Animal and plant cells KS3 science

Complete self contained PowerPoint lesson on animal and plant cells,
aimed at KS3 pupils (11-14) but is also suitable for a lower ability GCSE KS4 (14-16) class. No additional resources required to deliver the lesson. Part of the living thing and cells unit.
Lesson is designed to get pupils to recall and apply their knowledge in a clear and concise way. Utilising low stake quizzing to help transfer new information from working memory to long term memory.

Lesson objectives:

• Identify an animal and a plant cell from a diagram.
• Label the main structures of animal and plant cells.
• Describe the function of these structures.

45 min-1 hour lesson
38 slides

Lesson has the following layout:

• Do now starter questions
• Expanded lesson objectives
• Introduction to the topic/Discussion points
• Low stakes quizzing to check understanding
• Key knowledge quiz
• Application of knowledge (I do, We do, You do)
• Independent task
• Plenary

I will be uploading more lessons for the unit in the near future. If you find this resource useful please leave a review.
All the best,
Monty