a worksheet of keywords we use when carrying out science investigations, it asks pupils to write a definition of what those words mean in science

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

a good set of revision worksheets for the fit and healthy topic

a venn diagram starter where pupils have to sort a range of characteristics into a venn diagram of caused by genes the environment or both

A simple sheet i made to help pupils produce an experiment write-up on the growth of pollen tubes investigation

a simple starter activity good for lower ability pupils to find definitions of some of the keywords for a genetics lesson

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 simple lesson about level 4-6 on natural defences including levelled antibody comics as a main task

a poster advising pupils how to draw a good table of results

A lesson based around Science writing skills, pupils look at excerpts of writing to find the fiction, develop success criteria for good science writing and then try to produce their own piece- fully differentiated and full of kagan activities, also included are PDF factsheets for the pupils to develop their writing with

a poster that prodives a strucutred explanation on writing to argue

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

A powerpoint that could be used for environmental and land based science or for use with the living eggs project at Secondary school, it starts simply with the lifecyle of a chick and then goes on to look a little at ethics, so the differences between battery and free range and whether it's ok to kill and eat chickens, it will need some tweaking to make suitable for different classes it is pitched at quite a high level

A crossword puzzle worksheet, makes a nice starter for a lesson on circulation

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

I have used the level 3 - 5 science APP statements to make an Xbox achievment assessment for the pupils called science live. It works like the achievements on xbox pupils get the black and white sheet for their books then get the coloured stickers when they unlock the achievement it is an easy skill tracker and really hooks the pupils in small prizes can be given for every 200 points unlocked to link in to your schools reward policy.

this uses the open letter to the kansas school board found on the Venganza.org website (or search for the church of the flying spaghetti monster) and in the letter there is a graph that links global warming to the decreasing number of pirates in the world, it is a good lesson on valid data and you can include other strange correlations to prove that not all statistics are good

Students complete the handout/notes about cellular structure and function

Top trumps cards of plants and animals that can be used for classification, food webs and a fun starter or concluding activity.

starter activity on do they give birth by laying eggs or live young