Help your students to turn the name of a chemical into the chemical formula. A carefully constructed sequence of exercises will teach your students how to write chemical formulae. Starting with simple binary compounds and working up through complex ions, like sulphate and nitrate, until they get to brackets. Then students are taken through writing equations with a worked example and then a series of questions. If you like this, leave a review, some constructive criticism or some questions. For more resources, many of them free, visit; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mrlowe or go and look at my most popular resource, 65,000 downloads (when it was free) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-rates-of-reaction-animated-powerpoint-updated-and-worksheets-12890327

An A to Z of Science Jobs, useful as a starter or a careers talk

Triple Science Opens Doors is a powerpoint that can be used in assemblies or on interactive displays to advertise the benefits of triple science. I have also printed out the individual slides and displayed them in groups of three in labs and corridors. There are slides linked directly to food tech, product design, music, english, geography, history, so have them displayed there too!!

What if you could do drugs but only do half the damage? A few months ago the BBC news website carried a series of images of people made up to look as if only half of their body was damaged by drugs, a sort of left-handed Dorian Gray portrait. I found the pictures intriguing and with just PowerPoint and Paint I have made a set of images that are quite striking and may provoke debate. The photographer is Roman Sakovich.

Show the initial slide to introduce the activity. Pupils are put into groups of four to discuss how they would stop the spread of this fatal disease. Real life solutions can be seen later in the ppt.

This is a three slide powerpoint. Print out the first two and you have a cut and paste activity. I added the third slide so that pupils could self mark the activity. It saves a lot of writing about intercourse which some pupils in year seven find difficult to do. Comments and feedback welcome

Handy starter printed on two sheets to reduce to A5 on printing. Only you will know that all the answers are true, some look outlandish but they are real.

A version of the glossary provided by the exam boards. This one has had its reading age reduced but not it's content or it&'s usefulness. It can also be used to introduce the terms in KS3 if you are 'Getting Practical'

Lesson plan outlines activity. Document can be cut up into strips for sorting. Last page can be held back for less able pupils. Pupils sort statements into ones that favour gorillas, ones that favour chimpanzees and ones that favour a new species. Ppt is a useful backdrop. Comments welcome.

A photographic introduction to the island, which was created by an underwater volcano in 1963. It has remained off limits to the general public and is studied to see how weathering and erosion lead to soil formation. The final slide can be used as a template for a weathering diagram or annotated as a class activity. Feedback welcomed.

Contains some graphic images of cancers and even amputated fingers. You have been warned. Photos were provided by Manchester University

A pattern seeking activity using a limited number of road signs that can be grouped in different ways.

A spreadsheet layout of the themes and subthemes in Science APP. Also includes a breakdown of Sc1 skills by level Comments welcome

An active reading worksheet that contains a lot of information. Pupils read it through and then read it again to give titles to paragraphs. Then they have to read it again to sift out various bits of information. Reviews welcome

An active reading worksheet that contains a lot of information. Pupils read it through and then read it again to give titles to paragraphs. Then they have to read it again to sift out various bits of information. A useful literacy resource for biology. Reviews welcome.

Key Stage 3, Year 8, Science Revision Slide Show for The Unicellular Organisms or Microbes topic. I use this as a homework resource initially, that pupils can work through at their own pace. I also use it in revision lessons. The Unicellular Organisms or Microbes Revision Power Point is written for the Exploring Science course and follows their Big Questions format. This resource is a great starter for a GCSE Microbes topic.

Key Stage 3, Year 8, Science Revision Slide Show for the Breathing topic. I use this as a homework resource initially, that pupils can work through at their own pace. I also use it in revision lessons. The Breathing Revision Power Point is written for the Exploring Science course and follows their Big Questions format. This resource is a great starter for a GCSE respiration topic

Key Stage 3, Year 7 or Year 8, Science Revision Slide Show for The Plants topic. I use this as a homework resource initially, that pupils can work through at their own pace. I also use it in revision lessons. The Plants Revision Power Point is written for the Exploring Science course and follows their Big Questions format. This includes a section on investigations and will be useful for how science works. This resource is a great starter for a GCSE Plants topic. If you like this, leave a review, some constructive criticism or some questions. For more resources, many of them free, visit; https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/mrlowe or go and look at my most popular resource, 65,000 downloads (when it was free) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-rates-of-reaction-animated-powerpoint-updated-and-worksheets-12890327