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Distance Learning or Remote Learning Quiz KS3
A fantastic end-of-year or back to school activity but really the ideal any-time vehicle to promote community and communication between teachers and students and which also introduces that important element of healthy competition - so often missing in distance learning. The competition can be run for individual classes or across several classes and offering a prize and running a “coming to your computer soon” campaign for a few days before fires interest and enthusiasm.
How it Works
The design of this fully - animated quiz is unique and is specifically tailored to quizzing at a distance.
Students complete the quiz which automatically records the score and the time taken.
They then take a screenshot or photograph of their final score or time and email it to their teacher.
The winner is the student with the highest score and in the event of a tie, the student with the lowest time wins.
The time penalties for each question mean that those pupils who have cheated and looked up the answers online are unlikely to win.
On selecting a wrong answer, the student is immediately provided with the correct answer.
Question Content
All questions are pictorial and multiple choice. A wide-range of topical and historical general knowledge is included. As well as asking a question, most slides also provide some interesting snippets about the topic so pupils are expanding their general knowledge as well as enjoying the activity. Topics include:
geography
history
sport
nature
current affairs
science
music
astrology
astronomy
flags of the world
famous people
famous landmarks
Types of Question
Straight forward select the correct answer.
Unscramble the picture to identify the object.
Memory test – answer questions on the order and detail of objects which have passed on a conveyor belt.
Memory test – Give the coordinates of fish before and after they swim around a pond.
Identify the slowly - revealed animal or famous location.
Identify the well – known phrase or saying from animated clues.
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Forces - Moments - Distance Learning and Homeschool for KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school lesson which explains the effect of moments, how to calculate them and the wheelbarrow and tongs as examples of levers
What’s Covered
A force can have a turning effect (moment) about a pivot.
Moment = force x distance from pivot.
Examples of a force which is further from the pivot having a greater turning effect.
Plan an investigation into moments on both sides of the pivot being equal at equilibrium.
Explain and provides practice in the equation F1 x d1 = F2 x d2
Demonstrate the use of a seesaw to lift a larger load a smaller height.
Introduce the wheelbarrow and tongs as levers.
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress.
Resources
An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by:
explaining how to use distance learning effectively;
explaining how to use this resource;
explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them;
providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work.
Four worksheets, and two cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint.
A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning.
A checklist for students to use to assess their progress.
Digital quick test
For those students without internet or a computer or a computer at home a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school.
Ways to Use this Resource
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets.
Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home.
Students without photocopying facilities are instructed to write their answers in full sentences
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Food, Nutrition and Food Tests Dominoes Game for KS3
A dominoes game with questions and statements on breathing and the respiratory system instead of answers.
Prior Knowledge
Carbohydrates provide energy
Proteins needed for growth and repair
Lipids (fats) provide energy and insulation
Minerals needed for a healthy body – examples iron for red blood cells and calcium for teeth and bones
Vitamins – enable body to use other nutrients more efficiently – examples Vit A for eyesight, Vit C prevents scurvy, Vit K for blood clotting
Roughage (fiber) moves food through the gut.
Why roughage helps prevent bowel cancer explained.
Importance of water in the diet.
Examples of foods containing the five nutrients and roughage.
Excess carbohydrates and fats are laid down under the skin.
A balanced diet explained.
Energy in food and energy needed for activity are measured in kilojoules (kj).
Working out the energy in a meal.
What You Get
90 dominos
Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play.
Rules of the Game
Each player selects seven dominos from the top of the face-down pile and holds them in their hand like playing cards.
The player whose surname begins with a letter closest to the letter A starts and play proceed in a clockwise direction.
Dominos can be matched exactly, or a name can be matched with a symbol or descriptions, sketches and circuit diagrams can be matched.
If a player thinks a match is wrong, they can challenge. If the challenger is correct, they give a card from their own hand to the challenged player. If the challenged player is correct, they give a card from their hand to the challenger. Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer and consult their teacher if a consensus is not reached.
If a player cannot play a domino, they pick up from the face down pile and can play if possible or add it to their hand.
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Food Groups, Nutrition and Food Tests Wildcard and Snap Card Games KS3
A great way to consolidate food groups, nutrition and food tests with this pack of cards which can be used to play three different card games. So much fun, students don’t even realise they are learning!
All games can be played with cards relating to food groups only if so wished.
Prior Knowledge Required
Carbohydrates provide energy
Proteins needed for growth and repair
Lipids (fats) provide energy and insulation
Minerals needed for a healthy body – examples iron for red blood cells and calcium for teeth and bones
Vitamins – enable body to use other nutrients more efficiently – examples Vit A for eyesight, Vit C prevents scurvy, Vit K for blood clotting
Roughage (fiber) moves food through the gut.
Why roughage helps prevent bowel cancer explained.
Importance of water in the diet.
Examples of foods containing the five nutrients and roughage.
Excess carbohydrates and fats are laid down under the skin.
A balanced diet explained.
Energy in food and energy needed for activity are measured in kilojoules (kj).
Working out the energy in a meal.
What You Get
78 playing cards
Animated PowerPoint with instructions for playing wildcard and snap
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Light - Refraction Explained - Fully Resourced Lesson KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable fully resourced lesson on refraction. The pack also includes a virtual experiment to find the values of the angles of incidence and refraction in a semi – circular glass block. This can either be used as a tool to enable the student to draw conclusions or as instruction for the student to perform their own real time experiment.
What’s Covered
The more dense the medium the slower the speed of light.
When light travels from a less dense medium to a more dense medium it is bent towards the normal.
When light travels from a more dense medium to a less dense medium it is bent away from the normal.
Light hitting a boundary at 900 is not refracted.
Light is not refracted at a curved boundary.
Complete ray diagrams showing refraction.
Design an experiment and results table to investigate refraction through a semi - circular glass block
Why lightning is seen before thunder is heard when a cloud discharges.
Real and apparent depth.
What’s Included
This pack contains fifteen printable resources as it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
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Current Electricity - Does the Resistance in a Circuit Affect Current? Why? KS3
This action-packed lesson on the relationship between resistance and current is fully resourced and differentiated with 13 activities including starter, plenary, exit ticket quiz plus homeworks and 12 learning outcomes.
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.
The activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, feedback to teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz and a practical.
This pack contains material for two hours lesson time in total to enable the teacher to select and totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Objective
To know that resistance is the result of electrons colliding with the metal ions in a conductor.
To know that resistance increases with the number of metal ions such in a longer wire.
To predict the outcome and design an experiment to investigate the relationship between resistance and current by adding lamps to a circuit.
To design a results table.
to draw a bar graph of the results of the experiment.
Resources
Animated 17 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Cut and stick
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
Taboo Cards
Worksheet for practical
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
2 Differentiated homework/classwork worksheets
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Links to other resources in this series.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Current Electricity - Everything You Need
Respiration - GCSE (9-1) Revision
Covered in this Resource
Relate surface area to volume ratio to gaseous diffusion in unicellular or small animals and the need for respiratory and transport systems in larger animals.
Respiration as an exothermic reaction controlled by enzymes which produces ATP as a result of breaking down glucose.
Aerobic respiration occurs in mitochondria of all cells and requires oxygen and produces CO2 and H2O
Anaerobic respiration occurs in muscle cells during vigorous activity when there is little oxygen, produces lactic acid, creates oxygen debt and less ATP per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
Role played by intercostal muscles and diaphragm during inhalation and exhalation.
Label the respiratory system.
Compare the composition of inhaled and exhaled air.
Function of cilia.
Effect of smoking on cilia, emphysema and smokers cough.
What You Get
Sheet for fact share activity
Fact Sheet
Smart Board Quiz - Question and answer PowerPoints
Two worksheets – differentiated.
Answer/mark scheme PowerPoint
Sheet for pupils to record quiz answers
Suggested lesson plan (one-page flow chart)
Lesson structure
With the question version of the quiz on the interactive whiteboard, pupils write their answers on their recording sheet. This quiz has a built-in timer for each question but the teacher has control of movement between slides to move from question to question.
The answer version of the quiz is then put on the IWB and pupils mark their answers. This version also shows the questions so it is easy for the teacher to go through any explanations necessary.
The facts on the fact sheet are mapped to the question numbers in the quiz. Pupils now match and colour on the fact sheet, the numbers of the questions they had wrong on the pupil recording sheet. They then have, to take away with them, a clear and permanent record of facts to be learned.
Pupils then tackle the worksheet which is differentiated over two versions.
Finally pupils use the answer/mark scheme PowerPoint to either self-assess or peer assess their answers to the worksheet.
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Respiration Board Game GCSE (9-1) KS4
An ideal activity for the end of the topic or revision. This is a challenging, engaging and enjoyable board game, for up to six pupils per set, with 54 question cards on the basics of current electricity including:
Relate surface area to volume ratio to gaseous diffusion in unicellular or small animals and the need for respiratory and transport systems in larger animals.
Respiration as an exothermic reaction controlled by enzymes which produces ATP as a result of breaking down glucose.
Aerobic respiration occurs in mitochondria of all cells and requires oxygen and produces CO2 and H2O
Anaerobic respiration occurs in muscle cells during vigorous activity when there is little oxygen, produces lactic acid, creates oxygen debt and less ATP per glucose molecule than aerobic respiration.
Role played by intercostal muscles and diaphragm during inhalation and exhalation.
Label the respiratory system.
Compare the composition of inhaled and exhaled air.
Function of cilia.
Effect of smoking on cilia, emphysema and smokers cough.
Included in this Pack.
Game board
54 Question cards with questions of varying difficulty
Teacher answer sheet
Instruction sheet.
Preparation
Photocopy Board onto A3 paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included).
Photocopy question sheets onto paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included) and cut into question cards.
How to Play
Highest score of dice starts
Pupils take turns and work their way around the board following the instructions in the squares.
When landing on the thinker emoji the pupil takes a question card from the face down pile. If correct they move on 2 spaces.
If a player thinks an answer given by an opponent is incorrect they can challenge. If the challenge is correct the challenger moves forward 2 spaces. If the challenge is wrong the challenger moves back two spaces.
In the event of a challenge, pupils are encouraged to consult their books but the teacher has a quick-check answer sheet.
Fully resourced revision lesson on respiration.
Respiration GCSE (9 - 1)
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Specialised Cells KS3 12 Taboo Cards
Twelve taboo cards on specialised cells namely red blood cells, fat cells, root hair cells, palisade cells, sperm cells, egg cells and ciliated cells.
How to Use
Work in pairs.
Place cards in a pile face down.
Student takes a card and gives scientific clues to their partner to help them guess the word in the guess box.
The clue giver cannot use the words in the taboo box in the clues.
Also available as part of a bundle
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure, Differences, Specialisation - Taboo Cards
Other resources in this series
Plant and Animal Cells - Structure and Differences KS3
Cell Specialisation KS3
Plant and Animal Cells- Structure, Differences and Specialisation Boardgame KS3
Plant and Animal Cells, Structure and Differences KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Specialised Cells KS3 - Fully Resourced Revision Lesson
Plant and Animal Cells KS3 - 42 Question Card Sort Team Game
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Current Electricity KS3 - Save the Technician Escape Room
Finish and reinforce the KS3 current electricity module or revisit it prior to exams with this innovative, enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson. Prior knowledge required:
• current, voltage and resistance – defining and understanding, units, measuring;
• circuits and symbols;
• series and parallel circuits – current, voltage, switches, lamps;
• current and voltage varying with number of batteries;
• Ohms Law.
Pupils have to work their way through the clues to find the code to a box with a combination lock containing an antidote to a substance, accidentally ingested by the laboratory. The substance is the departments a prototype, orally administered sunscreen being developed by the department which has unfortunately been found to turn the skin of mice purple and which has not yet been tested on humans and is also therefore potentially toxic.
The pack contains:
• PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
• crossword;
• word search;
• dominoes activity;
• worksheet Differentiated over 2 versions);
• code breaker sheet;
• answer keys;
• lesson plan.
If time is limited just the crossword, word search and domino can be used. With a minimum of 50 minutes available one of the differentiated worksheets can also be used. The worksheet is the most challenging clue to solve and this can be omitted completely for less able classes.
Both 3 and 4 number combination locks can be purchased very cheaply online if using an actual box containing an unopened bottle of a soft drink, with the label removed, for a member of the winning team to take to the technician. In the absence of a locked box, until the code is found, as each group completes a team member can be dispatched to the prep room for the technician to ”try the code”. Alternatively all the combination locks in the science department had been set to the same combination for an escape room lesson including the one used on the box with the antidote in the prep room. The combination has been lost but if the class can open the one in front of them it will open the one on the antidote!
The module is available as money-saving bundles or individual topics.
Intro to Current Electricity 1
Intro to Current Electricity 2
Intro to Current Electricity 3
Intro to Current Electricity 4
Current Electricity KS3 – The Complete Module
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Cell Specialisation KS3
This action-packed lesson on specialised cells is fully resourced and differentiated with 12 activities and 7 learning outcomes. Pupils will learn to identify the differences between specialised cells and typical cells and explain how that difference equips the specialised cell to perform their particular function. Specialised cells studied are chloroplasts, red blood cells, fat cells, nerve cells, root hair cells, ciliated cells, sperm cells and egg cells.
Easy to follow instructions are given on the PowerPoint and worksheets so that the lesson practically runs itself.
Activities include literacy, group work, peer assessment, self-assessment, pupil response to assessment, and feedback to the teacher on pupil learning via the exit ticket quiz.
This pack contains material for two hours lesson time to enable teachers to select resources to totally bespoke their lesson according to pupil ability, time available for the topic and focus of departmental/school policy. Resources not used in the lesson can be additional homework or used for pre-examination revision.
An easy to follow one-page flow chart lesson plan indicates where logical choices between resources can be made and indicates whether each activity includes literacy, oracy or AFL .
Objective
To know that cells are changed or specialised to perform a particular function.
To be able to identify the differences between specialised cells and typical animal and plant cells .
*To explain how those differences allow the specialised cell to perform their particular function.
Resources
Animated 25 slide PowerPoint- includes exit ticket /plenary quiz
Anticipation guide(starter and plenary)
Flip It
12 Taboo Cards
Fact sheet
Foldable
Fact Share Worksheet
Exit ticket template
ABC card template
2 differentiate worksheets
2 differentiated homeworks
Flow chart lesson plan
PowerPoint with answers /detailed mark schemes for homework/classwork sheets-pupils of all abilities can self-assess or peer assess.
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Air Resistance and Friction Explained KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable explanation of the causes and effects of air resistance and friction with animated PowerPoints which:
demonstrate air resistance as resulting from collisions between the front of an object and air particles;
demonstrate how friction is caused by collisions between “bumps” in sliding surfaces and slows them down and produces heat;
demonstrate why streamlined bodies reduce air resistance to travel faster;
provide a visual explanation of the relationship between acceleration due to gravity, sir resistance, steady speed and why parachutes work.
The three practicals investigate:
the relationship between the force needed to move a shoe over different types of surface.
the relationship between surface area of a parachute and air resistance
do streamlined objects travel faster in water?
What’s Covered
Friction is a force which opposes motion and is measured in newtons (N).
Friction increases with the roughness of the surface.
Friction is caused by collisions between “bumps”, sometimes microscopic, as surfaces slide over each other.
Collisions slow things down and produce heat.
How lubricants reduce friction
Air resistance results from collisions between the front of an object and air particles.
Steady speed.
Air resistance wastes energy and slows moving objects
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz (x2)
Answer PowerPoints to make self and peer assessment easy
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers) (x2)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (x2)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes) (x2)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoints (x2)
Fact sheet (x2)
Homework plus answers (x6)
Fact share worksheet (x2)
24 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist (x2)
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains thirty-one resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
Other fully resourced forces lessons for KS3
Weight and Mass
What is a Force
What is Friction
Air Resistance
Balanced and Unbalanced Forced
Forces Understanding Diagnostic
Forces Module
Games to reinforce learning
Friction and Air Resistance Dominoes KS3
Force, Weight and Mass Dominoes KS3
Force, Weight and Mass Find the Pair KS3
Friction and Air Resistance Find the Pair KS3
Forces - 48 Question Board Game KS3
Forces Smart Board Bingo KS3
Forces Escape Room - Save the Caretaker
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Elements and Compounds Smart Board or Computer Bingo KS3
Smart board bingo includes questions on elements, compounds, chemical symbols, formulae and naming compounds. A numbered question is generated randomly and, if that number is on their bingo card, students write in the answer. So much fun students don’t realise they are learning!
Smart board bingo includes questions on:
atoms and molecules;
elements and compounds;
chemical symbols;
formulae;
naming compounds.
What is Included
Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 54 questions
48 bingo cards
Answers PowerPoint
Answer sheet
Suggested Lesson Plan
Play bingo – students write the answers into the square on their bingo card which matches the question number in the smart board.
Teacher uses answer sheet to check card of winners of lines and full house
Pupils use answer PowerPoint to check their answers at end of game.
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Elements and Compounds Escape Room for KS3 - Save the School Librarian
An innovative, enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson which includes:
atoms and molecules;
elements and compounds;
chemical symbols;
formulae
naming compounds.
Pupils have to work their way through the clues to find the code to a combination lock on the school exam paper store in which the school secretary has been accidentally locked.
A useful resource to finish a module on elements and compounds or for pre-test revision.
The pack contains:
PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
crossword;
word search;
dominoes activity;
worksheet;
code breaker sheet;
answer keys;
lesson plan.
If time is limited just the crossword, word search and domino can be used. The worksheet is the most challenging clue to solve and this can be omitted completely for less able classes.
Both 3 and 4 number combination locks can be purchased very cheaply online or the teacher can pretend to phone the school office for the staff to attempt to release the librarian.
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Magnetism - Magnets and Electromagnets 42 Question Board Game for KS3
With 42 question cards on permanent magnets and electromagnets this is an enjoyable and challenging board game for up to six players per set. It is suitable for all abilities.
Included in this Pack
Game board
42 Question cards with questions of varying difficulty
Teacher answer sheet
Instruction sheet.
Preparation
Photocopy Board onto A3 paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included).
Photocopy question sheets onto paper or card (Colour and greyscale versions included) and cut into question cards.
How to Play
Highest score of dice starts
Pupils take turns and work their way around the board following the instructions in the squares.
Certain squares indicate that the pupil takes a question card from the face down pile. If correct they move on 2 spaces.
If a player thinks an answer given by an opponent is incorrect they can challenge. If the challenge is correct the challenger moves forward 2 spaces. If the challenge is wrong the challenger moves back two spaces.
In the event of a challenge, pupils are encouraged to consult their books but the teacher has a quick-check answer sheet.
Prior Knowledge Required
Magnetic materials can be made into magnets.
Iron, cobalt and nickel and their alloys are magnetic materials.
Unlike poles attract and like pole repel.
There is an invisible magnetic field around a magnet made up of field lines.
Draw the field lines around a bar magnet.
The closer together the field lines the stronger the magnetic field.
Draw the field lines around two bar magnets with like and unlike poles facing.
There are more field lines around the poles where the magnetic field is strongest.
The magnetic field strength gets less as distance from the magnet increases.
Field lines point away from the south pole and towards the north pole of a magnet.
When a magnetic material is made into a magnet, the randomly facing domains all line up to point in the same direction.
The Earth acts as though there as a south-type pole at magnetic north and a north-type pole at magnetic south.
Explain how an electric bell, a circuit breaker and a relay work
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Light - Shadows and Lunar and Solar Eclipses - Fully Resourced Lesson for KS3
A comprehensive and enjoyable fully resourced lesson on shadows and lunar and solar eclipses for middle school.
What’s Covered
The shadow of a point source only has an umbra but the shadow of a large point source has an umbra and a penumbra.
If the light source moves closer to the object, the shadow gets bigger.
If the object moves closer to the screen, the shadow gets smaller .
A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth stops all, or some, of the Sun’s light from reaching the Moon.
The Moon orbits the Earth once every 29.5 days.
When the entire moon passes through the Earths penumbra it appears slightly darker (penumbral eclipse).
If only part of the moon passes through the Earth’s umbra it is a partial eclipse.
A solar eclipse happens when the Moon stops all, or some, of the Sun’s light from reaching the Earth
A person on Earth, standing in the Moon’s umbra will see a total solar eclipse.
A person on Earth, standing in the Moon’s penumbra will see a partial solar eclipse.
When the Moon is at its furthest point from Earth, it no longer covers the whole surface of the Sun and an annular eclipse is seen from the umbra.
The Moon’s orbit is angled relative to the Earth so the Sun, Earth and Moon are not often in the alignment needed for a lunar Eclipse to occur.
When the entire moon passes through the Earths umbra it appears red due to refracted red light (total or umbral eclipse).
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable
Cut and stick activity.
Worksheet (x2) to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework
Fact share worksheet
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains fourteen printable resources as it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
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Kinetic Theory of Matter - Three States of Matter, Change of State - Fully Resourced Lesson for KS3
This fully resourced lesson on particle or kinetic theory for KS3 includes an animated PowerPoint which:
identifies the three states of matter as solid, liquid and gas;
demonstrates the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases;
explains the properties of solids, liquids and gases in terms of the arrangement of their particles;
explains change of state including sublimation;
explains pressure in gases and the effect of increasing the number of particles and temperature and decreasing volume
diffusion
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz and all answers to classwork and homework)
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (students use to make their own notes)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Worksheet to support the PowerPoint
Fact sheet
Homework (x3) plus answers
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains 18 printable resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
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Kinetic Theory of Matter (Particle Theory) - Find the Pair Game KS3
This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on the kinetic theory of matter which uses the particle model to explain change of state, gas pressure and diffusion. Pupils work in teams of three or four. Each team lays out their 42 cards face down in a square and take it in turn to turn over two cards. If the cards are a question and its correct answer, the pupil keeps the pair. If they are not a match they are turned face down and the next pupil gets a turn. This process continues until all cards are matched and the winner is the pupil with the most pairs.
If a team member thinks that the selectors pair is not a correct match, they can challenge.
Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer but the teacher also has a quick-check answer sheet. If the challenge is correct, the challenger keeps the pair.
Included in this Pack.
42 question and answer cards
Teacher’s answer sheet.
Instruction sheet
Preparation
Use double-sided printing to copy 1 set per group of 4 pupils.
Sheets could be laminated to enable year-on-year use.
Cut sheets into cards.
Prior Knowledge Required
Three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
Arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases.
Properties of solids, liquids and gases in terms of the arrangement of their particles.
Change of state including sublimation.
Pressure in gases and the effect of increasing the number of particles and temperature and decreasing volume.
Diffusion.
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Kinetic Theory of Matter, Mixtures and Solutions, Separating Mixtures - Escape Room
Finish and reinforce a middle school module on states of matter, change of state, mixtures and separating mixtures or revisit it prior to exams with this innovative, enjoyable and challenging escape room lesson.
Students must work their way through the clues to find the code to a combination lock on the school storeroom where Chomper, the school guinea pig has been accidentally locked.
Prior Knowledge Required
Three states of matter are solid, liquid and gas.
Arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases.
Properties of solids, liquids and gases in terms of the arrangement of their particles.
Change of state including sublimation.
Pressure in gases and the effect of increasing the number of particles and temperature and decreasing volume.
Diffusion.
Elements and compounds are pure substance and mixtures are not.
Meaning of the terms solute, solvent, solution, soluble and insoluble.
Particle theory to explain why stirring, temperature and particle size affect the rate of dissolving.
Particle theory to explain dissolving, suspensions and saturated solutions.
Extracting information from solubility curves.
The composition and physical properties of mixtures
Evaporation to dryness and crystallisation
Distillation
Fractional distillation
Filtration
Chromatography
The pack contains:
PowerPoint – scene setting and instructions (sound effects and built-in timer);
crossword;
word search;
dominoes activity;
worksheet;
code breaker sheet;
answers;
lesson plan.
If time is limited just the crossword, word search and domino can be used. The worksheet is the most challenging clue to solve and this can be omitted completely for less able classes.
Both 3 and 4 number combination locks can be purchased very cheaply online or the teacher can pretend to phone the school office for the staff to attempt to release the guinea pig
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Acids Bases and Indicators Explained - Fully Resourced Lesson KS3
This fully resourced lesson on acids, bases and indicators (litmus and the pH scale) for middle school includes an animated PowerPoint which:
identifies an acid as a substance which contains hydrogen, tastes sour, turns blue litmus red and has a pH between 0 and 6;
identifies a base as a substance which is the oxide or hydroxide of a metal, feels soapy, turns red litmus blue and has a pH between 8 and 14;
states that that hydroxides are soluble bases;
states that neutral substances are neither acidic nor alkaline;
states that for neutral substances, red litmus stays red and blue litmus stays blue;
states that the pH of strong acids (0 – 2), weak acids (3 – 6), neutral substances (7), weak bases (8 – 11) and strong bases (12 – 14);
explains concentrated and dilute in terms of solute and solvent particles;
states that concentrated acids and bases are corrosive;
states that many foods contain dilute weak acids and bases and gives examples;
models the particles and gives the formula of some acids and bases.
What’s Included
Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz and all answers to classwork and homework)
Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers)
Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary)
Foldable (students use to make their own notes)
Cut-and-stick activity pupil uses to make their own notes)
Guided notes to support the PowerPoint (x2)
Fact sheet
Homework (x2) plus answers
Fact share worksheet
12 Taboo cards
Pupil progress self-assessment checklist
Exit Ticket
Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources
This pack contains 18 printable resources and it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made.
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