'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a lesson on the evidence for evolution for the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A Literacy activity
2: A snakes & ladders game
3: A power point to lead students through the lesson
4: A information hunt activity
5: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson covering the structure and function of the nervous system content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point including leading students through the lesson
2: A nerve structure starter activity
3: A structure of the nervous system literacy activity
4: A activity showing students what happens at the synapse
5: A synapse 6 mark AFL question
6: A synapse interactive notebook activity
7: A synapse modeling activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson covering the classification systems content of the 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A card sort classification timeline starter activity
3: A what is a species literacy activity
4: An exam question plenary activity
5: A worksheet for students to work through during the lesson including a homework task
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is an A Level Biology lesson on the 5 kingdoms. This resource includes
1: A power point leading students through the lesson
2: A 5 kingdoms micro-teaching starter activity
3: A table for students to fill in on the 5 kingdoms
4: A literacy activity
5: A student sheet that students can fill out during the lesson
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the cracking hydrocarbons section of the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A looking at alkenes activity
4: A cracking process activity with potential modelling activity
5: A sheet for students to fill in
6: A 6 mark assessment question
7: An alkenes card sort
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson & activities covering the ionic bonding content of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet with activities for students to work through
3: A literacy starter game
4: A giant ionic bonding model activity
5: A video showing how to model ionic bonding
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the deforestation content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A key information starter game
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A possible model activity
4: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
5: A dice assessment activity
6: A deforestation graph analysis activity
7: A 6 mark plenary question
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the electromagnets content in the 2015 AQA physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy activity
3: An assessment dice activity
4: Slides explaining the right hand rule and solenoids
5: A parts of an electromagnet activity
6: An electromagnet practical activity
7: Suggested model activities
8: 3 uses of electromagnets activity
9: A 6 mark assessment question
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the treating drinking water content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A why we need water treatment pair activity
4: A sheet for students to fill out throughout the lesson
5: A modeling activity
6: A dice mid lesson assessment game
7: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the magnets content of the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A sheet for students to fill out throughout the lesson
4: A plotting magnetic fields activity
5: A properties of magnets activity
6: A drawing magnetic fields activity
7: A dice plenary game
8: A properties of temporary and induced magnets activity
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the meiosis content in the AQA 2015 Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A crossing over activity
4: A sheet for students to fill out
5: A meiosis model activity
6: A dice assessment game
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A homework activity
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the microphone content in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A question analysis starter activity
3: A key information activity
4: A microphone model activity
5: A sheet for students to fill out
6: A dice assessment game
7: A 6 mark assessment question
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This resource is a set of 19 exam questions designed to improve how students answer questions based around practicals and practical data. The areas that the questions cover are:
1: Line transects
2: Electrolysis
3: Chromatography
4: Growing bacteria
5: Enzymes
6: Aerobic respiration
7: Anaerobic respiration
8: Using a potometer
9: Osmosis
10: Waves
11: Black body radiation
12: Temperature changes
13: Respiration in worms
14: Acceleration
15: Resistance
16: Decay
17: Refraction
18: Rate of reaction
19: Insulation
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This resource is a power point containing 75 practice quantitative chemistry calculations for students to work through either individually or as a class. Some of the areas covered are:
1: RFM
2: Yield
3: Moles
4: Rate of reaction
5: Number of atoms
6: Reacting mass
7: Rf
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This resource is a power point containing 50 practice power calculations for students to work through either individually or as a class
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This resource is a set of 16 revision flash cards for students to fill out to help them revise the infection & response content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification.
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the heart content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A labeling the heart activity
4: A blood movement through the heart card sort
5: Instructions on how to carry out a heart dissection
6: A 6 mark assessment question
7: A homework task sheet
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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