A simple cloze procedure worksheet about enzymes.

a starter activity that shows the X ray diffraction picture rosalind franklin produced, a good way to get people thinking about DNA

looks at a normal distribution curve for variation and asks questions about evolution in peppered moths

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

made to go with the OCR twenty first century pre release materials a revision lesson on global warming including question sheets, keywords and a card sort of complete/incomplete combustion

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

a one off lesson activity i made where pupils create their own pandemic it helps if you provide them with body outlines to map the symptoms and blank world maps to mark the origin and spread of their pandemic with

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 on nuitrition with lots of pictures of people who have nuitrition problems pupils have to describe whats wrong with each one and then come up with their own definition of malnuitrition

Biology curriculum guide; can be used as a model.

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.

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

It's a good springboard into a discussion about how DNA evidence supports the theory of evolution and can then extend into darwins work.

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

Funny presentation on an extreme case of stomach ache

Crime scene projects designed by me that can be easily adapted for any school. Could be used for additional science/BTEC forensics. There are background stories for them that i will happily share with anyone interested in them.

a simple worksheet on enzymes and their role in food and digestion

A simple worksheet activity that asks the pupils to get creative in designing a creature to survive in different types of conditions.

a useful handout for teaching the gram staining technique