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 simple map starter worksheet based on a pilots route roster for a week, also attached are a more detailed map for a rome-manchester flight

Cover sheet, simple starters and unit assignments for the BTEC money and finance skills course, there is also some excellent resources at Nationwide educations website

A module i designed on travel writing, which has the pupils studying travel writing from different eras and different styles, cross curricular in that it looks at writing in runes, historical events, geography, science in that it allows you to design and test a kon-tiki raft an d some maths involved where you cost the different journeys, finishes with the pupils writing a travellog of a journey or a school trip, also included are some viking pictures which we used as a launch point to design a viking character and write a short paragraph introducing them

bath bombs are made with a 2:1 ration of sodium bicarobnate to Citric acid, recipes can be found easily on the internet, this lesson gets pupils to make bath bombs and then sequence the method and choose words for their advert

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 shorter version of my rollercoaster project that gets pupils to prepare a projecton one fairground ride or rollercoaster where they think about forces, levers and moments

a module and evaluation sheet/assessment i made to introduce pupils to the country of japan allows them to learn a little japanese, discover manga and try some japanese foods

Two powerpoints, one on sources of electricity (including renewable sources) with a picture of the blue lagoon in Iceland, which is geothermal, and another about showing tectonic plates pulling apart in Pingvellir national park, a volcanic crater and geyser along with the beautiful Gulfloss waterfall and the blue lagoon

a simple review of forces - with a name the force activity - labelling force diagrams of wonder woman, my little pony, sonic etc and then doing a different surfaces friction investigation i use lego cars but you could use trolleys- the experiment sheet is differentiated and so is the forces sheet - purple stars are challenge questions but it is designed for lower ability all resources needed are included in the powerpoint or attached separately

A grinch themed science lesson - i would get pupils to solve the challenges with lego and materials. using toys or lego animals for pets. and different sized toner boxes with gifts hidden in them for the pupils to retrieve.

a simple toy design - santa science activity with bonus candy cane science extension

a lesson presentation and worksheets (borrowed idea but very updated) where pupils calculate the cost of running different games consoles (when doing this I told them a unit of electricity cost 5p), then compare the cost of electricity providers and use their knowledge to write an informative article for a games website advising prospective customers

simple powerpoint presentation on the big bang theory and the steady state theory with the scientists who proposed each theory

a simple powerpoint on different models of the universe

a starter presentation i made about murphys law to go with my slidey toast experiment where pupils see which toast topping is slippiest

a simple enterprise project for low ability students and those with additional needs where they plan for and run a school tuck shop - also includes money handling - all planning and assessment forms for aqa award included as well as my self assessment sheet for pupils

a KS3 lesson where pupils play a guess who style game to identify each others symptoms and work out what disease they are suffering from. It then encourages pupils to think about what would happen if doctors made a misdiagnosis. it encourages pupils to think about different types of medical testing and allows for really good debate. This fits in well with the disease topic and worked brilliantly with my pupils.

A formtime reading challenge, with a simple introductory challenge and survey to see the pupils reading habits before they start the challenge, I then set my pupils a target for the end of the year of numbers of books for them to have read as a class and gave them all a reading achievement sheet that they will be using to gain extra rewards for, this can be followed up with a weekly reading session during form time

A whole lesson structure around hookes law good for low ability or entry level, starts with a video and then gets students to design a bungee rope for a toy using elastic bands, the toy must bungee off a table hit a bowl of water and then bounce back up, they can test it first. Also included is the results table and some plenary questions to help with conclusions, and a way of scoring the jumps