a simple writing frame to aid pupils with planning an investigation into the rate of reaction of marble chips and acid

A worksheet discussing the different stages of a rockets motion from take off to returning to ground, has forces labelled and stages and diagrams for pupils to sequence, once they have completed this you can remove some of the cards and ask the pupils to reproduce the information from memory to check learning.

I have again borrowed heavily from others and put in a few tweaks of my own as well to produce a more ordered red shift and Doppler effect lesson for AQA core science primarily, hope it helps

sheets of mini stroop test cards, can be a fun starter for a lesson on light

A table that can be used for the stretching spring experiment and a mind map on movement.

copies of mendeleevs periodic table that could be laminted and given to students as part of a history of the periodic table lesson

a simple card sort of definitions of ego,id and superego as well as a revision mind map of some psychological ideas and an information sheet on freud

A powerpoint to start a lesson on Chagall, includes a plenary triangle for use at the end of the lesson

a simple fire triangle starter sheet could be used with lower ability groups

A blank top trumps sheet that I used to get pupils to make top trumps of the planets but can be modified for any purpose.

an interesting powerpoint reviewing some of the american propganda from the iraq war

a selection of funny or interesting science qoutes that can be backed and used for display, they are from a range of people including isaac asimov and richard feynmann

a simple writing frame for use with lower bility pupils to get them to write descriptions of camp green lake

A co-operative learning starter activity where the pupils decide definitions for the keywords from a multiple choice list move to the area of the room corresponding to the answer, then they have to copy down the definition and when they have finished sit down with a partner and decide a memorable hook to remember the word by

A blooms taxonomy for art to help pupils evaluate a picture

I used this as an assessment for my pupils when they reached the end of the topic on maps for their GCSE course. I downloaded two model towns off the internet one from iceland and one from paraguay (the website was called bogus places, can be found by searching for free paper models) and got the pupils to construct a 3d town and then asked them to use their knowledge of maps scales and bearings to produce a map of the town describe how to get to one of the places and produce scale drawings, when the project is finished it makes a really nice display

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

if you drop raisins in lemonade they sink to the bottom, then float and then sink again. this sheet contains six theories that can be photocopied and then stuck around the room, i demonstrated the experiment and then got pupils to move to the theory they thought best described what happened and told them to be prepared to defend their ideas

a sheet i made that contains a puzzle from the game perplex city about inheritance, a good challenge for pupils of a higher ability

an outline for a postcard home from another planet, could be used to get pupils thinking about what it would be like on other planets