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

A revision plan for students going into year 13 studying OCR B Biology. it’s designed for them to use independently and follows the interweaving and spacing concepts. it may help alleviate some exam Teachers will need to provide exam questions.

Aqa specification A yearly plan for students to use for revision. it involves students revising using Quizlet and they have released a gcse scheme of revision cards. The textbook pages relate to separate sciences kerboodle but this is easily changed to suit. It uses the principles of spacing and interweaving and gives students a manageable list of things to do each week. The red tasks should be provided by the teacher, I’ve made a folder on google drive for these activities.

A lesson outside the curriculum. It starts with an introduction to the structure of the skin and it can be changed to suit KS4 and KS5. I’ve included 2 TED videos on skin structure the skin colour. There is an outline of the evolution of human skin colour with activities. The plenary asks questions and this lesson can be followed up with lessons on anti-racism.

Simple knowledge organiser for students to fill in after learning about 4.2.1 - classificaiton. Can be used as part of independent learning or to review the topic.

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

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

Students use a concept cartoon to write a statement identifying which concept they agree with and why. They focus on heating water using a kettle.

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!

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!

This powerpoint has around 20 different generic activities that teachers can apply to any subject. There are 20 different ways of students working independently or in pairs and handling information. They present it in a unique way each time. For example ‘Horrible Science’ is about students taking textbook information and turning it into a ‘Horrible Science’ page similar to the books. These ideas are more useful as ‘main activities’ than starters or plenaries.

KS3 or KS4 lesson on Hooke’s law with practial work included. The powerpoint takes your through how to set out a table and graph.

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

A sequence of lessons aimed at KS3 on craters. Students plan and investigate then review their experiment. Full lesson plans with starters, plenaries and worksheets included.

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

Activity mat for students to complete differentiated independent tasks on the uses of sound. Links and AFL tasks included

Full lesson on magnets with an experiment exploring how they work

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

Short lesson powerpoint on the required practical looking at insulating materials. Access the required practical through the AQA website

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