a complete lesson based on seperation.\nall resources included.

Picture with 3 statements about plant growth and light. Students are to see what they think about them in groups. the answers are partly right but not completely right.... opens it up to discussion.

A lesson based on how to use research and form hypothesis for the unit 2 btec applied science project. \ncould be used for other types of research too.\n\nThe only additional resource needed are some printouts of websites that can be used for planning an experiment.\n\nI have added the follow on list of stuff that we used to check off what was required for the write up in the next lesson - it may be useful to adapt to fit the assignment written in your school

a fully contained lesson for higher biology - b1b aqa but could be used for other boards.\n\nset up as a market place around the room with the posters.\n\nstudents draw a table in the book with the headings: animal, numbers left, reasons for endangered status

A set of tasks that can be placed in a pot for students to pick from when finishing before others. They are all generic secondary tasks which can be laminated and placed in a pot ( mine are in a colourfully decorated old baby milk tin). My students are now in the routine of collecting one as and when they are finished the main learning task. I have tried to make them challenging and engaging to stretch students.

kinestetic activity to help understand how sedimentry rocks form. Can also be used for app evaluation strand when completing the levelled evaluation sheet. \nthe making needs to be done before the evaluation can be done.

a lesson based on using speed with the HSW angle of how speed cameras work. \n\nvideo clip taken from youtube to add an intresting angle to the lesson.

a full lesson with static electricity. you need to have rods and cloths as a class resource and the van der Graff for a class demo.

a lesson based on adaptations for survival. Includes lesson plan and all resources

a powerpoint to show the keywords of photosynthesis.

a lesson to see if shade affects the size and the shape of the leaves. Students collected leaves from three areas and then measured the area on squared paper. they then came up with a conclusion if the amount of light available affects the leaf's size. there are lots of oppertunities to evaluate the practical.

a lesson based on how microbes are transfered. The lesson is based around Semmelweiss and what he discovered. \n\nyou will need the glow bug powder and a uv light. make sure you sprinkle it on worksheets first to show how its transmitted. it shows what surfaces it gets on to and how one person not washing their hands has a big effect.\n\nyou can also use the gel to demonstrate how well hand washing needs to be done to remove any traces of microbes.

A basic sheet that can be photocopied and stick in the front of books for the words the student often mispelled when you mark books. Get the student to refer back to the list and use it as a personailsed spelling dictionary to help them corect their spelling.

a question based on the white blood cells and how it proctects against illness. the image file is how i presented it to the students and looked at the banding of the marks. we went through what was required and i explained that 6 points were not enough and that it was more about the structure of the answer. the model answer sheet shows the students what is required to gain the full 6 and an A*. hope you find it useful.

a 2 part session to go through the common areas that students do badly in.\nThe equipment is just basic- sponge, scissors, measuring cylinder, washing up bowl, funnel, ruler.\nStudents cut the sponge to different sizes as the independent variable.

This is a 6 page power point with each slide being a mat that can be printed or shown in lessons to sum up the learning. You will need a dice per group/pair. 6 tasks on each slide. slide one - summary/knowledge tasks slide two -number tasks based on consolidating the learning Slide 3 - drawing tasks slide 4 - writing tasks slide 5 - creating a learning task for the lesson slide 6 - helping others task

a complete lesson on a power point. video clip from you tube to answer questions from and then students model the process in modelling clay on a sheet. an exam question to finish which can be peer assessed or self assessed. very straightforward. students could be given the choice to draw or make the pictures.

a set of slides that can be added into your own lessons to aid differentiation in lessons The six updated areas have six tasks attached to them. These slides can be slightly adapted in a minimal amount of time to fit to the lesson. A few require a little forward planning but nothing more than a quick five minutes.

a set of generic ideas to get engagement from your class. some do require a lot of planning and some require very little. There is a template with some of the scaffolds to help with differentiation and time saving.

Complete unit 1 - atomic structure for AQA but could be used for other exam boards. Based on the flipped learning approach - the students do the learning before the lesson and then perform consolidation in the lesson along with exam style questions to assess progress. Includes the lesson plan for each lesson, links and video links, suggested activities for before and during the lesson and then exam style questions for each lesson. Suitable for y1 A level or the AS course. There is no prescribed practical as there is none in unit 1. There are textbook references to advanced chemistry for you with questions given from the textbook that fit with the lesson subject.