Six fact cards (two about each of the Earth, Moon and Sun) with images and accompanying questions. I have the cards laminated and displayed around the classroom. The students then rotate around them, against the clock, before completing the questions. Could also be used as the basis of a comprehension task. Suitable for upper KS2.

Several slides showing different parallel circuit diagrams, with students posed a question on each diagram. This could be done as a mini-whiteboard activity or quick revision task.

Multiple choice starter activity where students are shown different series and parallel circuit diagrams and have to correctly work out the ammeter value.

Viscosity Guided Investigation - presentation that guides students through the process of planning and carrying out an investigation into how temperature affects the viscosity of washing up liquid. Presentation includes structured planning questions, risk assessment template, method and diagrams, outline results table, outline graph and structured conclusion questions. I use this as an introductory practical for KS2 children getting into the science lab for the first time.

Balancing Forces Challenge - Card Sort Activity and Task/Answer Booklet - the zipped archive contains some forces objects and arrows for printing out and a booklet that challenges students to build different force arrow diagrams with their cards. The booklet contains model answers and explanation for students to check their ideas against.

Renewable & Non-Renewable Energy Fact Cards - eleven brightly coloured fact cards each detailing the advantages and disadvantages of different renewable and non-renewable energy resources. Each card also gives a brief summary of how that particular energy resource is harvested and utilised.

A worksheet to support students investigating turning moments using a seesaw. The sheet gives full instructions for the practical and an outline results table for students to complete.

Light revision word search. A quick way of reinforcing light-related key vocabulary and spellings. Once students have completed the word search, they can fill in the missing word meanings at the bottom of the sheet.

Light literacy task. Students are presented with several pieces of text, which they need to analyse and rearrange into the most appropriate order. They could then interrogate the text to pick out key scientific vocabulary, nouns, verbs etc.

Contact and non-contact forces literacy task. Students are presented with several pieces of text, which they need to analyse and rearrange into the most appropriate order. They could then interrogate the text to pick out key scientific vocabulary, nouns, verbs etc.

Worksheet that guides students through the process of calculating the pressure underneath their feet. Having calculated their own pressure values, students then apply the concept of pressure to several practical examples.

Forces topic combined word search and cloze activity, ideal for use as a lesson starter or plenary for lower ability students.