Students research details about the 7 nutrients and a few specific vitamins and minerals. I did it with top set Year 9s doing edexcel iGCSE. The grey boxes don’t need filling in. Answer sheet included.

Basic template to review or revise genetic modification for Edexcel iGCSE. I’ve also added a bit about the ethics to think about.

Here’s a poster, best printed A3, to help your students remember that there’s more to passing the exams than just recall of facts. You could also print smaller copies for their files etc. Original powerpoint file also included in case you want to edit it.

Activity for students to learn about what plants do with the glucose they make in photosynthesis. Aimed at GCSE (specifically iGCSE Edexcel) as I’ve tried to link it in with the topic they’ve already done on biomolecules and obviously cell structure. DART stands for Directed Activity Related to Text. It could be used in many ways. For example students read once and highlight in one colour all the chemicals that are mentioned. And then read again and highlight in another colour what they need the various chemicals for. Then they use this information to create a spider diagram, with little picture, to help them remember the information.

Spot the mistakes reading activity with answers. Specifically designed for the Edexcel iGCSE specification which requires them to know that CFCs can also act as greenhouse gases.

Snakes and Ladders game for Year 7 to introduce ideas of factors that affect population numbers. Just download and laminate a snakes and ladders board e.g. from http://www.printableboardgames.net/preview/Snakes_and_Ladders, then students play the game as normal. The only difference is that when they land on a snake or ladder they take a 'snake' or 'ladder' card and read out the cause of their good or bad fortune ie. a reason why their population has increased or decreased. To be honest, I've rushed it a bit so I'm sure someone could adapt it. It could also be adapted for older years; they could come up with their own reasons for population changes.

Includes line drawings that can be used for colouring in the structure of the eye, including an outline font so this can be coloured in the same colour as each eye structure. 2 different versions of labelling activities are included plus a sheets for labelling and then describing the function of each part (with answers). There are also activities with diagrams to help understand accommodation on near and far objects, correction lenses and links to useful Scientific Eye video clips. I have included a pdf in case the fonts do not open correctly in powerpoint. But do let me know if you have difficulties. There is also some information about the requirements for each exam board. *Freeware font from Jess Latham, Blue Vinyl Fonts