Each resource has a slide to assess prior knowledge, introduction to the topic that the lesson covers and a range of tasks, activities and progress checks to assess student understanding throughout each topic.
Lessons are available as a bundle to cover the whole topic of a specification (at a discounted rate) or are available to buy individual lessons.
Each resource has a slide to assess prior knowledge, introduction to the topic that the lesson covers and a range of tasks, activities and progress checks to assess student understanding throughout each topic.
Lessons are available as a bundle to cover the whole topic of a specification (at a discounted rate) or are available to buy individual lessons.
AQA B7 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.7 – Ecology)
Lesson: B7.6 - Decomposition (TRIPLE ONLY) and required practical
Specification points covered =
4.7.2.3 - Decomposition (Biology only)
Required practical 10 - Investigate the effect of temperature on the rate of decay of fresh milk by measuring pH change
A fully resourced lesson covering decomposition and the factors that affect the rate of decomposition for the biology only route. The lesson includes information and tasks on all aspects of decomposition covered in the specification. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA B7 (Paper 2, Topic 3).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA Biology New GCSE Spec (Paper 2 Topic 2 - exams 2018) – Inheritance, variation + evolution (4.6)
All lessons to cover the TRILOGY and TRIPLE lessons of topic 6 (paper 2, topic 2) – Inheritance, variation + evolution (4.6), from the new spec (exams 2018). .
The lessons include any required practical tasks that AQA have outlined, and an opportunity for learners to complete each of these.
Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and progress checks to assess learning throughout the lessons.
There is also opportunity to assess extended answer questions in some of the lessons to allow extended feedback on their work in these tasks.
All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in:
Trilogy specification points and lessons:
4.6.1.1 - sexual and asexual reproduction (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.3 - Advantages and disadvantages of sexual and asexual reproduction (biology only) (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.2 - Meiosis (B6.1 lesson)
4.6.1.4 - DNA and the genome (B6.2 lesson)
4.6.1.5 - DNA Structure (bioloy only) (B6.3 lesson)
4.6.1.6 - Genetic inheritance (B6.4 lesson)
4.6.1.7 - Inherited disorders (B6.5 lesson)
4.6.1.8 - Sex determination (B6.5 lesson)
4.6.2.1 - Variation (B6.6 lesson)
4.6.2.2 - Evolution (B6.7 lesson)
4.6.2.3 - Selective breeding (B6.8 lesson)
4.6.2.4 - Genetic engineering (B6.8 lesson)
4.6.2.5 - Cloning (biology only) (B6.9 lesson)
4.6.3.1 - Theory of evolution (biology only) (B6.10 lesson)
4.6.3.2 - Speciation (biology only) (B6.11 lesson)
4.6.3.3 - The understanding of genetics (biology only) (B6.12 lesson)
4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution (B6.13 lesson)
4.6.3.5 - Fossils (B6.13 lesson)
4.6.3.6 - Extinction (B6.13 lesson)
4.6.3.7 - Resistant bacteria (B6.14 lesson)
4.6.4.1 - classification of living organisms (B6.15 lesson)
To buy all of these lessons separately from my shop would cost £45.
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.14 - Speciation(TRIPLE ONLY)
Specification points covered =
4.6.3.2 - Speciation (biology only)
A fully resourced lesson covering the theory of speciation for the biology only route. The lesson includes information and tasks on the work of Wallace and the development of the theory of speciation. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.15 - Understanding genetics (TRIPLE ONLY)
Specification points covered =
4.6.3.3 - the understanding of genetics (biology only)
A fully resourced lesson covering Mendel’s experiments to understand genetics for the biology only route. The lesson includes information and tasks on the experiments carried out and the timeline of discoveries that led to the gene theory being developed. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA A level chemistry - Physical chemistry
Topic 3 - Bonding, lesson 2 - Covalent Bonding
Specification points covered =
3.1.3.2 - Nature of covalent and dative covalent bonds
Fully resourced lesson covering the following with information and tasks:
A single covalent bond contains a shared pair of electrons. Multiple bonds contain multiple pairs of electrons.
A co-ordinate (dative covalent) bond contains a shared pair of electrons with both electrons supplied by one atom.
Students should be able to represent:
• a covalent bond using a line
• a co-ordinate bond using an arrow.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA A level chemistry - Physical chemistry
Topic 3 - Bonding, lesson 1 - The nature of ionic bonding
Specification points covered =
3.1.3.1 - ionic bonding
Fully resourced lesson covering the following with information and tasks:
Ionic bonding involves electrostatic attraction between oppositely charged ions in a lattice.
The formulas of compound ions eg sulfate, hydroxide, nitrate, carbonate and ammonium.
Students should be able to:
• predict the charge on a simple ion using the position of the element in the Periodic Table
• construct formulas for ionic compounds.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA A level chemistry - Physical chemistry
Topic 1 - Atomic structure, lesson 2 - Mass spectrometry
Specification points covered =
3.1.1.2 - Mass number and isotopes
Fully resourced lesson covering the following with information and tasks:
The principles of a simple time of flight (TOF) mass spectrometer, limited to ionisation, acceleration to give all ions constant kinetic energy, ion drift, ion detection, data analysis.
The mass spectrometer gives accurate information about relative isotopic mass and also about the relative abundance of isotopes.
Mass spectrometry can be used to identify elements.
Mass spectrometry can be used to determine relative molecular mass.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA A level chemistry - Physical chemistry
Topic 1 - Atomic structure, lesson 3 - Electron configuration and ionisation energies
Specification points covered =
3.1.1.3 - Electron configuration
Fully resourced lesson covering the following with information and tasks:
Electron configurations of atoms and ions up to Z = 36 in terms of shells and sub-shells (orbitals) s, p and d.
Ionisation energies.
Students should be able to:
• define first ionisation energy
• write equations for first and successive ionisation energies
• explain how first and successive ionisation energies in Period 3 (Na–Ar) and in Group 2 (Be–Ba) give evidence for electron configuration in sub-shells and in shells.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.13 - Theory of evolution (TRIPLE ONLY)
Specification points covered =
4.6.3.1 - Theory of evolution (biology only)
A fully resourced lesson covering the theory of evolution for the biology only route. The lesson includes information and tasks on both Lamarck and Darwin’s theories of evolution and reasons why Darwin’s theory was only gradually accepted. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.12 - Cloning (TRIPLE ONLY)
Specification points covered =
4.6.2.5 - Cloning (biology only)
A fully resourced lesson covering cloning for the biology only route. The lesson includes information and tasks on cloning both plants and animals from cuttings, tissue culture, embryo cloning and adult cell cloning. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
New AQA B6.4 (New Biology GCSE spec 4.6 - exams 2018) – DNA Structure (TRIPLE ONLY)
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.4 – DNA Structure
Specification points covered =
4.6.2.2 - Evolution
A fully resourced lesson about the structure of DNA to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2 - Inheritance, variation and evolution), this is a Biology only lesson.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.6 – Power
Specification points covered =
4.1.1.4 - Power
A fully resourced lesson covering power and power equations The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.5 – Energy changes in a system, Specific heat capacity + required practical 1 (combined and triple)
Specification points covered =
4.1.1.3 - Energy transfers in systems
Required practical 1: Investigation to determine the specific heat capacity of one or more materials. The investigation links the decrease of one energy store or work done to the increase in temperature and subsequent increase in thermal energy stored.
A fully resourced lesson covering energy changes in a system, particularly energy transfers linking specific heat capacity of a material and required practical 1. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.4 – Energy Efficiency
Specification points covered =
4.1.2.2 - Efficiency
A fully resourced lesson covering the energy efficiency for any energy transfer and calculating the efficiency using equations. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.3 – Changes in energy (GPE, KE and elastic energy)
Specification points covered =
4.1.1.2 - Changes in energy
A fully resourced lesson for changes in energy, including tasks to cover GPE, KE and elastic energy. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.2 – Energy transfers in a system + Required practical 2 - investigating the effectiveness of thermal insulators (TRIPLE ONLY)
Specification points covered =
4.1.2.1 - Energy transfers in a system
Required practical 2 (physics only) - investigate the effectiveness of different materials as thermal insulators and the factors that may affect the thermal insulation properties of a material.
A fully resourced lesson covering energy transfers in a system. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.1 – Energy stores and systems
Specification points covered =
4.1.1.1 - Energy stores and systems
4.1.2.1 - Energy transfers in a system
A fully resourced lesson covering energy stores and systems, to help students describe all the changes involved in the way energy is stored when a system changes, for common situations. It also looks at how energy can be transferred usefully, stored or dissipated, but cannot be created or destroyed. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
This is a revision power point to be used when revising the content of AQA Physics paper 2 - it covers the key areas of the trilogy/combined course. The activities/questions/information slides covering the areas of paper 2 that tend to be most difficult for students and could be used over a number of revision lessons to prepare your students for their exams.
The power point includes:
An overview of all topics on paper 2 Physics
Equations covered on paper 2 Physics
Recap of the required practical activities
Information slides to quickly recap areas of paper 2
Differentiated activities that ask students to apply their knowledge of the different topics. More difficult questions are there to ask students to apply their knowledge to unfamiliar situations. Stretch activities for the more able.
One mark questions to quickly recap topics and establish what topics need to be revisited more thoroughly than others.
The main topic areas that are covered on this revision power point are :
Motion
Motion graphs - distance-time and velocity-time
Forces - 1 mark questions
Waves
Electromagnetic radiation
Generating radiowaves (HT)
Magnetism
Electromagnetism
The motor effect
Fleming’s left hand rule
Solenoids
This is a revision power point to be used when revising the content of AQA Chemistry paper 2 - it covers the key areas of the trilogy/combined course. The activities/questions/information slides covering the areas of paper 2 that tend to be most difficult for students and could be used over a number of revision lessons to prepare your students for their exams.
The power point includes:
An overview of all topics on paper 2 Chemistry
Recap of the required practical activities
Information slides to quickly recap areas of paper 2
Differentiated activities that ask students to apply their knowledge of the different topics. More difficult questions are there to ask students to apply their knowledge to unfamiliar situations. Stretch activities for the more able.
One mark questions to quickly recap topics and establish what topics need to be revisited more thoroughly than others.
The main topic areas that are covered on this revision power point are :
Rates of reaction - with required practical on this
Collision theory
Catalysts
Equilibrium
Separation
Chromatography - with required practical
Crude oil
Fractional distillation
alkanes
cracking
the atmosphere
pollution
the greenhouse effect
human impact
potable water
purifying water
life cycle assessments
Amongst many other areas covered
This is a revision power point to be used when revising the content of AQA Biology paper 2 - it covers the key areas of the trilogy/combined course. The activities/questions/information slides covering the areas of paper 2 that tend to be most difficult for students and could be used over a number of revision lessons to prepare your students for their exams.
The power point includes:
An overview of all topics on paper 2 biology
Recap of the required practical activities
Slides to recap the importance of data and how to ensure data is reliable, reproducible and repeatable
Information slides to quickly recap areas of paper 2
Differentiated activities that ask students to apply their knowledge of the different topics. More difficult questions are there to ask students to apply their knowledge to unfamiliar situations. Stretch activities for the more able.
One mark questions to quickly recap topics and establish what topics need to be revisited more thoroughly than others.
The topic areas that are covered on this revision power point are :
The nervous system
Hormones
negative feedback
Menstrual cycle
treating infertility
contraception
meiosis
DNA
Inheritance
Genetic cross
Variation
The human genome project
Classification
selective breeding
genetic modification
Ecology