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A collection of Biology, Physics and Chemistry resources for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. I work as a mainstream Science teacher and all of these lessons have been succesfully delivered.

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A collection of Biology, Physics and Chemistry resources for Key Stage 3 and Key Stage 4. I work as a mainstream Science teacher and all of these lessons have been succesfully delivered.
Plate Tectonics lesson
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Plate Tectonics lesson

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Complete KS3 lesson on Plate Tectonics. Learning Outcomes: All: State that continents aren’t fixed in position. Most: Describe how the continents move. Some: Apply the idea of plate tectonics to explain why volcano’s and earthquakes only occur in certain places.
Heat Transfer lesson 6 - Protective clothing
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Heat Transfer lesson 6 - Protective clothing

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Complete lesson number 6 in the Heat Transfer topic for KS3: Protective Clothing. Differentiated learning outcomes: All: Explain why protective clothing is needed using scientific reasoning. Most: Understand the important scientific properties of insulation. Some: Understand the important scientific properties of insulation.
Heat Transfer 1 - Hot Stuff lesson
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Heat Transfer 1 - Hot Stuff lesson

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Lesson 1 of the KS3 topic Heat Transfer - Hot Stuff. This lesson is focused on the difference between heat and temperature. Practicalprocedure included. Differentiated learning outcomes: All Recall the units for measuring temperature and heat energy. Work out which way heat energy will be transferred between a hot and a cold object. Most Explain the difference between temperature and heat energy. Some List the three things that the amount of heat energy stored in an object depends on.
Solar System 1 - A Place Near The Sun complete lesson
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Solar System 1 - A Place Near The Sun complete lesson

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1st lesson in the Key Stage 3 topic The Solar System and Beyond. Complete lesson. Differentiated learning outcomes: All: Explain what the terms day and year means to an astronomer. Most: Describe how shadows form and how they can be used to tell the time. Some: Explain how the time and date varies on our planet.
Diffusion complete lesson
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Diffusion complete lesson

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Complete lesson for Diffusion, KS3 - including sentence starters and word frames for literacy differentiation. Practicals and description in notes also included.
Cracking Up - complete lesson.
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Cracking Up - complete lesson.

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A complete lesson for KS3 on the various weathering processes. Exploring Science-Lesson 1 of Explaining The Earth topic. Contains practical and demonstration & card sort slides. Learning Outcomes: All - State 1 physical weathering process. Most Describe how 2 physical weathering process break down rocks Some Explain how water, wind, temperature and living things affect rocks Model physical weathering.
Heat Transfer lesson 4 - Changing State
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Heat Transfer lesson 4 - Changing State

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Lesson 4 in the Heat Transfer topic at Key Stage 3 - Changing State. Differentiated Learning Outcomes: All: Describe what happens to the temperature of a liquid while it is boiling. Describe what happens to the temperature while a liquid freezes. Most Carry out a practical to investigate the temperature of water through the changes of state. Some Explain the shape of a graph of temperature against time for a substance being heated or cooled.
Heat Transfer 3 - Heating Fluids lesson
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Heat Transfer 3 - Heating Fluids lesson

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Lesson 3 from Heat Transfer topic for Key Stage 3. Differentiated Learning Outcomes: All: Recall which substances heat can travel through by convection. Most: Demonstrate a convection current. Some Explain how a convection current is formed.
Adaptations lesson
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Adaptations lesson

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Complete lesson on Adaptations due to physical environmental factors. Designed for KS3. Lesson outcomes: All State how an organism is adapted to it’s environment. Most Explain the importance of an organism being adapted to it’s environment. Some Design an animal with suitable adaptations for an environment.
Heat Transfer 2 - Heating Solids lesson
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Heat Transfer 2 - Heating Solids lesson

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Lesson 2 in the Heat Transfer topic for KS3. Differentiated learning outcomes: All List some examples of heat conductors and insulators. Most Explain conduction using the particle method. Explain why some solids are better conductors than others. Some Explain why solids expand when they are heated.
Evaporation and Condensation
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Evaporation and Condensation

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Complete lesson powerpoint including extra slides. Lesson Outcomes: E – Describe the effect of cooling by evaporation C – Be able to use particle theory to explain cooling by evaporation A* - Be able to use particle theory to describe how temperature affects evaporation
Testing New Drugs
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Testing New Drugs

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Powerpoint on Testing New Drugs, B1.12. To be used in conjunction with the Testing New Drugs Worksheet. Learning Outcomes: All : Identify the effects of Thalidomide when given to pregnant women Explain why new drugs have to be tested before they are licensed for use as medicines Most: Explain how new drugs are tested Some: Explain why in a double blind trial a) the patient and b) the doctor does not know whether they are being treated with the real drug or a placebo
A Hidden World complete lesson bundle
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A Hidden World complete lesson bundle

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A KS3 lesson on the hidden world of microbes. Works as part of the Exploring Science scheme of work or stand alone lesson. The bundle includes powerpoint of whole lesson including starter task, AfL, practical and review; worksheets for construct, apply and challenge tasks and the lesson plan.