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Food, Groups, Nutrition and Food Tests Smart Board Bingo KS3
Use this 50-question smart board bingo to reinforce learning or for test prep. So engaging, that students will not realise they are learning! Students write the answer to each question in on their bingo card. An answer sheet is provided to enable bingo cards to be checked quickly and a separate Answer PowerPoint to go through the answers with the whole class.
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 is Included
Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 50 questions
Answer PowerPoint plus answer sheet
48 bingo cards
Answers PowerPoint
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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Food, Nutrition and Food Tests 42 Question Board Game 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
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.
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Light - Reflection in a Plane Mirror - Find the Pair Game KS3
This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on reflection in plane mirrors. 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
Transparent, translucent and opaque materials
Luminous and non-luminous objects
Labelling the incident and reflected rays, the angles of incidence and reflection, the normal and the point of incidence
Virtual experiment to prove i = r
Ray diagram showing how the eye sees an image in a plane mirror
The image formed in a plane mirror is upright, virtual (appears to be formed behind the mirror) laterally inverted, the same size as the object and as far behind the mirror as the object is in front.
Ray diagram showing how the eye sees an image in a periscope
Specular and diffuse images
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Light - Dispersion and Colour Filters - Wildcard and Snap Card Games
A great way to consolidate learning on lenses, the eye, the pinhole camera and the camera with this pack of cards which can be used to play two games – wildcard and snap.
Prior Knowledge Required
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color
What You Get
66 playing cards
Animated PowerPoint with instructions for playing wildcard and snap
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Light - Dispersion - Dominoes Game KS3
A dominoes game with questions and statements on white light, dispersion and colored filters instead of numbers.
Prior Knowledge
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color
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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Light - Dispersion and Colour Filters - Distance Learning and Homeschool for KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school lesson on white light, diffusion and color filters for KS3
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-out, 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.
What’s Covered
The order of the seven colours of the spectrum
Dispersion is the separation of white light into the seven different colors of the spectrum.
During dispersion, red light is refracted the least and violet light the most.
Dispersion is caused by the fact that each colour of light travels at a different speed in glass.
Red, green and blue are primary light colors.
Magenta, cyan and yellow are secondary light colors.
Mixing two primary light colours gives a secondary light color.
Mixing the three primary light colors gives white light.
An object only reflects light the same color as itself and absorbs all the others
Work out the color an object appears in different light color
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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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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Light - Shadows and Eclipses - Distance Learning and Homeschool KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school lesson on shadows and lunar and solar eclipses for middle school
This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-out, 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.
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).
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.
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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 - States of Matter and Change of State - Dominoes Game KS3
A dominoes game with questions and statements on the kinetic theory of matter (particle theory) including change of state, gas pressure and diffusion.
Prior Knowledge
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
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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Forces Module Including Revision Lesson and 7 Games KS3
Five action-packed, fully resourced and engaging lessons on forces including:
What is a Force;
Weight and Mass;
What is Friction:
Air Resistance;
Balanced and Unbalanced Forces
Each lesson has a fully animated PowerPoint and 15 printables to allow teachers to select resources appropriate to pupil ability and time available. Answers and mark schemes for all worksheets and homework are given on PowerPoints to make self-assessment and peer assessment easier. Each topic comes with detailed learning outcomes and a one-page flow chart lesson plan showing where logical choices between resources can be made.
The sixth lesson is an extremely useful tool to check for understanding which can be used as a final lesson for the module or as a review lesson prior to testing.
Games Included:
Find the Pair - Force, Weight and Mass;
Find the Pair – Friction and Air Resistance;
Smart Board Bingo;
Forces Board Game;
Force, weight and mass Dominoes
Friction and Air Resistance Dominoes.
This versatile games pack can be used to reinforce each section of the forces as it is taught or for revision. Many of the games could be used for cover lessons, even when taken by a non-specialist as they come with a hard-copy or PowerPoint of the answers. It is also the ideal end of term/year pack.
All resources shown in these bundle are also available individually
Forces Module 1 - Force, Weight & Mass, Friction, Balanced & Unba
Forces Module 2 - Moments, Speed, Pressure & Hooke’s Law
The Complete Forces Module ( Module 2 + Module 2)
7 Game Compendium for Module 1
6 Game Compendium for Module 2
Forces - 13 Game Compendium
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Light - Reflection in a Plane Mirror Explained Distance Learning and Homeschool KS3
This is an action-packed distance learning or home school introduction to reflection in plane mirrors.
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.
The simulated practical shows how measurements for the angles of incidence and reflection are obtained and provides a set of results for the students to draw a conclusion.
What’s Covered
Transparent, translucent and opaque materials
Luminous and non-luminous objects
Labelling the incident and reflected rays, the angles of incidence and reflection, the normal and the point of incidence
Virtual experiment to prove i = r
Ray diagram showing how the eye sees an image in a plane mirror
The image formed in a plane mirror is upright, virtual (appears to be formed behind the mirror) laterally inverted, the same size as the object and as far behind the mirror as the object is in front.
Ray diagram showing how the eye sees an image in a periscope
Specular and diffuse images
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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Current Electricity Smart Board or Computer Bingo KS3
If the number of a question on the smart board matches a number on their bingo card, the student writes the answer to the question in that square. Questions include:
What are current, voltage and resistance
Conductors and insulators
Circuits and symbols
Lamps in series and parallel circuits
Current in series and parallel circuits
Voltage in series and parallel
The relationship between the number of batteries and current
The relationship between the number of batteries and Voltage
Adding lamps
Switches in series and parallel circuits
Ohms Law
What is Included
Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 54 questions
Electricity fact sheet
48 bingo cards
Answers PowerPoint
Suggested Lesson Plan
Students have some time to review the fact sheet either independently or with teacher.
Play bingo – students write the answers into the square on their bingo card which matches the question number in the smart board.
Teacher uses Word hard copy of answers to check card of winners of lines and full house
Pupils use answer PowerPoint to check their answers at end of game.
The current electricity 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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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 - States of Matter and Change of State - Wildcard and Snap Card Games KS3
A great way to consolidate learning on mixtures including solutions, suspensions, dissolving, solubility and saturated solutions with this pack of cards which can be used to play two games – wildcard and snap. So much fun, students don’t even realise they are learning!
Prior Knowledge Required
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;
What You Get
102 playing cards
Animated PowerPoint with instructions for playing wildcard and snap
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Separating Mixtures - Fully Resourced Lesson Plus Find the Pair Game KS3
A comprehensive and fully resourced lesson on separating mixtures including evaporation, distillation, fractional distillation, filtration and chromatography for middle school plus an enjoyable yet challenging find the pair game.
The teaching pack contains a fully animated PowerPoint and eighteen resources. It is intended that the teacher selects the appropriate printables 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 into 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. There are three differentiated and engaging homeworks which can also be used as classwork if so desired.
The game is closely related to the topic content and reinforces learning.
What’s Covered
The composition and physical properties of mixtures
Evaporation to dryness and crystallisation
Distillation
Fractional distillation
Filtration
Chromatography
Lesson
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
Game
42 question and answer cards
Teacher’s answer sheet.
Instruction sheet
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Separating Mixtures - Wildcard and Snap Card Games KS3
A great way to consolidate learning on mixtures including solutions, suspensions, dissolving, solubility and saturated solutions with this pack of cards which can be used to play two games – wildcard and snap. So much fun, students don’t even realise they are learning!
Prior Knowledge Required
The composition and physical properties of mixtures
Evaporation to dryness and crystallisation
Distillation
Fractional distillation
Filtration
Chromatography
What You Get
84 playing cards
Animated PowerPoint with instructions for playing wildcard and snap
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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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Kinetic Theory, Mixtures and Solutions and Separating Mixtures - Smart Board Bingo KS3
Smart board bingo includes questions on particle theory (kinetic theory of matter), the composition and properties of mixtures and separating mixtures for middle school. 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!
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
What is Included
Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 50 questions
Answer PowerPoint plus answer sheet
48 bingo cards
Answers PowerPoint
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.
More high quality resources available here.
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Light - Shadows and Lunar and Solar Eclipses - Find the Pair Game KS3
This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on shadows and lunar and solar eclipses for middle school. 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
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).
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