a poster advising pupils how to draw a good table of results

funny presentation on an extreme case of stomach ache

a poster that prodives a strucutred explanation on writing to argue

an activity on the use of homeopathy and the way medicines are tested good for edexcel 360 science

A crossword puzzle worksheet, makes a nice starter for a lesson on circulation

I use this activity as the assessment at the end of the supernatural science topic I teach but it makes a good one off lesson too. Basically, using the pack of cards that are included the pupils can test each other to see if they are psychic (normally one person holds the cards and asks the other person to guess what the top card is and then marks down whether they are right or wrong) Pupils then have to decide what percentage of answers you would need to get correct to be considered psychic, it goes on to look at card counting and statistics so there is a heavy focus on analysing data

Written this year, inlcudes some victim identification material and works on the crime scene having a coded message (like the zodiac killer), a muddy footprint and a severed arm and then later on another crime scene with a knife and some bones from another victim. I used coded messages to link the crime scenes and taunt the pupils as the killer but simple messages could be left instead, i tried to link in some victim support material as well to give a link to citizenship and the impact of crime, i will give more details by email through the TES if desired

I have used the level 3 - 5 science APP statements to make an Xbox achievment assessment for the pupils called science live. It works like the achievements on xbox pupils get the black and white sheet for their books then get the coloured stickers when they unlock the achievement it is an easy skill tracker and really hooks the pupils in small prizes can be given for every 200 points unlocked to link in to your schools reward policy.

credit need to go to some other TES sharer for the diary acivity starter i added to this and changed it slighty but i borrowed heavily from them. I then made differing levels of infographics to go with the information pack for pupils to do some independant research, the infographic sheets could then make a nice display.

a one off lesson activity i made where pupils create their own pandemic it helps if you provide them with body outlines to map the symptoms and blank world maps to mark the origin and spread of their pandemic with

this uses the open letter to the kansas school board found on the Venganza.org website (or search for the church of the flying spaghetti monster) and in the letter there is a graph that links global warming to the decreasing number of pirates in the world, it is a good lesson on valid data and you can include other strange correlations to prove that not all statistics are good

starter activity on do they give birth by laying eggs or live young

Some worksheets on cell division and specialised cells. The 'dead or alive' and 'rabbits' sheets are an activity on the seven life processess that is suited to pupils with English as an additional language.

a simple introduction to disease with collaborative learning strategies built in - the numbered groupings are as follows 1-high ability 2-high medium 3-low medium 4-low you can give the pupils a number in the lesson mine are seated on tables so there is that mixture of pupils always in a group

Skeleton diagrams of Mario, pikachu and batman for pupils to label the joints on

a collection of SARS resources that could be used for an infectious diseases lesson

simple video clip files of a heart beating, strawberry decaying etc

a booklet i made for a topic on special effects science

a cut and stick activity where pupils sequence the process used to identify the victims of natural disasters like the asian tsunami, helps pupils realise the importance of science

the first half of the new AQA entry level science planning including the first component of physics, chemistry and biology should cover year 1 of teaching the course - including a lesson i developed that could be useful for a TDA and the long term plan for entry level that can be adapted.