'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 focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on group 1, 7 & 0 elements. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on the function of the endocrine system
4: A question comparing the nervous & endocrine system
5: A question on the control of blood glucose
6: Questions on reproductive hormones
7: A question on the menstrual cycle
8: A question on contraception
9: A question on treating infertility
10: A question on TSH & negative feedback
11: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
12: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on digestion & enzymes. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A questions on the lock and key mechanism
4: A questions on amylase action
5: A question on the break down of proteins
6: A questions on where enzymes are found in the digestive system
7: A questions on enzymes produced by the pancreas
8: A questions on the small intestines
9: A questions on the enzymes required practical
10: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
11: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on water treatment. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on water filters
4: A question on desalination
5: Questions on water treatment
6: A data analysis question on sewage
7: A question on sewage treatment
8: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
9: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on Biology required practicals. For each required practical there is an explanation of how to carry it out, a long answer question looking at getting students to write methods, a diagram / model to help students write a method and an answer to each question. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A slide on key vocabulary to do with practicals
4: A question looking at the osmosis required practical
5: A question looking at the photosynthesis required practical
6: A question looking at the sampling required practical
7: A question looking at the growing microbes required practical
8: A question looking at the plant tropisms required practical
9: A question looking at the reaction time required practical
10: A question looking at the plant tropisms required practical
11: A question looking at the decay required practical
12: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
13: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on Chemistry practicals. For each required practical there is an explanation of how to carry it out, a long answer question looking at getting students to write methods, a diagram / model to help students write a method and an answer to each question. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A slide on key vocabulary to do with practicals
4: A questions looking at endo and exothermic reaction practicals
5: A questions looking at the density required practical
6: A questions looking at chromatography practicals
7: A questions looking at rate of reaction practicals
8: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
9: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on group 1, 7 & 0 elements. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: Questions on group 1 elements
4: Questions on group 7 elements
5: A question on group 0 elements
6: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
7: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on bonding. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on atomic structure
4: A questions looking simple ionic bonding
5: A question looking at covalent bonding
6: A question on giant ionic bonding
7: A question on simple covalent molecules
8: A question on giant covalent molecules
9: A question on graphite
10: A question on diamond
11: A question on metallic bonding
12: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
13: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on magnets & electromagnets. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on magnetic materials
4: A questions looking at plotting magnetic fields
5: A question on magnetic fields
6: A question on solenoids
7: A question on magnetic flux density
8: A question on building electromagnets
9: A question on a electromagnets investigation
10: A question on circuit breakers
11: A question on a relay switch
12: A question on load speakers
13: A question on microphones
14: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
15: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on motors & electromagnetic induction structure. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on ACDC
4: A questions on the left hand rule
5: A question on magnetic flux density
6: Questions on the motor effect
7: A question on generators
8: A question on transformers
9: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
10: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on Physics required practicals. For each required practical there is an explanation of how to carry it out, a long answer question looking at getting students to write methods, a diagram / model to help students write a method and an answer to each question. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A slide on key vocabulary to do with practicals
4: A questions looking at the resistance required practical
5: A questions looking at the density required practical
6: A questions looking at the stretching a spring required practical
7: A questions looking at the IR required practical
8: A questions looking at the SHC required practical
9: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
10: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on electricity. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question looking at circuit components
4: A power calculation question
5: A current in parallel circuits question
6: A power calculation question
7: A PD calculation question
8: A resistance calculation question
9: A IV graph question
10: ACDC questions
11: A national grid question
12: A transformer question
13: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
14: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on radiation and atomic structure. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question looking at the structure of the atom (atomic theory)
4: A questions looking at the 3 types of radiation
5: A question looking at radioactive decay
6: A question on half life
7: A question on background radiation
8: A question on radiation safety
9: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
10: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on waves. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: Questions looking at the properties of waves
4: Questions looking at the wave equation
5: Questions looking at waves required practicals
6: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
7: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the protein synthesis content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A protein synthesis starter game
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A transcription activity
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 translation activity
9: Transcription & translation information
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the nucleic acid content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A DNA & the Genome recall starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
9: Labels for a large modelling activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the protein structure content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An amino acid structure starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
9: An optional teacher modelling activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the types of protein content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A protein structure recall starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
9: An optional Haemoglobin modelling activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the ATP content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A uses of ATP starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through 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 quick fire set of plenary questions
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Variation
• Cloning
• Genetic engineering
• Evolution
• Speciation
• Evidence of evolution
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: A genetic engineering diagram for students to annotate
6: A fossils literacy activity
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark genetic engineering question
10: A cloning spag activity
11: A muti choice question activity
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• The nervous system and nerves
• Synapses
• Reflexes
• Reaction time required prac
• The eye
• The brain
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Links to the specification
7: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
8: A 6 mark reaction time and synapse question
9: An eye game
10: A muti choice question activity
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