KS3 Activate - Cells topic

A full unit of work from the KS3 Activate ‘cells’ topic, designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This unit of work contains 7 full hour lessons.

The lessons should be delivered in this sequence:

1. Animal cells
2. Plant cells
3. Using a light microscope
4. Specialised animal cells
5. Specialised plant cells
6. Diffusion (movement of substances into and out of cells)
7. Unicellular organisms

Each of the lessons in this sequence are designed to be interactive and engaging.

Each of my lesson resources contains:

• A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter
• An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson
• Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load
• Teacher models
• Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes
• Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides
• A plenary task