A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Know what an “element” and a “compound” is Describe the difference between an element and a compound Know what an “atom” and a “molecule” Describe the difference between an atom and a molecule This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards and molymods, but can be adapted if these are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities AFL activities to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Define the law of conservation of mass Explain why the mass of a chemical reaction does not change in a closed system Predict/calculate the mass of reactants and products in a chemical reaction when given the masses of the other reactants/products This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Identify elements in chemical formula (using a periodic table) Count the number of atoms in formulas containing subscripts Count the number of atoms in formulas containing multipliers This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards, but can be adapted if these are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with SEN and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Name simple compounds ending in –ide, -hydroxide and –ate Name simple compounds using the mono-, di-, tri- naming system Be able to identify the elements present in a compound from its name Be able to name a compound from its formula This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards but can be adapted if these are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Identify reactants and products in a word equation Write word equations for different reactions Turn word equations into sentences Describe and explain why we use word equations in chemistry This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards, but can be adapted if these are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! **This lesson contains: ** Lesson powerpoint - including teaching notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Lesson Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe what a chemical symbol is and explain why we use them Identify elements from their chemical symbols using a periodic table Classify chemical formulas as representing either elements or compounds Understand how to count the number of atoms in a chemical formula containing subscripts This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up. This lesson contains AFL which makes use of molymods and mini-whiteboards, but can be adapted if these resources are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Elements, Compounds and Mixtures printable decision tree Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe what a mixture is Give examples of mixtures in every day life Identify mixtures from particle diagrams and examples This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing, practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards and molymods, but can be adapted if these are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet (including practical worksheet) Teacher answer sheet Practical risk assessment/order form Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe what a pure substance is Identify examples of pure substances in every day life Identify pure substances from particle diagrams and examples Carry out a practical investigation to identify pure substances This lesson contains a student led lesson and practical which focuses on students learning through discussion and investigation. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards, but can be adapted if these are not available.

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Practical and Demonstration Risk Assessments Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities AFL activities to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Predict whether a chemical reaction under given conditions will get lighter, heavier or stay the same mass Explain why some chemical reactions might appear to get lighter Explain why some chemical reactions might appear to get heavier This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing, practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.

This lesson is the sixth and final lesson in the “Space” topic and covers what solar and lunar total/partial eclipses are and why they happen. The lesson contains an optional class practical/demonstration of eclipses, AFL mini-whiteboard tasks to assess understanding, video task, and stretch and challenge tasks for higher ability students throughout. This lesson is designed to be easy to teach, student led, and is ideal for non-specialist teachers. This Lesson Contains: Lesson powerpoint, including activity delivery instructions and tips for teachers, full answers, mini-class practical instructions, plenary task, AFL whiteboard tasks, and relevant video link Student eclipses worksheet (PDF) and answer sheet (PDF) Lesson Objectives: State what a solar and lunar eclipse are Explain how solar and lunar eclipses happen

This lesson is the third lesson in the “Space” topic and covers the basics of how our solar system formed. The lesson contains links to online videos, whole class AFL tasks to assess understanding and two independent tasks for students to complete. This lesson is designed to be easy to teach, student led and is ideal for non-specialist teachers. This Lesson Contains: Lesson powerpoint, including activity delivery instructions for teachers, full answers, AFL whiteboard task and discussion activities Student Gap fill summary worksheet (PDF) AND answer sheet (PDF) Student crossword activity worksheet (PDF) AND answer sheet (PDF) Lesson Objectives: Describe how the Solar System formed

This lesson is the first lesson in the “Space” topic and covers some of the main objects that can be found in the night sky as well as describing our place in the universe. The lesson contains various links to online videos, modelling software and simulations that really help students understand the vastness of space and allow them to explore the universe in which we live. This Lesson Contains: Lesson powerpoint, including activity delivery instructions for teachers, full answers, plenary task, AFL whiteboard task and discussion activities Lesson Objectives: Describe the objects that you can see in the night sky Describe the structure of the universe

This lesson is the second lesson in the “Space” topic and covers the structure of our solar system and the composition of the planets within it. The lesson contains various links to online videos, modelling software and simulations that really help students understand the vastness of space and allow them to explore the universe in which we live. It also addresses the misconception around the distances between selestial objects, gives students the opportunity to describe strenghts and weaknesses in scientific models, and an activity to get students to identify patterns and trends in data about the planets. This lesson is designed to be easy to teach, student led and is ideal for non-specialist teachers. This Lesson Contains: Lesson powerpoint, including activity delivery instructions for teachers, full answers, 3 main student activity tasks to choose from, plenary task, AFL whiteboard task and discussion activities Student Activity Worksheet and Answer Sheet (PDF) (Main task Option C) Lesson Objectives: Describe the structure of our Solar System Compare position and composition of the planets of the Solar System Identify trends and patterns in data and draw conclusions

This is the third lesson in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist” topic. This lesson revises what discrete, catagoric and continuous data are, and practices getting students to select the correct graph (bar chart, line graph or pie chart) to use for different examples of data. Students will also practice drawing their own pie charts. The lesson powerpoint is interactive and packed with quick and easy AFL tasks to help teachers assess the class understanding of content, and can be sped up or slowed down as necessary. The lesson is complete and is a “click and teach” style lesson that will require little to no prep work for the teacher, so is ideal for those short on time and non-specialist teachers. This lesson includes: Teacher powerpoint with full answers built into slides, teacher delivery and hints in “notes” section, worked examples, AFL finger voting activites to assess understanding, answers to student worksheet Student worksheet (PDF) Lesson Objectives: Select the appropriate graph to display data Present data as a pie chart For this lesson students will need: Calculators Pencils Protractors This lesson is taught with the assumption that students have met “types of data” before, but have never drawn pie charts or calculated angles of pie charts.

This is the last lesson in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist 2” Topic. It covers types of evidence, sources of bias in research and evidence, the process of peer-reviewing and what things we should look for when deciding whether evidence (and the conclusions drawn from it) is good. This lesson is an interactive lesson filled with student activities and participation, including finger voting, class discussions/debates, and mini-whiteboard tasks. This lesson is designed to be “click and teach” and will require very little planning by the teacher, and with teacher delivery notes and all answers built into the slides it is perfect for non-specialists and those a little uncertain about the lesson content. Lesson Resources contain: Lesson powerpoint including class discussions, finger voting AFL tasks, whiteboard AFL tasks, discussion slides, careers links, plenary task, student summary questions, and full answers throughout Lesson outcomes: Describe how to assess sources of evidence Identify possible sources of bias Describe what a peer-review is

This lesson is the second lesson in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist” topic. This lesson covers what a hazard, risk and control measure are, what some common hazards are in a lab and how to control them, as well as a practical investigation for students to write their own risk assessment. Lesson Objectives: State common risks from hazards Describe how these risks are managed Write a risk assessment for a scientific investigation I will work scientifically to: Carry out a practical investigation safely Lesson resources contain: Powerpoint - containing information slides, student mini-whiteboard AFL quiz, complete and interactive answer slides, plenary activity Student practical worksheet (PDF and editable word versions)

This is a KS3 physics lesson covering how do draw and label basic force diagrams. NOTE: this lesson doesn’t discuss size of force arrows, but focuses on drawing force arrows touching objects in the correct places and going in the correct direction. This resource contains: Teacher powerpoint (with teacher delivery notes, “I do, we do, you do” structured delivery task, plenary AFL quiz, and full work through answers animated into each slide) Student worksheet (PDF and editable versions) Student worksheet answers (PDF and editable versions) Lesson objectives: Describe how forces are represented Identify the direction a force acts on an object Draw and/or label force arrows on diagrams for simple example

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-physics specialist teachers in mind! This lesson covers what balanced and unbalanced forces are, how to calculate resultant forces in one dimension, and the effects balanced and unbalanced forces have on the motion of an object. This resource contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes, interactive AFL tasks, student written task, and full answers to all activities. Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe the difference between balanced and unbalanced forces Explain why objects are in equilibrium Explain the changing motion of objects Calculating resultant forces in one dimension

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-physics specialist teachers in mind! This lesson covers drag and friction, the different places we get both and where they are useful and not useful, as well as a simple student practical to measure the effects of different surfaces on friction. This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes, full answers, interactive activities, student practical with follow-up questions, and plenary Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities and EAL (including dual-coding) Practical investigation of the effects of different surfaces on friction Careers links Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe the effect of drag forces and friction Explain how drag forces and friction arise Describe how drag forces and friction can be reduced Students will be working scientifically to: Measure force using a newton meter Record data in an appropriate table use my observations to make a conclusion

A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-physics specialist teachers in mind! This lesson teaches students the difference between weight and mass, and how to calculate weight using the “LESS” method. This resource contains: Lesson powerpoint - including, full answers, mini-whiteboard AFL, practice activities, full “I do, we do, you do” guided slides for calculations Student practice worksheet (PDF and editable version) Teacher answer sheet (PDF and editable version) Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe the difference between weight and mass Calculate the weight of an object Explain why weight is different on different planets Students will work scientifically to: Convert units Calculate values using a calculator Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions. This lesson contains AFL tasks which require mini-whiteboards, but can be adapted if these are not available.