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I'm a science teacher at a secondary school. I love making resources. I put a lot of time into them, so like that as many people as possible find them useful. Please rate anything you find useful. Contact me with any questions.
AQA-B1-3-Medicine and drugs
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AQA-B1-3-Medicine and drugs

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Includes lesson plans, slides, activities and worksheets. Includes lessons on developing new medicines, how effective are medicines, drugs, legal and illegal drugs, does cannabis lead to harder drugs & drugs in sport.
AQA-C1-4.3-Burning fuels
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AQA-C1-4.3-Burning fuels

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These resources are for use for AQA C1-4.3 Burning fuels. The students use an A3 flow diagram to pick out information about air pollution released from burning fossil fuels. They then relate what they have learned to pictures placed on the wall.
Avian flu pandemic scenario
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Avian flu pandemic scenario

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This is a scenario for KS4 students to learn about epidemics, pandemics and the spread of disease through a population. The students make decisions which affect the number of people who live or die during an outbreak of avian flu in the UK. Promotes good discussion amongst the students as to their choices. This can be used for AQA B1 Keeping healthy - Changing Pathogens.
KS3 Science - Practical investigations - Part 1
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KS3 Science - Practical investigations - Part 1

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These are a selection of practical investigations for KS3 Science, suitable for use with the Working Scientifically section of the 2014 syllabus. Included are guidance for each investigation, a scaffolded investigation sheet, a mark scheme and a student challenge sheet. The investigations are designed to be easily marked and leveled using criteria adapted from APP guidelines. I intended to add to these over time.
KS3 Science - Practical investigations-Part 2
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KS3 Science - Practical investigations-Part 2

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These are a selection of practical investigations for KS3 Science, suitable for use with the Working Scientifically section of the 2014 syllabus. Included are guidance for each investigation, a scaffolded investigation sheet, a mark scheme and a student challenge sheet. The investigations are designed to be easily marked and leveled using criteria adapted from APP guidelines. I intended to add to these over time.
AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 1
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AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 1

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These are the first 3 lessons for AQA-B1-4-Adaptation for survival. Includes slides, video links, worksheets and homework. Lessons are on 4.2-Adaptations in animals, 4.3-Adaptations in plants and 4.4-Competition in animals.
AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 1
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AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 1

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Contains lesson plans, video links, slides and worksheets for the first 5 lessons in AQA-B1-1-Keeping healthy. The lessons cover, diet and exercise, weight problems, inheritance exercise and health, pathogens and disease and defense mechanisms.
AQA-B1-6-Variation, reproduction & new technology
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AQA-B1-6-Variation, reproduction & new technology

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Includes lesson plans, slides, video links, worksheets and activities for this topic. Includes lessons on Inheritance, types of reproduction, genetic and environmental differences, cloning, adult cell cloning, genetic engineering & making choices about technology.
AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 2
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AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 2

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This is the next 3 lessons for AQA-B1-4-Adaptation for survival. Includes slides, lesson plans, video links, homework and revision sheet. These are for 4.5 Competition in plants, 4.7-Measuring environmental change and 4.8-The impact of change.
AQA-B1-5-Energy in biomass
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AQA-B1-5-Energy in biomass

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Contains slides, video links, worksheets and activities for AQA-B1-5-Energy in biomass. Includes lessons on pyramids of biomass, energy transfers, decay processes, the carbon cycle & recycling organic waste.
KS3 Science - Practical investigations-Part 3
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KS3 Science - Practical investigations-Part 3

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These are a selection of practical investigations for KS3 Science, suitable for use with the Working Scientifically section of the 2014 syllabus. Included are guidance for each investigation, a scaffolded investigation sheet, a mark scheme and a student challenge sheet. The investigations are designed to be easily marked and leveled using criteria adapted from APP guidelines. I intended to add to these over time.
AQA-B1-2-Coordination and control
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AQA-B1-2-Coordination and control

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These are lesson plans, slides, video links, activities and worksheets for AQA-B1-2-Coordination and control. Includes lessons on Reflex actions, menstrual cycle, birth control, homeostasis and plant hormones.
AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 2
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AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 2

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Contains lesson plans, video links, slides and worksheets and an end of unit test for the second half of AQA-B1-1-Keeping healthy. The lessons cover, using drugs to treat disease, changing pathogens, immunity and how we deal with disease.
The Menstrual cycle
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The Menstrual cycle

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Written for AQA B1 but can be used at KS3 or for other specifications.Posters are placed around the room and students go round and answer questions from a worksheet (included in PowerPoint).
AQA-B1-7-Evolution
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AQA-B1-7-Evolution

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These files contain lesson plans, slides, worksheets, video links and activities for AQA-B1-7-Evolution. Includes lessons on: Theories of evolution, Accepting Darwin's ideas, Natural selection & Classification and evolution.
AQA-B1-Revision quiz
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AQA-B1-Revision quiz

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This is a pub quiz style revision activity for AQA-B1. Covers the keeping healthy, adaptation for survival and variation, reproduction and new technology topics.
Risk assessment - Short activity
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Risk assessment - Short activity

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A short activity to introduce students to a risk assessment. They are given 6 hazards, they then have to use the labels to fill in the risk assessment table. Suitable for use as a starter or plenary.
KS3 Biology - Variation Lesson
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KS3 Biology - Variation Lesson

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This is a lesson on variation. It involves an activity where the class are split into groups, each one getting a feature of their classmates to measure. They then produce a graph of the their results. The graphs can be compared and types of continuous and discontinuous variation discussed. Resources needed: Tape measures, meter rulers and graph paper. Several printouts of the experiment sheet will also be needed.