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 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 is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the ‘B2.3 Adaptation & Inheritance’ 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 eight pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 8 ‘Adaptation & Inheritance’ 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:
Competition & Adaptation
Adapting to change
Variation
Continuous and discontinuous variation
Inheritance
Natural Selection
Extinction
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the ‘B2.2 Ecoystem Processes’ 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 eight pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 8 ‘Ecosystem Processes’ 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:
Photosynthesis
Leaves
Plant Minerals
Aerobic Respiration
Anaerobic Respiration
Food Chains & Webs
Disruption to Food Chains & Webs
Ecosystems
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the B1.1 Cells 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 five pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Cells’ 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:
Animal & plant cells
Observing cells using a microscope
Specialised cells
Diffusion - Movement of substances
Unicellular organisms
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘P1.1 Forces’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Forces’ 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:
Introduction to Forces
Squashing and Stretching
Drag Forces & Friction
Forces at a Distance
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘C1.4 Acids & Akalis’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Acids & Alkalis’ 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:
Acids & Alkalis
Indicators and pH
Neutralisation
Making Salts
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 ‘P1.2 Sound’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Sound’ 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:
Waves
Sound & Energy Transfer
Loudness & Pitch
Detecting Sound
Echoes & Ultrasound
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘P1.3 Light’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Light’ 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:
Light
Reflection
Refraction
The eye of the camera
Colour
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 8 Science course, specifically the ‘C2.2 Separation Techniques’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 8 'Separation Techniques’ 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:
Mixtures
Solutions
Solubility
Filtration, evaporation & distillation
Chromatography
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the ‘P2.3 Motion & Pressure’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 8 ‘Motion & Pressure’ 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:
Motion Graphs
Speed
Pressure in Gases
Pressure in Liquids
Pressure in Solids
Levers
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘B1.2 Structure and Function of Body Systems’ 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 ‘Structure & Function of Body Systems’ 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:
Levels of Organisation
Gas Exchange
Breathing
Skeleton
Movement: Joints
Movement: Muscles
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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
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘P1.4 Space’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Space’ 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 night sky
The Solar System
The Earth
The Moon
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 7 Science course, specifically the ‘B1.3 Reproduction’ 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 eight pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 7 ‘Reproduction’ 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:
Adolescence
Reproductive Systems
Fertilisation and Implantation
Development of a Fetus
The Menstrual Cycle
Flower & Pollination
Fertilisation & Germination
Seed Dispersal
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the ‘C2.3 Reactions with Metals’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 8 'Reactions with Metals’ 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:
Acids & Metals
Metals & Oxygen
Metals & Water
Metal Displacement Reactions
Extracting Metals
Ceramics
Polymers
Composites
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This is a homeschool pack designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the ‘P2.2 Energy’ 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 four pages of information, to meet learning objectives within the Year 8 'Energy 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:
Energy in Food
Energy Stores & Transfers
Energy & Temperature
Energy Transfer: Particles
Energy Transfer: Radiation
Energy Resources
Energy & Power
Work, Energy & Machines
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This lesson is designed for the KS3 Year 8 Science course, specifically the P2 1.2 unit on ‘Motion & Pressure’.
More Biology, Chemistry and Physics resources can be found in my TES Shop: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience.
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 lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Biology GCSE, particularly the ‘Ecology’ 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 begins with pupils being given a card sort of organisms, they will need to look at the pictures and try and decide how they would sort these organisms into groups, in other words how would they classify the organisms.
Pupils will then be introduced to Linnaeus’ classification system and how this now influences the way we classify organisms, as well as explaining how modern technology can help us to group organisms.
Pupils will then watch a video on classification, they will asked to think about, and write notes, on why classification is such an important process that scientists use.
Now pupils are being introduced to the order of the classification system, pupils will be shown the order and then pupils will need to come up with their own mnemonic to help them remember this order.
Pupils will then be introduced to the binomial naming system and the importance of this system, which they should be able to recount.
The next activity involves pupils walking around the room, reading posters and they will need to use this information to complete a worksheet answering questions about the different kingdoms of the classification system. Once this is complete pupils can self or peer assess their work using the answers provided within the PowerPoint presentation
Pupils will then complete an exam-style question on the topic of classification. This can then be self-assessed using the mark scheme provided.
The plenary is for pupils to complete an exit card to demonstrate what they have learnt during the lesson, this can be handed in at the end of the lesson to the teacher to check student understanding.
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 lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Biology GCSE, particularly the ‘Ecology’ 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 first part of the lesson asks students to think > pair > share some of their answers to questions about pollution - where does it come from? How may we monitor it? Once pupils have gathered together their ideas as groups, a class discussion can highlight some of the important ideas & the next slide details the answers.
The next task focuses on sulfur dioxide pollution and it’s contribution to the formation of acid rain. Pupils will be given some information in pairs about this pollutant and will be required to answer questions about this information in their books. Once completed pupils are able to self-assess their work using the answers provided in the PowerPoint.
The next part of the lesson is on catalytic converters, pupils will be given some information about a catalytic converter and a human bingo grid. Pupils will wander around the room and others will ask them questions in order to fill in their bing grid. Once a student has completed their grid they can shout bingo! When everyone has had enough time to complete the grid they will need to self-assess their work using the answers provided.
The next task is for pupils to consider alternative fuels as a way of reducing air pollution. Pupils are given sets of information about three alternative fuels, they will then need to fill in a table of the advantages and disadvantages of these fuels. Once completed pupils can check their work against the answers provided, marking and correcting their answers.
A mid-lesson progress check requires pupils to identify whether a set of statements are true or false, this can be completed with a mini whiteboard or in their books.
The next part of the lesson focuses on how scientists can monitor pollution, pupils are given a set of results from particle collector pads which have been left in certain locations around the UK. Pupils need to record their results in a table, draw a graph to represent the results and write a conclusion about their results.
The plenary task is for pupils to complete a fill-in-the-blanks task on air pollution, pupils can also self-assess their work using the answers 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 lesson is designed for the NEW AQA Trilogy Biology GCSE, particularly the ‘Ecology’ 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 begins with a definition on biodiversity, pupils are shown a pie chart of the numbers of different groups of organisms that have been identified to date. The first task is for pupils to consider which numbers correspond to which groups of organisms. Once pupils have discussed in pairs or groups the answers will be revealed, pupils can check their work against the answers provided.
The next part of the lesson focuses on how and why scientists quantify biodiversity, pupils are firstly asked why it might be important to map out biodiversity - they can discuss in groups before the answer is revealed on the PowerPoint presentation.
A map of the world depicting certain biodiversity hotspots is then shown to students and they are asked a couple of question about this map, pupils will be required to answer these questions in their books and then self-assess their work using the answers provided.
Pupils are then asked to think > pair > share their ideas on why it is important to maintain biodiversity, in groups pupils may be given an A3 sheet for them to mind map their ideas onto. Once finished each group can feedback their ideas to the class and a larger mind map could be completed on the white board. Some of the key reasons for maintaining biodiversity cant then be detailed on the PowerPoint presentation for students to assess their work.
The last task is for pupils to use information posters placed around the room to answer a set of questions, all on the topic of maintaining biodiversity. Once pupils have spent a good amount of time writing their answers down they should sit in their seats and use the mark scheme provided on the PowerPoint presentation to peer-assess their work.
The plenary activity is for pupils to draw a feedback grid in their partners books and write down one positive comment, one negative comment and a question to test their knowledge.
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 :)