'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 classification content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A classification game
3: An AFL dice game
4: A how organisms are named interactive notebook activity
5: A 3 domains literacy activity
6: A species discussion activity
7: A classification card sort
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 with activities covering the evidence for evolution, fossils & bacterial evolution content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A evolution snakes & ladders game
2: A power to lead students through the lesson
3: A fossils literacy activity
4: A how fossils form presentation activity
5: An AFL dice activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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 covering the kidney failure content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A reading for meaning activity
4: 2 modeling activities
5: 2 videos showing how to carry out the modeling activities
6: A 6 mark AFL question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the radio waves content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A literature starter activity
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A frequency activity
4: A sheet for student to fill in
5: A radio wave model activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the resistance in a wire required practical content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A resistance in circuits starter activity
3: A sheet for students to work through whilst carrying out the practical
4: A graph analysis activity
5: A 6 mark question plenary activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the covalent bonding content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A number of bonds an atom will form game
3: A series of covalent compounds for students to draw
4: A simple covalent compounds spag activity
5: A simple covalent compounds modeling activity
6: A giant covalent compounds literacy activity & presentation
7: A 6 mark plenary question
8: A video showing how to carry out the modeling activity
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 lesson & activities covering the ionic bonding content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet with activities for students to work through
3: A literacy starter game
4: A giant ionic bonding model activity
5: A video showing how to model ionic bonding
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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 covering the electromagnetic induction content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A key information literacy activity
4: A generator diagram / modeling activity
5: A 6 mark assessment question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the molar gas volume content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A gas volume maze starter game
3: A moles in different volumes of gas activity
4: A calculating mass activity
5: A calculating volume activity
6: A volume of gas produced during an investigation activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the reducing the use of resources content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A what is recycling activity
3: A key information starter game
4: A sheet for students to fill in about different types of recycling
5: A dice assessment game
6: Slides that go through the recycling of glass, paper & metal
7: A 6 mark assessment activity
8: A homework task
9: Photos showing how recycling can be modeled
10: A video that can be used for a flipped learning activity if you want
11: Videos showing how you can get students to tell stories about recycling
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A series of well resourced lessons covering the cells section of the 2016 AQA Biology specification. These lessons fit in with the SOW released by AQA.
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This resource is a lesson & activities covering the DNA and genome content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A chromosomes key points activity
4: A dice assessment activity
5: A how genes code for amino acids activity
6: A DNA student model activity
7: A 6 mark assessment activity
8: A homework question
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 lesson and activities covering the speakers content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy starter game
3: A sheet for students to fill out
4: A speaker model activity
5: A dice game assessment activity
6: A parts of a headphones activity
7: A 6 mark assessment activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the microphone content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A question analysis starter activity
3: A key information activity
4: A microphone model activity
5: A sheet for students to fill out
6: A dice assessment game
7: A 6 mark assessment question
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the genetic engineering content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A genetically engineering bacteria to produce insulin activity
4: A model activity
5: A dice assessment game
6: A question on genetically modifying wheat
7: A question on genetically modifying rice
8: A genetic modification ethics activity
9: A 6 mark assessment question
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
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This resource is a power point containing 100 practice rate of reaction calculations for students to work through either individually or as a class
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This resource is a lesson & activities covering the cell cycle content in A Level specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A cell cycle activity with student sheet
4: A dice assessment activity
5: A control of cell cycle activity
6: An assessment question
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 power point containing 100 practice percentage yield calculations for students to work through either individually or as a class
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This resource is a bundle of over 800 chemistry calculation revision questions covering:
1: Moles
2: Titrations
3: Concentration
4: Number of atoms in a mole
5: Percentage mass
6: Percentage yield
7: Rf
8: Conservation of mass
9: Relative formula mass
10: Gas volume
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This resource is a power point containing 50 practice GPE calculations for students to work through either individually or as a class
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