'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This is an idea for an activity that I have used with my Y11 students to revise with. Basically you need to build a labyrinth for students to work their way through with revision questions and activities as they make their way round it. As students try and get through you can intercept them with goblins and make them answer 6 mark questions. Most of the activities and questions are included in the power point and there are lots of question cards on TES that you can use. This probably isn't the best description but as we're all revising at the moment I hope it helps spice things up.
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This has been something that I've tried with my Y11 students with some success. It is designed to give students something small to do every day. By providing an example for each piece students will see what they need to and you can confidently say that each piece only takes 15 mins or less. I've also included the sheet that I've given to my Y11's going through everything they need to do in the 6 weeks leading up to the exams.
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on uses of electromagnets
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This resource is a power point that can be printed off for students as flash cards that cover the equations that they will need to memorize.
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Just a quick little activity to help get KS4 students thinking. All you have to do to use it is ask the students to read the information card then working in pairs, roll a dice to which question they ask each other based on the the text they have read. You can use questioning after to assess students progress.
Give it a go, I still cant believe how well it has worked for me
This resource is a document going through how Newton's 2nd law can be taught in an innovative way using F1.
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This resource is a selection of over 400 ideas for activities that you can give a go in Science lessons
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This resource is a set of 9 1-9 AQA GCSE Physics Equation Scrabble Games to help students with revision. I’ve put them on for free so have fun!
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It's pretty straight forward, I remember loving playing battle ships and got inspired. It was one of the greatest moments of my teaching carrier seeing a class of Y11s playing battle ships. How it works is almost self explanatory. Fill the information section in with what ever you want and then fill out the question grid with questions on the information.
I hope anyone who has a go has as much fun as I have
This originally was a resource designed to be used over 3 lessons to prepare students to take the 2015 P3 exam as a mock. The lessons are based around a series of activities designed to engage students rather than reteaching them the content. For each activity there is a short tick list of what students need to know to help them identify where they still need to revise. The activities include:
X-ray & ultra sound battle ships
Electromagnetic induction micro-teaching
The eye snakes & ladders
CT scanner question matrix
Refractive index card sort
Pendulum data analysis activity
Hydraulic question race
Transformers 7 monkey activity
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Physics specification, burning fuel for power section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: A 6 mark AFL dice activity
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: Generating electricity information hunt activity
4: Generating electricity card sort
5: 6 mark question
6: How a power station works explanation activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the nuclear fission content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A parts in a nuclear power station starter activity
3: A activity looking at chain reactions
4: A 6 mark assessment question
5: A sheet for students to work through
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a whole lesson on static electricity covering what is required by the new AQA Physics spec. This lesson includes:
1: A starter information hunt
2: A power point covering the lesson
4: A series of suggested demos
5: A static micro teaching task
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This resource is a lesson and related activities covering the current PD graphs section of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A current PD graph analysis starter
3: A resistance in a diode activity
4: A resistance in a LDR activity
5: A method and photo of how the equipment should be used
6: A 6 mark question for your plenary and AFL
7: A calculating resistance from a graph activity
8: A dice game AFL activity
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This resource is a lesson covering the parallel circuit content of the 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A circuit building kit to use in the starter
3: A resistance in a parallel circuit circus activity
4: A parallel circuit challenge activity
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This resource is a whole lesson covering the series circuits content of the new 2016 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A resistance calculation starter activity
3: A circuit symbol building kit
4: A circuit building activity
5: A total resistance in a series circuit activity
6: A resistance challenge activity
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This resource is a new lesson covering the alternating current content of the new 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A AC / DC literacy activity
4: A calculating frequency activity
5: A plenary activity pulling the lesson together
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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