a simple heart jigsaw for pupils to cut out and rearrange helps them to learn the structure of the heart

a simple test i designed on microbes and disease could be a nice end of topic review

simple selective breeding afl task, all resources contained within the booklet

a wordsearch on microscope keywords that could be used as a starter, pupils culd write definitions of each keyword

a table with pictures of specialised cells and their adaptations could easily be turned into a card sort activity

some cell structure worksheets of different levels of demand these make a good starter

a starter activity that shows the X ray diffraction picture rosalind franklin produced, a good way to get people thinking about DNA

simple labelling and cloze activity on the heart good for lower ability pupils

a worksheet that lets pupils revise animal cell strucutre contains a diagram and a table where they match the name of the organelle to its function within the cell, good for low ability pupils

a comparison sheet of the nervous and endocrine system made for homework

a poster that gives pupils clues on how to write to explain

a worksheet on nuitrition with lots of pictures of people who have nuitrition problems pupils have to describe whats wrong with each one and then come up with their own definition of malnuitrition

a worksheet i made about disease in queen victorias family, shows he family pedigree diagram and has some questions linked to it

a selection of levelled afl tasks on reproduction and the foetus, good end of topic activities

a fun end of term activity where pupils choose a planet or moon from the star wars universe and complete a series of challenges based on their chosen planet or moon - all challenges are the same but the choice of planet can make the tasks easier or harder - my pupils loved this :) - all resources needed are included in the powerpoint i used moylmods and lego for the building challenges

a 5Q starter on variation in twins using a picture of fred and george weasley, a good starting topic of discussion for a section of lessons on variation

a lesson plan developed on the digestive system - pupils modelled the digestive system with tights and mashed up biscuits and yoghurt however it could be models made by kids - the groupings suggested are 1 - high ability 2 - high medium 3 - low medium 4-low the lesson is differentiated and has a range of collaborative learning in to cover the digestion objectives it worked well with my classes who really enjoyed the practical part and all made progress in the lesson

I designed this as a interview lesson but it works as part of the OCR twenty first century science module on life on earth as well. you start with the pictures of a real family tree and look for similarities before moving on to look at darwins finches and his work and the development of phylogenetic trees. It's a good springboard into a discussion about how DNA evidence supports the theory of evolution and can then extend into darwins work, my extension sheet included has an excerpt from the origin of the species describing the finches

2 keywords worksheets one for EAL pupils that allow pupils to find a definiotn of a keyword and draw a picture to help them remember the word

looks at a normal distribution curve for variation and asks questions about evolution in peppered moths