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I'm a science teacher at a secondary school. I love making resources. I put a lot of time into them, so like that as many people as possible find them useful. Please rate anything you find useful. Contact me with any questions.
AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 2
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AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 2

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Contains lesson plans, video links, slides and worksheets and an end of unit test for the second half of AQA-B1-1-Keeping healthy. The lessons cover, using drugs to treat disease, changing pathogens, immunity and how we deal with disease.
The reactiviy series of metals - card sort
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The reactiviy series of metals - card sort

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Students are given flashcards each with a name and picture of a metal. Using a series of statements describing displacement reactions from a sheet they can sort the metals into order of reactivity. Suitable for a starter or plenary.
The Menstrual cycle
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The Menstrual cycle

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Written for AQA B1 but can be used at KS3 or for other specifications.Posters are placed around the room and students go round and answer questions from a worksheet (included in PowerPoint).
AQA-C1-Revsion quiz
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AQA-C1-Revsion quiz

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This is a pub quiz style revision activity for AQA-C1. It is for the Fundamental ideas, Our changing planet, Rocks and building materials and Metals and their uses topics.
AQA C1-5.5-Ethanol
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AQA C1-5.5-Ethanol

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This lesson was written for AQA C1-5.5-Ethanol. It teaches the students about the manufacture of ethanol from ethene and from fermentation of sugar.
AQA-B1-7-Evolution
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AQA-B1-7-Evolution

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These files contain lesson plans, slides, worksheets, video links and activities for AQA-B1-7-Evolution. Includes lessons on: Theories of evolution, Accepting Darwin's ideas, Natural selection & Classification and evolution.
Elements and compounds - Molymod activity
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Elements and compounds - Molymod activity

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Written for AQA C1 - Atoms, elements and compounds. But can be used at KS3. Print in colour on A3. Students need Molymod kits, the worksheet directs them to build different models of molecules and identify if they are elements or compounds.
Atomic structure - Independent task
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Atomic structure - Independent task

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This lesson was written as a revision lesson for AQA-C1-1-Fundamental ideas. But can be used for any lesson on atomic structure.This is an independent task that breaks down atomic structure and electron diagrams into short tasks for the students. Also contains a starter and plenary to show student progress.
AQA-C1-6-Plant oils
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AQA-C1-6-Plant oils

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Includes lesson plans for AQA-C1-6-Plant oils. Includes lessons on Extracting vegetable oils, cooking with vegetable oils and emulsions.
AQA-B1-Revision quiz
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AQA-B1-Revision quiz

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This is a pub quiz style revision activity for AQA-B1. Covers the keeping healthy, adaptation for survival and variation, reproduction and new technology topics.
Risk assessment - Short activity
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Risk assessment - Short activity

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A short activity to introduce students to a risk assessment. They are given 6 hazards, they then have to use the labels to fill in the risk assessment table. Suitable for use as a starter or plenary.
AQA P1 -Energy transfer by design - activity
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AQA P1 -Energy transfer by design - activity

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This is an activity was written for AQA P1 -Energy transfer by design. Split students into groups, give each group a question based on their ability, they apply their knowledge from the previous lessons in the topic. Then present what they have worked out to the rest of the class.
Balancing chemical equations - Molymod activity
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Balancing chemical equations - Molymod activity

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This is an activity to help students visualize chemical reactions using molymod kits. The students build the reactants, then break the bonds and reassemble the atoms into the products. Helps them visualize it so they can balance the equations. There is a worksheet and colour guide to how to build the atoms from the kit.
Measuring wave speed-frequency-wavelength
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Measuring wave speed-frequency-wavelength

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This is a worksheet that asks students to calculate wave speed, then rearrange the equation and calculate frequency and wavelength. Suitable for starter or plenary. Can be used for AQA - P1 - Waves - Measuring waves.
KS3 Biology - Variation Lesson
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KS3 Biology - Variation Lesson

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This is a lesson on variation. It involves an activity where the class are split into groups, each one getting a feature of their classmates to measure. They then produce a graph of the their results. The graphs can be compared and types of continuous and discontinuous variation discussed. Resources needed: Tape measures, meter rulers and graph paper. Several printouts of the experiment sheet will also be needed.