GCSE Core Science - Food and Health - Burning Food This resource is one of four lessons and perfect for students of middle to lower abilities at targeting 'C' grades at the end of their course. The focus is on obtaining energy from food and these resources support the basic burning food to heat water practical. There is a good video link and then very strong components to analyse and graph the practical results, developing key How Science Works skills. There are also some differentiated activities and tasks, including a nice energy game. If you have ideas for improving this resource then please let me know.

A2 Biology - Inheritance - 1. Introduction This is the first lesson on the GCE A-level Biology series on 'Inheritance' and as the title suggested covers an introduction to the key terms. Tasks are differentiated at A, C and E standards. All the familiar examples are covered including Mendelian pea characteristics and coat colour. If there are suggestions or amendments to improve this resource then please let me know.

GCSE Core Science - Food and Health - Fats and Oils This resource is one of four lessons and perfect for students of middle to lower abilities at targeting 'C' grades at the end of their course. The focus is on lipids (fats and oils) and includes the familiar fat testing practical with ethanol and /or smearing. Please do your own risk assessments on these practicals. There are also some differentiated activities and a useful literacy task at the end. If you have ideas for improving this resource then please let me know.

The PPT contains a range of activities for use with either BTEC Applied Science group or KS3 L4+ groups. Resource covers nature, types and causes variation and inheritance examples. There are a range of activities, including fingerprint and eye colour analysis and images for group tasks. Mr Men/Little Miss activity was 'borrowed&' from another TES donor as I liked it so much! Inheritance covers eye colour, tongue rolling and thumbs using punnet squares. Finally the determination of gender and meiosis. As always leave feedback and follow @boostprogress and @CE4ET.

A series of 2 or 3 lessons that address separation techniques: filtration and paper chromatography. The filtration uses a mixture of sand, iron filings and water and for chromatography you need filter paper chromatography strip and a suitable colors of felt tip or highlighters. There are frames provided for students to record their learning on and a second copy for teachers to complete for peer-assessment. The lesson is ideal for learners between 8-14 years of age in science or classroom settings. Please also complete your own risk assessment, specifically around the solvent for chromatography: in my practical I used ethanol as it dissolves pigments in pens. Alternatively, you could try water for water-soluble pens and inks, if necessary. All images are obtained using creative commons licence or my own images.

This resource captures all the key knowledge for learners between 11 16 years of age. There are charts for students to complete and charts for teachers to complete for peer-assessment. In the UK the resource fits GCSE Core Science quite well. There are plenty of links to further research and a range of contextual exercises for students. All images used were from creative commons.

This resource captures all the key knowledge for learners between 11 - 16 years of age. There are charts for students to complete and charts for teachers to complete for peer-assessment. There are plenty of links to further research and a range of contextual exercises for students. All images used were from creative commons