I'm hoping this is adequately differentiated with opportunity for progress. Any suggested improvements very welcome

this could also be called verbal tennis/ hockey or whatever, depending on the sex distribution of your class. I have graded the teacher questions so that you have the option to choose which member of the team answers. as always, any comments or suggested improvements are greatly appreciated

differentiated for low ability and middle ability with a hihger ability challenge thrown in. Answers on bottom slide

I've left the page reference blank so you can put in your own (depending on the text you use)

again, this covers a variety of functional groups. ideas for use are included in the word document

any improvements to this or other ideas welcome!

thanks, Jane for the comment, Hopefully the worksheet is now improved I reckon that the worksheet would take about 20-25 minutes or even longer

I would be grateful for feedback on any mistakes and for the differentiation, in particular. Any other feedback also very welcome.

Based on the AQA specification (references included), but would work for other boards. Worksheet 1 takes about 10 minutes to complete and introduces some important key terms for the Ecology module and introduces interdependence by way of a food web. Worksheet 2 takes about 25 - 30 minutes to complete and has graded exam-style questions for the students to complete for exam technique purposes. Both worksheets could be used for a homework, revision lesson, cover, catch-up (absent students) or as questions within a lesson. They could also be used for triple students as an independent project if lesson time is short. Potential answers included as separate documents,

suitable for any exam board, but based on the AQA specification (references for AQA and Edexcel included) to students do exam style questions on the topics. All have approximate 1 - 5 grades and answers are on a separate sheet objectives: subject content and exam technique differentiation: 2 worksheets of 2 different levels of difficulty good for: homework; as part of the lesson; revision; cover; catch up sheet for absent students; or as part of an independent project where lesson time is limitted timing: about 30 minutes

obviously, any feedback most welcome, especially with regard to the differentiation

this is good for a revision session at the end of the alcohols topic or pre-exam/test. Comments welcome as always

Starter based on real exam question and real responses as an Afl style activity. I have attempted to highlight the misconceptions and mixed concepts the students exhibit when answering exam questions. Based on AQA, but would work for other boards suggested uses: Use as a starter: students to select which they think is the best answer (quick starter), for a longer task, they are then to decide why the other answers are less than perfect This could be extended to be the focus of a whole lesson, if you use the question as a starter, go through the concepts and re-visit at the end of the lesson to see if the students have changed their minds. Commentary on student answers are included.

for various complicated reasons, I am currently home-schooling both my children, aged 10 and 7, and found that this differentiated task worked well for both. Suggested answers are included, along with a suggested website. Good as a revision or overview activity.

This is a full lesson with prescriptive instructions, aimed at AQA and Edexcel specifications (references included), but would work for other boards. The main objectives are to research the information and to practice use of command words and general exam technique. The students are given exam style questions and in groups, are to research the information required to produce 'perfect answers' They then assess the answers given to different questions by others and make adjustments to the answers, as necessary. Exam questions are tailored to ability and there is a focus throughout on exam command words. The lesson ends with the students attempting to assign a grade to the exam questions they have been exposed to during the lesson and there is a suggested homework, where the students produce follow-up notes. Suggested 'indicative content' is included in the teacher notes, but are intended to guide the teacher, rather than for the students to compare given answers with. However, this could be used for this purpose, if you prefer. Also included is a slide that gives notes needed to answer the questions, if you are a bookless school. This may be projected up, depending on the layout of your classroom, or printed.

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.

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.

AQA based (references included), but could be used fro other boards. This worksheet is for revision, consolidation, cover lessons, absent students or as part of an independent study project for triple students (in particular). It has questions on the method, the associated maths and asks the students to draw a conclusion based on the results they are given. Takes about 20 minutes. Answers included in separate pdf

Worksheet containing graded exam-style questions, suitable for many boards - AQA and Edexcel reference included. Questions become progressively harder so you can choose which students do which questions and the student can understand how to progress. Answers included on separate document. Objectives: exam technique and subject knowledge Good for: homework, cover; revision; as part of an independent project if lesson time is short Timing: about 30 - 40 minutes

Worksheet with questions on the water and carbon cycle at varying levels of difficulty., with relation to biomass. Suitable for many different boards. The references for AQA and Edexcel are included. Practices subject knowledge and exam technique. Questions become progressively more difficult so you can differentiate by choosing which student completes which questions. Useful for: homework; revision; independent study if you are short of lesson time, cover takes about 25 - 30 minutes. Potential answers included.