Each resource has a slide to assess prior knowledge, introduction to the topic that the lesson covers and a range of tasks, activities and progress checks to assess student understanding throughout each topic.
Lessons are available as a bundle to cover the whole topic of a specification (at a discounted rate) or are available to buy individual lessons.
Each resource has a slide to assess prior knowledge, introduction to the topic that the lesson covers and a range of tasks, activities and progress checks to assess student understanding throughout each topic.
Lessons are available as a bundle to cover the whole topic of a specification (at a discounted rate) or are available to buy individual lessons.
AQA P1 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.1 – Energy)
Lesson: P1.1 – Energy stores and systems
Specification points covered =
4.1.1.1 - Energy stores and systems
4.1.2.1 - Energy transfers in a system
A fully resourced lesson covering energy stores and systems, to help students describe all the changes involved in the way energy is stored when a system changes, for common situations. It also looks at how energy can be transferred usefully, stored or dissipated, but cannot be created or destroyed. The lesson covers both the higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P1 (Paper 1, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
AQA P5 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.5 – Forces and their interactions)
Lesson: P5.6 – Moments, levers and gears (Physics only)
Specification points covered =
4.5.4 - Moments, levers and gears
A fully resourced lesson covering moments (including the principle of moments), levers and gears; with examples of everyday levers that we use, how they make our work easier and how the equation needed for this. This is a physics only lesson that covers any higher and foundation tier objectives given in the specification with fully differentiated tasks and answers to cover both, to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P5 (Paper 2, Topic 1).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing.
This is a revision power point to be used when revising the content of AQA Physics paper 2 - it covers the key areas of the trilogy/combined course. The activities/questions/information slides covering the areas of paper 2 that tend to be most difficult for students and could be used over a number of revision lessons to prepare your students for their exams.
The power point includes:
An overview of all topics on paper 2 Physics
Equations covered on paper 2 Physics
Recap of the required practical activities
Information slides to quickly recap areas of paper 2
Differentiated activities that ask students to apply their knowledge of the different topics. More difficult questions are there to ask students to apply their knowledge to unfamiliar situations. Stretch activities for the more able.
One mark questions to quickly recap topics and establish what topics need to be revisited more thoroughly than others.
The main topic areas that are covered on this revision power point are :
Motion
Motion graphs - distance-time and velocity-time
Forces - 1 mark questions
Waves
Electromagnetic radiation
Generating radiowaves (HT)
Magnetism
Electromagnetism
The motor effect
Fleming’s left hand rule
Solenoids
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.16 – Evidence for evolution, fossils and extinction
Specification points covered =
4.6.3.4 - Evidence for evolution
4.6.3.5 - Fossils
4.6.3.6 - Extinction
A fully resourced lesson about evolution, fossils and extinction to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2 - Inheritance, variation and evolution).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
AQA P2 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.2 – Electricity)
Lesson: P2.8 – Power and energy transfers in everyday appliances
Specification points covered =
4.2.4.1 - Power
4.2.4.2 - Energy transfers in everyday appliances
A fully resourced lesson about power and energy transfers in everyday appliances to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P2 (Paper 1, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides.
AQA C7 (New Spec – Unit 4.7 – Organic chemistry)
Lesson: C7.8 - Addition polymerisation (Triple only)
Specification points covered = 4.7.3.1 – Addition polymerisation
A fully resourced lesson about addition polymerisation to be used when teaching the New specification of AQA C7 (Paper 2, Topic 2).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides.
AQA Chemistry New GCSE Spec
Entire resources to cover all content in paper 1 of the new GCSE specifications.
All lessons for all 5 topics, including any worksheets, practical order information to support in teaching these topics.
Lessons cover both the combined 'trilogy' science route and also the 'triple' separate chemistry lessons.
The lessons include any required practical tasks that AQA have outlined, and an opportunity for learners to complete each of these.
Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and progress checks to assess learning throughout the lessons.
There is also opportunity to assess extended answer questions in some of the lessons to allow extended feedback on their work in these tasks.
Specification points covered are:
Topic 1 - Atomic structure and the periodic table:
4.1.1.1 - atoms, elements and compounds
4.1.1.2 - Mixtures
4.1.1.3 - Scientific models of the atom
4.1.1.4 - relative electrical charges of subatomic particles
4.1.1.5 - size and mass of atoms
4.1.1.6 - electronic structure
4.1.2.1 - The periodic table
4.1.2.2 - development of the periodic table
4.1.2.3 - metals and non-metals
4.1.2.4 - Group 0
4.1.2.5 - Group 1
4.1.2.6 - Group 7
Chemistry Triple science lessons:
4.1.3.1 + 2 - Transition metals and their properties
Topic 2 - Bonding structure and the properties of matter:
4.2.1.1 – Chemical bonds
4.2.1.2 – Ionic bonding
4.2.1.3 – Ionic compounds
4.2.1.4 – Covalent bonding
4.2.1.5 – Metallic bonding
4.2.2.1 – Three states of matter
4.2.2.2 – State symbols
4.2.2.3 – Properties of ionic compounds
4.2.2.4 – Simple covalent substances
4.2.2.5 – Polymers
4.2.2.6 – Giant covalent substances
4.2.2.7 – Properties of metals and alloys
4.2.2.8 – Metals as conductors
4.2.3.1 – Diamond
4.2.3.2 – Graphite
4.2.3.3 – Graphene and fullerenes
Chemistry Triple science lessons:
4.2.4.1 – Sizes of particles and their properties
4.2.4.2 – Uses of nanoparticles
Topic 3 - Quantitative Chemistry:
4.3.1.1 – Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations (C3.1 lesson)
4.3.1.2 – Relative formula mass (C3.2 lesson)
4.3.1.3 – Mass changes when a reactant or product is a gas (C3.1 lesson)
4.3.2.1 – Moles (Higher tier) (C3.3 lesson)
4.3.2.2 – Amount of substances in equations (Higher tier) (C3.4 lesson)
4.3.2.3 – Using moles to balance equations (Higher tier) (C3.5 lesson)
4.3.2.4 – Limiting reactants (HT) (C3.5 lesson)
4.3.2.5 – Concentration of solutions (C3.6 lesson)
Chemistry Triple science specification points and lessons:
4.3.4 – Using concentrations of solutions in mol/dm3 (HT) (C3.7 lesson)
4.3.3.1 – Percentage yield (C3.8 lesson)
4.3.3.2 – Atom economy (C3.9 lesson)
4.3.5 – Molar volume of gases (HT) (C3.10 lesson)
Topic 4 - Chemical changes
4.4.1.1 - Metal Oxides (C4.1 lesson)
4.4.1.2 - The reactivity series (C4.1 lesson)
4.4.1.3 - Extraction of metals and reduction (C4.2 lesson)
4.4.1.4 - Oxidation and reduction in terms of electrons (HT only) (C4.3 lesson)
4.4.2.1 - Reactions of acids with metals (C4.4 lesson)
4.4.2.2 - Neutralisation of acids and salt production (C4.5 lesson)
4.4.2.3 - Soluble salts (C4.5 lesson)
4.4.2.4 - The pH scale and neutralisation (C4.6)
4.4.2.5 - Titrations (Triple only) (C4.7 lesson) (Includes required Practical activity 2)
4.4.2.6 - Strong and weak acids (HT only) (C4.8 lesson)
4.4.3.1 - The process of electrolysis (C4.9 lesson)
4.4.3.2 - Electrolysis of molten ionic compounds (C4.9 lesson)
4.3.3.3 - Using electrolysis to extract metals (C4.10 lesson)
4.4.3.4 - Electrolysis of aqueous solutions (C4.9 lesson)
4.4.3.5 - Representation of reactions as half equations (HT only)(C4.9 lesson)
4.4.3.4 - Required practical 3 (C4.11 lesson)
Topic 5 - Energy Changes:
4.5.1.1 – Energy transfer during exothermic and endothermic reactions(C5.1 lesson. Includes required practical 4)
4.5.1.1 - Uses of exothermic and endothermic reactions (C5.1 research task)
4.5.1.2 – Reaction profiles (C5.2 lesson)
4.5.1.3 - The energy changes of a reaction (HT only) (C5.2 lesson)
Chemistry Triple science specification points and lessons:
4.5.2.1 – cells and batteries (C5.3 lesson)
4.5.2.2 - Fuel Cells (C5.4 lesson)
AQA P4 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.4 – Atomic Structure)
Lesson: P4.2 – Developments of the model of the atom
Specification points covered =
4.4.1.3 - The development of the model of the atom (common with chemistry)
A fully resourced lesson about developments of the atom to be used when teaching the new physics specification GCSE of AQA P4 (Paper 1, Topic 4).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides.
AQA C2.3 - Writing ionic formulae. A full lesson about how to write ionic formula to be used when teaching the AQA additional science unit. Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides.
Edexcel C3.6 (topic 2) - hard and soft water. Lesson that looks at types of water hardness and methods of removing water hardness. Full lesson resource with differentiated tasks.
A full set of power points that guides learners through every lesson in the Edexcel C3 unit. Plus, learner friendly specifications, broken down into the different topics so that learners can assess their own progress through the unit.
All power points have tasks, activities and progress checks to assess learner progress when teaching the topic.
Power points are fully differentiated with tasks to suit those sitting both foundation and higher tiers, and tasks are available to stretch the most able learners.
Many of the power points were used during ofsted observations which were given outstanding judgements.
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AQA C1.3 (new spec) - Models of the atom (with developments). A fully resourced lesson about atoms, elements and compounds to be used when teaching the New specification of AQA C1.
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides.
AQA Chemistry New Specification!
All lessons to cover topic 1 (paper 1) from the new spec (exams 2018). Lessons cover both the combined 'trilogy' science route and also the 'triple' separate chemistry lessons.
Specification points covered:
4.1.1.1 - atoms, elements and compounds
4.1.1.2 - Mixtures
4.1.1.3 - Scientific models of the atom
4.1.1.4 - relative electrical charges of subatomic particles
4.1.1.5 - size and mass of atoms
4.1.1.6 - electronic structure
4.1.2.1 - The periodic table
4.1.2.2 - development of the periodic table
4.1.2.3 - metals and non-metals
4.1.2.4 - Group 0
4.1.2.5 - Group 1
4.1.2.6 - Group 7
Chemistry Triple science lessons:
4.1.3.1 + 2 - Transition metals and their properties
Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and tasks to assess learning throughout the lessons.
AQA C2.6 (new spec - 4.2.6 - paper 1, topic 2 new spec) - Properties of giant covalent substances
A fully resourced lesson about the properties of giant covalent substances to be used when teaching the New specification of AQA C2 (Bonding structure and properties of matter).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Along with opportunity to assess learning throughout the lesson.
AQA C2.13 (new spec - 4.2.13 - paper 1, topic 2 new spec) - Nanoparticles (for triple science)
A fully resourced lesson about nanoparticles and their properties (for triple science) to be used when teaching the New specification of AQA C2 (Bonding structure and properties of matter).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Along with opportunity to assess learning throughout the lesson.
AQA Chemistry New Specification!
All lessons to cover topic 3 (paper 1) – Quantitative Chemistry, from the new spec (exams 2018). Lessons cover both the combined 'trilogy' science route and also the 'triple' separate chemistry lessons.
The lessons include any required practical tasks that AQA have outlined, and an opportunity for learners to complete each of these.
Lessons have differentiated tasks available on slides and progress checks to assess learning throughout the lessons.
There is also opportunity to assess extended answer questions in some of the lessons to allow extended feedback on their work in these tasks.
All of the following specification points are covered for this topic and in brackets is the lesson that the point is covered in:
Trilogy and triple specification points and lessons:
4.3.1.1 – Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations (C3.1 lesson)
4.3.1.2 – Relative formula mass (C3.2 lesson)
4.3.1.3 – Mass changes when a reactant or product is a gas (C3.1 lesson)
4.3.2.1 – Moles (Higher tier) (C3.3 lesson)
4.3.2.2 – Amount of substances in equations (Higher tier) (C3.4 lesson)
4.3.2.3 – Using moles to balance equations (Higher tier) (C3.5 lesson)
4.3.2.4 – Limiting reactants (HT) (C3.5 lesson)
4.3.2.5 – Concentration of solutions (C3.6 lesson)
Chemistry Triple science specification points and lessons:
4.3.4 – Using concentrations of solutions in mol/dm3 (HT) (C3.7 lesson)
4.3.3.1 – Percentage yield (C3.8 lesson)
4.3.3.2 – Atom economy (C3.9 lesson)
4.3.5 – Molar volume of gases (HT) (C3.10 lesson)
AQA B6 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.6 – Inheritance, variation and evolution)
Lesson: B6.18 – Classification of living organisms
Specification points covered =
4.6.4 - Classification of living organisms
A fully resourced lesson about classification of living organisms to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B6 (Paper 2, Topic 2 - Inheritance, variation and evolution).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
AQA B7 (New GCSE Spec – Unit 4.7 – Ecology)
Lesson: B7.7 -Biodiversity and maintaining it
Specification points covered =
4.7.3.1 - Biodiversity
4.7.3.6 - Maintaining Biodiversity
A fully resourced lesson about Biodiversity and maintaining it to be used when teaching the new biology specification GCSE of AQA B7 (Paper 2, Topic 3 - Ecology).
Fully resourced with differentiated tasks and activities shown on power point slides. Any questions/tasks set for students have peer or self-assessment slides available with answers showing
