A series of 3 lessons targeted towards students who start their secondary education. Learners by the end of the lessons should be able to: Identify the lab safety rules and explain why these are important. Describe the hazard symbols and explain why they are important. Create diagrams to represent experiments.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Recall the minerals a plant needs Describe the effect of a lack of these on a plant Explain why plants require some nutrients.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the contents of a food chain / food web. Describe what a biomass pyramid shows. Explain why numbers pyramids do not appear as pyramids.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the reactants and products of anaerobic respiration. Describe the process of anaerobic respiration. Explain why the body uses anaerobic respiration.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the 7 life processes. Describe how to use a microscope. Explain why microscopes are sometimes needed to confirm if a substance is alive or not.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the contents of animal and plant cells. Describe the function of organelles. Explain why animal cells need to consume food while plant cells do not.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify 2 methods of pest control. Describe how the 2 methods work in reducing the amount of crop loss. Explain why people choose one method of control over the other.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify specialised cells. Describe the function of some specialised cells. Explain why some specialised cells contain particular features.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify different parts of the digestive system Describe how food changes as it travels through the digestive system. Explain why each step of the digestion process is important.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the contents of a prokaryotic cell. Describe the digestion of starch, protein and lipids. Explain why larger molecules must be digested to be useful.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify an enzyme-substrate complex. Describe how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity. Explain why enzyme activity changes with pH and temperature.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify key parts of the nervous system. Describe the path of a reflex arc. Explain why impulses need to be automatic and quick.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Recall what’s meant by a synapse. Describe how to measure reaction times. Explain why reaction tests need to be made fair.

By the end of this lesson I will be able to: state what atoms are compare the properties of one atom of an element to the properties of many atoms.

By the end of this lesson, I will be able to: state what an element is recall the chemical symbols of six elements. I will be working scientifically to: present data using tables and graphs.

By the end of this lesson I will be able to: write the chemical names for some simple compounds write and interpret chemical formulae. I will be working scientifically to: understand and use official chemical names.

By the end of this lesson I will be able to: describe how materials are made up of particles use the particle model to explain why different materials have different properties. I will be working scientifically to: link explanations to models.

By the end of this lesson, I will be able to: state what a compound is explain why a compound has different properties to the elements in it. I will be working scientifically to: interpret observations to identify patterns and draw a conclusion.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify 2 musculoskeletal disorders. Describe the role of the joint. Explain why decreased collagen content can lead to hypermobility. Explain why rheumatoid arthritis leads to pain in the joints.

By the end of this lesson I will be able to: use the particle model to explain changes involving solids, liquids and gases. interpret data about changing states. I will be working scientifically to: interpret my data.