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Spark Science provides high quality science educational resources for secondary school teachers. From dual-coding, literacy and reading tasks, dyslexic friendly backgrounds, and continual Assessment for Learning (AfL) tasks embedded into all our lessons, Spark lessons will increase engagement, participation and understanding for your students.

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Spark Science provides high quality science educational resources for secondary school teachers. From dual-coding, literacy and reading tasks, dyslexic friendly backgrounds, and continual Assessment for Learning (AfL) tasks embedded into all our lessons, Spark lessons will increase engagement, participation and understanding for your students.
Chemistry GCSE 9-1 - Reactions of Acids
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Chemistry GCSE 9-1 - Reactions of Acids

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An interactive powerpoint resource designed for distance learning from home. Students can work their way through questions on the powerpoints and all answers are revealed within the slides. By the end of this resource, students should be able to: Know how an acid reacts with metals, metal oxides (bases), metal hydroxides (alkalis), and metal carbonates Write general equations, word equations and balanced symbol equations for reactions of acids HIGHER – Be able to write ionic equations for the reactions of acids NOTE: Students should already have some idea how to balance an equation and work out the formula of an ionic compound before attempting this lesson.
GCSE Chemistry AQA (9-1) - Ionic Bonding Dot-and-Cross Diagrams
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GCSE Chemistry AQA (9-1) - Ionic Bonding Dot-and-Cross Diagrams

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This resource contains a worksheet where students can practice drawing ionic bonding for a range of examples. Examples get harder as the sheet progresses. First questions are structured with electron shells and brackets drawn for them. Resource contains PDF copy and an editable PPT version. Fully drawn answer sheet attached at the end of each document.
AQA 9-1 GCSE Chem - Acids and Alkalis
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AQA 9-1 GCSE Chem - Acids and Alkalis

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Resource designed for distance learning - GCSE Chemistry AQA - Chemical Changes - Acids and Alkalis Contains links to useful youtube videos and extension acitivites Students should be able to: Identify common acids and alkalis Know what ions are found in acids and alkalis Know what an indicator is and give pros and cons for each
GCSE Chemistry AQA (9-1) - How to do a Titration
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GCSE Chemistry AQA (9-1) - How to do a Titration

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Worksheet to be used to help students understand the steps in carrying out a simple acid-base titration. Worksheet also contains key questions about the set up of the experiment and the collecting of data. Contains both a PDF copy and an editable PPT copy Full answer sheet included at the end of each document
Edexcel AS Organic Chemistry Reactions and Mechanisms Map
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Edexcel AS Organic Chemistry Reactions and Mechanisms Map

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Resource contains a PDF of a blank mechanism map for AS chemistry students studying the new Edexcel syllabus (2016 onwards). There is a blank and completed version of the map containing all reactions, mechanisms, conditions etc… that students should know for AS Organic Chemistry (Topic 6)
AS Chemistry - IUPAC Naming Booklet
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AS Chemistry - IUPAC Naming Booklet

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A resource for AS and A-Level students to help practice naming and drawing alkanes, alkenes, alcohols and haloalkanes using the IUPAC naming system. Students can practice structural, displayed and skeletal formula drawing as well as naming in this booklet. All answers included. Designed for the UK curriculum (OCR, AQA, Edexcel)
KS3 - Fields
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KS3 - Fields

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A short, engaging lesson (ideal to complete before a mid-topic summary) designed with non-science/non-physics specialist teachers in mind! This lesson teaches students about what a field is and how forces are felt within fields for different non-contact forces (especially gravitational fields and magnetic fields). This resource contains: Lesson powerpoint - including full answers, mini-practical with instructions for students Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout A mini “discovery” style practical Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe what a “field” is Describe the effects of fields Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
AQA Chemistry GCSE 9-1 - Formulas of Salts
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AQA Chemistry GCSE 9-1 - Formulas of Salts

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An interactive powerpoint resource designed to be used for distance learning from home. Also contains interactive questions, a cheat sheet of common ions and practice questions. Students should be able to: Predicting the formula of salts from their names and ions
KS3 - Accuracy, Precision and Hypotheses
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KS3 - Accuracy, Precision and Hypotheses

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This lesson is the first lesson in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist” topic. It covers what accurate and precise data means/looks like, as well as the difference between a prediction and a hypothesis. This lesson is designed with formative assessment in mind and a large use of hand/finger voting and mini-whiteboards for AFL feedback. It contains all answers to the tasks and is great for a non-specialist science teacher. Lesson Objectives: Write a hypothesis from variables Describe the difference between accurate and precise I will work scientifically to: Identify variables in a practical Identify data that is accurate and precise This lesson contains: Powerpoint - including quizzes to test understanding, student questions to answer, challenge tasks throughout, and full answers. The powerpoint also uses colour-coding to help support AEN and EAL students follow and understand concepts in the lesson.
KS3 - Plant Cells
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KS3 - Plant Cells

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This is a Year 7 lesson that covers plant cells, their components, their functions, how they differ to animal cells, and how to observe plant cells under a microscope. This Lesson Contains Lesson powerpoint with complete answers, plenary activity, interactive game for teaching rote learning of parts of the plant cell, challenge task, practical follow up questions Student worksheet and complete and incomplete versions with answers (PDF and editable versions) Practical instructions Practical risk assessment (PDF and editable word versions) Lesson Objectives Identify parts of a plant cell from a diagram Describe the function of each part of a plant cell Compare the similarities and difference between an animal and plant cell Use a microscope to view plant cells (pond weed)
KS3 Introduction to Waves
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KS3 Introduction to Waves

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This lesson covers what longitudinal and transverse waves are, the features of both kinds of waves, examples of these waves and what happens when waves meet barriers or each other. This is a perfect introduction lesson to KS3 topic on sound and waves. This Lesson Contains: Lesson powerpoint, including instructions for key demonstrations of both types of waves, full answers, plenary tasks, AFL whiteboard and discussion activities Student worksheet (PDF and editable version) Student worksheet answers sheet (PDF and editable version) Lesson Objectives Name the two different types of waves and label their features Give an example of each kind of wave Describe what happens when waves hit a barrier Describe what happens when waves superimpose
KS3 - Calculating Means, Medians and Modes
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KS3 - Calculating Means, Medians and Modes

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This is the fourth lesson in the Year 8 “Working as a Scientist 2” topic. This lesson gets students to practice maniplulating data to find means, medians and modes. This lesson contains AFL whiteboard tasks to assess student understanding in real time, a data collection activity and various opportunities for students to practice calculations. This lesson resource contains all answers as well as challenge tasks. It is designed to be easy to follow and present, so is great for non-specialist teachers. Lesson resources: Lesson powerpoint containing teacher help/instructions in the “notes” section, AFL whiteboard activity, student data collection and manipulation activities, challenge tasks throughout Lesson objectives: Describe what a mean, median and mode are Calculate Mean, Mode and Median for a set of data For this lesson students will need: Calculators
KS3 - Hooke's Law
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KS3 - Hooke's Law

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A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-physics specialist teachers in mind! This lesson teaches students about the reaction force, how forces stretch or squash an object, and Hooke’s Law in relation to springs. This resource contains: Lesson powerpoint - including full answers and teacher notes; practical instructions, equipment list, and safety instructions, follow up questions Student practical worksheet (PDF and editable version) Student graph axis (PDF and editable version) - if you don’t want to print a whole worksheet Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe how forces deform objects Describe how solid surfaces provide a support force Investigate and use Hooke’s Law Students will work scientifically to: Take accurate measurements Plot a graph Draw a line of best fit on a graph
KS3 - Forces
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KS3 - Forces

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This is a KS3 physics lesson covering what forces are, common forces and identifying them in simple examples, contact vs non-contact forces, and how to measure forces. This resource contains: Teacher powerpoint (with teacher delivery notes, practical investigation, mini-whiteboard afl quizzes, and challenge tasks throughout) Matching forces and descriptions worksheet (PDF and editable versions) **Lesson objectives: ** Explain what forces are Compare different types of forces Describe how to measure forces and give the unit of force
Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions
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Exothermic and Endothermic Reactions

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A comprehensive, engaging, challenging and interactive lesson package designed with AEN students and non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher notes and answers in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Risk assessment for class practicals Printable practical instruction cards Risk assessments for teacher demonstrations Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Various activites to assess progress and understanding that you can tailor to fit any class or available resources Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe what an exothermic and endothermic reactions is in terms of heat energy transfer Give and identify examples of endothermic and exothermic reactions in everyday life Identify reactions as exothermic or endothermic from measuring temperature changes in practical investigations This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing and practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.
Chemical Reactions and Physical Changes
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Chemical Reactions and Physical Changes

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A comprehensive, engaging and interactive lesson package designed with non-science/non-chemistry specialist teachers in mind! This lesson contains: Lesson powerpoint - including teacher delivery notes in “notes” section Student led lesson worksheet Teacher answer sheet Practical Risk Assessment Lesson resources contain: In-built challenge tasks throughout In-built scaffolded learning for lower abilities Objectives: Students will be able to… Describe what physical changes and chemical reactions are Know the different signs of a chemical reaction taking place Class different examples as either physical changes or chemical reactions Describe the difference between a physical change and chemical reaction This lesson contains a student led lesson sheet, with the focus being on students learning through doing, practicing skills and identifying patterns and reasons themselves. Resources and slides ask students the key questions and develops ideas and concepts from the ground up and address common issues, mistakes and misconceptions.