I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
Included in this resource are 18 Digestive System Dominoes.
The resource has a particular emphasis on keywords surrounding Digestive System organs as well as their individual roles and adaptations.
An additional dominoes activity worksheet is also included.
Please view the preview and feel free to ask any questions before purchase.
STI and STD Dominoes
Included in the resource:
A domino pack with additional picture activity
An answer key for each domino
Domino pack:
Included is a set of dominoes on common STIs and STDs e.g. Gonorrhoea, chlamydia, herpes, genital warts, pubic lice etc. The fifteen dominoes are matched by clues relating to the symptoms of the STIs and STDs. As an extension activity, students can also match pictures to some of the dominoes in their chain.
Answer key:
Included is an answer page for all STIs and STDs in the domino pack. An answer key is also included for the picture matching activity.
This resource is simple to use and a great tool for approaching a difficult topic. Little prior knowledge is required and it is ideal for a range of ages. There is no nude images and the resource approaches the topic scientifically but sensitively.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing!
Noble Gases Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage information sheet
A student question sheet
An answer key sheet
Reading Passage:
The reading passage includes information on the unreactive nature of noble gases, electronic structure, properties and uses. No previous knowledge on noble gases is required.
Student Questions:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the questions follow the reading passage. Some questions are simply information extraction whilst others require higher level thinking.
Answer Key:
The answer key includes comprehensive answers to all questions in the resource.
This resource is ideal as an in-class activity, homework or as a revision task. Feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Naming and Drawing Organic Molecules
Included is two worksheets and two answer sheets. The worksheets include tasks on naming and drawing organic molecules from a selection of molecules (skeletal and displayed formula). The answer sheets cover all molecules in both worksheets.
Molecules included in the worksheets:
Alcohols
Aldehydes
Ketones
Carboxylic acids
There is an editable version of both worksheets and answer sheets included in the resource, should you wish to further adapt the worksheets to your own teaching.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Polymers and the Environment: Biodegradable and Recycling
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on the role of polymers in environmental issues, with particular emphasis on plastics, biodegradability and recycling. There is no practical, but the option to watch associated YouTube clips, although this isn’t required for the lesson.
Included in the lesson:
Starter keyword crossword task
Student opinion on plastics
Upgrading answers task (PEE Paragraphs)
Student key questions
Answer discussion
Information on recycling
Biodegradable definition
Reflection on plastic opinions
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students new to environmental issues who haven’t been introduced to key terms such as biodegradable and photodegradable. The keywords monomer, polymer, natural, synthetic and polymerization are mentioned within the lesson, so prior knowledge of these terms would be ideal.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets. Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
Memory Picture Games
Included:
Five memory pictures with linked question and answer sheets
The pictures are busy, detailed images representing school life (e.g. classrooms, subject boards and stationary). Students have a set amount of time to absorb all the elements of the picture before it is removed and they then answer a set of questions based on their memory of the picture. There are simple and challenge questions for each picture.
PowerPoint presentation to combine all elements of the resource
The PowerPoint presentation encompasses all five memory pictures, questions and answers. This is ideal to be displayed on your board when students first arrive. It’s a great starter and engagement task to get them thinking at the start of the school day.
This resource is in American English.
End of the School Year Reflective Question Cards
Included in this resource:
24 Question Cards (8 cards per side of A4 = 3 page document)
The questions support and scaffold a conversation with a child (or between peers) around the past school year. Questions link to achievements, relationships with peers and staff, trips, clubs, thoughts on lessons / subjects and feelings around the school year coming to a close.
These cards can be used 1:1 or in a group setting to guide conversation and positive reflection. I have found them to be a nice way to round off the school year and I have mostly used them in the last couple of weeks before year end.
The questions are quite broad so link to a wide age range - please see the preview for a full insight into the questions asked.
This is a handy, little foldable lap book on the topic of Fractional Distillation. It looks bright and bold in any exercise book. The foldable resource covers the following:
Fractions collected from fractional distillation
The key process of separating hydrocarbons (using key words)
Quick questions about hydrocarbon properties at the bottom and top of the column
This is a brilliant summary activity for any class. ANSWERS included!
This Whole Lesson Resource on Diffusion Includes:
Starter key question and extension question (differentiation aspect)
Lesson objectives
I will be able to state an example of diffusion
I will be able to describe what is meant by diffusion
I will be able to explain why diffusion happens more slowly in cold environments compared to hot environments
Practical investigation with help sheets (differentiation aspect), lab report worksheet and experiment variables worksheet
Class practical using M&Ms, water and petri dishes (or any shallow glassware)
Printable worksheets and help sheets designed to be printed on A4
Plenary missing gaps with extension
Keyword focus and extended thinking for higher ability
Krista Wallden Clipart Credit
This Chemical Bonding Resource focuses on commonly asked questions around ionic, simple covalent, giant covalent and metallic bonding. Each question is given a set number of marks and each question comes with a detailed mark break down sheet.
Key features of this resource:
Four key question sheets for each bonding type
The questions range from one to four mark questions
Four mark break down answer sheets
These sheets show each possible mark to answer the questions
Two student response sheets
Organised sheets where students write their answers to each question
One teacher instruction sheet
Quick notes on how the resource sheets can be used i.e. independent work or as a circus activity
This resource is great for summary lessons or to be used at the end of each chemical bonding theory lesson. It is also an ideal tool which focusses on exam technique and how to answer bonding questions using key terms.
Respiratory System Spin Wheel Revision Resource
This resource encompasses 12 key questions from the cell unit unit. These are questions selected as they occur regularly and are classically challenging for students to answer. The resource is based around the organs and their functions in the respiratory system as well as gas exchange.
Example questions from the spin wheel resource:
What is the name of the process by which oxygen enters the blood?
What are the small air sacs in the lungs called?
Which muscle facilitates inhaling and exhaling?
Also included in the resource is a full answer set. There is also an instructions sheet, with helpful guidance on using the spin wheel as a revision tool, student answer sheet and a ‘tick and repeat sheet’. This encourages the student to revisit the spin wheel to revise the key questions until they reach the ‘know it’ level.
Very simple preparation: Print the sheets (set up in A4 PDF). The students can then cut out the pin wheel for themselves and push a pen or pencil through the middle for the wheel to spin around. I found clamp stands to be a useful alternative.
Seven Resource Bundle
This bundle resource includes reading passages, student question sheets and answer keys on the following aspects of the Periodic Table:
Introduction to the Periodic Table
The history and scientists of the Periodic Table
Metals vs Non-Metals
Group 1 Alkali Metals
Group 0 Noble Gases
Group 7 Halogens
The Transition Metals
Each question sheet includes tiered questions described as recall, label, explain, apply and compare. The questions follow the reading passages and require both simple information extraction and higher level thinking skills.
These resources are ideal for independent study. They are ideal in-class activities, homework tasks or revision summary resources. They are very versatile. I have specifically bundled this collection of resources together as they cover everything my students need to know surrounding the Periodic Table.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchase and for further details view the individual previews of each resource in the product listings.
Filtration Theory Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts. With an example practical and observations, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as label, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. The label activity simply requires students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch students through writing definitions and describing an ideal experiment.
Answer key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great introductory resource for students who have no prior knowledge on filtration or the terminology involved.
Blood Composition and Red Blood Cells Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts. With detailed descriptions, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. The recall activity simply requires students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch students through developing ideas.
Answer Key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great introductory resource for students who have no prior knowledge on blood composition or the role and function of red blood cells.
The resource is editable so you can adjust the resource for your students if required.
Four Resource Bundle
This bundle resource includes reading passages, student question sheets and answer keys on the following aspects of atoms and elements:
Atomic Structure
History of the Atom
Chemical Symbols and Subatomic Particles
Isotopes and Elements
Each question sheet includes tiered questions described as recall, label, explain, apply and compare. The questions follow the reading passages and require both simple information extraction and higher level thinking skills.
These resources are ideal for independent study. They are ideal in-class activities, homework tasks or revision summary resources. They are very versatile. I have specifically bundled this collection of resources together as they cover everything my students need to know surrounding atomic structure.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchase and for further details view the individual previews of each resource in the product listings.
Solar System Model
Included in this hands on resource:
Black and white solar system model (18 pages)
Coloured solar system model (18 pages)
Teacher instruction and answer guide (1 page)
Student instructions sheet (1 page)
The solar system model is based around the sun and the eight planets. The planets can be printed double sided. One side represents the physical appearance of the planet whilst the other side includes an empty fact file. Your students can research the planets to complete the fact file.
There is the option to print in black and white, which offers your students the opportunity to colour in the planets. However I have included a coloured version for classes which have less contact time.
There is also a student instructions sheet and a teacher instruction/answer guide.
The only equipment required:
Scissors to cut out the planets
Colours (optional if using the black and white print out)
String to connect the planets in the correct order and display them
Feel free to ask any questions before purchasing this product.
This Cootie Catcher Resource is a fun way to learn about cell structure.
Included are questions on:
Key parts of plant and animal cells
The functions of key parts of plant and animal cells
Also Included . . .
A ‘how to fold’ instructions sheet
A ‘how to play’ instructions sheet
It is simple to use and very effective at getting key points across to students. The cootie catcher is also a brilliant form of peer assessment and student interaction as they can test each other on the key points.
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Gravity Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts. With detailed descriptions, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. The recall activity simply requires students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch students through developing ideas.
Answer Key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great introductory resource for students who have no prior knowledge on gravity or calculating mass/weight with gravitational field strength.
The resource is completely editable so you can adjust the resource for your students if required.
Calculating Moments Reading Passage
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts. With detailed descriptions, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. The recall activity simply requires students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch students through developing ideas.
Answer Key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great introductory resource for students who have no prior knowledge on moments. The resource aids students in calculating moments and introduces the concept in terms of forces and distances, without delving into the ideas of load and effort.
The resource is editable so you can adjust the resource for your students if required.
Geothermal Energy and Geothermal Power Stations Reading Passage Activity
Included in the resource:
A reading passage
A student question sheet
An answer key
Reading Passage:
Included is an informative, introductory passage. The passage has key information around the subject and explains key concepts i.e. the function of a geothermal power stations and how electricity is generated. With detailed descriptions, the passage is very comprehensive.
Question Sheet:
Tiered as recall, explain and apply, the question sheet follows the reading passage. The recall activity simply requires students to extract information from the text, whilst the explain and apply questions stretch students through developing ideas. Please see the preview for further insight.
Answer Key:
A full set of comprehensive answers is included.
This is a great resource for students studying geothermal power stations for the first time or revising the topic.
The resource includes both printable and editable versions (PowerPoint and PDF) so you can alter the resource but it is also print ready.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchase - Many thanks - Science House