I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
I am a High School and Sixth Form Chemistry teacher teaching Science to GCSE and Chemistry to A Level. My GCSE resources generally follow the new AQA (9-1) specification, differentiated for foundation and higher students at trilogy and separate science levels. My Key Stage 3 resources are suited to mixed ability groups and are designed to be dyslexia friendly with bold coloured text boxes and bright diagrams.
Please give me your opinion and review downloaded resources!
Changing the Conditions of Equilibrium Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on how the position of equilibrium can change in a chemical reaction based on exposed conditions e.g. temperature, concentration and pressure. Follow up activities include an assessment worksheet as well as a plenary recap.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives
Pressure on equilibrium (inc. question/answers)
Concentration on equilibrium (inc. question/answers)
Temperature on equilibrium (inc. question/answers)
Catalysts on equilibrium (inc. question/answers)
Summary quiz and recap
Reflective RAG assessment worksheet
This lesson is ideal for students who have prior knowledge on what ‘equilibrium’ means but are new to how changing conditions alters the position of equilibrium. The lesson engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets.
It’s St. Patrick’s Day!
This fun resource includes:
Two pages of St. Patrick’s Day elements
Students use a periodic table to find the element name from its chemical symbol. The chemical symbols make up St. Patrick’s Day themed words
Two pages of answer sheets
Full answers for every themed word are included in the resource
All students need is a periodic table, no other prep required. Bright and engaging!
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing - Science House
Balanced Diet and Food Test Lessons
Each of these three full lessons include a PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the documents. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lessons focus on defining and describing balanced diets, testing for starch and sugar and testing for fat and protein content in foods. Follow up activities include differentiated, challenge and extension questions. The two food test lab lessons also include full equipment lists and all equipment and solutions are commonly found in any school lab.
Included in each lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives / lesson keywords
Theory discussions
Active learning tasks / laboratory activities
Key questions / challenge tasks
Reflective quiz plenary
These lessons are ideal for students who are new to diet and food tests. The lessons in this series link well but can be used independently if required. The lessons introduce new keywords and engage students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resources are Powerpoint presentations with an accompanying PDF copies, so the resources can be edited and there is also print-ready versions.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing and view the individual product previews.
Please note that these lessons include American spellings.
Levels of Organisation Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on the relationship between cells, tissues, organs, organ systems and organisms in terms of levels of organisation. Follow up activities include differentiated questions, as well as a plenary true or false quiz.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives
Task 1: Theory discussion
Task 2: Drawing the levels of oragnisation triangle
Task 3: Differentiated questions
Task 4: Card sort cut and paste
Reflective plenary activity true or false
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge on the topic. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘organ system’ and ‘organism’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets.
Please note that this lesson includes American spellings.
Fat and Protein Tests Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student lab activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on testing foods for fat and protein content. Follow up activities include a summary flow chart. The lesson also includes full equipment lists and all equipment and solutions are commonly found in any school lab.
Included in the lesson:
Prior knowledge starter task
Lesson objectives
Fat and protein theory discussion
Practical table with mini printables
Protein test with extension
Fat test with extension
Summary flow chart
Reflective quiz plenary
This lesson is ideal for students who are new to fat and protein food tests. This lesson links well to my starch and sugar food test lab lesson: Starch and Sugar Lab Lesson. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘biuret’ and ‘ethanol’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing and please note that this lesson includes American spellings.
Starch and Sugar Tests Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student lab activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on testing foods for starch and sugar content. Follow up activities include extension questions. The lesson also includes full equipment lists and all equipment and solutions are commonly found in any school lab.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives
Starch theory discussion
Practical table with mini printables
Starch test with extension
Sugar test with extension
Reflective quiz plenary
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge of food tests. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘benedicts’ and ‘iodine’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing and please note that this lesson will include American spellings.
Balanced Diet Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on defining a balanced diet, reflecting on student eating habits and portraying data in a pie chart. Follow up activities include challenge questions. The lesson also touches on math skills.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives
Food group pyramid questions
Meal diary
Real life questions
Drawing a pie chart challenge task
The perfect plate drawing task
Reflective quiz plenary
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge of diet and food groups. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘protein’ and ‘carbohydrate’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing. Please note that this lesson may include some American spellings.
Types of Data: Continuous and Discrete (Discontinuous) Full Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on the differences between continuous and discrete (discontinuous) data, collecting data and representing it appropriately in a bar chart. Follow up activities include extension questions and the resource comes with pre-drawn student tables and a graph help sheet featuring a template graph for further support. The lesson also touches on math skills.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Intro task: Continuous vs discrete (discontinuous) data in a class
Task 1: Collecting data
Task 2: Tallying up
Task 3: Bar chart drawing with support graph
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge of data types. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘continuous’ and ‘discrete/ discontinuous’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets.
Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
*Please note that this lesson may include American spellings
Insulating Homes and Buildings Full Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on the ways of insulating the home and comparing methods from a writing and math perspective e.g. there is a creative writing task and a bar chart task included in the lesson. Follow up activities include extension questions, as well as key questions on environmental impact to extend knowledge.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Task 1: Information extraction task
Extension question review
Task 2: Creative writing to promote better home insulation
Task 3: Bar chart drawing on heat transfer
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge on the topic. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘infrared’ and ‘insulation’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets.
*Please note that this lesson may have American spellings
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focusses on the structure of the Earth in terms of the mantle, inner and outer core and the crust. Follow up activities include extension questions, as well as key questions on the atmosphere to extend knowledge. The lesson also touches on basic maths skills such as reading a pie chart.
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Task 1: Information extraction task
Extension question review
Task 2: The Earth’s crust composition with answer review
Task 3: The atmosphere true or false
Reflective fun plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students who have no prior knowledge on the topic. The lesson introduces new keywords such as ‘mantle’ and ‘core’ and engages students through linked activities which are fully resourced and come with accompanying answers.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets.
Please note there may be some American spellings in this lesson and please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing
Exothermic and Endothermic Lesson Bundle
Included in this bundle resource:
Exothermic and Endothermic Introduction Lesson
Featuring four mini labs to engage students in the topic and introduce the keywords of the lesson.
Reaction Profile Diagrams Lesson
Drawing reaction profiles for exothermic and endothermic reactions and comparing different profiles.
Calculating Bond Energy
Introduces calculating bond energy with simple examples and a structured framework to eventually develop secure knowledge on calculating overall energy change for exothermic and endothermic reactions.
End of Topic Questions
Key questions on the topic of exothermic and endothermic reactions to consolidate knowledge learnt in the lessons.
All lessons are editable, set up in PowerPoint but also come with a PDF copy for prep free printing of included worksheets. All questions throughout the lesson series have accompanying answers at each stage for student review.
Calculating Bond Energy Lesson
This full lesson includes a lesson PowerPoint with student activities and tasks included within the document. Answers are also included at each stage for student review. This lesson focuses on calculating bond energy in bite size chunks: first calculating molecule bond energy and then developing into overall energy change. The lesson also provides a framework worksheet to guide students through this difficult topic
Included in the lesson:
Engaging starter task
Lesson objectives and lesson keywords
Molecule bond energy calculations
Framework worksheet
Exam style questions
Reflective plenary activity
This lesson is ideal for students new to calculating bond energy but have an awareness of exothermic and endothermic reactions.
The resource is a Powerpoint presentation with an accompanying PDF copy, so the resource can be edited and there is also a print-ready version for included worksheets. Please feel free to ask any further questions before purchasing.
Simple, effective label resource!
Included for this BRAIN activity:
Label sheet
Label sheet with keywords
Label sheet answers
This activity focuses on keywords, with a bold image to label (option for students to color in). The document is completely editable in PowerPoint but also comes with a PDF copy for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams come with or without the keywords present. I use the keyword sheet for my lower ability to aid learning, whilst my higher ability use the worksheet without the keywords to add an element of challenge.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Simple, effective label resource!
Included for this PHOSPHOLIPID BILAYER activity:
Label sheet
Label sheet with keywords
Label sheet answers
This activity focuses on keywords, with a bold image to label. The document is completely editable in PowerPoint but also comes with a PDF copy for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams come with or without the keywords present. I use the keyword sheet for my lower ability to aid learning, whilst my higher ability use the worksheet without the keywords to add an element of challenge.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing
Simple, effective label resource!
Included for this SPERM and EGG activity:
Label sheet
Label sheet with keywords
Label sheet answers
This activity focuses on keywords, with bold images to label. The document is completely editable in PowerPoint but also comes with a PDF copy for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams come with or without the keywords present. I use the keyword sheet for my lower ability to aid learning, whilst my higher ability use the worksheet without the keywords to add an element of challenge.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing
Simple, effective label resource!
Included for this PROKARYOTIC CELL activity:
Label sheet
Label sheet with keywords
Label sheet answers
This activity focuses on keywords, with a bold image to label. The document is completely editable in PowerPoint but also comes with a PDF copy for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams come with or without the keywords present. I use the keyword sheet for my lower ability to aid learning, whilst my higher ability use the worksheet without the keywords to add an element of challenge.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing
Simple, effective label resource!
Included for this KREBS CYCLE activity:
BRONZE label sheet with help key
SILVER label sheet with half full labels
GOLD label sheet without any help
Answer key sheet
This activity focuses on keywords, with a bold image to label. The document is completely editable in PowerPoint but also comes with a PDF copy for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams have varying levels of help (tiered bronze, silver and gold). This resource makes the krebs cycle accessible to all students independent of ability.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Simple and effective label resource!
Included for this PHASES of MITOSIS activity:
Label sheet
Label help sheet with keywords
Label sheet answers
This activity focuses on keywords, with bold images to label. The document is completely editable in PowerPoint but also comes with a PDF copy for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams come with an optional help sheet. I use the help sheet for my lower ability to aid learning, whilst my higher ability use the worksheet without the help sheet to add an element of challenge.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Simple, effective label resource!
Included for both the male and the female reproductive systems:
Label sheet
Label sheet with keywords
Label sheet answers
This activity focuses on keywords with bold black and white images to label (option for students to colour in). All documents are completely editable in PowerPoint but also come with PDF copies for preparation free printing. Every page included in the resource is set to A4 size.
The resource is differentiated as the label diagrams come with or without the keywords present. I use the keyword sheet for my lower ability to aid learning, whilst my higher ability use the worksheet without the keywords to add an element of challenge.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing.
Make Cells FUN!
This resource is a bright, engaging way to teach students about plant, animal and specialized cells. An effective active learning technique!
Included in this resource:
Snakes and ladders board
Filled with student questions
Student worksheet
For students to note down their answers to the board questions
Answer key
Comprehensive answers for all board questions
All board questions are based around cell components for both plant and animal cells, as well as adaptations and functions. Specialized cells such as red blood cells and root hair cells are also addressed in this board game.
The board game is set up to be printed in A3 but can easily be adapted to A4 margins. The resource is completely editable as a PowerPoint document but a PDF copy is also included for preparation free printing.
Please feel free to ask any questions before purchasing