50 demonstrations and experiments that have been used to make science engaging and memorable. There is a range of practical demonstrations and investigations for biology, chemistry and physics for different scientific topics for key stage 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Topics include chemical reactions, nuclear fission, nuclear decay, half-life, life cycle of the star, food and digestion, sound, waves, earth and its atmosphere, speed, velocity, acceleration, DNA, genetics, cells, momentum, energy, efficiency, combustion, respiration, inertia, change of state, forces, magnets, electricity, polymers, super cooling, pykrete, seed dispersal, moments, heat transfers, convection, terminal velocity, rate of reaction, rockets, pH, acids and alkalis and pressure.
The idea works that students should know the core building blocks around the edge of the page.
The task therefore is to work inwards and begin to summarise these key points in the middle, only focusing on the things they have forgotten.
The final task is to get this all on to a postcard - their revision notes to take away! This makes it all manageable for the student.
This is one topic only and the full unit can be downloaded as a complete file.
A set of three planning cards that support students through the necessary steps to complete a successful investigation.
Steps include:
- Forming a hypothesis
- Research
- Method
- Variables - Independent, dependent and controls.
- Risk Assessment
- Conclusion
- Graphs
These can be printed on A1 sheets to make as a classroom display. They can also be printed as A3, laminated and then students can use post it notes to complete.
This is designed to familiarise students with the how science works terminology and format for laying out a clear practical.
Resources included:
- All combined science lessons with lesson plan, Powerpoint and other resources.
If you have any questions about these resources then please contact us
50 demonstrations and experiments that have been used to make science engaging and memorable. There is a range of practical demonstrations and investigations for biology, chemistry and physics for different scientific topics for key stage 2, 3, 4 and 5.
Topics include chemical reactions, nuclear fission, nuclear decay, half-life, life cycle of the star, food and digestion, sound, waves, earth and its atmosphere, speed, velocity, acceleration, DNA, genetics, cells, momentum, energy, efficiency, combustion, respiration, inertia, change of state, forces, magnets, electricity, polymers, super cooling, pykrete, seed dispersal, moments, heat transfers, convection, terminal velocity, rate of reaction, rockets, pH, acids and alkalis and pressure.
This book selects practicals suitable for primary teachers and is designed to support existing teacher, NQTs, ITT, PGCE students in making science accessible, memorable and exciting.
These can be used a full practicals or mini-activities to promote investigation work. Students should be come familiar with the key concept and procedures.
Topics/units include:
Speed, velocity, acceleration, forces, energy transformations, states of matter, magnets, volume, elements, diseases, floating and sinking, pressure, chemical reactions, combustion, smoking and much more….
Note that these activities are also found in my 2 books - 50 ways Memorable and Exciting Practicals and Demonstrations 1 & 2 that can be purchased separately.
Two books, each with 50 engaging and memorable demonstrations/practicals - 100 in total!
These are designed to support existing teacher, NQTs, ITT, PGCE students and more in both primary and secondary schools.
These books supports the teaching of various topics/units including:
Speed, velocity, acceleration, forces, energy transformations, atomic structure, ionic bonding, covalent bonding, energy resources, states of matter, magnets, terminal velocity, volume, elements, periodic table, genetic, diseases, floating and sinking, pressure, chemical reactions, enzymes, cell division, combustion, momentum, smoking and much more….
These lessons have been created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
1 Forces and their interactions
2 Weight and Centre of Mass
3 Resultant Forces
4 Work Done
5 Stretching
6 Compression
7 Speed and Distance
8 Velocity
9 Acceleration
10 Using Graphs
11 Falling Objects
12 Newton's First Law of Motion
13 Newton's Second & Third Laws of Motion
14 Stopping Distances
15 Stopping Distances 2
16 Momentum
17 Momentum 2
18 Waves
19 Properties of Waves
20 Electromagnetic Waves
21 Properties of electromagnetic waves
22 Infra-Red
23 Radio Waves
24 Radiation
25 Magnets
26 Electromagnetism
27 Fleming's left-hand Rule
28 Fleming's left-hand Rule 2
29 Motors
Physics Combined Science Trilogy (AQA) – Paper 1 (2016)
These lessons have been created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
30 Changes in Energy
31 Changes in Energy 2
32 Changes in Energy 3
33 Energy changes in Systems
34 Power
35 Energy Transfers
36 Energy Transfers 2
37 Energy Resources
38 Energy Resources
39 Electricity
40 Electricity 2
41 Resistance
42 Resistance 2
43 Resistance 3
44 Circuits
45 Circuits 2
46 Domestic Electricity
47 Power
48 Energy Transfers in everyday appliances
49 The National Grid
50 Density of Materials
51 Change of State
52 Specific Heat Capacity
53 Specific Latent Heat
54 Pressure
55 Pressure 2
56 The Atom
57 Model of the Atom
57 Model of the Atom
57 Model of the Atom
60 Radioactive Decay
61 Nuclear Equations
62 Half-Life
63 Radioactive Contamination
Physics Combined Science Trilogy (AQA) – Paper 1 (2016)
These lessons have been created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
30 Changes in Energy
31 Changes in Energy 2
32 Changes in Energy 3
33 Energy changes in Systems
34 Power
35 Energy Transfers
36 Energy Transfers 2
37 Energy Resources
38 Energy Resources
39 Electricity
40 Electricity 2
41 Resistance
42 Resistance 2
43 Resistance 3
44 Circuits
45 Circuits 2
46 Domestic Electricity
47 Power
48 Energy Transfers in everyday appliances
49 The National Grid
50 Density of Materials
51 Change of State
52 Specific Heat Capacity
53 Specific Latent Heat
54 Pressure
55 Pressure 2
56 The Atom
57 Model of the Atom
57 Model of the Atom
57 Model of the Atom
60 Radioactive Decay
61 Nuclear Equations
62 Half-Life
63 Radioactive Contamination
Revision loop card activity for Additional Physics. Students need to cut out the cards and then sequence them so that the question on one card matches the answer on the next one. If the student get them correct, it will form a loop.
The answer sheet is also provided so that you can quickly check response and identify any mistakes made by the student(s).
A great activity to challenge students - who is quickest; to assess students and highlight misconceptions.
Loop cards include questions about:
Relative atomic mass, relative formula mass, percentage mass
Scheme of work with lots of practical activities along with powerpoints to support in lesson.
Includes atomic structure, particle models, chromatography, distillation, forming compounds, metals, elements
This lesson is from the series of lessons that I have created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
1 Animal and plant cells
2 Bacteria cells
3 Specialised cells
4 Microscopy
5 Mitosis and cell cycle
6 Stem cells
7 Stem cells debate
8 Diffusion
9 Diffusion 2
10 Osmosis
11 Osmosis 2
12 Active Transport
13 Tissues and organs
14 Enzymes
15 Enzymes and pH/ Enzymes and temperature
16 Enzymes in digestion/ Speeding up digestion
17 Structure and function of the heart
18 Pacemakers
19 Breathing
20 Blood vessels
21 Blood
22 Artificial hearts, valves and stents
23 A healthy diet
24 Inheritance, exercise and health
25 Drugs
26 Cancer
27 Transport in plants
28 Transport in plants 2
29 Transpiration
30 Pathogens and disease
31 Microbial case studies
32 Defence mechanisms
33 Immunity and vaccination
34 Drugs for disease
35 Developing new drugs
36 Developing new drugs
37 Photosynthesis
38 Limiting factors
39 Limiting factors
40 Aerobic respiration
41 Anaerobic respiration
42 Effect of exercise
43 Metabolism
This lesson is from the series of lessons that I have created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
1 Animal and plant cells
2 Bacteria cells
3 Specialised cells
4 Microscopy
5 Mitosis and cell cycle
6 Stem cells
7 Stem cells debate
8 Diffusion
9 Diffusion 2
10 Osmosis
11 Osmosis 2
12 Active Transport
13 Tissues and organs
14 Enzymes
15 Enzymes and pH/ Enzymes and temperature
16 Enzymes in digestion/ Speeding up digestion
17 Structure and function of the heart
18 Pacemakers
19 Breathing
20 Blood vessels
21 Blood
22 Artificial hearts, valves and stents
23 A healthy diet
24 Inheritance, exercise and health
25 Drugs
26 Cancer
27 Transport in plants
28 Transport in plants 2
29 Transpiration
30 Pathogens and disease
31 Microbial case studies
32 Defence mechanisms
33 Immunity and vaccination
34 Drugs for disease
35 Developing new drugs
36 Developing new drugs
37 Photosynthesis
38 Limiting factors
39 Limiting factors
40 Aerobic respiration
41 Anaerobic respiration
42 Effect of exercise
43 Metabolism
This lesson is from the series of lessons that I have created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
1 Animal and plant cells
2 Bacteria cells
3 Specialised cells
4 Microscopy
5 Mitosis and cell cycle
6 Stem cells
7 Stem cells debate
8 Diffusion
9 Diffusion 2
10 Osmosis
11 Osmosis 2
12 Active Transport
13 Tissues and organs
14 Enzymes
15 Enzymes and pH/ Enzymes and temperature
16 Enzymes in digestion/ Speeding up digestion
17 Structure and function of the heart
18 Pacemakers
19 Breathing
20 Blood vessels
21 Blood
22 Artificial hearts, valves and stents
23 A healthy diet
24 Inheritance, exercise and health
25 Drugs
26 Cancer
27 Transport in plants
28 Transport in plants 2
29 Transpiration
30 Pathogens and disease
31 Microbial case studies
32 Defence mechanisms
33 Immunity and vaccination
34 Drugs for disease
35 Developing new drugs
36 Developing new drugs
37 Photosynthesis
38 Limiting factors
39 Limiting factors
40 Aerobic respiration
41 Anaerobic respiration
42 Effect of exercise
43 Metabolism
This lesson is from the series of lessons that I have created for the New Combined Science Trilogy course and are linked to the new AQA specification.
Each lesson varies in its content and are sold individually but they are also available as a complete BUNDLE (see bundles and SAVE).
Lessons include:
- Lesson Plan – a clear overview of the lesson, links to specification, three main objectives, keywords, resources, starters, 3 main activities and plenaries. Ideas are also included for differentiation for lower and more able students.
- PowerPoint – with lesson objectives and keywords on each slide.
- Additional resources – printable sheets for starters/plenaries/investigations.
- Support sheets – guidance for demonstrations and practical activities
All of these lessons will be continually updated and so please continue to revisit these resources for the most up to date resources.
If you have purchased the draft specification lessons, please email for the instructions on how to get your lessons updated to the new specification – orders@achieveinscience.com
Lessons in the series include:
1 Animal and plant cells
2 Bacteria cells
3 Specialised cells
4 Microscopy
5 Mitosis and cell cycle
6 Stem cells
7 Stem cells debate
8 Diffusion
9 Diffusion 2
10 Osmosis
11 Osmosis 2
12 Active Transport
13 Tissues and organs
14 Enzymes
15 Enzymes and pH/ Enzymes and temperature
16 Enzymes in digestion/ Speeding up digestion
17 Structure and function of the heart
18 Pacemakers
19 Breathing
20 Blood vessels
21 Blood
22 Artificial hearts, valves and stents
23 A healthy diet
24 Inheritance, exercise and health
25 Drugs
26 Cancer
27 Transport in plants
28 Transport in plants 2
29 Transpiration
30 Pathogens and disease
31 Microbial case studies
32 Defence mechanisms
33 Immunity and vaccination
34 Drugs for disease
35 Developing new drugs
36 Developing new drugs
37 Photosynthesis
38 Limiting factors
39 Limiting factors
40 Aerobic respiration
41 Anaerobic respiration
42 Effect of exercise
43 Metabolism