lesson where pupils compare energy efficiencies of different cars, using clips from top gear and data on efficiency of cars over the years, they have to produce an article describing which cars they would choose. it also involves calculating efficiency

a full lesson plan and resources for an electromagnetic spectrum lesson, includes progress check, starter (stolen from TES), sheets for a circus of practical activities and levelled questions based on their learning.

An 8 week homework project for science, encompassing a range of tasks, from watching a science video and reviewing it to producing a revision card on a subject they have been studying. Can fit any year group and covers a range of subjects, vould be adapted for any other subect in school too, pupils hand in work as they complete it, so is easily tracked and activiely engages them in work, i tried this at my school and got significantly more homework handed in and some really creative pieces of work completed

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 co-operative learning starter activity where the pupils decide definitions for the keywords from a multiple choice list move to the area of the room corresponding to the answer, then they have to copy down the definition and when they have finished sit down with a partner and decide a memorable hook to remember the word by

A resource specifically designed to help BTEC students on principles of applied science pass part of Unit 4 learning aim A. This uses a simulation scenario where pupils have a population of dinosaurs on an island (counters are included if you don't have access to toy dinosaurs, however any toy animal would do). They then have some action cards to act out on their island (these are cut up shuffled and split into half) monitoring the number of dinosaurs at each turn. They can then draw a population graph and answer the questions in the booklet that progress up to Distinction or A grade, also included is a peer assessment sheet, this doesn't mention grades it uses pictures of dinosaurs instead however they correspond to pass, merit and distinction (or C,B and A). I find modelling populations and their changes in this way really helps pupils (especially lower ability pupils) grasp the concept of what factors affect populations better than any other way I have tried to teach the topic.

a lesson that looks at forces through the use of movie special effects, to show how science is applied in real life. Pupils start with a demonstration of sugar glass (how to make instructions and video and video of it breaking included) they then go on to look at and label the forces involved in a fight (hence the judo) and finally apply there forces knowledge to storyboarding an action scene for a movie. It is fully differentiated for all pupils and comes with help labels for lower ability pupils.

a KS3 lesson where pupils play a guess who style game to identify each others symptoms and work out what disease they are suffering from. It then encourages pupils to think about what would happen if doctors made a misdiagnosis. it encourages pupils to think about different types of medical testing and allows for really good debate. This fits in well with the disease topic and worked brilliantly with my pupils.

a complete lesson reviewing atomic structure, reactivity and word equations for KS3 or low ability KS4. includes a progress check sheet that can be revisited throughout the lesson and the lesson plan I wrote to go with it

Powerpoint and worksheet where lego is used to model chemical equations

a lesson I made where pupils learn about DNA then use a given factsheet written by me to produce an infographic

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 good homework sheet possibly for pupils to plot a graph of the conversion rates between different currencies and then answer some simple questions using that graph

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

a lesson plan developed on the digestive system - pupils modelled the digestive system with tights and mashed up biscuits and yoghurt however it could be models made by kids - the groupings suggested are 1 - high ability\n2 - high medium\n3 - low medium\n4-low\nthe lesson is differentiated and has a range of collaborative learning in to cover the digestion objectives it worked well with my classes who really enjoyed the practical part and all made progress in the lesson

a simple introduction to disease with collaborative learning strategies built in - the numbered groupings are as follows\n1-high ability\n2-high medium\n3-low medium\n4-low\nyou can give the pupils a number in the lesson mine are seated on tables so there is that mixture of pupils always in a group

a simple lesson on the periodic table, isotopes and electron configuration to cover a large amount of learning aim c as revision for the BTEC single or double award - geared at lower ability pupils with worksheets included

a simmple blank wordsearch grid i made for children to hide their spellings in quite a useful little sheet to have

a fitness mind map revision activity i made for a pupil about to take a mock exam on sports and fitness for their BTEC

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