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 starter for lower ability students, where they use dictionaries to find definitions of solubility keywords

a research worksheet i made for pupils to find out information about different kinds of intelligent packaging, quite simple so may be good with a lower ability group

a keywords sheet for the old edexcel patterns in properties module still useful as a starter because it asks pupils to find definiotns of atom, element, etc

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 booklet i made for low ability students to think about the earth and the universe, it gets them planning a space mission, diamond ranking the equipment they would take with them, thinking about the conditions on other planets amongst other things

a simple sheet that gets pupils to think about how to balance items on scales, this can be used to get pupils starting to think about equations

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 rollercoaster project where pupils design a rollercoaster and carry out some investigations and use calculations such as work done

a worksheet i made for pupils to plan an investigation into what companies coffee cups are best, most big coffee companies will donate some of their takeout cups to schools we finished the investigation by writing to the companies with the results of our investigation

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

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

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

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

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

a card sort activity on questions science can and cannot answer

a very structured debate activity with questions to get pupils to think about whether space travel is worthwhile, i have tried to include a range of opinions

a set of worksheets i made on the origins of the universe it starts with a card sort about the evidence for the big bang and one other theory about the origin of the universe along with some questions to get pupils thinking about the big bang

a card sort about all the different spin offs from the space programme. makes a good talking point for a lesson about the value of space travel

a card sort of the size of objects, planet, solar system, universe etc, makes a nice starter