A bundle of 4 lessons covering the elements topic. Aimed towards KS3 students (yrs 11-14)
Lessons require no preparation - easily taught by a cover teacher.
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons international BTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Consists of 9 slides
Slides were designed on Powerpoint and includes minor guidance on how to structure their coursework.
Success criteria:
I can identify the symptoms of depression.
I can describe the cause of depression.
I can explain why biological molecules relate to depression.
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons international BTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons iBTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Consists of 7 slides
Slides were designed on Powerpoint and includes minor guidance on how to structure their coursework.
Success criteria:
I can identify lipids.
I can describe the function of lipids in the body.
I can compare lipids to carbohydrates.
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons iBTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Consists of 32 slides
Slides were designed on Powerpoint and includes minor guidance on how to structure their coursework.
Success criteria:
I can identify where proteins are found and how they are used in the body.
I can describe the different structures of protein
I can explain why a lack of proteins in the body can lead to disorders.
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons iBTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Consists of 6 slides
Slides were designed on Powerpoint and includes minor guidance on how to structure their coursework.
Success criteria:
I can recall the functions of nucleic acids.
I can describe the structure of nucleic acids.
I can explain the functional differences between DNA and RNA
Originally created for the BTEC Applied Science level 3 qualification Unit 5 - Physics.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the equipment needed for moving heat.
Describe how altering the set-up of the system can lead to refrigeration or a heat pump being created.
Use the coefficient of performance calculations for a heating system.
The resource contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers.
Slides were originally created using google slides, opening in microsoft powerpoint might cause slight misalignment - open in google slides to avoid this.
A collection of resources produced for the Pearson BTEC Applied Science unit 5 level 3 course - physics.
Lessons include past paper questions and answers.
A comprehensive Powerpoint which will allows for students to learn about luminous and non-luminous objects, opaque, transparent and translucent objects and how thickness of a translucent object affects the amount of light traveling through.
I personally use this as an introductory lesson to the light topic.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how objects interact with light.
Success criteria:
-Identify luminous and non-luminous materials.
-Describe how light interacts with a translucent material.
-Explain why the thickness of a translucent material affects the light.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will allow for learners to learn about the law of reflection, specular reflection and diffuse scattering and how objects appear in mirrors (virtual images)
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
An animation is included to show how a virtual image is generated.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how light reflects and the law of reflection.
Success criteria:
Identify types of reflection.
Describe the law of reflection.
Explain the appearance of virtual objects.
This lesson contains 40 slides
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students about electromagnets and how how magnetic fields are produced in a current carrying conductor. Solenoids as coils of wire that are able to behave as a bar magnets when a current is present in them.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Learning objective: Explain why current can generate electromagnets and how to change their properties.
Success criteria:
State what is created when current flows through a wire.
Describe how to increase the magnetic field strength.
Explain why solenoids are used in industry.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
Contains past paper questions and mark scheme answers to use as a plenary.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about Fleming’s Left Hand Rule, the motor effect and applying this to a simple motor. Students will also be able to use the F = BIL equation quantify the amount of force experienced by a wire.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Use and apply the left hand rule in order to justify the movement of a wire within a magnetic field.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can identify the components of the left hand rule.
I can justify the motion of the wire based on the rule.
I can explain why motors are able to spin.
Powerpoint contains 22 slides and a collection of past paper questions including the marking scheme.
A comprehensive lesson that teaches students the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Success criteria:
Define renewable and non-renewable energy sources and list examples
Describe the difference between renewable and non-renewable energy resources
Explain how electricity is generated in a power station
Learning objective: Investigate the differences in types of energy resources and evaluate the importance of some over others.
Powerpoint contains 18 slides.
A resource containing 2 powerpoint slides for 2 lessons and a worksheet for applying Hooke’s law and analysing data.
I run the resource as an initial practical for investigating Hooke’s law and the second lesson to further solidify theory.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
For the practical lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Investigate the effects of forces on the extension of a spring.
Success criteria:
-Identify independent and dependent variables.
-Describe how to write a method concerning spring extension.
-Explain why repeatability and reliability are important factors within experiments.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
For the theory lesson:
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: To analyse the results and draw conclusions between the spring practical and Hooke’s law theory.
Success criteria:
Identify the forces needed to extend and compress a spring.
Describe Hooke’s law.
Explain why the pattern for Hooke’s law does not remain indefinitely.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
The worksheet contains 2 pages.
A resource containing a comprehensive powerpoint slideshow that will guide learners through gravity and electrostatic non contact forces.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how forces can act at a distance and explain why these forces are present.
Success criteria:
-Identify non-contact forces.
-Describe how objects react to some non-contact forces.
-Explain why non-contact forces are needed for our daily lives.
This lesson contains 17 slides
Produced to be used when delivering the activate 1 pathway.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students about the carbon cycle, how carbon is found and moved throughout the ecosystem. Links here to the impact of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the forest fires experienced in Australia.
Support sheets are also included to guide students should it be needed.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks are present after each success criteria
Past paper questions from the exam boards: WJEC, Edexcel international and UK including marking schemes.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Evaluate the stages of the carbon cycle and make links between different processes and the movement of Carbon.
Success criteria:
I can describe 4 ways in which living organisms relate to Carbon.
I can create a flow diagram to show the flow of Carbon.
I can evaluate how sections of the Carbon cycle will be impacted by external factors.
Powerpoint contains 20 slides and a lesson plan is also attached.
A bundle covering aspects of the Earth topic of Chemistry:
Lesson 1: Structure of the Earth,
Lesson 2: Formation of sedimentary rocks,
Lesson 3: Igneous and metamorphic rock formation,
Lesson 4: The rock cycle and uplift,
Lesson 5: Carbon cycle lesson,
Lesson 6: The greenhouse effect, global warming and climate change,
Lesson 7: Recycling.
All lessons include scaffolded questions to ensure all learners can access the material.
Lessons require no prep and would be suitable for a cover teacher to use.