Concise, detailed notes on the required practical including:
method needing to be recalled,
key scientific knowledge to support understanding and recall
diagrams and processing of results
tons of practical based relevant exam questions and mark schemes to assess knowledge
challenging application questions and mathematical questions throughout to consolidate learning.
Designed for AQA but can be easily adapted for other exam boards.
Concise, detailed notes on the required practical including:
method needing to be recalled,
key scientific knowledge to support understanding and recall
diagrams and processing of results
tons of practical based relevant exam questions and mark schemes to assess knowledge
challenging application questions and mathematical questions throughout to consolidate learning.
Designed for AQA but can be easily adapted for other exam boards.
Included is a 200+ page booklet for each of the 10 required practicals for AQA GCSE Physics. THIS BOOKLET WILL COVER TRIOLOGY AND SEPERATE PHYSICS ONLY . FOR THE SEPARATE PHYSICS OPTION, PRACTICALS 2 AND 9 ARE ADDITIONAL. THESE ARE ALL INCLUDED
There are concise summary pages for each practical with detailed and accurate methods, and, dedicated exam practice related to practical work/A03 for that practical.
The questions provide perfect AfL to ensure all content has been covered. This excellent resource is essential for the mastering of the practical questions that many students find difficult to answer.
ALL mark schemes are included. Questions taken from AQA, have been made up, and from relevant other areas to stretch and challenge students.
Practicals Covered:
Specific Heat Capacity
Thermal Insulation (PHYSICS ONLY)
Resistance of a Wire
Current and Voltage
Density of Solid Regular, Irregular, Liquid
Forces and Extension
Acceleration
Waves
Light (PHYSICS ONLY)
IR (Radiation and Absorption)
Ecology is one of the topics that students seem to struggle with the most.
In this resource there are over thousands of exam questions specific to areas of ecology, along with mark schemes, and also a:
Summary booklet for all the areas of Ecology.
Key definitions to know and learn.
Model answers to common exam questions.
Challenging application questions.
Designed for AQA exam board but can easily be used and modified for others. Revision bundle aimed for student use but can easily be adapted for teaching use.
Eight full lessons on exploration of the gene expression, cancer, epigentics, the human genome project, protein synthesis and mutations
This is designed for AQA but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
There are over 24 files with specifically chosen exam questions to develop recall, practical skills and challenging application questions scattered throughout to refine knowledge.
The lessons are concise and detailed with plenty of room for consolidation and engaging activities/AfL to support teaching.
7 detailed lessons on AQA A Level Biology Homeostasis, covering temperature regulation, glucose control, the hormones involved in glucose control, the second messenger model, Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes and finally the Kidneys and osmoregulation.
This is designed for AQA but can easily be adapted for other exam boards.
There are over 16 files with specifically chosen exam questions to develop recall, practical skills and challenging application questions scattered throughout to refine knowledge.
The lessons are concise and detailed with plenty of room for consolidation and engaging activities/AfL to support teaching.
This is a challenging, application-heavy “mini mock” paper is aimed for AS Biology students for use towards the end of the year to test their knowledge and ability to handle tricky questions.
The paper is also useful for A Level Biology Students to use as revision for the AQA Paper 1 (which will be all AS material). This is designed for the AQA specification but is probably also relevant for other A Level Biology exam boards.
A suggested mark scheme is also included.
Included is a 72 page concise but cohesive powerpoint exploring the topics listed below along with a 30 page exam booklet complete with questions and answers. There are also scanned notes included within the powerpoint and challenging exam questions aimed for the top end. There is a brief look into SUVAT also some very challenging momentum questions.
These resources are a cohesive COLLECTION of different pieces of work from across the years and are thus relevant for a variety of exam boards, aimed at GCSE. However, it could be sensible for a more able KS3 class or an applied science A Level class.
TOPICS:
Types of Forces
Resultant Force
Inertia
Newton’s Laws
Momentum
Crumple Zones and Seat Belts
Mass and Weight
Free Fall and Terminal Velocity
SUVAT
The resources enclosed are a concise and cohesive powerpoint exploring the topics below and 35 page booklet of exam questions and further challenging qustions specific to topics pitched at the top end.
These resources are a cohesive COLLECTION of different pieces of work from across the years and are thus relevant for a variety of exam boards, aimed at GCSE. However, could be sensible for a more able KS3 class or an applied science A Level class.
TOPICS:
Speed = distance/time
Difference between speed and velocity
Acceleration = change in velocity/time
Distance time and velocity time graphs.
Calculations involving gradients and area under curves.
Average speed.
This resource is invaluable considering the sparsity of new specification papers.
I often produce my own end of topic tests and decided to produce a whole exam paper. I have also produced a sample Paper 3 which can be found and bought.
This is a demanding and challenging paper designed to stretch candidates. A suggested mark scheme has been included.
Please do leave a review if downloaded!
A huge 60 page booklet on each of the required practicals for AQA A Level Biology including relevant exam questions, methods and techniques, answers and CPAC assessment trackers to track student progress, along with mathematical development opportunities, uncertainties and percentage error, statistical tests and reasoning, magnification and also biological drawings. The questions are based on research from many many many papers and include model responses that will guarantee full marks.
I have also included a new practical, “practical X”, which looks at liming factors in photosynthesis and requires students to research and plan their own method for this.
There is also a very tricky question on insect dissection that I have made and scattered throughout are challenging application questions in the style of the new specification exams.
These are all contained in a nice, concise and consistent format making it clear to students, teachers and assessors.
(Practical 12 is NOT included as this is a research skill at the digression of the school).
Included is a model answer with a detailed method, equipment list and exploration of the contents of an iron tablet, the reasons people need to take iron tablets and a risk assessment.
The practical is based entirely on research and there is detailed checklist guiding students on what they need to research and what to include in the post-lab write up.
The model answer is for students to use as a guide and point out where it could be improved/any errors (e.g. is volumetric flask correct here etc etc.)
This 70 page booklet contains exam questions and explanations of calculations required as part of the AQA A Level Biology specification. This is easily adaptable for any exam board.
The following areas are covered:
Units, stats tests and and standard deviations, standard form, percentages, uncertainity, use of calculators to find and use power, exponential and logarithmic functions, order of magnitude calculations, y=mx+c, determination of the intercept of a graph, tangents and rate and finally geometry (area, volume etc).
Also included are the answers and the booklets are in pdf and word form for easy editing. The booklet can be used in many ways; it could be given to students to complete as a whole (with answers published on the VLE system/printed for students), or a page could be given a day as the starter of each lesson, or a page for homework, or teachers can simply select pages needed from the massive, massive list to use for explanations and so on forth.
SEVEN FULL LESSONS on the Respiration (Aerobic and Anaerobic) and also exploring Respirometers and Potomers. This has been designed for AQA A Level Biology although could easily be adapted for other boards.
Lessons include detailed and concise notes on the complex respiration processes, along with many tasks to reflect on learning and also exam questions - from recall and tricky application - throughout the lessons. Required Practical 9 is also included with detailed resources, questions and tasks for students guiding them through the practical and their CPAC.
FURTHER, there is a full lesson dedicated to Uncertainity and Percentage Error calculations
Two similar practical techniques; resource contains a detailed lesson with AfL exploring how each works, their uses, and how calculations for the rate of respiration/transpiration are deduced. Further, there are model answers to common questions testing respirometers and potometer use that have come up in the past!
Also included are relevant exam questions and mark schemes for students to test their knowledge.
Uncertainity and percentage error calculations are new to the AQA specification in Biology and something which will be assessed a lot more moving forward. These questions can be used for any exam board on the whole and explore what uncertainity is and means, the concept of resolution and plenty of exam questions for students to try.
NINE FULL LESSONS ON PHOTOSYNTHESIS
Lessons begin with exploration of chloroplast and chloroplast structure before delving into detailed explanations of the light dependent and in-dependent reaction, along with assessing the two required practicals: Chromatography with pigments AND Dehydrogenase/DCPIP practical before exploring limiting graphs and finally applying photosynthesis to very tricky questions.
These lessons are invaluable - focusing on the basic content A01, coupled with tricky exam questions throughout, A02, and finally assessing the require practicals, developing graphing analysis and data tabulating skills and also answering tricky practical and context based exam questions, A03.
There is detailed guidance for each practical along with student summary sheets and a CPAC assessment grid.
48 pages on the AS Required Practicals for the OCR Chemistry A Specification
This invaluable booklet includes detailed methods, result table layouts, note pages and relevant exam questions to consolidate learning and evaluate methodology. There is a CPAC tracker to track students’ progress through each of the required practicals throughout the year.
Nine full lessons on the Recombinant DNA Technology topic for AQA A Level Biology. This topic is one of the most challenging due to the application and context-based nature. However, each lesson includes detailed and concise notes for some difficult to understand topics, along with relevant exam questions to help test skills, an essay prep, a practical, and fun and engaging activities to help consolidate learning.