Settling your science classes into the new year

Ease your secondary science classes back into the school routine with these introductory resources and general skills-based lesson ideas

Tes Resources Team

Curious Secondary Science student Investigating Test Tube At The Start Of Term

Introductory lessons and planning staples to help ease you and your classes back into the school routine

For students and teachers alike, the first weeks back after the summer holidays can be a bit of a shock to the system. To help make the transition as smooth as possible, we’ve pulled together some of the top lesson ideas to help introduce Science to your new Year 7s, as well as some general skills-based resources to get older learners back into the swing of things.

Starting secondary science

Starting Science Booklet
Whizbit

Starting Science Booklet

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Covers the first 6 lessons with year 7. Contains lab safety, scientific equipment and measuring, the Bunsen burner and an ISA style investigation on salt and water boiling.
Back to School - Intro to the Science Lab!
Kayla Williams

Back to School - Intro to the Science Lab!

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When it is back to school time, make sure you engage your students with this fun and easy to prepare introduction to the science lab booklet! The focus of this booklet is to learn the types of lab equipment used, how to set it up safely, and how to use it correctly. Included in this booklet there a...
Lab safety for Science students
Cre8tive Resources

Lab safety for Science students

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**Lab safety Escape Room** Knowledge Escape Room Quiz - End of term fun for the whole class. No printing required! Just project the Powerpoint and off you go. Built in timers, Video clips and answer reveals after every slide. This is an educational fun immersive Bank Heist themed Escape room ...
Year 8 Introduction to Science
alb711

Year 8 Introduction to Science

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Introduction to general science for secondary school pupils. This includes lab safety, hazard symbols, use of bunsen burner, use of scientific equipment and more! This powerpoint is for pupils that are 11-13 years of age.
Back to School Scientific Skills
Yacine Chebbout

Back to School Scientific Skills

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Perfect resource for the start of the academic year to welcome new Science classes! A fully resourced set of three lessons that focuses on helping students to develop their scientific skills. Great as an introduction topic for KS3 Science classes and can easily be modified for GCSE Science classes. ...

Skills-based resources

Maths in Science Posters
chalky1234567

Maths in Science Posters

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A set of 5 posters covering most of the key mathematical ideas covered in the KS4 syllabus. The posters can be printed out in a range of sizes to meet your needs. Thanks for looking
Method Writing Skills For Science
Kayla Williams

Method Writing Skills For Science

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Do your students struggle to write their method for their science experiments? Maybe they just have not had a lot of experience writing a science lab method. I have the same issues with my students, especially in KS3, this is a totally new style of writing than what they are used to! To combat ...

Challenges and homework

KS3 Science homework
amcooke

KS3 Science homework

3 Resources
35 homework tasks for KS3. Each presentation has 3 slides. Slide 1 is the pupil sheet, slide 2 contains the mark scheme and slide 3 has suitable comments to use give a target on how to improve scientific knowledge. Taken by an OFSTED inspector to give to a school as an example of good practice ...
KS3 ~ Year 7  ~ Elements, Atoms & Compounds Homework
SWiftScience

KS3 ~ Year 7 ~ Elements, Atoms & Compounds Homework

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This homework activity is designed for the KS3 Science Course, specifically Year 7 C1.2 Module on Elements, Atoms & Compounds For more lessons designed for KS3 and KS4 please visit my shop at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SWiftScience. This activity contains a set of diffe...
Exploring Science Homework Grids
Mr_A_Level

Exploring Science Homework Grids

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Why not save yourself the trouble of remembering to set homework when you can set it all at the start of the term using a simple homework grid. These homework documents contain career, oracy, metacognition and magenta ideas.