I have been a secondary school science teacher for 9 years and have just started using more resources that pupils can use in their interactive notebooks. I have found these are going down very well with pupils and they are using them throughout the year to revise and recap. All my resources are tried and tested and are up to date with the new curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
I have been a secondary school science teacher for 9 years and have just started using more resources that pupils can use in their interactive notebooks. I have found these are going down very well with pupils and they are using them throughout the year to revise and recap. All my resources are tried and tested and are up to date with the new curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
Print off the posters and laminate around the room or leave up on the whiteboard.
Give each pupil the double sided handout which can be cut along the dotted lines to make a revision foldable.
A tick sheet for each topic of the new AQA GCSE Biology 2016 specification with key words at the bottom. I print them of at the end of each lesson or topic and the kids use them to check their progress. It's good for marking books too as you can see which ones they are having trouble with and then ask a specific question on that objective.
These two documents are for the first two topics - Cell Biology and Organisation
Tick sheets for each topic of the unit 3 infection and response 2016 AQA GCSE. This is taken right from the spec, put into student speak and then put onto easy to print tick sheets which pupils can use as they go or at the end of the topic.
Everything you need for the Human Digestion System - very independent lesson with plenty of resources, starter and plenaries. Not complicated at all and can be used at all levels.
Start by printing out an A2 coloured digestive system poster found on the powerpoint - run a poster challenge where pupils are put into groups and take it in turns to look at the poster outside of the room for 30 second - the whole team have to try and recreate the poster in a certain time - prize for the winner.
The give the pupils the worksheet - have the posters for the digestive system printed and laminated around the room OR upload the powerpoint to iPads or laptops - pupils use these to condense the information on the Digestive System Worksheet.
Then give pupils the enzyme foldable and leave the slide of chemicals in the digestive system on the board - they use this to create a foldable for Protease, Lipase, Carbohydrase, bile and hydrochloric acid.
As a plenary pupils can do word search and/or crossword which are differentiated. Then they can go through the tick list for the topic to review their learning.
Ideas for plenaries are also on the powerpoint. Also a results table for the required practical.
I have done this lesson with all of my GCSE classes and they loved all of the activities. All printed and laminated resources can be saved and used for years to come!
A powerpoint to introduce ideas about how to increase crop yield then a worksheet "box it" for pupils to use with either iPads, computers, the powerpoint or textbooks.
Pupils fill in the boxes with information they have found then compare with each other.
Link up activity as a plenary.
Key word cards for the whole of the B2 Organisation topic and tick sheets for each section of the B2 unit.
KEY WORD CARDS
Print the sheets off double sided on to card, cut out carefully and you have a full set of key word cards with the words on one side and definition on the other. My kids LOVE these and they have made a massive difference to my results. I use them all the time for vocab. The tick sheets can either be used as you teach it or at the end of the topic for revision.
See my other resources for more key word cards for AQA Biology.
Power points, foldables, laminates, posters, worksheets, crosswords, revision cards and tick sheets for the organisation unit of the new 2016 AQA Biology/trilogy science GCSE.
A full set of key word cards for the 3rd unit of the new 2016 AQA GCSE Biology - Infection and Response.
I took all of these key words from the spec and put pupil friendly definitions for them. Just print the sheets double sided and cut out the cards for key word cards with the word on one side and definition on the other.
See my other resources for more resources for the new AQA 2016 biology GCSE
Non-specific defence system power point with notes for how to use each slide.
Starter with printout if needed for linking up pathogens. Progresses through how pathogens enter the body with printout of body outline if needed. Then goes on to how diseases are transmitted then how the skin, nose, trachea and bronchi and stomach acid protect us from pathogens. As per AQA spec.
A foldable for these four mechanisms is accasible and fun for all abilities and allows them to have something n their notes that they can use to test themselves and each other.
A differentiated crossword of key words is provided with the answers.
A quick 6 question quiz with answers is on the powerpoint and then a plenary of matching up pairs of key words, again with answers.
Provided is a simple sheet which creates a fun foldable for pupils to revise from. Covers the new AQA GCSE 2016 syllabus for non specific defence systems - skin, nose, stomach, trachea and bronchi. A differentiated crossword, a starter sheet and a powerpoint for the whole lesson.
Designed for AQA 2016 Biology but would work for any lesson on plants, plant tissues and organs, leaf cross sections etc.
A differentiated cross word and word search and a foldable as well as tick sheets for the AQA Biology 2016 B2 organisation unit.
These cards are all you will need for revision for now until the exams for B1, B2, B3 and B4.
The quiz cards can be printed single sided either on paper or card, cut out and the pupils use them to quiz each other. They are levelled and the italic questions are hight tier. The correct answers for all of them are bold and underlined.
The key word cards need to be printed double sided and have all the key words on one side and the definitions on the back.
Good luck with revision!
Quiz cards for the cell biology B1 unit and the Organs and Organ System B2 unit for the new 2016 AQA GCSE - Can be used with any level. Cards can be printed single sided and used by pupils to quiz each other. The correct answers and underlined and in bold.
I find these cards so effective with my classes. The kids learn all the answers for these cards so quickly then move onto the key word cards (see my other resources)
I will be making more of these for the rest of the biology modules so keep a look out!
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.