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Your one-stop shop for KS3, KS4, and SEN science lessons (in line with Edexcel and AQA)

Your one-stop shop for KS3, KS4, and SEN science lessons (in line with Edexcel and AQA)
Rate of Reaction (Surface Area) - SEN/LAP
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Rate of Reaction (Surface Area) - SEN/LAP

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This worksheet has been made for students doing entry level chemistry in an SEN school. 1 lesson practical, 1 lesson write up. The worksheet has a picture of the practical and is investigating different sized marble chips and the reaction with hydrochloric acid using a gas syringe. Students complete 3 sets of results, writing the volume of gas that is collected every 15 seconds for 3 minutes. Worksheet includes: Gapfill activity method completion Prediction Results table - small, medium and large marble chips Graph analysis gapfill - teacher to show students how to draw a line graph What did students change, measure, keep the same questions What could they improve - e.g. were they accurate Conclusions Whether this matched the prediction
Human impacts on environment - Worksheet
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Human impacts on environment - Worksheet

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Independent worksheet task created for students in Yr10 and Yr11 in an SEN school. Included: Paragraph of information on human impacts on environment Students highlight key information 15 Questions based on paragraph Answers to tasks included Worksheet unblurred when bought.
Chemical Reactions - SEN/LAP
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Chemical Reactions - SEN/LAP

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This is an hour long lesson created for SEN students in Yr10. Included: Starter Content & Presentation - how to arrange an equation using baking a cake as an equation, word equations from sentences, what are chemical reactions Teacher modeling how to write an equation using words in a sentence You try - identifying reactants and products You try - completing word equations (gap fill) Activity - identify which reactions are chemical PRACTICAL* conducting and writing down observations from three chemical reactions Worksheet printed double sided, folded into an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
Microscopes - SEN/LAP
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Microscopes - SEN/LAP

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This is a year 10 theory lesson for SEN/LAP pupils. This was created after they had created an onion slide. The focus - how to use a microscope, prepare a slide and calculating total magnification (there is no triangle or rearranging equations). Included: Starter - what can you see under a light microscope Hook - career link Content and presentation - parts of a light microscope, how to use a microscope correctly, how to prepare a specimen slide, how to calculate total magnification (you can put a picture of their slide up for this bit) Main worksheet with quick check for understanding Independent task 1 - why do we use light microscopes, true/false microscopes table, calculating total magnification from objective and eyepiece, additional two questions. 2 x worksheets unblurred when bought All answers included
Neutralisation in daily life - SEN/LAP
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Neutralisation in daily life - SEN/LAP

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Created for students in Yr8, 9 and 10 in an SEN school Included: Starter Neutralisation equation Neutralisation in everyday life [bees, wasps, heartburn, tooth decay] The metal salts formed from using hydrochloric, sulphuric and nitric acids Activities - Complete everyday neutralisation tables Whole class check for understanding - what is the salt formed Complete salt names from word equations [gapfill] Complete a mind map for neutralisation All answers included Worksheets - print slide 1 to 2 double sided, slide 3 separate
Percentage Change in Mass - SEN/LAP
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Percentage Change in Mass - SEN/LAP

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This lesson is 50 minutes long, created for SEN/LAP pupils as part of calculator use practice Created for Year 10 – KS4 – AQA/Edexcel for students doing GCSE. Included: Starter Content and presentation – percentage change in mass calculation, how to break this down and put this in a calculator teacher modelling, you try calculation, link to osmosis and what positive and negative answers mean Independent learning activity – easy calculations with percentage change in mass (again to practice using calculators) Plenary – identify the correct calculation Editted on 13/11/20 to include activity on whether water moves into or out of cells, and gapfil on whether cells swell, burst, shrink or wilt. Percentage change in mass calculation editted throughout to say starting mass, rather than initial. 1 x worksheets –unblurred when bought,** print two pages per sheet**
Becoming Pregnant - Year 7 - KS3
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Becoming Pregnant - Year 7 - KS3

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This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria: Identify the placenta and umbilical cord Describe how a woman becomes pregnant after fertilisation Describe how the developing foetus is protected inside the mother. Included: Starter & Accessing Prior Knowledge Questions Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [AFL] Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold tasks] & Markscheme Self/Peer Assessment Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet [print slide 1 to 2 double sided] Instructions in the notes
KS3 - Adaptations - Year 9
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KS3 - Adaptations - Year 9

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This lesson is a key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long. Success criteria: Define the term adaptation Describe how adaptations can affect the survival of organisms Explain how organisms become endangered or extinct Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning] SEEC (Select, Explore, Explain, Consolidate) table – for literacy (Adaptation) Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task] Markscheme included Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
Tissues - Year 7
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Tissues - Year 7

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This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria: Define what a tissue is Describe cell organisation Explain the functions of different tissues in an organ Created for Year 7 - KS3. Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [AFL] Independent Practice [Bronze, silver and gold task] & Markscheme Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet – print two pages per sheet, double sided – unblurred when bought
8Ca - Aerobic Respiration (KS3)
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8Ca - Aerobic Respiration (KS3)

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This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria: Define Aerobic Respiration State the word equation for Aerobic Respiration Describe how cells get the reactants it needs for aerobic respiration. Compare combustion & respiration. Included: Starter & Accessing Prior Knowledge Questions Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [AFL] Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold tasks] & Markscheme Self/Peer Assessment Worksheets x2 printed as A5 booklet Instructions in the notes
Reproductive Organs - Year 7 - KS3
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Reproductive Organs - Year 7 - KS3

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This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria: Identify the organs of the human reproductive systems Describe the function of the organs of the human reproductive system. Explain the importance of reproduction. Created for Year 7. Suitable all KS3. Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [AFL] Independent Practice [BSG, Extension] & Markscheme Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet; PRINT slides 1 to 2 - Instructions in the notes
SB3 / CB3 - DNA - KS3 - Year 7 - Edexcel
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SB3 / CB3 - DNA - KS3 - Year 7 - Edexcel

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This lesson is 60 minutes long, success criteria: State what DNA is Describe the structure of DNA Describe how DNA is organised in cells. Created for Year 7. Suitable all KS3 or for foundation level GCSE students [LAP]. Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [AFL] Independent Practice [BSG, Extension] & Markscheme Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheets x1 printed as A5 booklet, slides 1 to 2 Instructions in the notes
KS3 - Type of Variation - Year 9
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KS3 - Type of Variation - Year 9

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This lesson is a key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long. Success criteria: Identify and give examples of inherited and environmental variation Describe how inherited and environmental variation is caused Explain why environmental variation can confuse the idea of a species Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning] SEEC (Select, Explore, Explain, Consolidate) table – for literacy (Variation) Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task] Markscheme included Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
KS3 - Discovery of DNA - Year 9
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KS3 - Discovery of DNA - Year 9

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This lesson is a key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long. Success criteria: State the importance of photograph 51 Describe what the x-ray diffraction experiment revealed about the structure of DNA Explain the role of scientists in the discovery of DNA Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning] Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task] Markscheme included Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
Alleles and Inheritance - Worksheet
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Alleles and Inheritance - Worksheet

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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school Included: Infographic on Alleles and Inheritance TASK 1 - 10 x questions based on this TASK 2 - Punnet square completion, starts easy then gets harder Answers to task 1 included - teachere should model answers to task 2 Worksheet unblurred when bought.
Structure of DNA - SEN/LAP
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Structure of DNA - SEN/LAP

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This was created for Yr11 students in an SEN school, 50 minutes Included: 2 x worksheets on slide 1 and 2, unblurred when bought Starter activity labelling an animal cell Career link Computers [binary code] and DNA link What DNA is and why its important DNA as a double helix - quick check, which is the correct shape DNA base pairing ACTIVITY - fill in the other DNA strand code DNA has a strong backbone with bases held by weak hydrogen bonds ACTIVITY - add the bonds to the previous activity, add bonding and backbone labels Genome as the entire DNA of an organism ACTIVItY gapfill bsaed on picture Independent task - complete the missing information on the DNA strands and describe the structure of DNA using the picture to help you All answers Plenary - true/false Everything unblurred when bought
Mutations
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Mutations

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Short lesson on mutations Included: Keyword recap - phenotype, variation, alleles, genotype, DNA RECAP - DNA, chromosomes, genome, genes Mutations linked to mistakes in recipe Definition of mutations and link to phenotype Importance of DNA in making proteins Genetic variants - substitution, deletion, insertion, duplication and nonsense Whole class check for understanding of examples of mutations in DNA Independent worksheet and answers Plenary - exit ticket Everything unblurred when bought
Mitosis - SEN/LAP
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Mitosis - SEN/LAP

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Created for students in an SEN school Included: 3 x worksheets - unblurred when bought Starter joke DNA structure and pairing recap Cell cycle and human life cycle link what happens in interphase mitosis importance ACTIVITY - true/false on mitosis and cell cycle and interphase ACTIVITY - fill in table of stages of mitosis [gapfill] ACTIVITY - identify stages of mitosis, using previous pictures ACTIVITY - identify real micrographs of stages of cells in mitosis INDEPENDENT WORK - exam questions Plenary activity - mitosis stages Everything unblurred when bought
Magnification Calculations - SEN/LAP
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Magnification Calculations - SEN/LAP

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This is a Year 10 lesson created for SEN/LAP pupils The focus is only on how to calculate actual size from image size and magnification. There is no triangle or rearranging equations. Included: Starter - scientific drawing of a white blood cell Recap - how to calculate total magnification Content and presentation - how to calculate actual size, examples given: an Ant and Leonardo DiCaprio Independent task 1 - actual size table completion and a question Independent task 2 - using rulers to calculate actual size from images of 8 cells Plenary - calculation actual size question 2 x worksheets unblurred when bought Answers included for independent task 1. Not for task 2 as this is dependent on how you print. The lines for where to place the ruler are included.
Domestic Violence - Reflection
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Domestic Violence - Reflection

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Post assembly form time reflection task - see other uploads for the free assembly Reflection includes: Domestic abuse definition Crime stats Turn and talk activity Video - domestic abuse in the UK Class discussion task about video Signs of domestic abuse Healthy vs unhealthy relationships How to help others Where to seek support