Speed up book checks and make them efficient by doing them in class. 1.Print off the small versions. 2 Take around the classroom while pupils are working. 3. Fill them in and stick into books. 4. Write into mark book as you go to note down effort. Do every few weeks to keep on top of book checking is time is tight (always).

Homework activity that could be a class activity. Space for teacher comments / assessment Two methods (with images) for the same hypothesis Task: Choose the best Justify decision Suggest further improvements Extension: Create one of your own controlling as many variables as possible

Lesson on reproduction in plants at KS3 level. Includes questions for a YouTube video in printable format. Starter and plenary included.

Lesson on the respiratory system with two differentiated main tasks. Word search starter with task to write down words they don’t understand. Link to great animation website focused on the alveoli for discussion. Task 1: Creating a resource about alveoli split into two options. One lower on Blooms, one requiring them to use a text book (you have to provide this…) or website. Extension for task at bottom of slide. True / False task with answers. Task 2: Journey of an oxygen molecule. Two options again, one listing and labeling. The other more descriptive and creative. Another extension at bottom of slide. Plenary: 3.2.1. Task (list three… Name two… What one… etc.) focused on lesson.

Good structure for flipped learning, especially for beginners and the kids really liked the consistency, not just “research the next lesson”. Set of linking homeworks for the mass transport topic in the AQA A-Level Biology course. Structure is 10 short answer questions on a lesson on the left. Then a suggested YouTube link (and description) and Website link (and description) for further research about the next lesson. Includes: Two blank templates to use for the future The first name is what the questions are about and the second is what the research is on: Tissue fluid / Haemoglobin Haemoglobin / Oxygen dissociation curves Oxygen dissociation curves / Xylem and Phloem Xylem and Phloem / Mass Flow Hypothesis Mass Flow Hypothesis / Transpiration Transpiration / Limiting water loss

First side: 10 short answer questions about the light dependent reactions of photosynthesis. Space to write notes from the lessson. Second side: Links to YouTube video and website for further research into the next lesson (light independent reactions of photosynthesis) with space to make notes. Useful for a regular and structured homework ensuring review and research is done from lesson to lesson. My pupils really like the routine and know exactly what to do - it is manageable too but i tell them its a minimum.

To be used on a quote / inspirational quotes display or as a tutor / assembly resource. Ten slides including black and white photo, brief biography (name, date, job) and quote for: Richard Feynman Carl Sagan Neil DeGrasse Tyson Dalai Lama Aristotle Marie Curie Albert Einstein Bill Nye Stephen Hawking Christopher Hitchens Can print on coloured paper or keep black and white.

Use this sheet to focus students through a video of any length and give a chance of assessment. While watching the video students come up with 10 (or more if you add rows) questions and write the answers on the back. After watching, they swap and answer each others quizzes, hand them back and get them marked. There is space for feedback as well. I never let students watch videos without a purpose and as this is generic it can be kept behind the desk as a back up.

Student select, draw and describe (with possible sentence starters and endings) which emoji sums up how they feel about the task they have just completed. Can be added onto any task and adapted to include add any criteria. Printable version on separate slide for slower writers / lower abilities.

Three questions on the topic of particle theory (AQA - A Level Biology - Immunity) that are on a nicely laid out sheet for completion and sticking into books. Includes self assessment at the bottom to allow them to choose which topic requires attention based on their score, not just their feelings towards it. The next slide has the answers in the wrong order so they actually have to read them not just copy them! Included is a blank version you could use for other topics. [image is just an example of others I have done]

Three questions on the topic of Organisation (AQA - Physics - B2) that are on a nicely laid out sheet for completion and sticking into books. Includes self assessment at the bottom to allow them to choose which topic requires attention based on their score, not just their feelings towards it. The next slide has the answers in the wrong order so they actually have to read them not just copy them! Included is a blank version you could use for other topics. [Images is just an example]

Three questions on the topic of particle theory (AQA - Physics - P3) that are on a nicely laid out sheet for completion and sticking into books. Includes self assessment at the bottom to allow them to choose which topic requires attention based on their score, not just their feelings towards it. The next slide has the answers in the wrong order so they actually have to read them not just copy them! Included is a blank version you could use for other topics.

PowerPoint full of 37 activities that include starters, mains and plenaries / mini plenaries that can be adapted for any lesson or situation. First slide gives general instructions. Styles include: Assessment based Creative Discussion Independent Settling Positive Many more Each slide is laid out the same for consistency but is very personalisable. If used regularly, the students get used to the style of an activity and can use their brains for the actual task, not for understanding what to do in it.

Lesson plan, PowerPoint presentation, printable resources and excel doc for presenting group results.

Show a list of jobs and get the students to choose two of them to research and explain which they would rather do when older. The first slide is well structured and the second is less structured for more able. The third has a list of Science related jobs but obviously you could give a list of any jobs. Alternatively you could give different jobs to different students.

Add this to the back end of your PPT to remind you to check the classroom for tidiness as well as what you are expecting from the students with a sanction if insufficient. A good routine can help with behaviour management. Especially if the students know there will be a consequence if they don’t do enough.

A Power Point with 2 different ways of structuring differentiation within a lesson. Slide 1: Blank version with space for main activity in the middle, support on the left and extension on the right. Slide 2: Example Slide 3: Blank version with two routes for the same objective Slide 4: Example Good to use to by slipping into a lessons Power Point to encourage yourself to differentiate.

15 questions on the Respiration topic of AQA A-level: https://create.kahoot.it/share/aqa-a-level-biology-respiration/f2a38197-f24f-4481-9b20-5e298c4cb75a

Use Kahoot to assess students knowledge and get feedback on the form of excel spreadsheet. Use regularly on a variety of topics to gain ongoing data on students progress. https://create.kahoot.it/share/aqa-a-level-biology-exchanges-with-the-environment/a6551c03-e95d-49c2-9668-8db02fd90ce4