Students are given a selection of biscuits and need to determine their evolution. This is compared to the discovery of fossils and problems with the fossil record. An engaging starter activity with room for follow up and development!

KS3 Biology Students write an extended answer for the role of organelles in a cell They have an opportunity to redraft their answer Starter, plenary and homework included. Designed for a short lesson - 35 mins

Full lesson with a practical aimed at measuring ‘work done’

A plan made for students to prepare for their A-Level exams. It starts next week and links to videos and questions

Year 12 New AQA Psychology Specification Types of memory

Year 12 Psychology New AQA All models of memory plus evaluations, research and exam questions

Starter activity - give students a jaffa cake and get them to compare their observations. You may wish to use different brands of jaffa cakes. Main activity - going through types of validity and links can be made to studies Plenary - exam questions

Full lesson on this topic with starter and plenary Calculations questions from elsewhere on Tes

I used this as a starter for cells, tissues and organs. Students use cups in a fun challenge to arrange key terms into size order e.g. cells, organelles, atoms, organs Teacher and student instructions are given Simply but very engaging!

Full lesson on magnets with an experiment exploring how they work

AQA Psychology - Biopsychology Topic Full lesson with starter, main and plenary

A generic template that can be used after any topic test or mock exam. Students complete it to identify their areas of weakness and strengths. Fully editable and originally create for A-Level Biology

AQA Psychology Research Methods New Specification Ethics, Observations Complete lesson with all resources, answers and a video. Involves giving some students in the class a secret task that is discussed at the end.

Stand alone lesson or as part of a health and disease topic. Includes starter, student method sheet and a plenary. Approx 50 minutes long

Full lesson on this topic with a card sort activity and independent island task

Full lesson with a creative task on light. Students would need access to textbooks or IT for the task

New AQA Psychology - Year 12 Lessons on research on memory plus guidance on essays

AQA Psychology Lesson on Plasticity with a question run game

AQA Psychology A lesson on both these concepts with exam questions

Full lesson on energy transfers with key defintions, starter, plenary and you will need to order a selection of wind up toys, hair dryers etc. for students to complete an energy transfers circuit