Classifying Rocks and Rock Types Full LessonQuick View
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Classifying Rocks and Rock Types Full Lesson

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Used in a review lesson and was graded as outstanding. Lesson is based on properties and characteristics of different types of rock and is practical based. It was a very hands-on and engaging lesson and all students thoroughly enjoyed the investigative nature. Was originally used for a differentiated low ability group but could easily be adapted.<br /> <br /> Includes, full detailed lesson plan, presentation, starter, exam question and mark scheme, support sheets, main activity and information to support the students whilst analysing the rock samples.
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The Impact of Change

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This lesson was intended for AQA (9-1) GCSE Biology but would be easily adapted. Lesson covers the types of environmental change and the ability to evaluate the effects of environmental changes. It is a full lesson including full engaging and interactive presentation, activities throughout and an exam question to assess understanding at the end of the lesson.
Electrolysis of Aqueous SolutionsQuick View
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Electrolysis of Aqueous Solutions

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and an exam question to assess understanding.
Preventing Bacterial Growth and AntisepticsQuick View
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Preventing Bacterial Growth and Antiseptics

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I have used this lesson for both Edexcel's new GCSE and the new AQA (9-1) GCSE specification. It is a full investigation lesson and is reasonably interactive. Includes full PowerPoint presentation, data collection activity and results table for support and exam question and mark scheme for assessment.
Burning Hydrocarbon FuelsQuick View
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Burning Hydrocarbon Fuels

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS3 as a challenge lesson and KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, instructions for practical activities, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and differentiated exam questions to assess understanding.
Displacement ReactionsQuick View
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Displacement Reactions

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS3 as a challenge lesson and KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, instructions for a practical activity, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and an exam question to assess understanding.
Separating Mixtures (Filtration and Crystallisation)Quick View
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Separating Mixtures (Filtration and Crystallisation)

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS3 as a challenge lesson and KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, instructions and worksheet for a practical activity, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and an exam question to assess understanding.
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Osmosis two-part lesson

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This lesson was used in an NQT review lesson and was graded as outstanding. It includes a presentation which is complete with starter activities, a guide through the lesson, interactive timer, lots of images for support, questioning throughout and an outline of the practical activity.<br /> <br /> The practical was using eggs without shells to model animal cells and were placed in different salt concentrations and mass change measured to show the effects of hyper-, hypo- and iso-tonic solutions.<br /> <br /> Lesson also includes two sets of assessment including one based on scientific method and evaluation and a knowledge based 6-mark question.<br /> <br /> Lesson was pitched at a very high ability group but there are hint sheets and other simple ways to differentiate this down to all abilities.
Paper ChromatographyQuick View
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Paper Chromatography

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS3 as a challenge lesson and KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, instructions for a practical activity, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and an exam question to assess understanding.
Deforestation and Peat DestructionQuick View
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Deforestation and Peat Destruction

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This lesson was intended for AQA (9-1) GCSE Biology but could easily be adapted. It is a full lesson which includes full starter activities, full engaging presentation to guide pupils through the lesson, activities for exercise books and assessment as well as differentiated exam questions for more formal assessment at the end of the lesson.
Cracking HydrocarbonsQuick View
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Cracking Hydrocarbons

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS3 as a challenge lesson and KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, instructions for practical activities, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and differentiated exam questions to assess understanding.
Land and Water PollutionQuick View
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Land and Water Pollution

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This lesson was intended for AQA (9-1) GCSE but is easily adapted and covers topics such as eutrophication, bioaccumulation and waste management and the Chernobyl disaster. It is a full lesson which includes starter, engaging introductory activities, storyboard activity and then a challenging exam question to assess understanding which can be set as homework or used during the lesson (and the storyboard could be part set as homework).
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Maintaining Biodiversity

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Maintaining biodiversity lesson aimed at the AQA 9-1 GCSE specification. This is a research task for high ability students (could easily be scaffolded) and it has a table to fill in from group presentations and a task sheets which guides students to what to base their presentation on.
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Food Security

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This lesson was designed for the AQA (9-1) GCSE Specification and was used as part of an Ofsted monitoring visit and received very positive feedback. It is a full lesson and includes engaging PowerPoint presentation an article to read as a class (literacy), an article framework for students to apply their knowledge and then an exam question and mark scheme which stretches knowledge into the use of GM crops but also acts as a source of assessment.
Ions, Atoms and IsotopesQuick View
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Ions, Atoms and Isotopes

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This lesson was designed for AQA's GCSE Chemistry (9-1) specification but is easily adaptable and transferable to different specifications and key stages as challenge for KS3 or recap for AS level. It is a full lesson including a well laid out presentation that guides the teacher and students through the lesson, several consolidation activities that assess understanding and differentiated exam questions to further assess understanding.
Nitrogen Cycle Full LessonQuick View
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Nitrogen Cycle Full Lesson

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Lesson used for an observation and was highly praised. Full lesson about the nitrogen cycle which really breaks everything down but does not neglect suitable challenge and exam focus for GCSE students.<br /> <br /> Lesson includes full presentation; circus activity posters, worksheets and support sheets; starters and plenaries; extension work; mark schemes; literacy activities; and a full lesson plan.
Making and Using Monoclonal AntibodiesQuick View
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Making and Using Monoclonal Antibodies

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This lesson was used in a NQT review lesson and was graded as outstanding. Full lesson includes various activities focussing on the applications and production of monoclonal antibodies based on the new AQA GCSE (9-1) specification and also includes differentiated exam questions, full lesson plan, full presentation to guide through lesson and support sheets.<br /> <br /> Lesson was aimed at a very high ability group and could easily be adapted for A-level use. Could also be differentiated down to lower abilities using the support sheets and lower ability exam questions included.
The History of the AtomQuick View
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The History of the Atom

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This lesson is aimed at AQA's GCSE Chemistry (9-1) but is applicable to all specifications that include the history and discovery of the atom. Full lesson including easy to use and read presentation that guides teacher and students through the lesson, timeline activity and exam question to assess understanding.
Neutralisation and the pH ScaleQuick View
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Neutralisation and the pH Scale

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This lesson was originally designed for the AQA GCSE (9-1) Chemistry Specification but is easily transferable to other specifications including KS3 as a challenge lesson and KS5 as a recap lesson. It is a full lesson including starter, instructions for practical activities, consolidation activities, well laid out presentation to guide through the lesson and differentiated exam questions to assess understanding.
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Diffusion

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This lesson is designed for the new AQA (9-1) GCSE. It includes a full PowerPoint presentation which goes through diffusion with interactive visuals and then gives examples of diffusion in nature. I combined the lesson with an aerosol demonstration and a potassium permanganate practical but there are lots of different ways to do it including a full investigation if you wanted to. This lesson also incudes a homework activity which includes a 6-mark question about the factors that affect the rate of diffusion and comes with an information sheet containing text and graphs. This homework could be used in class or could easily be adapted into various other activities.
Ions, Atoms and IsotopesQuick View
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Ions, Atoms and Isotopes

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This lesson was desgined for AQA (9-1) GCSE specification. It includes 2 alternative PowerPoint presentations, one which recaps atomic structure and also a worksheet for assessment of the main ideas. Both PowerPoint's contain questions throughout to consolidate and assess understanding whilst also building up quality notes in exercise books.