Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. febolearning@gmail.com
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Primary Key Stage 2 - Revision Tools for Groups and Life Cycles. The content can be split over two lessons. For a single lesson we suggest selecting two or three teach-check-practice cycles to focus on.
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Content Covered
Classifying living things
Vertebrates and invertebrates
Mammals, reptiles, birds, fish and amphibians
Flowering and non-flowering plants
Using keys to identify organisms
Protecting the environment
Life cycles of plants and animals
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Group reading to review vocabulary (focusing on words which will come up in multiple science topics like organisms, features and classification)
Classification Overview
Vertebrates (reteach-check-practice cycle 1)
Invertebrates (cycle 2)
Flowering and non-flowering plants (cycle 3)
Using Keys (cycle 4)
Protecting the Environment (cycle 5)
Life cycles (cycle 6)
Revision practice sheet
Revision challenge sheet
English link (find the adjectives, creative writing, group reading)
Math link (calculations on the topic’s theme)
Opportunities to develop vocabulary, literacy and oracy
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence. Challenge questions are included for high ability students.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Animal Life Cycles
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Learning Objectives
Recap sexual reproduction using flowers
Explain what is meant by asexual reproduction
Give examples of asexual reproduction
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Recap of flower structure and pollination
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning and independent practice
Self-assessment answer slides
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Revision: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13106379
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. This presentation is fully editable. This lesson assumes that parts of a flower, pollination and seed dispersal have already been covered. However there is lots of scaffolding for any students who were absent or have forgotten the details.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Animal Life Cycles
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Learning Objectives
Explain what is meant by sexual reproduction
Describe some examples of animal life cycles
Practice using key vocabulary and concepts from earlier topics such as mammal, vertebrate and fertilisation
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning and independent practice
Self-assessment answer slides
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Plant Life Cycles: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13104796
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. This presentation is fully editable.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Grouping Plants
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Learning Objectives
Describe the difference between flowering and non-flowering plants
Explain the difference between coniferous and deciduous trees
Practice using keys to identify plants
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning and independent practice
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Protecting the Environment https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13102635
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. This lesson assumes that students have already covered how to use keys and pollination, however, prompts and scaffolding are given to refresh memory and allow students who were absent to participate.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Pollination and Fertilisation.
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Learning Objectives
Describe the difference between pollination and fertilisation
Explain what happens during pollination
Compare insect and wind pollination
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Seeds https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13084573
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Vertebrates
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Learning Objectives
List the five groups of vertebrates (mammal, fish, bird, reptile and amphibian)
Describe the features of the five groups
Decide which group example organisms belong to
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Using Keys: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13093574
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Using Keys
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Learning Objectives
Use keys to identify organisms from their features
Use branched keys
Practice using science vocabulary linked to living things
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Invertebrates: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13094162
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Revision Tools for Plants. The content can be split over two lessons. For a single lesson we suggest selecting two or three teach-check-practice cycles to focus on.
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Content Covered
Parts of a plant
Plant growth
Water transport in plants
Flower structure
Pollination and fertilisation
Seed dispersal
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Group reading to review vocabulary (focusing on words which will come up in multiple science topics like produce, reproduction and organ)
Plants and Growth (reteach-check-practice cycle 1)
Flower Parts (cycle 2)
Pollination (cycle 3)
Fertilisation (cycle 4)
Seed dispersal (cycle 5)
Plant revision practice sheet
Plant revision challenge sheet
English link (find the verbs, creative writing, group reading)
Math link (calculations on the topic’s theme)
Opportunities to develop vocabulary, literacy and oracy
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence. Challenge questions are included for high ability students.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Seeds.
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Learning Objectives
Describe what happens to a flower after pollination and fertilisation
Explain why plants need to disperse their seeds
Compare three different methods of seed dispersal
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Water Transport in Plants.
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Learning Objectives
Describe the journey water takes up the plant
Describe an experiment to show that water travels up the plant
Predict what will happen if parts of the method change
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next Lesson Flowers https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13083314
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on balanced and unbalanced forces. In this lesson students will understand the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces, identify a state of equilibrium and explain why unbalanced forces can change the speed or direction of an object’s motion.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: equilibrium, unbalanced forces, driving force, resistive force and motion)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension task
-Numeracy task
-True or false discussion exercise
-Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12714638
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on states of matter. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases. They will use the particle model to explain the properties of substances in each of the three states.
These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: compress, flow, matter, vibrate and state of matter)
-A handout sheet task defining solids, liquids and gases and creating a factfile.
-Questions and challenge questions
-Answer slides included
-Next lesson Melting and Freezing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12977344
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on sound. In this lesson students will explain how sound travels, discuss the different states of matter that sound can travel through and compare the speeds of sound and light.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: medium, vacuum, superpose, rarefaction and compression)
-Comprehension questions
-Numeracy questions
-True or false discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Loudness https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979847
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete revision lesson for Physics P1b (Sound). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and can be used to revise for end of topic tests or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments.
In this lesson students will revise:
Key points from the previous unit (forces)
Transverse and longitudinal waves
Features of a wave
Reflection and superposition
Amplitude/loudness and frequency/pitch
Infrasound and ultrasound
Ear anatomy and hearing
Ultrasound scans and sonar
Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12979803
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on Energy Change. In this lesson pupils will list some different types of energy stores and explain how energy can be transferred between the different stores. They will also be introduced to wasting and saving energy and energy conservation.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 2 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: dissipated, thermal energy, kinetic energy, chemical potential energy, gravitational potential energy and elastic potential energy)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Comprehension task
-Note taking activity on power generation from fuel
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Energy and Temperature https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12982988
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the development of a fetus. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the structures found in the uterus during pregnancy and explain what happens during gestation and birth.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task (recall from previous units)
-Group reading task
-Keywords task (vocabulary: reproduction, egg cell, sperm cell and urethra)
-Handout sheet task
-Task boxes
-Putting the stages of labour into order
-Recall questions for the unit so far
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson The Menstrual Cycle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12977268
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on acids and alkalis. In this lesson students will learn about the properties of acids and alkalis, give some examples of common household acids and alkalis and explain the differences between dilute and concentrated solutions.
Note: the Activate course which these lessons follow is unusually difficult for year 7 for this topic. We suggest using the mid-ability version of the comprehension questions in the last activity.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: acid, alkali, solute, solution, solvent and corrosive)
-Task boxes
-Consolidation exercise
-True or false discussion exercise
-Next lesson Indicators https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12707120
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on loudness and pitch. In this lesson students will describe the link between frequency and pitch and the link between amplitude and loudness. They will learn how to interpret wave diagrams and use them to comment on relative loudness and pitch.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: loudness, pitch, audible range, infrasound and ultrasound)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet
-Paired discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson The Ear https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979850
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on waves. In this lesson students will describe the different types of waves and their features, explain what happens when waves meet a barrier (reflection) and describe what happens when waves interact with each other (superpose).
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: wave, oscillations and vibrations, amplitude, frequency and wavelength)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension task
-Note taking task
-True or false discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Sound https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979839
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the ear and hearing. In this lesson students will learn how to identify some parts of the ear and describe their functions. They will explain how a microphone works, how loudness is measures and how your hearing can be damaged.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: hertz, kilohertz, amplify, outer ear, middle ear and inner ear)
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension task on measuring loudness
-Discussion exercise on microphones
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Echoes and Ultrasound https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979853
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