This lesson is 50 minutes long, created for SEN/LAP pupils as part of calculator use practice Created for Year 10 – KS4 – AQA/Edexcel for students doing GCSE. Included: Starter Content and presentation – percentage change in mass calculation, how to break this down and put this in a calculator teacher modelling, you try calculation, link to osmosis and what positive and negative answers mean Independent learning activity – easy calculations with percentage change in mass (again to practice using calculators) Plenary – identify the correct calculation Editted on 13/11/20 to include activity on whether water moves into or out of cells, and gapfil on whether cells swell, burst, shrink or wilt. Percentage change in mass calculation editted throughout to say starting mass, rather than initial. 1 x worksheets –unblurred when bought,** print two pages per sheet**

This is a Year 10 lesson created for SEN/LAP pupils The focus is only on how to calculate actual size from image size and magnification. There is no triangle or rearranging equations. Included: Starter - scientific drawing of a white blood cell Recap - how to calculate total magnification Content and presentation - how to calculate actual size, examples given: an Ant and Leonardo DiCaprio Independent task 1 - actual size table completion and a question Independent task 2 - using rulers to calculate actual size from images of 8 cells Plenary - calculation actual size question 2 x worksheets unblurred when bought Answers included for independent task 1. Not for task 2 as this is dependent on how you print. The lines for where to place the ruler are included.

This is a year 10 theory lesson for SEN/LAP pupils. This was created after they had created an onion slide. The focus - how to use a microscope, prepare a slide and calculating total magnification (there is no triangle or rearranging equations). Included: Starter - what can you see under a light microscope Hook - career link Content and presentation - parts of a light microscope, how to use a microscope correctly, how to prepare a specimen slide, how to calculate total magnification (you can put a picture of their slide up for this bit) Main worksheet with quick check for understanding Independent task 1 - why do we use light microscopes, true/false microscopes table, calculating total magnification from objective and eyepiece, additional two questions. 2 x worksheets unblurred when bought All answers included