I am an experienced Teacher of Science at KS3,4 and 5 covering Biology, physics and Chemistry.
In my corner of TES you will find a range of resources for Secondary Science Teaching including revision mats, lesson plans and Youtube Videos that can be embedded in your own lessons.
Many of the resources are offered free
Check out https://www.youtube.com/@testtubescience for all my videos
I am an experienced Teacher of Science at KS3,4 and 5 covering Biology, physics and Chemistry.
In my corner of TES you will find a range of resources for Secondary Science Teaching including revision mats, lesson plans and Youtube Videos that can be embedded in your own lessons.
Many of the resources are offered free
Check out https://www.youtube.com/@testtubescience for all my videos
This package contains a Revision Mat and an accompanying powerpoint to fill a lesson. The powerpoint includes a quick starter and a short quiz before guiding the class through the Revision Mat area by area to ensure each student gets full support.
It also includes a short literacy plenary that can be used or omitted dependent upon time
Suitable for KS3 classes, specifically Year 8 and Year 9, and can be used for Foundation classes in KS4 to support GCSE Biology learning
This Resource includes a PowerPoint presentation that follows a completely formatted Revision Mat that can be printed out and given to each member of the class.
It will guide the Key Stage 3 Group (normally year 7) through the Revision Mat in a controlled and supportive way ensuring pace is continued throughout the lesson. it includes a Where’s Wally Bell Task and a plenary related to contraception.
This lesson re-introduces and supports the principles of:
Human Reproduction and anatomy
Contraception
Sperm and egg production
Puberty and changes
Plant Reproduction and the structure of a flower
Menstruation
Anatomy inside the womb/uterus
Completely formatted and ready to use out of the box. Offered in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint for easy editing and customisation.
A revision mat based full lesson on Year 7B1 Topic (Cells) including a dyxlexia friendly accompanying powerpoint plus resources for print in multiple formats.
It also allows for editing of the resources should you need or wish to add school specific content. By purchasing this pack you have author permission to adapt to your personal in school requirements.
This lesson is specifically designed to be a revision lesson on the 7B1 topic of cells and assumes that the content has been previously taught
Includes the ability to assess:
Signs on life
Cells
Organelles and their functions
Specialised cells
Scaling
The powerpoint allows staged teacher guidance through the lesson and includes stretch and challenge elements for High ability students.
Also includes a structured Starter and a related plenary game to increase embedding of the scientific language used.
Would also be suitable as a refresher lesson for lower ability Foundation stage students at GCSE Y10 and 11
A fully functional revision mat (recommended print on A3) and associated lesson powerpoint, in colour, to cover the major elements of Modules B1 and B2 of the KS3 y8 syllabus.
Includes revision on BMI, Food Groups and Food Tests, Intestines, The Respiratory System, Blood Composition and Respiration.
Lesson breaks down the revision mat to ensure even pace throughout the class and supports both Low Ability and High Ability strudents.
Also includes games for starter and plenary sections.
I deal for a pre-test revision or a reminder lesson for KS4 students9 Higher and foundation sets)
Revision mat in both MSWord and PDF format PLUS guided powerpoint for best teacher support.
Created in Dyslexia friendly format (ComisSans Font and buff background).
Suitable to be used for a 1 hour lesson or set as a revision homework
Suitable for Higher or Foundation GCSE levels covering:
Diffusion, Osmosis and Active Transport
Mitosis
Cell Structure
Prokaryotes vs Eukaryotes
Microscopy and Microscopy calculations
SA/Vol ratio
STEM Cells
Best suited for print in A3 but will work in A4
Created in colour, but printable in Black and White
Includes fun starting task, extension questions for higher ability and topic related plenary game.
This is a fun Christmas Quiz that will allow all students to get involved.
It includes 5 rounds of 8 questions including:
ROUND 1 – CHRIS AT CHRISTMAS
ROUND 2 – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
ROUND 3 – MUSIC
ROUND 4 – ALL ABOUT CHRISTMAS
ROUND 5 – BLATANTLY SCIENCE
PLEASE NOTE - THIS QUIZ WAS WRITTEN IN 2021 however there aren’t any questions that date it specifically so is still relevant now
These rounds include picture questions, image recognition, quiz style questions across a number of genres, all the time keeping education in mind in a fun and differentiated way.
Students with lower ability will know several of the answers taken from contemporary culture, film, literature, science and more.
Provided in ppt format to allow projection in the classroom or laboratory AND to give you the chance to edit as you need to so as to suit your specific class
I will be using this with 3 classes this year at the end of term!
2 Entire Lessons structured and scaffolded to support Year 7 students with variables and how they translate to graph drawing - Both Line and Bar Graphs
It is staged to take the students through rules for drawing graphs, differentiating between line graphs and Bar graphs, how to draw axes, and then develops to adding data and creating a completed graph
First lesson specifically targets LINE GRAPHS although it doe talk about when a graph would be a line graph instead of a bar graph. Second Lesson focuses on Bar Graphs
Both lessons have a starter task for entry based around curriculum recall and a plenary to bring the skills learned together.
It is written in a dyslexia friendly font, and has easy visual background to ensure clarity for many SEND students.
This powerpoint is a simple introduction to the concept of Variation for use with Year 7 groups, although it could be used for Year 8 also. You could even take some parts of this to present to year 9, especially lower level groups.
This free resource has been used a number of times with my Year 7s and 8s to great effect and has allowed me to scaffold up to other genetic concepts fairly easily.
It includes a number of examples of variation including the peppered moth, the Dodo and a more complex antibiotic related example for more able students.
Presented on primarily a blue background to assist dyslexic students
Please do rate the resource and I hope it helps you
Revision Booklet specifically for End of topic Revision for module:
8B4 - The Environment
This booklets is an 8 page booklet designed to be printed in A5 booklet format with the front page for name etc and the back page for notes allowing it to be stuck into a workbook.
Uses puzzles such as word searches, anagrams and crosswords to focus on key words PLUS some longer answer exercises to improve responses to higher mark questions
Can easily be completed within a single 1 hour revision lesson with a starter or be given as a homework.
Provided in both Word and PDF formats for ease of editing and printing
A full lesson including entertaining starter and plenary game covering revision for the Year 9 Biology topics 1 and 2 (AQA).
This KS3 Y9 Lesson also includes a revision mat and a guided lesson to take the class through the sections together, ensuring understanding.
There is also additional learning of joints and bones.
There is also a separate powerpoint with just the revision mat so you can use this for editing to make the lesson more suitable for your needs.
This is a very Student Led lesson that has been used successfully in Year 9 and would be suitable for year 10/11 revision if appropriate, especially with Foundation stage classes.
This lesson contains a lesson ppt on Variation from Module 9C1 and the required resources to support the lesson in word so you can edit as per your requirements
This lesson, when given with pace, can be delivered in a 1 hour session. It could, however, be used at a slower pace across a double lesson or two separate periods.
it is targeted at year 9, however, it could also be used as a year 10 revision lesson
This lesson offers a very student led experience for Year 9s on the inheritance of sex in topic 9B1,(can also be used for Year 10 revision, especially for foundation classes) including the resources required.
A very easy lesson to run and enjoyable for the students as it gets them up and moving
This lesson offers an extremely student led hour going over the history of the discovery of DNA including the story of Watson and Crick vs Franklin and Wilkins
The ppt comes with fact sheets to support the lesson with a research task that runs for around 30-40 minutes as required.
All editable and covering the 9B1 topic of Genetics
An easy introductory lesson to the sometimes difficult Human Reproduction topic for Year 7s
Includes some diagrams for book sticking and completion and other simple concepts to start the group of on the topic
A 2 lesson set to introduce Bar charts and Line Graphs to year 7s, although could be used for Y8 and 9 classes also
Contains a fairly student led activity set in 2 lessons revolving around categoric and continuous data. Starting with Bar Charts, and going on to Line graphs, including LA differentiation ideas and Ha extensions
It is expected that this 2 ppt lesson will span 2 1 hour lessons. 1 for Bar Charts and 1 for Line graphs although it is possible for a very high ability class to cover both in one lesson (Perhaps with some small amount of trimming)