(Apologies for the poor preview, TES servers are having issues) Introduction to the three states of matter. Designed to be delivered to year 7 but easily changeable for different year groups or abilities. Activity requires water, a balloon and some blu-tac or similar. Gives the students a chance to explore the different states and get used to different properties. Crossword included to help with vocabulary. Introduces the particle model and its use. Animated slides guide the students through representing each state using the particle model and justifying why. Plenary is exam style questions.

(Apologies for poor previews, TES servers are having issues) Delivered to a year 10 class. Can be easily adapted for different ability levels and year groups. Introduces the students towards the concept of metabolism and metabolic pathways. Animations included to help show idea of 'series of chemical reactions'. Includes wall displays as resources for students to research the different pathways recommended by AQA. Exam style question for plenary

Designed to match the new AQA specification. Delivered to Year 9 students. Introduces group 1 (alkali) metals and their reactions. Works well with a demo / controlled practical. Animated presentation to explain how outer electron relates to reactivity of the metals. Questions and model answers to lead students through equations and understanding reactions. Quick thinking task about the storage of metals. Ends with alternative plenaries, either content check or past paper question.

Designed to deliver to KS4 group. Can be altered for a range of abilities. Reinforces law of conservation of energy Leads students through definition of closed system. Independent research (QR codes to BBC bitesize) to allow students to research different heat transfer types. Visual descriptions of each to help reinforce learning. Worksheet included regarding design and function of vacuum flask

Designed for year 7 as a recap on pH scale and introduction to other indicators. Introduces litmus paper to students. Table included is designed to help them apply their understanding of colour change and interpreting results. Method for creating red cabbage indicator. Alternative slides prepared depending on whether you want to provide hot water or allow students to use Bunsen burners to boil water themselves. Plenary is past paper question.

Designed to be delivered to KS4 groups. This continues from discussing parallel forces and explains to students how to calculate what forces occur when an object is on a slope. Using the example of a trolley on a hill the students are lead step by step through the different forces and how to draw a triangle of forces. From this they are given worked examples and then a differentiated task to determine confidence levels. Ends with a dicussion about forces acting in different directions.

This lesson was designed to deliver to KS4 but can be altered for lower levels if required, had greatly assisted my lower levels to understand and access this topic. Also a useful tie in for the physics topic on ‘radiation’. Preview in PDF Goes through the history of the atom from Ancient Greece, John Dalton, JJ Thomson and finally the Rutherford experiment. Animation shows the different paths the alpha particles took and enables the students to visualise how the different paths helped to explain the nuclear model and disprove the plum pudding. Plenary is exam style questions with answers provided.

Designed to the new specification for AQA. Can be adapted to suit student learning or teacher lead activities. Recently updated to include graph analysis Introduces respiration and discusses it’s role within cells. Slides lead the learner through discovering the equation and it’s comparison to photosynthesis. Real life application questions cover how exercising leads to anaerobic respiration. Foundation and Higher exam style questions attached to be used for practise / plenary.

This lesson is used to help students to understand the importance of safety in the lab. It introduces risk assessments and guides them through creating their own.

Designed for my top set but can be altered for lower ability. Contains animations to assist student understanding of lung expansion and bloodflow. Includes research activity into the functioning of the lungs and structural adaptations of the alveoli. Contains practise past exam questions for plenary

Covers an introduction based around the New Spec AQA 6.1 Can be altered for all ability groups. Introduces energy systems. Challenges students to determine difference between active and stored energy. Links to wasted energy and sanky diagrams. Leads students through becoming confident with calculating efficiency Contains Plenary based around quick fire subject knowledge and retention

Delivered to a lower ability KS4 group. Discusses gravitational potential energy. Allows students to understand the factors that affect the stored potential energy. Gives numerous visual examples and practise questions. Content check for plenary

Visual based lesson that introduces alkanes and how to identify them. Works well with a modelling lesson if possible. Designed to assist with numeracy. Covers the extraction of crude oil, the difference in naming of alkanes and the formula to define alkanes

Introduction for friction. Can be adapted for different ability groups. Includes real life application and model answers to build exam technique.

Delivered to KS4 for the 'Atomic structure and Radiation' section of the AQA specification. Recaps the structure of the atom in detail including charges and relative mass. Allows the students to define isotopes and link them to mass numbers. Discusses the formation of ions and how they are formed for atoms to become stable (linking nicely to radiation later in the topic) Worksheets are attached for assessing learning at either point as preferred. Plenary is a visual based class task to determine student understanding of electron gain vs loss.

Designed for KS3, easily modified for lower ability. Including table with mass and weight and suitable graph for any who find this difficult Certain slides from free resources on TES. Any issues please let me know. All reviews appreciated.

Guided powerpoint. Leading through quick recap on resistance, guide to practicals. Covers required practical 4 of physics / trilogy spec 2016. Used with my lower ability group but can be tweeked quite easily. Also attached past paper questions to help as random plenaries

Describing how current goes around series and parallel circuits. Created for my low ability year 10 group. Created from numerous online resources. Any issues, please let me know. Starter Description of current Examples of series and parallel circuits Practise worksheets for assembling circuits and determing current

Delivered to my year 11's. Can be altered to suit high or low ability. This lesson clearly outlines the structure of metallic bonding and allows the students to explore the link between electrons, bonding and properties (melting point, ductile etc). Resources included allow the students to justify the use of certain metals for different uses in day to day life as well as in industry. Exam style practice question for plenary.

Designed for year 7. Animated presentation to recap the students through creation of salts. Introduces concept of reacting acids with metals and assists them in naming the new salts formed. This lesson works well with a practical of the squeaky pop test. Leads to researching on the uses of salts (common salt, fertilisers and fireworks) Plenary is a high level past paper question. Animated guide to naming salts included scaffolding.