Attached is two resources, the first is the marking sticker which can be either printed on paper and glued into the pupils books or printed onto sticker paper then put in their exercise books. The second is a reference handout for students to use to help them when responding to marking and completing the tasks necessary to fill the gaps in their learning.
On the marking sticker, I colour code the different learning outcomes when marking their books as either red, amber or green to make it simple for the pupils to see which outcomes they need to focus on and which they are fine with. Or these stickers could be altered by adding an additional column and using WWW and EBI instead. Both are effective methods of providing feedback for pupils. The bottom two boxes allow for tasks to be set and any more generalised feedback to be provided by ticking any relevant boxes. I then follow this sticker with a personalised comment.
The second attachment is the resources to be used by the pupils in a feedback lesson (DIRT lesson). I print the slides off two to a page, back-to-back with one between two for pupils. This provides them with the tasks necessary to meet the learning objectives and close any gaps in learning. I find these tasks much easier for pupils to use than simply directing them to textbook pages. Some of the pictures and questions taken from other resources and compiled here.
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Differentiated questions for KS3 lessons on Gravity. These structure strips are designed to be printed off and glued into students books down the margin and then either used throughout the lesson, or as a task after covering theory, the students work their way through the questions. Not all students will be expected to complete the entire structure strip as it depends on target grades. The questions link directly to the learning objectives and ensure the the content is covered and allows students to stretch themselves. They could also be given as homework for consolidation or used for targeted revision. Students find these a great way to ensure they have met their objectives and it makes marking books easier. There are two versions of the structure strip: low ability and mid-high ability.
Answers are included as a powerpoint presentation for all structure strip questions to allow self or peer assessment by students.
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Intervention lesson and marking sticker with tasks for a Low Ability Year 7 class following the end of topic test. Could be done before the test using their book work.
Students work through the intervention lesson as a class, completing a summary A3 mind map with all the main information on it and then complete their intervention task highlighted on their marking sticker independently.
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Complete lesson on Loudness and Amplitude, designed for the new Activate Scheme but can be used for another syllabus’ as well.
Includes definitions of key terms and includes questions to get students linking the physics of sound with everyday life.
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Complete lesson on Refraction, designed for the new Activate Scheme but can be used for another syllabus’ as well.
Includes various tasks, a practical and discussion. All answers are provided on the slides so students can self/peer assess. There are differentiated tasks and questions. There is a practical requiring light ray boxes, glass blocks and protractors for students to investigate how refraction works.
Included in this lesson pack is an instruction sheet for students to use as a checklist during the practical to encourage students to follow all instructions in a method.
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Complete lesson on Light, designed for the new Activate Scheme but can be used for another syllabus’ as well. It is a great introduction to light.
Includes various tasks, calculations and discussions. All answers are provided on the slides so students can self/peer assess. There are differentiated tasks and questions. There is a practical requiring a light source, light sensor and different materials.
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KS3 Lesson on Genetics, with a focus on recessive and dominant alleles and how to draw a Punnett square.
Talks students through completing a Punnett Square step by step. Great to discuss what characteristics they inherit off their parents.
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Great to be used for a cover lesson, this worksheet is designed to go with the Activate 1 book and provides questions on all the main information that needs to be known on the topic.
KS3 lesson on Colour with differentiated starter and questions to suit students off all abilities. Includes a couple of practical activities involving prisms, white light source and coloured filters. The practical is best done in a darkened room. There is opportunities for discussion, linking of the physics of light to everyday objects and deeper thinking all included within this lesson.
The plenary is a challenge grid with 9 questions, students have 10 minutes to complete as many questions as they can. The questions get progressively more challenging. Answers are included on the final slide for students to self assess. The starter activity is to unscramble tiles, I have put a printable version at the front of the powerpoint (2 versions).
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KS3 Electromagnets Revision Pyramid Activity. Answers are also included to allow for self/peer assessment.
Students have to answer as many questions as they can to reach 100 points in a certain time. This is a great activity for revision purposes and allows students to differentiate the level of questioning they answer as different questions are worth different amounts of points with harder questions being worth more.
All the lessons needed to complete the KS3 topic of sound. Complete lessons, differentiated questions and worksheets and various activities for various abilities on;
Sound Waves and Speed
Loudness and Amplitude
Frequency and Pitch
The Ear and Hearing
BONUS: Includes an independent task on Loudness and Pitch that is great for cover work or extra work for a student.
Attached is a complete lesson on Energy dissipation for KS3 Energy Transfers topic. It covers energy dissipation, energy transfers and efficiency calculations. For high ability students you could get them to have a go at creating Sankey diagrams on wasted and useful energy.
I have created a step by step narrative on Efficiency calculations that can be used as an activity with the students. You may find that the high ability students do not need this extra support.
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Attached are 5 lessons and worksheets for a very low ability Year 7 class on Electricity. Lessons are designed to go along with the worksheets. Practical activities need to be run alongside the lessons to support the learning.
I can’t take credit for the worksheets as they were made by someone else. They were given to me by another teacher so I don’t know who made them to give them the credit.
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Here is a lesson I used with a top set year 8 class over a period of two lessons. the first lesson focused on what are moments, levers, pivots and turning forces with a practical to help students understand how the forces work. There are two different practicals, one for lower ability and one for higher ability.
Following this, pupils can self assess on how they feel about moments and calculating them and then complete the releveant worksheet, self assess using the markscheme and then move onto the next level. This independent differentiated task allows for focus on helping those who are struggling more.
The presentation is sectioned off so sections that aren’t needed in the lesson (e.g. LA in HA group) can be hidden by highlighting slides, right clicking and select Hide Slides.
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OCR A Level Biology A lesson on Proteins and Chemical Testing. This is one of three lessons on proteins to meet the specification points for 2.1.2 Biological Molecules.
Objectives for this lesson:
Describe the general structure of an amino acid.
Test qualitatively for the presence of proteins and interpret results.
Explain the synthesis and breakdown of dipeptides and polypeptides due to peptide bonds.
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OCR A Level Biology A specification linked lesson on Key Concepts of Biological Molecules. This lesson also covers the inorganic ions section of the topic for the specification.
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OCR A Level Biology A lesson on Fatty Acids and Triglycerides. This is one of two lessons on lipids to meet the specification points for 2.1.2 Biological Molecules.
Objectives for this lesson:
Give the structure of a triglyceride and a phospholipid.
Describe the synthesis and breakdown of triglycerides due to ester bonds.
Explain how the properties of triglyceride, phospholipid and cholesterol molecules relate to their functions in living organisms.
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Attached is two resources, the first is the marking sticker. The second is a reference handout for students to use to help them when responding to marking and completing the tasks necessary to fill the gaps in their learning. This is designed for the start of the forces topic, focusing on what are forces and the different types of forces.
On the marking sticker, then colour code the different learning outcomes when marking their books as either red, amber or green to make it simple for the pupils to see which outcomes they need to focus on and which they are fine with. Or these stickers could be altered by adding an additional column and using WWW and EBI instead. Both are effective methods of providing feedback for pupils. The bottom two boxes allow for tasks to be set and any more generalised feedback to be provided by ticking any relevant boxes.
The second attachment is the resources to be used by the pupils in a feedback lesson (DIRT lesson). I print the slides off two to a page, back-to-back with one between two for pupils. This provides them with the tasks necessary to meet the learning objectives and close any gaps in learning. I find these tasks much easier for pupils to use than simply directing them to textbook pages. Some of the pictures and questions taken from other resources and compiled here.
Hope these resources help with your marking and feedback, if so please leave a review and feel free to view other resources I have.
Digestive System Interactive Notebook is an alternative method to simply labeling the digestive system in lesson. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.I have often found students often struggle to retain knowledge from simply sticking a diagram in their book and labeling it, so I created this as a more hands on approach to the human digestive system.
There are 2 versions of the sheet for differentiation; one unlabeled, the other with the organs already labeled.
The sheet is printed off and folded along the vertical fold line. The student then cuts along each of the horizontal lines to the fold line. They can then glue the sheet into their books and now have a flap based digestive system. The students then label the parts, find information on the organs and write this information under each of the relevant flaps. The final part is to colour in the different organs.
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