A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the musculoskeletal system and health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore major diseases affecting the musculoskeletal system. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 17 slides covering: • Malfunctions of the Musculoskeletal System • Osteoporosis • Osteomalacia (Common Rickets) • Leukemia • Muscular Dystrophy • Arthritis • Keeping a Healthy Musculoskeletal System

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at living in space. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the considerations and accommodations needed for space travel. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 23 slides covering: • Propulsion • Food • Drink • Waste Removal • On-board Power • Oxygen • Communication with Ground Control • Radiation Protection • Living Accommodation

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at space travel equipment. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate some of the equipment needed for space travel. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 28 slides covering: • Space Travel • Temperature • Solar Radiation • Oxygen and Pressure • Mercury Space Suit • Gemini Space Suit • Apollo Space Suit • Future Space Suits • NASA Technology

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at strong and weak acids and bases. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the difference between strong and weak acids and bases. Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams, tables and chemical equations. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 12 slides covering: • Strong Acids and Bases • Strong Bases • Weak Acids and Bases • Acids and Bases Strengths

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at ecological pyramids. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Identify how ecological pyramids show the amount of organisms, biomass or energy in each trophic level of a food chain. Main Skills: Interpret written text. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 27 slides covering: • The Origin of Energy • Solar Energy and Producers • Ecological Pyramids • Number Pyramids • Biomass Pyramids • Energy Pyramids Assessment Sheet - Word Document based assessment includes questions that students should be able to answer directly from the presentation, or by applying the information from the presentation. The Assessment Sheet Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to questions in the assessment.

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the integumentary system and health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate major diseases affecting the integumentary system. Investigate how scientific, medical and technological advances have impacted diseases of the integumentary system. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 31 slides covering: • Eczema • Acne • Degrees of Acne • Treatments of Acne • Vitiligo • Treatment of Vitiligo • Skin Cancer • Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer • Melanoma Skin Cancer • Preventing and Treating Skin Cancer • Alopecia • Treatment of Alopecia

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the natural history of disease. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Identify stages of the natural history of disease and levels of prevention. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 20 slides covering: • Disease • Stage of Susceptibility • Stage of Pre-Symptomatic Disease • Incubation Period • Stage of Clinical Disease • Stage of Recovery, Disability or Death • Natural History of Disease • Disease Prevention • Primary Prevention • Secondary Prevention • Tertiary Prevention • Disease Stages and Prevention Levels

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at Thompson and the properties of the electron. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore Thompson’s contribution to the concept of atomic structure. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 14 slides covering: • Cathode Rays • Investigation of Cathode Rays • What Could the Cathode Rays be? • J J Thompson’s Experiment • J J Thompson’s Conclusions

A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at nutrients. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate the nutrients required by plants. Explore the effect of mineral deficiencies on plant growth. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 22 slides covering: • Essential Elements • Trace Elements • Nutritional Balance in Plants • Nutrient Deficiency Diseases • Nitrogen • Phosphorous • Potassium • Manganese • Copper • Zinc

A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at natural catastrophes. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how natural events and human activities create catastrophic events. Identify the impact of catastrophic events on ecosystems. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 20 slides covering: • Natural Hazards • Floods • Tsunami • Earthquake • Hurricane • Where Do Natural Hazards Happen? • Effects of Natural Hazards • Natural Disasters • Why Study and Monitor Hazards? • Human Activity

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at evaluation of scientific explanations. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how to evaluate scientific explanations. Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams, charts and graphs, make decisions and predict outcomes. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 40 slides covering: • Evaluation Methods • Using Empirical Evidence • Using Logical Reasoning • Using Experimental Testing • Observational Testing • Examining All Sides of Evidence

A presentation suitable for Grades 6-8 looking at Earth’s early history. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate the formation and early history of the Earth. Main Skills: Interpret written text, diagrams, tables, and graphs. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 26 slides covering: • The Formation of Our Solar System • Dating the Formation of Our Solar System • Radiometric Dating • The Early Earth • Life

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at the microstructure of metals. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore how the microstructure of metals affects their properties. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 22 slides covering: • Elastic Deformation • Plastic Deformation • Slip • Imperfections • Dislocations • Work Hardening • Dislocation and Grains • Annealing • Alloying

A presentation suitable for KS3 looking at working with formulae in spreadsheets. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Identify how to use formulae in spreadsheets. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 18 slides covering: • Formula • Referencing Cells • Useful Formula • Date and Time • Copying Formulae • Errors

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at astronomy. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore modern astronomy. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 32 slides covering: • Starlight • Telescopes • Ground Based Telescopes • Combining Telescopes • Optical Telescopes • Temperature • Spectrum • Looking at a Spectrum • The Spectrum of a Star • Looking at Spectra • Distance to Stars • Light • Electromagnetic Radiation • Atmosphere • Space Based Telescopes • Infrared • The Helix Nebula • X-Rays

A presentation most suitable for KS4 looking at algorithms and problem solving. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore program design methods used to solve problems. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 23 slides covering: • Problem Solving • Specification Requirements • Analysis and Design • Algorithms • Algorithms and Flowcharts • Pseudocode

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at scientific theories. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the difference between hypotheses and theories. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 23 slides covering: • From Hypothesis to Theory • Development of Scientific Theories • Example 1: Cold Fusion • Example 2: The Expanding Universe

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the integumentary system and health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate major diseases affecting the integumentary system. Investigate how scientific, medical and technological advances have impacted diseases of the integumentary system. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 31 slides covering: • Eczema • Acne • Degrees of Acne • Treatments of Acne • Vitiligo • Treatment of Vitiligo • Skin Cancer • Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer • Melanoma Skin Cancer • Preventing and Treating Skin Cancer • Alopecia • Treatment of Alopecia

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the circulatory system and health. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore major diseases affecting the circulatory system. Explore scientific, medical, and technological advances that help prevent and treat diseases of the circulatory system. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 22 slides covering: • Arteries • Coronary Heart Disease • Heart Attack • Stroke • Hypertension • Prevention of Circulatory System Diseases • Treatments of Circulatory System Disease

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