topics include: refraction (yr 8), the eye (year 8), cells, acids and alkalis (yr 7) and forces and motion (year 7) useful for revision or as a plenary desired otucome is consolidation of previously learnt material

students have to work out what colour white light (with one example of coloured light) would be through various filters and colour the nativity scene accordingly. good for: homework; part of a lesson; cover

Covers mostly biology topics, but there is a chemistry and a physics application also. Questions are given approximate grades for differentiation. Can be used as a homework or cover lesson (or as a class activity) for exam technique purposes and consolidation of this all-pervasive concept. Potential answers included for ease of marking. Can be used for all specifications.

Revision slides for students to complete. It takes a full lesson (suggested starter and plenary included). The students are given strict time limits to complete each card and it can be used either as a research lesson or as a teacher led lesson. My year 7 students found this topic very difficult, so I used it as a teacher led activity - they definitely found the topic easier at the end of this lesson. Colour coded for differentiation (red for lower ability; blue for middle ability and green for higher ability) so that you can select which students do which tasks, with opportunity to progress for 'red' and 'blue' students. Answers included for your convenience.

Based on AQA syllabus, but would work for other boards. Worked example and practice question(s) per sheet for all calculations in forces and motion units: Weight, work, resultant forces, splitting resultant forces into components, elasticity, moments, pressure, speed, acceleration, Newton’s second Law, momentum. Includes all topics for Foundation and Higher combined course and the triple course. Answers included for ease of marking objective: maths, revision/consolidation differentiation: the questions come in 3 levels of difficulty per sheet good for: part of a lesson, e.g. starter; homework; as a set of revision sheets; cover; catch up for absent students

The first lesson is an information gathering exercise to define specific heat capacity and use specific heat capacities to calculate energy required. In the final activity, they are given varying levels of support (according to ability) to devise a method for determining specific heat capacity of copper and iron, as a group activity. The suggested homework here supports this and is for the students to research a method into how they would find the specific heat capacity of certain methods. this is in preparation for the following lesson. The second lesson is to carry out this investigation, as a required practical and has been differentiated according to practical ability (you may prefer other forms of differentiation). The aim is to produce a graph, that is to be assessed at the end of the session. Extension tasks are included, at different levels of ability