a simple heart jigsaw for pupils to cut out and rearrange helps them to learn the structure of the heart

a simple cloze worksheet on blood cells, sums up the key features of the blood

looks at the science of phrenology once believed in and now dismissed use the first sheet as a starter, then introduce ideas of phrenology to pupils and get them to measure each other and see if they have any criminal characteristics has great links to citizenship as you can discuss whether it is fair to label people on looks alone.

Funny presentation on an extreme case of stomach ache

simple selective breeding afl task, all resources contained within the booklet

I find a really good way of embedding the 7 life processes with pupils is to show them examples that could be confusing or do some of the processes such as an interactive tigger or a candle and get them to decide how many of the life processes they do, this sheet goes with such a demonstration, it can be adapted for EAL pupils by adding a picture that demonstrates that life process underneath the word for it

a simple test i designed on microbes and disease could be a nice end of topic review

an activity on the use of homeopathy and the way medicines are tested good for edexcel 360 science

part of a module i'm developing on Alchemy, there is more of this activity to come i'm developing a questions sheet to go with this activity. The search for Immortality was key in alchemy and Henriettas cells are immortal she has an interesting story which raises several ethical questions. This is a sheet containing her story which could be turned into a card sort activity, more to follow

a worksheet i made about disease in queen victorias family, shows he family pedigree diagram and has some questions linked to it

a wordsearch on microscope keywords that could be used as a starter, pupils culd write definitions of each keyword

Written this year, inlcudes some victim identification material and works on the crime scene having a coded message (like the zodiac killer), a muddy footprint and a severed arm and then later on another crime scene with a knife and some bones from another victim. I used coded messages to link the crime scenes and taunt the pupils as the killer but simple messages could be left instead, i tried to link in some victim support material as well to give a link to citizenship and the impact of crime, i will give more details by email through the TES if desired

a poster with some of the key how science works keywords on it

A look at the theories of Ekman, Dawkins and Chomsky to do with biological psychology - has some simple videos and discussion then a marketplace style activity - really useful for teaching Unit 9 of the OCR technicals

a 5Q starter on variation in twins using a picture of fred and george weasley, a good starting topic of discussion for a section of lessons on variation

a poster that gives pupils clues on how to write to explain

the first half of the new AQA entry level science planning including the first component of physics, chemistry and biology should cover year 1 of teaching the course - including a lesson i developed that could be useful for a TDA and the long term plan for entry level that can be adapted.

A simple babies revision lesson useful for entry level science all resources needed included in the powerpoint

covers what you can eat raw and cooked, styles of cooking and food poisoning with a simple graph interpretation question - all worksheets needed included in the powerpoint

a comparison sheet of the nervous and endocrine system made for homework