I have been through the specifications for the new AQA Science qualification covering Biology (8461), Chemistry (8462) and Physics (8463). This resource pack contains just the BIOLOGY, but I have also posted the others too separately to make it easier for you to get just the part you need. All the attached resources are either AQA documents or my shortened version of them. I have converted the PDF specification into word documents so that they are easier to use and then extracted smaller parts from these specifications to make them easier to quickly reference. For the Biology, Chemistry and Physics I have extracted from the main specification the required mathematical skills for each science, and the new required practical's. For the required practical's I have made a shortened version to be used as a quick reference. For the other sciences click the links below: BIO https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-aqa-biology-2016-onwards-scheme-of-work-required-practials-and-maths-11339330 CHEM https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-aqa-chemistry-2016-onwards-scheme-of-work-required-practials-and-maths-11339898 PHYS https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/new-aqa-physics-2016-onwards-scheme-of-work-required-practicals-and-maths-11339902

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3 students who are studying cells, organelles, body structure, organ systems, and adaptations. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/model-cells-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11350637 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books, I’ve also included an old version of this sheet that I don’t use anymore. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. JPEG images showing examples of models made by my previous classes when given this task, I've included a range of examples including an extremely high level project from the child of a professional cake maker! This task is suitable for students at level 3-7. When I have used this in lessons students have made some truly remarkable work but using cardboard, beads, Lego, plastercine, and cake!

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3/KS4 students who are studying space, satellites, how distance from the sun affects the temperature of the planet. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/data-from-space-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11346644 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. This is based on an old Badger Task. This task is rather tricky and would probably be best for high ability KS3 and KS4. The graph plotting could be done on computers. This task is suitable for students at Grade 3-8 however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying ionic compounds, how compounds are formed, electron structure, ionic formula and reactions between the alkali metals (group 1) and the halogens (group 7). I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/formation-of-sodium-chloride-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11350790 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and the relevant background theory. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme, and exemplar answers. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3/KS4 students who are studying magnets, electricity, scientific investigations, electromagnets, data analysis, graph plotting, writing conclusions and evaluations. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/investigation-of-electromagnets-analysis-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11381101 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and relevant background information. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students work can be assessed, this has two columns so that the students can tick off the levels as they go and then the teacher can tick off the achieved tasks too. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. I have included two spreadsheets, one focuses specifically on the graph part of the assessment, the second spreadsheet includes a few comments for the graph however focuses mainly on the conclusion and evaluation aspect of this assessment. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This was originally a KS3 assessment on method writing, however I have expanded this to a full investigation which could be used for KS3 students and KS4 students preparing for coursework. The levels are numerical however these could be adapted to whatever you need.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3/KS4 students who are studying forces, friction, scientific investigations, method writing and variables. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/friction-investigation-method-writing-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11397474 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and relevant background information. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students work can be assessed, this is suitable for self/peer/teacher assessment. 4. Word document containing a writing frames to help students to structure their answer, this could be particularly useful for students who struggle to get started on tasks, or those with issues with literacy. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3/KS4 students who are studying forces, friction, scientific investigations, variables, data analysis, graph plotting. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/friction-investigation-graph-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11397494 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and relevant background information. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students work can be assessed, this has two columns so that the students can tick off the levels as they go and then the teacher can tick off the achieved tasks too. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. I have included two spreadsheets, one focuses specifically on the graph part of the assessment, the second spreadsheet includes a few comments for the graph however focuses mainly on the conclusion and evaluation aspect of this assessment. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This was originally a KS3 assessment on method writing, however I have expanded this to a full investigation which could be used for KS3 students and KS4 students preparing for coursework. The levels are numerical however these could be adapted to whatever you need.

This is the free version of an assessment for students who are studying weathering, erosion, acid rain, how concentration of an acid affects reactions, measuring rate of reaction. This investigation focuses on how the concentration of acid affects the mass change of a calcium carbonate rock. I have also produced a full resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/weathering-of-limestone-investigation-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11606287 This FULL resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496

This investigation focuses on using sampling methods to determine which is the most common plant on the school's field (other than grass). This is the free version of an assessment for students who are studying plant sampling methods, plant adaptations, investigation skills, analysing data. I have also produced a full resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plant-sampling-with-quadrats-investigation-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11606569 This FULL resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task with some background information. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. x2 word documents with a level ladders on so that the students can self/peer assess their method and/or their graph work, conclusion and evaluation. 4. Word document showing pictures of the most commonly found plants on school fields (in England) 5. Word document printout writing frame to help students get started with method writing, this is particularly useful for students who struggle with literacy tasks. 6. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496

This is the free version of an assessment on Statins for KS4 students who are studying medicine, drugs, diet, cholesterol, treating high cholesterol, and evaluation skills. I have also produced a full resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/use-of-statins-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11606643 This FULL resource pack comes with several parts; 1. Word document printout of the task for the students to stick in their books. 2. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 3. Word document containing writing frames to help students to draft out their answer, this could be particularly useful for students who struggle to get started on tasks, or those with issues with literacy. 4. Word document with the mark scheme and teachers notes. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This is based on an old AQA Biology Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

I use this spread sheet in my long term planning, I use it in conjunction with SOW's and unit overviews to plot my progression across the year and to ensure all courses are finished in good time. It includes a calendar side section so you can factor in key dates such as inset days and bank holidays. The two versions attached contain the dates for the school year 2015-2016.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.2 on limestone, quarrying, and the limestone cycle. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

I made this spread sheet for my department to help keep track of how well the current year 10s (leaving July 2017) do on their coursework that is due for submission March 2017.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying limestone, building materials, matching properties to uses, thermal decomposition and method writing. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/thermal-decomposition-of-carbonates-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11347047 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE, or preparing students from writing pieces of coursework that require method writing skills. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed some of these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying hydrocarbons, fuels, alkanes, how number of carbons in a molecule affects properties, combustion, graph plotting and data handling. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/energy-release-per-carbon-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11353565 The resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task, including a recap of naming alkanes and fractional distillation. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books; one version has just the task, and the other version has both the task and level ladder merged together on one page. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a several hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. I've included sketches of the extrapolation of the data from the line of best fit, and highlighted the anomalous result This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, I have left these on however these can be so that you can use the old or new grading system.

If you are doing an extended investigation with KS3 science students you could use these level ladders to give your students a level on their write up. I tend to use these sheets in lesson to get the students self assess or peer assess their own work.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3/KS4 students who are studying forces, friction, scientific investigations, variables, data analysis, graph plotting, concluding findings, identifying patterns, writing conclusions, evaluating a practical and results. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/friction-investigation-analysis-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11398221 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and relevant background information. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students work can be assessed, this has two columns so that the students can tick off the levels as they go and then the teacher can tick off the achieved tasks too. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. The spreadsheet includes a few comments for the graph however focuses mainly on the conclusion and evaluation aspect of this assessment. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This was originally a KS3 assessment on method writing, however I have expanded this to a full investigation which could be used for KS3 students and KS4 students preparing for coursework. The levels are numerical however these could be adapted to whatever you need.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying electrolysis, ionic compounds, aluminium oxide, extraction of metals. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/electrolysis-of-aluminium-oxide-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11378766 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 students who are studying materials, graphite, covalent structures, properties, bonding and structure, allotropes of carbon etc. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/properties-of-graphite-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11378729 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is the free version of an assessment for for KS4 students who are studying plastics, disposing of polymers, polymer usage, life cycle assessment of products, burning plastics for energy recovery, recycling and environmental impact of industrial chemistry. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/disposal-of-plastic-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11380540 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task and relevant background information. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme. 5. Two word documents containing writing frames to help students to draft out their answer, this could be particularly useful for students who struggle to get started on tasks, or those with issues with literacy. 6. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 This is based on an old AQA Chemistry Exam Paper. This task is good for training students to answer long questions i.e. 6 mark questions at GCSE. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A*, however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.