This activity is the trusted ruler catch, it includes handouts so pupils can work out there reaction time from the average of five attempts at ruler catching.
Works well when pupils where working in small groups to carry out the activity.
Four people are ill. Use the information on the case study sheets as well as the microbs information document to decide which type of microbe is causing each patient to be sick.
Can be used with early KS3 classes as an activity with pupils working in mixed ability groups.
Play food and digestion bingo with your class as a revision tool or a main activity.
Cards, words and descriptions are ready to be used.
Adivise laminating the bingo cards then they can be re used.
A council has decided to build a windfarm in an area of Scotland.
The debate is about the pros and cons of this windfarm being built.
Split the class into the different groups and allow them to argue the case and come to a decision about whether this wind farm should be built.
Co-op learning activity involving the different parts of the brain and what there functions are.
Used as a group teaching tool, as a active learning tool or as a revision aid.
Match blood donor and recipient with antigen cards, antibody cards and the blood groups themselves.
This can be laminated to be re used or as a consumable resource.
Match the organs to their function.
Advise printing the body diagram on A3 and the matching cards on A4 and laminate so that it can be re used over again.
How good is your toilet role at preventing microbes passing onto your hands. This experiment can be done with different brands of toilet tissue, you need yeast agar plates, clean agar plates and lots of hand wash.
Very good experiement looking at transmission of microbes and pupils will be shocked by how it turns out.
Search - SERCC Toilet Tissue Challenge for more details.