Useful layout of all the learning objectives from the spec for AQA chemistry. Pupils can tick off topics as they go along or use this as a revision tool that is slightly easier to use than the plain specs. I am using this for formative assessment to have pupils tell me which areas they are confident with.

Simple rock cycle card sort. I use this half way through teaching the rock cycle so that pupils can work out the rest of the cycle themselves. Just print laminate and cut out.

Since 2007 the hazard symbols used worldwide have been changing to these new pictograms. I have yet to see resources using them in schools. Pupils need to know what these mean and so I have updated some of the usual activities and collected together all the important images. Includes a powerpoint explaining in simple terms what the pictograms mean. hazard symbols, safety, laboratory, year 7

Written for myself, but my fellow NQTs liked it so I thought Id post it up here. NO excel skills required. Automatically colour codes your registers by gender, SEN status and target level/grade. Automatically ranks pupils targets. Includes separate sheets for KS3 and KS$ classes. Keeps pupils' names visible whilst you scroll through your records. Easy to use!

Made for Btec 6.1 but suitable for a range of levels. Includes powerpoint, question sheet and information sheets. First activity was a brainstorm on healthy, unhealthy foods and activities. For the main activity: Text used is challenging for many pupils, do not be surprosed if they struggle for a few minutes before they get started. Put the information sheets around the room, put the pupils into groups and had them try to answer questions and win points for their group.

An opening lesson for AQA C1.1 or Edexcel C2.1, learning the structure of the atom, the subatomic particles, periodic table and electronic configuration.

Powerpoint to accompany a lesson on weathering, I also included rocks and acid practical into this lesson. weathering, chemical weathering

Simple ppt to accompany the acids and alkalis practical. Rainbow fizz, induction day, acids and alkalis, science week, open evening

Mendeleyeev's periodic table and the modern periodic table. I planned this for a medium ability group for a double period. Either print the worksheets directly from the powerpoint (1, 2 or 6 per page) or print from the included pdfs. Just start the lesson off with the settler, them amaze them with the curious life of Dimitri Ivanov Mendeleyev. inventor of the phrase 40% proof. (Seriously, he also worked for the weights and measures department and standardised Russian Vodka) periodic table, Mendeleyev, Mendeleev, C1.1 revision, vodka

Investigation and presentation, includes step by step animation showing pupils how to contruct graphs. Suitable for all ages as the practical does not require anymore than a stopwatch. Great for all low and medium ability classes.

Pupils look at selective breeding and inheritance. Low to medium ability for years 7-9.

Student Teacher /team teacher activity on cell specialisms. Suitable for low-medium ability year 9 groups. Year 7 and year 8. Cells, organelle, specialisation,

Introduction to cells powerpoint and activity. Literacy starter and taboo activity. Suitable for year 9 medium to low ability or years 7 and 8.

Have a class set of these printed on stiff paper and laminated for a brilliant and fun assessment tool useful time and again when looking at different types of bonding and atomic structure. Either use both sides for a differentiated resource or use just the side you need and leave the other side blank to allow further closed questioning.

Includes full lesson with starter, plenary, timings and AFL. Look at the periodic table, subatomic particles, and electronic configuration. Use the PDFs to produce electron configuration whiteboards for immediate feedback from the whole class. Use the simple periodic tables and pupils can look up their own data for quickfire assessments. periodic table, electron shells, energy levels, assessment

All of the syllabus converted into easy to use objective slides. Copy and paste into your own power points or give to the pupils to use for revision.

There are over 700 different birds in the UK, here 20 of some of the most interesting have been picked out for a presentation that is an ideal settler activity for a biology class or a discussion topic for the form room. Ask your pupils what birds they know, where and when they have seen them and what they know about them. An quick worksheet is included. Birds, classification, swan, raptor, form time, activity

Another 20 slides of fun science comics. Use these popular webcomics (open source) to spice up your plenary or homework activities, these multifaceted comics are great for stimulating further learning or emphasising a certain point of your lesson. Includes two different activities described and nearly 20 different science related cartoons ranging from KS3 to A-level and beyond. Covering topics as varied as evolution, treating cancer, ice ages, and flowcharts.

Pupils reassemble the story to discover how carbon monoxide is a toxic gas and is produced when fuels do not fully combust. Suitable for KS3 and KS4. Carbon monoxide, combustion, incomplete combustion, toxic gas

A practical worksheet that has pupils look at data collected by another pupil and to rewrite their experiment and draw their own conclusions. Includes HSW and can be used to construct graphs. Respiration, lungs, breathing, health, investigation, HSW, graph, lung capacity, tidal volume