I am a secondary school & A-level Science teacher, specialising in Biology. I am also an experienced AQA GCSE Biology Examiner. My resources contain a mix of Biology, Chemistry and Physics lessons aimed at meeting specification points for the new AQA Trilogy GCSE course and KS3 Activate course.
All of my lessons include at least one opportunity for self-assessment, a range of activities to suit students of all abilities, a set of differentiated starter questions and a plenary.
I am a secondary school & A-level Science teacher, specialising in Biology. I am also an experienced AQA GCSE Biology Examiner. My resources contain a mix of Biology, Chemistry and Physics lessons aimed at meeting specification points for the new AQA Trilogy GCSE course and KS3 Activate course.
All of my lessons include at least one opportunity for self-assessment, a range of activities to suit students of all abilities, a set of differentiated starter questions and a plenary.
This lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the C2 1.1 unit on ‘The Periodic Table’.
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
The lesson begins with an introduction to the elements found within Group 0 of the Periodic Table - The Noble Gases. Students will learn about some of the chemical properties of these gases within the introduction.
Next, students will be given data on some of the physical properties of the Noble Gases. Students will be shown their melting points and boiling points and will need to answer some questions based on this data. Once this task has been completed, students will then self-assess their work using the mark scheme provided.
Students will now learn about the uses of different gases of the Group 0 elements, students will each be given a piece of information on a particular gas. Students will now need to share information with each other in order to complete a summary table. This work can the be marked and corrected using the mark scheme that is provided in the PowerPoint.
Students will now complete a ‘copy and correct’ task, students will need to copy the paragraph of information and correct any mistakes. The answers to this task can the be used by students to mark and correct their work.
The students will now complete a ‘Who am I?’ task, students will be given a description of an element which will either be from Group 1, Group 0 or Group 7, students will need to decide which element it is describing. Once this task has been completed, students should then self or peer assess their work using the mark scheme provided.
The plenary lesson requires students to summarise what they have learned in three sentences, using the key words provided.
All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This task is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Chemistry GCSE, particularly the ‘Structure & Bonding’ SoW.
For more resources designed to meet specification points for the NEW AQA Trilogy specifications for Biology, Chemistry and Physics please see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
This activity is a revision activity for the 'Structure & Bonding’ SoW, students can either have a card each and the task can be completed as a card loop activity with the whole class.
Alternatively, students could work in pairs and be given a set of the shuffled cards, they will then need to arrange the cards into the correct sequence so that the sentences make sense (as dominoes tiles). When students carry out this version of the activity I often have a prize for the students who complete the task in the fastest time!
The solution for this activity is included so you can check their answers.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This task is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Chemistry GCSE, particularly the ‘Atomic Structure & Periodic Table’ SoW.
For more resources designed to meet specification points for the NEW AQA Trilogy specifications for Biology, Chemistry and Physics please see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
This activity is a revision activity for the 'Atomic Structure & Periodic Table’ SoW, students can either have a card each and the task can be completed as a card loop activity with the whole class.
Alternatively, students could work in pairs and be given a set of the shuffled cards, they will then need to arrange the cards into the correct sequence so that the sentences make sense (as dominoes tiles). When students carry out this version of the activity I often have a prize for the students who complete the task in the fastest time!
The solution for this activity is included so you can check their answers.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This task is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Chemistry GCSE, particularly the 'Chemical Changes’ SoW.
For more resources designed to meet specification points for the NEW AQA Trilogy specifications for Biology, Chemistry and Physics please see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
This activity contains a set of differentiated questions worth 20 marks in total, it also includes additional extra challenge tasks for higher ability students to complete. This worksheet could be used as a homework or as an extension or revision activity in class.
I have included a comprehensive mark scheme for teacher or self-assessment of the work, there are also details of grade boundaries which I use to RAG pupils work against their target grades, a full explanation of how I do this is included.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This homework activity is designed for the KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 8 B2.1 Module on ‘The Earth’
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
This activity contains a set of differentiated questions, it also includes additional extra challenge tasks for higher ability students to complete. This worksheet could be used as a homework or as an extension/revision activity in class.
I have included a comprehensive mark scheme for teacher or self-assessment of the work, there are also details of grade boundaries which I use to RAG pupils work, a full explanation of how I do this is included.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know @swift_science_education or swift.education.uk@gmail.com, any feedback would be appreciated :)
This homework activity is designed for the KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 8 B2.1 Module on ‘The Periodic Table’
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
This activity contains a set of differentiated questions, it also includes additional extra challenge tasks for higher ability students to complete. This worksheet could be used as a homework or as an extension/revision activity in class.
I have included a comprehensive mark scheme for teacher or self-assessment of the work, there are also details of grade boundaries which I use to RAG pupils work, a full explanation of how I do this is included.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know @swift_science_education or swift.education.uk@gmail.com, any feedback would be appreciated :)
This homework activity is designed for the KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 C1.3
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
This activity contains a set of differentiated questions, it also includes additional extra challenge tasks for higher ability students to complete. This worksheet could be used as a homework or as an extension/revision activity in class.
I have included a comprehensive mark scheme for teacher or self-assessment of the work, there are also details of grade boundaries which I use to RAG pupils work, a full explanation of how I do this is included.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know @swift_science_education or swift.education.uk@gmail.com, any feedback would be appreciated :)
This bundle contains 68 whole lessons, along with all additional resources, which meet all learning outcomes within the complete Year 8 course, units include:
Biology:
B2.1 Health & lifestyle
B2.2 Adaptation & Inheritance
B2.3 Ecosystem Processes
Chemistry
C2.1 The Periodic Table
C2.2 Metals & Acids
C2.3 Separation Techniques
C2.4 The Earth
Physics
P2.1 Electricity & Magnetism
P2.2 Energy
P2.3 Motion & Pressure
The resources were designed with the Year 8 Activate course in mind, it contains over 24 weeks worth of lesson content!! You can find more lesson bundles aimed for the KS3 and KS4 science curriculum at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
All lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, videos & animations, progress checks and more than two opportunities, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment of tasks!
This lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Chemistry GCSE, particularly the ‘Organic Chemistry’ SoW.
For more lessons designed to meet specification points for the NEW AQA Trilogy specifications for Biology, Chemistry and Physics please see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
This lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Chemistry GCSE, particularly the ‘Structure & Bonding’ SoW.
For more lessons designed to meet specification points for the NEW AQA Trilogy specifications for Biology, Chemistry and Physics please see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
The lesson starts with students being introduced to the regular, crystal structure of a metal. To demonstrate the formation of metal crystals pupils can complete a simple practical activity whereby they place a piece of copper wire in silver nitrate solution, a displacement reaction occurs and silver metal crystals begin to form on the surface of the copper. Pupils can complete this task using the set of instructions included on the PowerPoint slide and write down their observations in their books.
The next part of the lesson focuses on linking the structure of a metal to it’s properties, once this has been demonstrated to students using the information and diagrams included in the PowerPoint presentation they can copy and complete a worksheet to assess what they have learned. Once this task is complete students can assess their work using the mark scheme provided.
Now pupils will look at metal alloys, firstly pupils will watch a video and answer a set of questions. Pupils can then self-assess their work using the answers provided.
The last part of the lesson is on the properties of metals and how their properties relates to their uses, each student will be given a card of information describing a property of a metal. Pupils will walk around the room discussing the information they have on their card with others and using each other they should be able to complete a table of properties in their books.
The plenary task requires pupils to come up with three facts, two key words and a question to test their peers on the topic of metallic bonding.
All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This bundle of resources contains 8 whole lessons, along with all additional resources, which meet all learning outcomes within the Year 7 C2 ‘Elements, Atoms & Compounds’ Unit.
Lessons include:
Elements & Atoms
Compounds
Chemical Formulae
The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, videos & animations, progress checks and more than two opportunities, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment of tasks.
This lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the C2 1.2 unit on ‘Metals & Other Materials’.
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
The lesson begins with a demonstration, students will be shown a demo whereby alkali metals are dropped in water one at a time, students need to note down their observations in a table. Once this is complete, students will be asked to predict what happens when francium and caesium are dropped in water, students will then watch a video to check whether their answer is correct.
Students will now be shown the general word equation for a metal + water, students will now be asked to copy and complete a set of further metal + water word equations. This task can then be assessed using the mark scheme provided.
Next, students will be given a set of statements and a number of grouped metals, knowing what they do about the reactivity of these metals with oxygen and with acid (from previous lessons) students will be asked to match the groups of metals to the correct statements - describing their relative reactivity. Once this task has been completed, students can self-assess their work using the mark scheme provided. Following this, students will need to use the statements provided to describe the way in which these metals react with dilute acid, once this task is complete students can self-assess their work.
Students will now be shown the word equation for the reaction of metal with steam, including the balanced symbol equation, with state symbols. Students will be asked to then write out the balanced symbol equation for zinc + steam, the answer to this will be provided so students can mark their work.
Lastly, students are given a set of sentence starters (metals) and they will need to match these to the correct sentence enders (description of the metal). This work can be marked and corrected using the mark scheme provided.
The plenary task requires students to write down three facts, three key words and one question to test their peers knowledge of what was learned this lesson.
All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This is a bundle of whole lessons and resources which meets all specification points for the NEW AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Science Trilogy course for the ‘Atomic Structure & Periodic Table’, ‘Structure & Bonding’, ‘Quantitative Chemistry’, ‘Chemical Changes, Electrolysis and Energy Changes’ and ‘Rates of Reaction’ SoW.
This bundle includes 41 lessons, which is around 12 weeks worth of work, with all additional resources included. The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge tasks, exam-style questions and more than one opportunity, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment of tasks as answers/mark schemes have been provided within the PowerPoint slides.
I have published a similar ‘Big Bundle’ of lessons for the AQA GCSE Biology Combined Science Trilogy course. I have had many purchases of this big bundle along with 6 detailed 4-5* reviews, see link for further details:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-aqa-gcse-biology-big-bundle-cells-organisation-infection-and-response-bioenergetics-lessons-11701963.
This set of lessons is of the same standard! Thank you for looking, please ask any questions via the comments section if you need to :)
This is a bundle of whole lessons and resources which meets all specification points for the NEW AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Science Trilogy course for the ‘Organic Chemistry’, ‘Chemical Analysis’, ‘The Earth’s Atmosphere’, ‘The Earth’s Resources’, ‘Using our Resources’ SoW.
This bundle includes 28 lessons, which is around 10 weeks worth of work, with all additional resources included. The lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, progress checks, extra challenge tasks, exam-style questions and more than one opportunity, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment of tasks as answers/mark schemes have been provided within the PowerPoint slides.
I have published a similar ‘Big Bundle’ of lessons for the AQA GCSE Biology Combined Science Trilogy course. I have had many purchases of this big bundle along with 6 detailed 4-5* reviews, see link for further details:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-aqa-gcse-biology-big-bundle-cells-organisation-infection-and-response-bioenergetics-lessons-11701963. This bundle is of a similar standard!
I have also published a bundle of lessons for the first half of the AQA GCSE Chemistry Combined Science Trilogy course: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-aqa-gcse-chemisty-big-bundle-atoms-bonding-quantitative-chem-electrolysis-rates-of-reaction-12170683
Thank you for looking, please ask any questions via the comments section if you need to :)
his lesson is designed for the Activate KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 C1.1 ’Particles & their Behaviour’
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
This lesson starts with the collapsing can demonstration, students are asked to watch the demonstration (either completed by the class teacher or use the video included) and come with with an explanation of what is happening.
This activity leads onto a definition for gas pressure, students are given the definition which is explained using the diagram included. Students can take notes of this process in their books, drawing the diagram would also be helpful.
Students are now asked to consider whether the factors which may lead to an increase in pressure, students will need to discuss with their partner and come up with some ideas. This leads onto the next PowerPoint slide which outlines three factors - an increase in the number of particles, an increase in temperature or a decrease in the size of the container. All would lead to an increase in the frequency of collisions the particles have with the sides of the container.
Students will now complete a worksheet to assess their knowledge of what they have learned so far this lesson. This work can be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.
Next, students are asked to ‘Think > Pair > Share’ their ideas of why an increase in temperature leads to an increase in pressure. Students should try to explain their answer using the particle. model, students can discuss in pairs before writing their thoughts down and then feeding back to the class as group discussion. The answer to this task can then be revealed, students can check and correct their work.
Lastly, students will complete a ‘Teach me, tell me’ task - students will be given a Q&A card, as well as a worksheet of questions. They will need to share the answer to their question with other students in the classroom in order to complete the worksheet of questions on gases & pressure.
The plenary task requires students to write a Whatsapp message on what they have learned this lesson.
All resources are included at the end of the presentation. Thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
his lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the C2 1.4 unit on ‘The Earth’.
For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
The lesson begins with an introduction to igneous rocks, firstly looking at the way in which these types of rocks form and then looking at some of the physical properties.
Students will now complete an each one teach one task, students will need be given some information about how rocks cool to form different types of rocks. Students will need to learn the information, teach each other and then complete the summary table. This task can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.
Students will now watch a video on metamorphic rocks, students will need to answer the questions and when complete can self-assess the work using the mark scheme provided.
Lastly, students will complete a ‘copy and correct’ task, students will need to copy out the paragraph on the formation of igneous and metamorphic rocks and will need to correct any incorrect information. This work can also be self or peer assessed using the mark scheme provided.
The plenary task requires students to write a list of key words that they have learned from the lesson today.
All resources are included at the end of the presentation, thanks for looking, if you have any questions please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘C1.2 Particles & Their Behaviour’ unit of work.
For more lessons & homeschool packs designed for KS3 and KS4, please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
This comprehensive pack contains six pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Particles & Their Behaviour’ unit of work. This is followed by three pages of questions, differentiated to suit a range of abilities, as well as a detailed mark scheme for students/parents to mark and correct answers.
The pack covers the following topics:
The particle model & changes of state
Melting & Freezing
Boiling
More changes of state
Diffusion
Gas Pressure
Thanks for looking :), if you have any questions please email me at swift.education.uk@gmail.com.
This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘C1.3 Chemical Reactions’ unit of work.
For more lessons & homeschool packs designed for KS3 and KS4, please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
This comprehensive pack contains six pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Chemical Reactions’ unit of work. This is followed by three pages of questions, differentiated to suit a range of abilities, as well as a detailed mark scheme for students/parents to mark and correct answers.
The pack covers the following topics:
Chemical Reactions
Word Equations
Burning Fuels
Thermal Decomposition
Conservation of Mass
Endothermic and Exothermic Reactions
Thanks for looking :), if you have any questions please email me at swift.education.uk@gmail.com.
This resource contains 19 whole lessons, along with all additional resources, which meet all learning outcomes within the Year 7 Chemistry Units:
C.1 Particles & Their Behaviour
C.2 Elements, Atoms & Compounds
C1.3 Chemical Reactions
C1.4 Acids & Alkalis
The resources were designed with the Year 7 Activate course in mind, it contains 6-8 weeks worth of lesson content!! You can find more lesson bundles aimed for the KS3 and KS4 science curriculum at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience
All lessons contain a mix of differentiated activities, videos & animations, progress checks and more than two opportunities, per lesson, for self/peer red-pen assessment of tasks.
This task is designed for AQA GCSE Chemistry.
Included in this resource is a ‘revision placemat’ for Structure and Bonding. Topics include ionic bonding, chloride and sodium ion diagrams, and covalent bonds. Pupils will also practise dot and cross diagrams, and define metallic, ionic, and covalent structures. There are 12 revision questions in total.
Pupils may use their books if necessary but should test their knowledge by attempting to answer all questions from memory first.
The solution for this activity is also included so you can check their answers, or they may self-assess.
Thanks for looking, if you have any questions, please let me know in the comments section and any feedback would be appreciated :)
For more resources designed to meet specification points for the AQA GCSE specifications for Biology, Chemistry and Physics please see my shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience