Complete lesson I created for a low ability year 8 class, introducing a tricky topic of enzymes. Using simple analogies and animations to help explain function of enzymes and the different digestive enzymes. Fill in the gap worksheet, cut and stick worksheets, video and plenary.

Wordsearch made for year 8 low ability group

A KS3 powerpoint I made for my low ability year 8’s. Lesson starts with learning about the chemistry of food - BEAT THE TEACHER starter to assess what they already know. Students to write definition of digestion, group task to assess what they know about the position of the organs. Worksheet to then label organs. True or false activity, Exit ticket plenary.

A resource I created for a few non-english speaking / very low english speaking ability in my lower ability year 10 class. We were studying ‘Helping the heart’ and I made a match up worksheet with both the english words, pictures and the bulgarian translations on to make it easier for them to understand the content, and complete a worksheet.

A tick task sheet which I created for some SEN pupils in a low ability year 8 class. I laminated them and use them for pupils to track which activity they are on. (Good behaviour management tool too!)

Low / mid / high ability PPQ exam questions (a mixture of ones I’ve made and taken off past exam papers) on enzyme function and digestive enzymes. All worksheets have answers. Supplement to NEW AQA B2.3 Enzymes lesson (whole) resource

Whole lesson for B2.2 - food tests required practical. Starter activity recapping digestive organs, discussion of the chemistry of food (carbohydrates, proteins and lipids) and then students complete a KABOODLE AQA required practical. Sheets included (edited from Kerboodle) and sample results table. PPQ Exam question used as homework but could also be plenary.

A powerpoint analogy of animal and plant cell organelles: relates each part of the cell to a different part / character in Harry Potter. Used with low ability year 10 group, but could be used with any level.

Lesson 1 of B2 : Levels of organisation made for a low ability year 10 group. Powerpoint contains a 2 truths and a lie starter, 3 video clips to get them thinking about team work, a worksheet summarising the levels of organisation, worksheet on recapping the digestive system and a true or false plenary. (parts of the presentation are adapted from other wonderful resources on TES) Worksheets, past paper question with answers and powerpoint included

A glossary of the key words of the NEW topic B2 Organisation in animals and plants for EAL Bulgarian students. Includes english - bulgarian translation of all key words in topic and an english definition, with space for them to fill in the bulgarian definition themselves.

A sheet I developed for my lower set year 7’s to aid their literacy and spelling of key science words for each topic. Template is self-explanatory : they had a list of key words and had to pick a word they had learn the definition and spelling of and put it into a sentence. On a friday they then tested themselves to see if they could write the spelling correctly without using any aid. BOLD THEY LOVED IT!

This is a lesson I created for a bottom set year 10 class for the first lesson of the B6 Inheritance, variation and evolution module. It challenges students by aiming for the higher grade lesson objectives but scaffolds students throughout the lesson to achieve this. Start of the lesson is teacher-led, giving students information which there is a worksheet for them to follow at the same time. AFL as going through this. Pupil-led activity forms second half of the lesson: stations with questions for pupils to work through at their own pace. I give pupils the choice of which order they complete the stations so there is some element of choice. There is a worksheet with the station questions on if there are any pupils that aren’t completing the station work. Various mini-quiz plenaries. Could miss out exam questions / stations (whatever you choose) if time is limited, as both cover similar knowledge bases. Lesson covers types of reproduction (sexual and asexual) and the advantages and disadvantages of both. There is also a section on cloning at the end for opportunity of extending pupils.

This is the 1st lesson of the new AQA GCSE (9-1) B6 Inheritance, variation and evolution module. The worksheets accompany the powerpoint, which includes introductory information about sexual and asexual reproduction and advantages and disadvantages of both. There are opportunities for AFL (the comparison table), class discussions and extension. The powerpoint also includes information and questions on Cloning (for separates / higher tier). Multiple plenary activities at the end of the lesson.

This is a lesson I created for a mid-ability (Grade 3-6/7) year 11 class on the fourth lesson of the topic B6. It has opportunities for differentiation, class discussions, pair work and then plenty of repetition of practising punnet squares!! The first page of the worksheet correlates with the 3-minute timed activity on the powerpoint and has a few questions to test understanding of the first lesson objectives. The last part of the worksheet is exam-style questions to practise punnet squares and probability.

A very low ability lesson powerpoint with worksheets and questions to test progress on the importance of communities. Includes the understanding and learning of key words - worksheets for this. Start of the lesson includes class discussion of key terms and forming definitions, discussing resources and interdependence. Answers for questions included in the slides.

KS3 lesson on Aerobic Respiration: includes lesson powerpoint, worksheets and practicals. I used this lesson with a low ability class, but there’s plenty of scope for it to be differentiated for a higher ability. Mini quiz at the end of the powerpoint to assess learning. I did the plenary quiz with mini-whiteboards in teams and made it into a competition - they loved it!