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Microscopes practical KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: work out magnification
Main: Complete practical looking at onion epidermis and cheek cells
practical sheet to fill in
Plenary: Peer assess their practical work
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Microscopes KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 7 class
5 mins
Differentiated questions to see what students know already about the microscope
Main
History of the microscope task – HA/LA version HA comprehension task about history, LA cut and stick to put in order
Show students parts on real microscope then cut and stick activity to label microscope parts – HA/LA version available as well as support sheets - go through answers
Extension: magnification calculations
Plenary
5 mins
Tweet something you have learnt today
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Plant cells, tissues and organs KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class - some resources from other areas of TES
Starter: memory task, draw and label a plant cell with all they can remember
Main: draw and label root hair cell and palasaide cell, write the function and adaptations
use information around the room to fill in diagram of cells in a leaf and how they help photosynthesis
extension questions at each station
Plenary: exam questions
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Animal cell specialisation KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: What does specialised mean?
Main: research task move around the room to find out about specialised animal cells
differentiated worksheet
answer questions about the cells
differentiated task to compare different cells
Plenary: Exam questions
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Unicellular organisms KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 7 class
Starter: how many cells make up the human body
Main: key definitions uni/multi cellular
task to move around the room and find out about different unicellular organisms
Comparison task to compare organelles in unicelllular organisms
Plenary: summary questions based on the lesson
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Plant and animal cells KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 7 class
10 mins
Spider diagram of anything students already know about cells
Discuss this with students
Give students an empty diagram of a plant and animal cell, one per table. Work together to try and label all of the organelles. Explain the term organelle
Green pen mark, then given students their own copy for their books that they need to fill in.
Print match up grid for students, cut up the function of organelles and place around the room. Students move around the room to find the function of each organelle
Green pen organelle worksheet
Students draw venn diagram, identify what a plant/ animal cell has and which organelles they share
Plenary
5 mins
Students identify whether the statements are true or false
Bundle
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Separation techniques KS3
Bundle of lessons for year 8
L1 - elements compounds mixtures
L2 - Dissolving
L3 - Solubility
L4 & 5 - filtering and evaporating
L6 - Melting points
L7 - Simple distillation
L8 - Fractional distillation
L9 - Chromatography
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Chromatography KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 8 class
Starter: summaries what separation techniques students have learnt about so far
Main: Define and explain chromatography
Show students a chromatogram and discuss what we can learn from it
Practical: carry out an investigation to see who wrote the note, work sheet to complete whilst chromatogram is developing
Extension: What effect does each mistake make
Plenary: Exam question
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Fractional distillation KS3
Aimed at a mixed ability year 8 class
Starter: work out the link between the pictures
Main: Explain what crude oil is and what fractional distillation is
Watch video, answer questions, green pen mark questions
Complete level 1/2/3 worksheets explaining fractional distillation
Extension: research task linking SMSC and crude oil
Plenary: What problems would we encounter if we banned all crude oil now
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Simple Distillation KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 8 class
Starter: would you drink dirty water, how do you think you could clean it?
Main: SMSC link to how many people dont have clean water, fill in SMSC grid based on video
Explain simple distillaation and equiptment, label diagram of equiptment
Watch distillation demo
Bronze/ Gold task to explain distillation
Extension task available on powerpoint
Plenary: Exam question
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Melting points KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 8 class
Starter: which chocolate do you think is the most pure?
Main: explain what is meant by pure
carry out a practical to melt different chocolates to work out which is most pure and how we know that
plenary: questions to evaluate the practical
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Filtering and evaporation KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 8 - Some resources from TES
L1 - Starter: thinking about what sea water contains
Main: Think pair, share how to separate sea water
introduce key words
write a method/risk assessment for practical
Plenary: particle diagram of what happens during filtering
L2 - Main label equiptment in the diagrams and mark
Main: complete rock salt practical
Differntiated bronze/gold worksheets for students to work their way through
Plenary: one thing students learnt today
Marking sticker provided for the practical, if you wish to level the students work
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Solubility at different temperatures KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 8 class
Starter: Write a hypothesis for what students think will happen to the amount of a solute that can dissolve as temperature increases
Main: Practical, have different water baths, see how much sodium bicarbonate dissolves at each temperature
Record results on worksheet
Differentiated worksheet higher or lower ability. Once completed practical evaluation and conclusion on each practical. Different tasks for higher and lower ability students
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Dissolving KS3
Aimed at mixed ability year 8 class
Starter: Add key terms to diagram, using key words for the lesson
Main: Define key words and explain solubility
Practical: see if different compounds are soluble or not
Then draw particle pictures of what happens when a substance is dissolving
Plenary: Tweet one thing students learnt today
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Elements and compounds KS3
Elements, compounds and mixtures- Some resources are from other areas on TES
Targeted at year 8 mixed ability class.
Starter: 5 minutes timed activity, challenege to see how many words students can make from the periodic table
Main: Go over definitons of elements/compounds/mixtures.
Then use these definitons to identify which particle pictures are elements/compounds
Go over rules of particle diagrams, then a choice of higher or lower ability sheet.
Higher ability sheet: students need to draw particle diagrams
lower ability sheet: students need to identify the correct particle picture
Extension: Worksheet, including tasks such as identifying elements, a fill in the gaps activity, 6 mark practicce question to explain the difference between elements/compounds/mictures
Plenary: Break the code using the periodic tab;e
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B4.3 The heart
Biology Aqa trilogy, B4.3
Aimed at a mixed ability class
Starter: exam question based on previous lesson on blood vessels
Main: 2 minute video to introduce heart
double circulatory task
Then differentiated task on the heart to label
Plenary : exam question on labelling the heart
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P13.2 Magnetic fields of electric currents
P13.2 Following the AQA kerboodle scheme of work
Aimed at a low ability class with targets of level 4
Starter: differentiated bronze/silver/gold starter questions, with answers to green pen
Main: diagram of right hand rule to explain and label. Then a think pair share about different scenarios that could happen.
Sentence starters to help put their think pair share ideas together
Work on a solenoid - reduce task to reduce the information into one sentence
Plenary - differentiated pick the task
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P13.1 Magnetic Fields
P13.1 accordin to AQA Kerboodle
Aimed at a low ability foundation class (targets level 4)
Stater: pictures to guess the title
Main: practical element to find out what poles of magnets do. Then to use iron fillins/compasses to show field lines. can be demoed
Work sheet to consolidate knowledge with an extension on induced/permanent magnets
Plenary: true/false questions based on content from the lesson
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Chemistry paper one revision
Complete paper one Chemistry revision following the AQA trilogy specification.
Parts for higher only are highlighted.
work booklets to accompany powerpoint, which can be used in lessons or revision sessions.
Questions embedded in the powerpoint with answers for students to practice and focus on key concepts
My year 11s have found these benefical.