Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. Email febolearning@gmail.com
Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. Email febolearning@gmail.com
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on weight and mass. In this lesson students will learn the difference between weight and mass, how to calculate weight from mass and gravitational field strength, the units that mass (kg) and weight (N) are measured in and how weight is different on other planets.
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: mass, weight and gravitational field strength)
-Handout sheet
-Comprehension task
-Numeracy task
-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 Balance https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979656
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the Moon. In this lesson students will learn about eclipses and the phases of the Moon.
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: phases of the moon, new moon, full moon, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension task
-Discussion task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-End of Topic Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12758005
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the Earth. In this lesson students will explain day and night and learn why the seasons change throughout the year.
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: axis, pole, equator, season and constellation)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension and recall task
-Handout sheet task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson The Moon https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12757853
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on colour. In this lesson students will describe the relationship between light wave frequency and colour, explain what hapens when light is dispersed and describe how the primary colours combine to make secondary colours. They will also discuss colour filters.
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)
-Discussion exercise on colour filters (oracy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: primary colours, spectrum, prism, dispersion and filter)
-Handout sheet task
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12752410
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the movement of substances by diffusion. In this lesson students will learn how to describe what diffusion is and to give some examples of substances which diffuse in and out of cells.
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
-Starter task
-Group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords activity (vocabulary: glucose, oxygen, respiration, diffusion and concentration)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Draw and label
-Putting the steps in order to describe a process
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide where needed. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson Unicellular Organisms https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650811
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on levels of gas exchange. 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
-Starter task (recall from previous topic)
-Group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords activity
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Sorting task
-Guided note taking activity
-Discussion exercise
-Next lesson Breathing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12652370
All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the skeleton. 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
-Starter task
-Group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords activity
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task (fact file)
-Matching task
-Bonus: mixed recall questions covering all biology topics so far
-Next lesson Joints https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653249
All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on levels of organisation. 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
-Starter task (recall organisation)
-Group reading
-Keywords task
-Task boxes
-Note taking slide
-Handout sheet
-Ordering the steps task
-Next lesson topic revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653808
All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
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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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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on reflection. In this lesson students will describe what happens when light bounces off a surface, explain how mirrors work and understand the difference between diffuse scattering and specular reflection.
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: virtual image, incident ray, reflected ray, specular reflection and diffuse scattering)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension task
-True or false
-Discussion exercise on fibre optics
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Refraction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12749326
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Speciation. In this lesson, students will state what speciation is, explain why speciation happens and describe the work of Alfred Wallace. 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)
Order the steps
Discussion exercise
Comprehension questions
Handout sheet task
Task boxes
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Cloning. In this lesson, students will list some examples of natural clones, describe how to clone plants using tissue culture or cuttings, describe adult cell cloning and artificial twinning and discuss the ethical issues around cloning. 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
Handout sheet task
Comprehension questions
Discussion exercise
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Genetic Engineering. In this lesson, students will give some examples of how genetic engineering is used, describe an overview of how genetic engineering works and compare genetic engineering with selective breeding. 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: on the AQA course, the molecular mechanism of genetic engineering is covered under Biotechnology (Topic 7 Ecology). We have included some bonus slides on it here for courses that teach this content as part of Inheritance.
This lesson includes:
Title slide with learning objectives
A starter activity
Group reading (literacy)
Keywords task (vocabulary: genetic engineering, genetically modified (GM), vector, herbicide and insecticide)
Task boxes
Comprehension questions
Discussion exercise
Sorting exercise (GM vs. selective breeding)
Handout sheet task
Bonus: Molecular mechanism of genetic engineering of bacteria to produce human insulin. Includes group reading, a walkthrough of the process step ordering task and a handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Fossils. In this lesson, students will describe three ways in which fossils can form. They will explain how fossils provide evidence for how life on Earth developed. 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
Comprehension questions
Discussion exercise
Order the steps
Handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Fossils. In this lesson, students will describe three ways in which fossils can form. They will explain how fossils provide evidence for how life on Earth developed. 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
Discussion exercise
Group reading (literacy)
Comprehension questions
Task boxes
Handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Evolution. In this lesson, students will describe the process of evolution by natural selection, explain the evidence for evolution and discuss why Charles Darwin’s work was controversial. 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
What are these characteristics for?
Group reading (literacy)
Keywords (vocabulary: fittest, phenotypic variation, genotypic variation, evolution and adaptation)
Task boxes
Order the steps to show Darwin’s Theory of Evolution
Discussion exercise
Comprehension questions
Handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Selective Breeding. In this lesson, students will describe the steps of selective breeding and suggest how a farmer could improve his stock through selective breeding. They will also discuss the drawbacks of inbreeding and reduction in genetic variation. 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
Discussion exercise
Group reading (literacy)
Order the steps
Task boxes
Sorting task (natural selection vs selective breeding)
Comprehension questions
Handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Variation. This lesson has a heavy literacy focus and provides opportunities to practice using the keywords from AQA GCSE Biology Topic 6 in context. In this lesson, students will state what is meant by variation in a species, describe how variation arises in a population and decide whether example characteristics vary due to genes, environment or both. 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
Discussion exercise; what makes things the same species?
Group reading (literacy)
Genes or environment task
Comprehension questions
Task boxes
Variation vocabulary handout sheet
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on the work of Gregor Mendel. In this lesson, students will describe the work Mendel, state the three conclusions Mendel came to and explain why it took time for people to understand Mendel’s work. 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)
Handout sheet task with extension
Task boxes
Discussion exercise
Comprehension questions
Order the steps to show the timeline of later discoveries
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. It does assume that students have some prior familiarity with genetic diagrams and the terminology of genetics (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13044789). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
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.