a fact and theory card sort i made for the space and its mysteries topic of edexcel. pupils sort the statements into things that are a fact and things that are a theory, could engender a good discussion of the difference between fact and theory

a step by step instruction for the construction of a practical investigation on insulation a useful practice for coursework

simple keywords worksheets for electricity and magnets, good for use with pupils who have english as an additional language

a selection of forces resources, color coded with a rocket experiment planning sheet of 2 different levels. Overview powerpoint with sample routes through the lessons povided and self assessment sheet. Also my lesson plan provided

a worksheet on water waves i made, could be useful with lower ability pupils

a video showing the creation of the universe

simple light resources good for use with low ability pupils

a lesson I planned based on heat loss and how it can be prevented, based around the theme of keeping coffee warm, it also has a card sort activity on the types of heat loss where pupils can draw a diagram explaining the type of heat loss You could also remove some of the cards and see if they can reproduce the information on them. Then a level 3is and a level 4 ish investigation planning sheet for the pupils to plan a heating investigation with

Inspired by someone else's angry bird physics display i developed the following lesson resources for an angry birds lesson, i used red and green playballs to represent the birds and pigs. And we made blocks using the net attached to the sheet. There is also a design an angry bird competition sheet. It helps pupils develop simple investigation skills.

a card sort of the size of objects, planet, solar system, universe etc, makes a nice starter

a simple powerpoint presentation on dark matter and questions science can and cant answer

I have used the level 3 - 5 science APP statements to make an Xbox achievment assessment for the pupils called science live. It works like the achievements on xbox pupils get the black and white sheet for their books then get the coloured stickers when they unlock the achievement it is an easy skill tracker and really hooks the pupils in small prizes can be given for every 200 points unlocked to link in to your schools reward policy.

This sheet gets pupils to use google earth to look at satellite images of various things around the earth, they can guess what they are and draw them. A nice starter for the use of satellites

lesson where pupils compare energy efficiencies of different cars, using clips from top gear and data on efficiency of cars over the years, they have to produce an article describing which cars they would choose. it also involves calculating efficiency

a booklet i made for low ability students to think about the earth and the universe, it gets them planning a space mission, diamond ranking the equipment they would take with them, thinking about the conditions on other planets amongst other things

a worksheet i made for pupils to plan an investigation into what companies coffee cups are best, most big coffee companies will donate some of their takeout cups to schools we finished the investigation by writing to the companies with the results of our investigation

this is a worksheet designed to go with the use of science museum unpredictaballs that are weighted on one side, however it is a nice simple science investigation that could be adapted to suit other resources

A lesson i wrote on energy transfers, when i get the pupils to do sankey diagrams of each item they have to look at a variety of items bought in by me

a starter presentation i made about murphys law to go with my slidey toast experiment where pupils see which toast topping is slippiest

This is based on the rough science idea. Pupils have to design a rocket lander to bring a payload (of an egg) to earth safely. There are some rules, and they can only test it with the egg once. When they have completed their testing there is an evaluation sheet to complete and a certificate attached to reward pupils who land the egg safely