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Prefer active student-led activities and so tend to design accordingly.
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Experienced science teacher - 15 years of teaching. Commissioned resource author. Copy editor.
Prefer active student-led activities and so tend to design accordingly.
Save yourself heaps of planning time, for as little as £1.00. Funds generated from the sales of resource helps pay for the software and apps used to create my resources.
Objective: to understand the process of and equation for photosynthesis, know that photosynthesis is endothermic
Suitable for all - questions and tasks are differentiated.
The resource is designed to be used in conjunction with textbook or notes. It includes, an activity selection sheet and a correct the mistakes worksheet. Please see the photographs attached for more information.
Black and white activity sheet is included.
Objective:
To be able to name some plant and animal viruses.
To describe the spread and symptoms of some plant and animal viruses.
To compare and contrast plant animal viruses.
Suitable for all KS4 biology students (fully differentiated)
Included:
This resource comprises an infographic (text) and 9 differentiated activities, from a level 1 to 9. Included are the photo files, pdf and word documents .
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Objective:
Understand keywords relating seismic waves
Understand the differences between P, S and L waves.
Understand the internal structure of the Earth and how waves travel through them.
Suitable for both higher and lower achievers.
Resource contains 2 x crossword puzzles and answers. Crossword 1 is for higher achievers and crossword 2 for higher students who may need some literacy support.
Objectives:
To understand seismic waves and how they can be used as evidence for the internal structure of the Earth.
To understand seismographs and seismometers.
Suitable for higher achievers (lots of challenge activity options).
This resource is made up of a piece of text summarising key information on P, S and L waves etc. and a set of 5 activity choices. Some of the activity choices are based on Tony Ryan's Thinkers Keys.
I give my students the text and option sheet along with text books if necessary and ask them to choose 2 of the activity options, to complete. This can be followed up by presentation work if you have the time or peer assessed.
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Included are a piece of text on cables and plugs, a codebreaker activity and hidden message wordsearch.
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Objective:
To understand the function of the different wires in a plug, how a mains cable works, the importance of the earth wire, the difference between a three and two core cable.
Included:
Text, 2 Tarsia Puzzles of different sizes, answers to the Tarsia
Suitable for both high and low achievers.
Approximately a 40 minute activity.
Lesson Ideas:
Give students the text document and allow them time to read and highlight any words they do not understand.
Put the students in groups of 2 or 3 and issue each group with 2 post-it notes.
Students then cut and assemble the tarsia puzzle, matching the question and answer. If students are really struggling, they are allowed to write a single question on each of the post-it notes and then wait for the teacher to circulate and answer the questions.
After the time is up, issue each group with the answers and have them complete their puzzles.
This is a good starter activity for the following lesson, to re-inforce the ideas.
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Objective:
To understand what x-rays are used for, the dangers and safety precautions related to medical x-rays and how x-rays work.
Clock activity is suitable for all abilities and can be used in a variety of ways:
- “hot potato”, seat students in pairs and issue the clock questions, in their pairs students choose a question and are given 2 minutes to find and write and answer. The sheets are all rotated and students choose another question to answer on the next sheet. Sheets are rotated 12 times and students end up with their original sheet in front of them.
Go through the answers and students correct where appropriate.
- give students information on x-rays (printed webpages, textbooks etc), and working in pairs complete the activity.
Webquest activity is suitable for higher achievers. Students are required to complete a set of notes on a graphic organiser and then using only those notes, write a newspaper report.
Both of these activities lend well to peer assessment and paired work.
A huge set of resources to use with the KS4 Energy topic.
Including a flipped learning presentation and activity,many calculation sheets, engaging magazine style activity, energy etc.
Suitable for higher, foundation and SEND students.
This activity can be used in a variety of ways. Students can be given the puzzle and activity sheets or just the activity. Alternatively the company "pin board" can be used as an excellent revision tool or starting point for notes. Another way in which to use it is to ask lower achieving students to complete an exam question using the board.
Suitable for KS3 and KS4
Using photographs of models of diffusion students use their knowledge of the particle model to evaluate. The SEN activity guides students through in more detail and has only one model to evaluate.
Suitable for SEN students and those struggling scientist.
This resource is made up of a puzzle and questions relating to Energy Transfers.
There is also a task asking students to design a rollercoaster taking into account the energy transfers needed to make it more thrilling.
This resource is a puzzle that needs to be cut out and rearranged to make sense of the text. It forces students to engage with what they have learned in a kinaesthetic way. Once completed students should be better equipped to do simple efficiency calculations.