what will happen if parts of the method change
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next Lesson Flowers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13083314
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Seeds.
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Learning Objectives
Describe what happens to a flower after pollination and fertilisation
Explain why plants need to disperse their seeds
Compare three different methods of seed dispersal
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on evaporation and sublimation. In this lesson students will learn how to explain why liquids can evaporate below their boiling point, explain why we sweat and describe sublimation and deposition.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: boiling, evaporation, condensation, sublimation and deposition)
-A task box exercise
-A sorting task to summarize the difference between boiling and evaporation
-A handout sheet on state change
-Recall questions on particle theory and state change
-Next lesson Diffusion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12977379
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Chemistry C1c (Metals, Acids and Materials). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and can be used to revise for end of topic tests or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments.
In this lesson students will revise:
-Metal reactions in acids, oxygen and water
-Displacement reactions
-Extracting metals from ore
-Ceramics
-Polymers
-Composite materials
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12790135
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ introductory lesson on the topic of Pressure in Gases. In this lesson pupils will explain what is meant by gas pressure, describe how temperature affects gas pressure and describe how atmospheric pressure decreases with height.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 2 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Keywords (vocabulary: pressure, gas pressure, collide, atmospheric pressure and compressed)
-Handout sheet
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Pressure in Liquids https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12817479
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Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ Complete lesson on the work of Charles Darwin. In this lesson pupils will describe the evidence Darwin gathered to develop his theory of natural selection, give examples of evidence to support Darwin’s theory and explain the peer review process using his work with Alfred Wallace as an example.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Who? What? Where?
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions (Darwin’s finch studies)
-Peer review questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Preventing Extinction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12826158
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Reproduction in Bacteria. This lesson is a bit longer as it includes post-practical exercises as well as a full theory lesson. Pupils will explain how prokaryotic cells reproduce and calculate the number of bacteria in a population. They will also describe culturing microorganisms. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Numeracy task
-Discussion exercise
-Handout sheet task
-Order the steps
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Diffusion and Osmosis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831793
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ second in a two-part lesson on Photosynthesis (the first part can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953622).
In this lesson pupils will describe how different factors affect the rate of photosynthesis, describe an experiment for measuring the rate of photosynthesis and explain the shape of the graphs different factors produce. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
Note: The equation for photosynthesis and uses of glucose are a separate lesson and not included in this one.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity (two options here; a recap of the transpiration practical as students often get the two muddled OR a photosynthesis equation recap).
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Handout sheet task
-Order the steps
-Numeracy task (inverse square law)
-Comprehension questions
-Data task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Metabolism https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954344
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Oxygen Debt. In this lesson pupils will describe the effect of exercise on the body, explain what is meant by oxygen debt and discuss how you can investigate the effect of exercise on the body. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Prior knowledge check
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Revision Bioenergetics https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12956850
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on global warming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-What is global warming?
-Sea levels rising
-More frequent extreme weather
-Loss of biodiversity
-Changes in species distribution
-Natural greenhouse effect
-Climate change caused by human activity
-Carbon dioxide and methane
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on abiotic and biotic factors for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Competition and Adaptation (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12635825)
Content Covered:
-Types of abiotic factors
-Adaptation to abiotic factors
-Effect of changes in abiotic factors
-Effect of abiotic factors on plants
-Changes in biotic factors and the effect on an ecosystem
-Examples of cane toads and grey squirrels
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on speciation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Evolution (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498)
Content Covered:
-Definition of a species
-Isolated populations
-Geographical isolation
-The work of Alfred Russel Wallace
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the particle model. In this lesson students will learn how to use the particle model to explain why different materials have different properties.
These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: material, particle, substance, mixtures and properties)
-Task boxes
-A numeracy development task
-A slide for taking notes on the three factors which give materials their properties
-Answer slides included
-Next Lesson States of Matter (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12660766)
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ Short lesson for practicing state changes vocabulary, describing how particle arrangement changes during state changes in very simple terms and a conceptual introduction to particles gaining and losing energy.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson is designed as an EAL supplementary to this topic bundle for building vocabulary; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676566 It slots between lessons 2 and 3 and can also be used for SEND.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: melting, boiling, condensing, freezing and state of matter)
-Labelling task
-Identify
-Task boxes
-Recall questions on particle theory and state change
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on loudness and pitch. In this lesson students will describe the link between frequency and pitch and the link between amplitude and loudness. They will learn how to interpret wave diagrams and use them to comment on relative loudness and pitch.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: loudness, pitch, audible range, infrasound and ultrasound)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet
-Paired discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson The Ear https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979850
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on Charge. In this lesson pupils will describe the structure of an atom, describe how objects can become charged and make predictions about what will happen with different charge combinations.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 2 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keyword task (vocabulary: electron, proton, neutron, charge and electric current)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Comprehension questions
-True of False
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Circuits and Current https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12797999
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on X and Y Chromosomes. In this lesson, students will describe the chromosome combinations which determine biological sex in humans and use genetic diagrams to show the probability of a baby being born male or female. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
Title slide with learning objectives
A starter activity
Group reading
Task boxes
Discussion Exercise
Handout sheet exercise
Other types of genetic diagrams
Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment
Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge, Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Pollination and Fertilisation.
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Learning Objectives
Describe the difference between pollination and fertilisation
Explain what happens during pollination
Compare insect and wind pollination
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Seeds https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13084573
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on balanced and unbalanced forces. In this lesson students will understand the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces, identify a state of equilibrium and explain why unbalanced forces can change the speed or direction of an object’s motion.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: equilibrium, unbalanced forces, driving force, resistive force and motion)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension task
-Numeracy task
-True or false discussion exercise
-Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12714638
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on non-contact forces. In this lesson students will give some examples of non-contact forces, explain what a force field is and describe the relationship between distance and force field strength.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: force field, magnetic force, electrostatic force, gravitational force and attraction)
-Handout sheet
-Task boxes
-True or false task
-Discussion exercise
-Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Weight and Mass https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12713575
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