'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the nuclear fission content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A parts in a nuclear power station starter activity
3: A activity looking at chain reactions
4: A 6 mark assessment question
5: A sheet for students to work through
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and related activities covering the current PD graphs section of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A current PD graph analysis starter
3: A resistance in a diode activity
4: A resistance in a LDR activity
5: A method and photo of how the equipment should be used
6: A 6 mark question for your plenary and AFL
7: A calculating resistance from a graph activity
8: A dice game AFL activity
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This lesson covers the A2 light dependent reaction of photosynthesis section of the 2015 A2 Biology specification. This lesson has been designed to be as interactive as possible and gives lots of opportunities to interact with students. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A large interactive light dependent reaction demo
3: A reaction diagram for students to fill in
4: Pictures showing what the demo looks like once it’s set up
5: A sheet for students to work through
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson covering the structure and function of the nervous system content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point including leading students through the lesson
2: A nerve structure starter activity
3: A structure of the nervous system literacy activity
4: A activity showing students what happens at the synapse
5: A synapse 6 mark AFL question
6: A synapse interactive notebook activity
7: A synapse modeling activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and activities on the maintenance of a resting potential content in the new 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet which can be used throughout the lesson
3: A build a axon membrane activity
4: A literacy questioning activity
5 A micro teaching plenary activity
6: A homework activity
7: A key information literacy activity
8: A starter game
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a new lesson covering the calculating empirical formula content in the new 2016 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students though the lesson
2: A dice calculating percentage mass starter activity
3: An empirical formula circus of questions
4: A empirical formula by percentage mass plenary
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This resource is a whole lesson and activities on the cleaner fuels content of the new 2016 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A power point leading students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark starter question
3: An information hunt activity
4: A graph analysis activity
5: A micro teaching plenary activity
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This resource is a new lesson and activities covering the formation of the Solar System content of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A literacy battle ships activity
2: A power point to help lead students through the lesson
3: A information hunt activity
4: Presentation help cards
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A power point explaining how to carry out a micro teaching activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
10: A sheet for students to work through
11: A project sheet
12: A key information activity
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This is a new resource covering the Moles content of the new 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An inquiry question starter activity
3: 2 working out the number and mass of moles tasks
4: A working out how many moles of an element circus activity
5: A dice game plenary activity
6: The Avogadro number game
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
10: A question sheet for students to work through
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the blood, tissue fluid & lymph content of the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: A blood parts activity
4: A forming tissue fluid model / class activity
5: A micro teaching (group presentation) plenary activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the controlling body temperature content in the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A 6 mark question mark scheme construction task
4: A card sort
5: A summary plenary activity
6: A group discussion activity
7: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a new lesson and activities covering the blood vessels content in the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill out throughout the lesson
3: An information hunt
4: A model activity
5: A group presentation activity
6: Activities that can be used for homework
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the heart & cardiac content in the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet with home work task
3: A diagram starter activity
4: A set of heart part functions cards
5: A cardiac cycle card sort
6: A micro teaching activity
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the transpiration content of the 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource contains
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A transpiration literacy activity
3: A card sort activity
4: A stomata presentation activity
5: Transpiration stage cards
6: Factors affecting transpiration activity
7: A cohesion / adhesion of water activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson investigating 3 different factors that effect the output of solar cells. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A work sheet for students to fill out during the practical
4: A plenary 6 mark question
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This resource is a lesson with resources covering the monoclonal antibodies content of the new 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: An information hunt activity
4: A 6 mark question mark scheme construction activity
5: A micro teaching task
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
9: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the digestive system content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question analysis starter
3: A starter game
4: An information hunt
5: A literacy activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A answering exam questions activity
8: A digestive system project activity
9: A video on how to run the modeling activity
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
13: An example video showing what a digestive system stop motion video looks like
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the life cycle of a star content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A snakes & ladders starter activity
3: A diagram construction task
4: A micro teaching activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
6: A question sheet for students to work through
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities to aid with student's revision of sound waves. This resource includes
1: A starter snakes & ladders game on the key points students need to know
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A wave form labelling activity
4: A frequency calculation dice game
5: A frequency calculations circus of questions
6: A longitudinal wave plenary micro teaching activity
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