Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.1 Hormones and control of the body. Designed for SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and activities for AQAs B1.1 Antibiotics. Designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and activities for AQAs B1.1 Red & White blood cells. Designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and activities for AQAs B1.1 Bacterial and Viral diseases, designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson on AQAs B1.1 Druh abuse, designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and activities for AQA B1.1 Medical drugs, designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and activities for AQA B1.1 Exercise and Health designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and acitivities on AQA B1.1 Diet and Health, designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson and wordsearch on AQA B1.1 Reflexes and Nervous system,designed for a SEN class with MLD.

A display which has been designed to be printed out as A3 posters to indicate noise levels in the classroom. It is particularly useful when managing group work. I also cut out and laminated an arrow to use as an indicator, but it is also effective to stand and point as the class teacher.

A set of posters which details how students can improve their levels in science at KS3. Content is based on NC level descriptors. Please rate & comment.

Lesson on puberty and adolescence. Students start by identifying changes that have occurred in a celebrity as they have grown into an adult. Students then watch a youtube video on puberty and investigate the changes on the BBC website. Students then arrange the changes that happen to males and females in a venn diagram. Students are given an opportunity to develop their literacy skills by writing an agony aunt reply. The lesson ends with a mini-whiteboard activity.

The lesson involves students recapping knowledge on cells and specialised cells from the first part of the unit. They then make plasticine models of the reproductive organs and label diagrams of the reproductive organs. Students can then be given the opportunity to improve their models. The lesson ends with a mini-whiteboard plenary. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

A year 7 introduction to reproduction. Students are asked to write any words they know associated with reproduction - this is a good point to discuss what is slang and which words will be acceptable to use in science. Students are then asked to come up with their own rules for how to behave in the lessons on reproduction. Students also came up with consequences for breaking these rules. Students then share any previous knowledge by completing the table. The lesson ends with an anonymous question-answering session. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

Year 7 revision lesson on the cells topic. Students play bingo by listening to the definitions of the key words. Students put up their hands to give their answer which is shared with the rest of the group then ticked off. The second half of the lesson is designed as a 'pub quiz' activity - students get into team of 5/6 and come up with a team name. Answers are peer-assessed. Prizes were given to the winners to keep up the competitive spirit. Please rate & comment as appropriate

A year 7 lesson designed as an introduction to some of the major organ systems. for the starter I drew an organ onto the torso and students wrote the name on their mini whiteboards.The idea of transplants and ethics is introduced. Slides 13 and 14 were printed onto one A4 sheet and given to all students. The statements were discussed as a class and students ticked the sheets. An opinion line was then formed in the class. Statements were discussed further to allow students to change their minds if they wished. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

Year 7 lesson as an introduction to the concepts of tissues & organs. Students watch the video about the F1 pitstop team as an introduction. Students then copy down the diagram and complete the CLOZE passage. Students are introduced to the location of some of the major organs of the body by completing a cut and stick exercise. I also used a model of the human body to help illustrate this. As a plenary, students vote of true/false questions - could also be done with red/green cards. Please rate é comment as appropriate.

Students develop their HSW skills during the lesson by creating a dichotomous key. Students also recap prior knowledge of animal and plant cell structure and are introduced to a number of specialised cells. Students are encouraged to cut out and sort the cells as they draw their diagrams, as a visual and kinaesthetic activity. The plenary involves students identifying key features of a cell to try and determine its function. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

The idea of cell division is discussed as a starter. Students then look at pre-prepared slides of cells at different stages of division and try to determine the correct order. There is a slide with cells at different stages of division also, if pre-prepared slides are not available. Students attempt to determine the order. The lesson ends with a discussion of the big question. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

A year 7 lesson with a focus on animal cells and also animal & plant cell structure. Students prepare slides with their own cheek cells, then examine them under the microscope. They then compare these with the onion cells they examined in the previous lesson. Students are given the black and white version of the animal and plant cells - they draw lines to match up the correct parts of the cell. The plenary can be done as a drag and drop or as a drawing the line. Students can vote on whether they agree/disagree with the answer given. Please rate é comment as appropriate.