By the end of this lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the key stages of meiosis.
Describe the process of fertilisation.
Explain the importance of meiosis.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify metals and acids.
Describe what’s produced when metals and acids react.
Explain how to test for Hydrogen.
Suitable for KS3 - used personally for year 8.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify metals and Oxygen.
Describe how metal reacts with Oxygen.
Explain how to increase the speed of combustion.
Suitable for KS3.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify all phases of the Moon
Describe how light from the Sun can reflect from the Moon.
Explain how the Moon appears different in the night sky.
A simple settler activity where students need to highlight the correct statements to find the hidden letter.
Topics include:
Forces,
Sound,
Light,
Waves,
Speed,
Energy.
A settler activity where students need to read and cross out incorrect statements in order to find the hidden letter.
Includes 3 biology topics:
Cells,
Genetics
Health and disease.
Food chains,
Food tests,
Specialised cells.
A simple and fun competitive snap game using scientific terminology matched with pictures.
PPT can be presented to the entire class for a whole class session, or can be printed and cut for team games - there will always be a snap between 2 cards but the students need to find and identify the correct scientific key word. The students who calls out the key word first wins the round.
Key words included are:
Units, DNA, Bunsen burner, Tripod, Beaker, Gauze, Heat mat, Measuring cylinder, Safety glasses, Repeatability, Dissolving, Melt, Solidify, Evaporate, forceps, solid, Liquid, gas, reaction, reproductive system, microscope, pH, Periodic table, pipette, carbohydrate, fat, protein, test tube, lab coat, kinetic energy, sound energy, gravitational potential energy, atom, thermometer, cell, digestive, system, Electrical energy, circulatory system, electron, respiratory system, nervous system, litmus paper, skeleton, photosynthesis, light energy.
Excellent as a settling activity or starter / interim activity.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify variation between organisms.
Compare continuous and discontinuous variation.
Explain the link between continuous variation and environmental factors.
Explain the link between discontinuous variation and genetic factors.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Create a drawing of DNA labelling: sugar, phosphate and base.
Pair correct bases together
Describe how DNA bases are read in the body
Explain what’s meant by mutation and the effects of this.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify variables that will affect the rate of photosynthesis.
Describe how light intensity can affect the rate of photosynthesis.
Explain the inverse square law for intensity.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the sex chromosomes of a human
Recall the effects of genotype on phenotype.
Describe how to complete a Punnett square
Explain the genotypes of individuals in family trees.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify genes and alleles.
Compare heterozygous and homozygous.
Explain how the genotype is linked to the phenotype.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the definition of an acid and alkali.
Identify the end point of a titration
Describe how a titration is completed.
Explain the products of a titration.
A self-explanatory lesson detailing the rock cycle.
Scaffolded questions and various question styles mean all learners will be able to access the work.
Filler tasks are available at the end of the PPT.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students how to resolve vector diagrams via: pythagoras, trigonometry and scale drawings. Lesson is tailored towards the AQA A-level physics specification - Mechanics
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Learning objective: Apply trigonometry and Pythagoras to resolve vectors
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Compare scalars and vectors.
SC2: Use pythagoras and trigonometry in order to solve net vectors including inclined planes.
SC3: Use scale diagrams to resolve net vectors when coplanar forces are in equilibrium.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons. There is also a guide attached with written walkthroughs of how to reach the final answer, even for those tricky 1 mark questions.
Powerpoint contains 14 slides and 14 past paper questions.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students how to calculate work, relate this to power, calculate the efficiency of work due to angles and energy transfers. Lesson is tailored towards the AQA A-level physics specification - Mechanics
Learning objective: To apply understanding of energy to motion and how angles affect the efficiency of work.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Describe what is meant by work and power.
SC2: Calculate the efficiency of work when angles are involved.
SC3: Use the conservation of energy to calculate values from the spring potential, gravitational potential and kinetic energy equations.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons. There is also a guide attached with written walkthroughs of how to reach the final answer, even for those tricky 1 mark questions.
Powerpoint contains 20 slides and 8 past paper questions.
This is a lesson I used myself to teach the HIV virus, AIDS and ELISA test concept of unit 2 cells - a level biology, AQA specification.
Learning objective: Evaluate the process of viral replication and justify why the diagnosis of being HIV positive does not always result in death.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Identify the structure of HIV.
SC2: Describe retroviral replication and explain the need for reverse transcriptase.
SC3: Justify how AIDs causes death in an individual without being directly responsible.
2nd lesson
Learning objective: To evaluate the steps involved in an ELISA test.
SC3: Explain why an ELISA test can be used to test for the presence of HIV.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
Powerpoint contains 16 slides and 9 past paper questions.
A lesson plan is also attached outlining how I would teach the lesson for the viruses part.