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Over the last five years I have found the best way to stimulate learning is through engaging lessons. Lessons which apply scientific content to unusual, topical or popular scenarios. I currently have a range of premium and free resources to look through. I will continue to upload these resources as and when I can. Feel free to review, tweet or contact me regarding these resources or for ideas on current topics you are struggling to make engaging.

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Over the last five years I have found the best way to stimulate learning is through engaging lessons. Lessons which apply scientific content to unusual, topical or popular scenarios. I currently have a range of premium and free resources to look through. I will continue to upload these resources as and when I can. Feel free to review, tweet or contact me regarding these resources or for ideas on current topics you are struggling to make engaging.
Indicators: Sour or Soapy?
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Indicators: Sour or Soapy?

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Students are introduced to the problem of determining which substances are acidic or alkaline in nature. Students complete simple litmus tests on a variety of household substances to determine the strengths and limitations of litmus paper as an indicator.
Acid Ban: How Dangerous Are Acids?
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Acid Ban: How Dangerous Are Acids?

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Students are introduced to a fictional acid ban carried out by the Head teacher of the school. Students are then introduced to uses and dangers of acids to formulate a letter to the head teacher in support or against his decision for a total acid ban.
Expansion of liquids: Galileo's Thermometer
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Expansion of liquids: Galileo's Thermometer

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Students complete an end of topic solids, liquids and gases spelling test. Using some simple equipment students plan a simple thermometer that could test different temperatures. Students finish the topic by answering levelled questions related to the expansion and contraction of liquids.
Diffusion Experiment Part 2: Trouble in Surfer's Paradise
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Diffusion Experiment Part 2: Trouble in Surfer's Paradise

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After the results that 'sharks can smell blood from further distances in warmer oceans' tourist numbers to Australia's famous landmark 'Surfer's Paradise' has been low. Students evaluate their conclusion from last lessons experiment to ensure their findings reflect the truth. Students consider strengths and limitations of their method and begin to discuss ways to modify the method to further improve the strength of their results.
Diffusion: Silent But Deadly
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Diffusion: Silent But Deadly

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Students are introduced to the process of diffusion using the unusual example of flatulence! Students develop their understanding by performing a role play of how the atoms move before demonstrating their understanding with levelled questions.
Classifying States of Matter Circus
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Classifying States of Matter Circus

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Students have the opportunity to explore six unusual materials that will stretch and question their prior understanding in relation to solids, liquids and gases. 1) Borax slime 2) Water in a vacuum 3) Is toothpaste a solid? 4) Syphoning water 5) Is Ooblek a liquid? 6) Changing states of cream Students use the lesson to answer an extended question
Interpreting change of states: plotting graphs
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Interpreting change of states: plotting graphs

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Students use their results from a previous experiment of melting an ice cube to plot an annotated line graph. Documents are pitched towards a first term Year 7 class. Scaffolded work can be removed and higher differentiated sheet can be used for higher ability KS3 classes who can already plot line graphs independently. Students consolidate their understanding of melting points by applying it to unusual examples such as gallium metal.
Change of States: modelling particles
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Change of States: modelling particles

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KS3 introduction to changes of state. Through a range of kinaesthetic activities (such as describe-draw-show tasks and role plays) students are helped through an explanation of each process which leads to one state of matter changing to another.
Compressing particles: Air in the brakes!
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Compressing particles: Air in the brakes!

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KS3 problem solving lesson to discover what caused a train to crash. Students develop an understanding of whether or not solids, liquids and gases can be compressed using a simple experiment. Students use the results from their experiment to explain whether air leaking into the brakes may have caused the crash.