Starter - thinking about images and the microscopes used to visualise them
Main1 - Label a microscope
Main2 - Look at cells down a microscope
Main3 - Magnification images
Plenary - Overview
Posters of information about each stage should be spread around your room. Students then use the template to determine the order of the life cycle. They are then required to answer one or both of the 6 mark questions. This takes a double lesson with me.
Students complete the pre reading prior to arriving at the lesson
Starter - Activities to label a Plasma Membrane and to recall the definition of Active Transport
Main - Activities to describe active transport, compare it to Osmosis and Diffusion and then look at exam questions
Plenary - Summarise all three transport pathways
First lesson introducing cells.
Starter - Draw a cell
Main - Activities looking at the structures and functions of cells. Long answer questions
Plenary - Kahoot, or you could use the long answer questions if no Kahoot.
All worksheets are in the powerpoint
Students need to arrive to the lesson having complete the pre reading.
Starter - Students recal their knowledge of mitosis using diagrams of the phases
Starter - Students compare mitosis and meiosis
Main - Students complete exam questions where they are required to draw diagrams
Plenary - Kahoot quizzes
Differentiated worksheet and lesson plan to guide students through drawing electronic structures.
For high ability students it starts them looking for patterns which links nicely to the second chapter - The Periodic Table (Which I also have to download)
Part of a whole scheme for the C1 - Atomic Structure topic. Download the whole scheme in one to save money
Guides students through the structure of the atom, looking at atomic number and mass number and how to calculate these.
Worksheets start easy and then get more difficult. Final questions are to push the high ability students in your group.
Work in groups to read some text and make a creative piece of writing from it. All groups then come together to look at the history of the atom on a timeline, then assess their understanding with a matching task.
Part of a whole scheme for the C1 - Atomic Structure topic. Download the whole scheme in one to save money
A whole scheme of work consisting of the following lessons:
L01 - Atoms
L02 - Chemical Equations
L03 - Separating mixtures
L04 - Fractional distillation and paper chromatography
L05 - History of the atom
L06 - Structure of the atom
L07 - Ions, atoms and isotopes
L08 - Electronic structures
These lessons do link to one another, some of the starters test understanding from previous lessons. Where possible there are differentiated worksheets. These are available individually, but buying in bulk will save you £9
There are multiple choices in this resource.
1 - Guide students through the process using the Reflection powerpoint. They then create their own ray diagrams. There is an easy worksheet (Worksheet A3) and then a more difficult worksheet (Practical-Worksheet).
2 - Students aim to find the law of reflection themselves using very little guidance.
Students are split into groups of 3. Each has a clue sheet and can only read their clues out loud. Between them they have to be able to put the facts into the correct order by using the clues
Requires teamwork!
Answers included
This lesson is designed as a flipped lesson (flipped pre read sheet is included), although there are slides in the powerpoint for you to deliver content if necessary.
Resources include:
Interactive starter activity getting the class to work as a whole group
Consolidation worksheet, with answers
Group tasks, with answers
Plenary exam question, with answers
Print the board A3. Use different coloured card for each of the question files to match the colours on the board. Or just use the questions for other revision activities
Revision sheet for students to complete.
Buy these as a bundle and save money. One topic is £3, a bundle of three topics is £5, Complete Unit 1 or 2 are £10 each and the whole GCSE course is £15.
Three activities to revise P2.2
- Dice game - Rules explained on powerpoint
- Tarsia puzzle - In the ZIP file
- Splat board - Questions are on the second powerpoint
Students are shown, and participate in models of series circuits. They then create their own model of a series circuit using the worksheets provided (these are differentiated)