A lesson where students research different models of the periodic table. Designed to cover all learning outcomes for the AQA trilogy GCSE. Fun and independent!

A fun and engaging activity for electron structures. Can be used as a starter or plenary. Great for energizing students!

SOW to compliment AQA KS3 Matter scheme. This full series of lessons is fully equip to tackle the scheme in a logical and challenging fashion. Each lesson is presented from a colourful differentiated powerpoint, with activities and thought provoking questions for students. Practicals are regularly included, as well as interactive and independent activities, and each lesson ends with an opportunity for reflection. Students greatly enjoyed covering this unit, and other schools would benefit greatly from these resources.

Full lesson introducing the particle model and states of matter. Activities included - colourful and engaging.

A fun introductory lesson for students to understand atoms and elements.

Mixtures Vs. Compounds lesson. You will require sulfur, iron, magnesium, and bunsen burners. A fun and engaging lesson enjoyed by students.

A lesson discussing different methods to separate mixtures, before leading students through simple paper chromatography. Follow up activities to the practical are included. A fun lesson with great impact.

Fun lesson with demonstration and video to introduce the reactivity of group 1 metals. Opportunity to develop scientific understanding and numeracy skills.

Lesson (including practical activity) for the displacement reactions of metals and the reactivity series. Engaging practical activity, and creative opportunity for students to write their own mnemonics.

Lesson introducing the reactivity of halogens at KS3. Viles of Cl, Br, and I can be brought in tot he lesson to show students - practicals not recommended for safety purposes.

Lesson for KS3 properties of metals and non-metals, as well as an introduction to the periodic table. Activities included - you will need to google a template of the periodic table for the colour coding activity.

Two lessons surrounding mitosis. Students are taken through the ideas and importance of mitosis, before considering the mechanism of mitosis. A practical lesson is then included with instructions on how to visualize mitosis in allium roots. Instructions provided by the Nuffield foundation.

A lesson to compliment the teaching of surface area to volume ratio, and its effect on the rate of diffusion. This lesson takes has a maths focus of encouraging students to calculate surface area to volume ratio, and then comparing these values to the time taken for HCl to diffuse into cubes of agar gel which are soaked in phenolphthalein. Differentiated and engaging for an otherwise dry topic.

KS4 Microscopes overview lasting 2 to 3 lessons. This presentation takes students through the parts of a light microscope, to using light microscopes, including the AQA required practical. Magnification equations are demonstrated, and there is an independent research activity to investigate the differences between light microscopes, compared with electron microscopes.

A three hour lesson taking students through specialized cells, differentiation, stem cells, and the uses of stem cells. The lesson contains individual activities, summaries of content, as well as instructions for plant cutting practicals, and a research task structured for the benefits and disadvantages of stem cells. This lesson can easily be broken down over several lessons with contrasting activities to promote engagement.

Introductory lesson for KS4 animal and plant cells. The lesson covers levels of organization, as well as animal and plant cell structures, covering organelles and functions. This lesson will most likely last around 40 minutes, but can easily be accompanied by extra exam questions. This lesson has a high student focus, with many different opportunities for reflection.