Revision resource used for whole class at end of topic on Ionic, simple covalent and giant covalent structures.

Used with a year 12 class over a series of lessons.

Year 12 lesson.

Used with year 12 class to introduce ATP. Alongside questions from AQA online resource Kerboodle.

Used with high ability year 10 class. Links to nervous disorder charity websites which all contain interesting videos which can be watched with the class.

Used with a high ability year 10 class, in a lesson about the structure and function of the brain. To get them used to interpreting and analysing information, and to link NS structure to nature of the condition.

Used with my Year 12 class to introduce DNA and RNA, and to cover DNA replication.

Used with high ability year 10 class. Eye diagram unlabelled (blown up to A3) given to each group, with a set of label cards. First use prior knowledge to label the diagram - assessing prior knowledge. Then move around the room collecting information on the structures of the eye, filling in the worksheet. Return to group, and use this information to have another go at labelling the diagram. Excellent means of showing progress. Move on to each label their own diagram, and discuss rods/cones - linking back to previous lesson on the Nervous system.

Used with high ability year 10 class. Work through SOLO levels of understanding. Accompanied by AQA textbook, but any would do/could be shown in lesson with students later demonstrating their understanding.

Activity I used with my high ability year 10 class - trying to encourage them to think about skill development, rather than simple knowledge acquisition. Used an intro to highlight why metacognition and self-assessment are important parts of learning. Students then used a sheet to write down their learning high points and improvement points for these topics. Then looked back through the end of unit test and formative comments in their books - made improvements/corrections to their work and noted these down in steps taken. Sheet glued in for me then to respond to, giving them targets for the next topic, as well as effort and test grading.

PowerPoint used with my year 12s, who were preparing to go into local primary schools to teach science lessons. Based on principles from my training year, so could be used as an intro to trainee teachers. Covers - questioning, learning styles, AfL

A lesson used with a high ability year 10 class. Excellent worksheet on labelling a reflex arc also used (sourced on TES).

Used with a high ability year 10 group, could be amended for use with different sets.

Used with very mixed ability year 9 group over several lessons, in a school where pupils have access to iPads for research, etc.

Resources created for new GCSE course. Used with very mixed ability year 9 group.

- high ability year 10 class. - began with Chinese whispers to mimic the Nervous System (seventy seven benevolent elephants). Class were then able to guess the topic we were learning about, through the game. - discussed 'brainbow' (google this, mapping of neural pathways) - labelled diagrams of neurones and discussed their structure.

Year 9 iGCSE - human impact on the environment.

Year 9 iGCSE chemistry.

Year 7 Science lesson, could be adapted to use with other year groups Students work in groups, each group is researching a different type of plate boundary (conservative, constructive, destructive, collision). They then move around the room and teach other groups about what they have learnt. Focus if the Nepal Earthquake, and students use their learning from the lesson to explain what plate boundary there is in Nepal and why the Earthquake occurred.