Comprehension activity to cover key areas of conservation including legislation (CITEs, SSSIs), seed banks and national parks. Loop activity which I ran as a group competition.

Used with a high ability year 12 class over a series of lessons to cover digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

Lesson used with a high ability year 7 class. Purpose to get them focus on the skills required to be an astronaut and to consider how they are developing these skills in their own learning. Followed with a letter of application to join the Mars One project. Could be used as a reflective activity at the end of a space topic

Revision resource used for whole class at end of topic on Ionic, simple covalent and giant covalent structures.

Used with year 12 class over a series of lessons to cover: - Simple diffusion - Facilitated diffusion - Osmosis - Active Transport

Used with high ability year 9 class: - Scavenger hunt Q sheet - I printed and laminated answers, and spread these around the room. Pupils used this information to answer the questions. - Correct the mistakes passage on aerobic and anaerobic respiration - including scientific and SPaG errors, for pupils to correct. Answer sheet inc.

Used with high ability year 10 group - an activity to test comprehension and understanding from previous lesson on Insulin and diabetes. Could support less able pupils through accompanied use of a textbook.

Used with a high ability year 12 class over the course of several lessons, as part of the Mass Transport topic. PPT includes: - structure of the heart - cardiac cycle - valves - blood vessels - tissue fluid

Used with a high ability year 9 class. Practical - skittles in a petri dish, measuring time taken for pigment to reach the centre. Done with tap water, and hot water to investigate factors affecting diffusion. Summary sheet bought from another Tes author - a gap fill on factors affecting diffusion.

Used this powerpoint with my high ability year 12 class, alongside a number of worksheets (adapted from other TES authors, or using past exam questions). - Species and Taxonomy - Calculating diversity - Molecular techniques to investigate diversity - For the slides on courtship rituals I added a sound effect (Puppy Love, by Donny Osmond). For this to work on your computer you would need to save this song as an mp3 (using a youtube converter) and add it to the slide.

Used with a high ability year 9 class, following lessons on diffusion and osmosis. You may need to save gif of man rolling down hill (link to diffusion) and have used the font grilled cheese (may need reformatting if you don't have the font installed)

Resource used for a cover lesson on Space with my high ability year 7 class - could be adapted for different age groups or used as part of an extended project.

Used with a high ability year 9 class to introduce osmosis. - I use the font grilled cheese, which I have downloaded onto my computer. You may need to reformat the font if you have not got this downloaded yourself.

Used with high ability year 10 class to discuss bio-indicators, including Lichen and invertebrate species.

Article relating to a modern recreation of Priestley's photosynthesis experiment, with comprehension questions. Used for higher ability student in my Biology class.

Used with high ability year 12 class, alongside the questions from Kerboodle.

Used to refresh pupils minds to Chemistry prior to starting unit on bonding.