A comprehensive and enjoyable fully resourced lesson on food groups aimed at not only equipping students with the knowledge to answer exam questions but also with the knowledge to be able to make informed choices about their own diet. The pack also includes an optional virtual experiment on food tests. What’s Covered Carbohydrates provide energy Proteins needed for growth and repair Lipids (fats) provide energy and insulation Minerals needed for a healthy body – examples iron for red blood cells and calcium for teeth and bones Vitamins – enable body to use other nutrients more efficiently – examples Vit A for eyesight, Vit C prevents scurvy, Vit K for blood clotting Roughage (fiber) moves food through the gut. Why roughage helps prevent bowel cancer explained. Importance of water in the diet. Examples of foods containing the five nutrients and roughage. Excess carbohydrates and fats are laid down under the skin. A balanced diet explained. Energy in food and energy needed for activity are measured in kilojoules (kj). Working out the energy in a meal. What’s Included Animated PowerPoint for teaching with exit ticket quiz Flip it (pupil writes questions to given answers) Anticipation Guides (combined starter and plenary) Foldable Cut and stick activity. Worksheet (x4) to support the PowerPoint Fact sheet Homework Fact share worksheet Pupil progress self-assessment checklist Exit Ticket Suggested lesson plan showing choices possible between resources This pack contains sixteen printable resources as it is intended that the teacher uses them to build their own unique lesson to take account of student ability and time available. Literacy, oracy, self-assessment and peer assessment are all built in to the resources. These features are clearly marked on the comprehensive one-page flow chart lesson plan which shows where the logical choices between resources can be made. More high quality resources available here. Elf Off the Shelf Resources

Smart board bingo includes questions on reflection, refraction and lenses. A numbered question is generated randomly and, if that number is on their bingo card, students write in the answer. So much fun students don’t realise they are learning! Prior Knowledge Required Transparent, translucent and opaque materials Luminous and non-luminous objects i = r Lateral inversion Periscope Specular and diffuse images The more dense the medium the slower the speed of light. Direction of refraction at boundaries Light hitting a boundary at ninety degrees is not refracted. Light is not refracted at a curved boundary. Why lightning is seen before thunder is heard when a cloud discharges. Real and apparent depth Ray diagrams showing refraction in a concave and convex lens. Label the following structures on a diagram of the eye; retina; ciliary muscle; iris; pupil; lens; suspensory ligament; optic nerve. How the eye sees distant and close objects. Ray diagrams to show how lenses are used to correct long and short sight. How the iris controls the size of the pupil and therefore the amount of light which enters the eye. What is Included Random question generator for smart board (interactive white board) – 50 questions Answer PowerPoint plus answer sheet 48 bingo cards Answers PowerPoint Suggested Lesson Plan Play bingo – students write the answers into the square on their bingo card which matches the question number in the smart board. Teacher uses answer sheet to check card of winners of lines and full house Pupils use answer PowerPoint to check their answers at end of game. More high quality resources available here. Elf Off the Shelf Resources

This is an engaging and enjoyable memory game on mixtures, including solutions, suspensions, dissolving, saturated solutions and solubility. Pupils work in teams of three or four. Each team lays out their 42 cards face down in a square and take it in turn to turn over two cards. If the cards are a question and its correct answer, the pupil keeps the pair. If they are not a match they are turned face down and the next pupil gets a turn. This process continues until all cards are matched and the winner is the pupil with the most pairs. If a team member thinks that the selectors pair is not a correct match, they can challenge. Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer but the teacher also has a quick-check answer sheet. If the challenge is correct, the challenger keeps the pair. **Included in this Pack ** 42 question and answer cards Teacher’s answer sheet. Instruction sheet Preparation Use double-sided printing to copy 1 set per group of 4 pupils. Sheets could be laminated to enable year-on-year use. Cut sheets into cards. Prior Knowledge Required Elements and compounds are pure substance and mixtures are not. Meaning of the terms solute, solvent, solution, soluble and insoluble. Particle theory to explain why stirring, temperature and particle size affect the rate of dissolving. Particle theory to explain dissolving, suspensions and saturated solutions. Extracting information from solubility curves. More high quality resources available here. Elf Off the Shelf Resources

A dominoes game for middle school with questions and statements on mixtures including solutions, suspensions, solubility and saturated solutions. Prior Knowledge Elements and compounds are pure substance and mixtures are not. Meaning of the terms solute, solvent, solution, soluble and insoluble. Particle theory to explain why stirring, temperature and particle size affect the rate of dissolving. Particle theory to explain dissolving, suspensions and saturated solutions. Extracting information from solubility curves What You Get 80 dominos Animated PowerPoint explaining the rules and how to play. Rules of the Game Each player selects seven dominos from the top of the face-down pile and holds them in their hand like playing cards. The player whose surname begins with a letter closest to the letter A starts and play proceed in a clockwise direction. Dominos can be matched exactly, or a name can be matched with a symbol or descriptions, sketches and circuit diagrams can be matched. If a player thinks a match is wrong, they can challenge. If the challenger is correct, they give a card from their own hand to the challenged player. If the challenged player is correct, they give a card from their hand to the challenger. Pupils are encouraged to check their books for the correct answer and consult their teacher if a consensus is not reached. If a player cannot play a domino, they pick up from the face down pile and can play if possible or add it to their hand. More high quality resources available here. Elf Off the Shelf Resources

This is an action-packed distance learning or home school, fully resourced lesson on the kinetic theory of matter for middle school and includes states of matter, change of state, gas pressure and diffusion. This resource has been designed so that the animated PowerPoint replaces the teacher by providing structure, sequence, knowledge and answers. The worksheets, cut-outs, foldable and progress check provide a familiar medium for students to develop and test their knowledge, continue to develop their literacy skills and use their creativity to organise their learning and assess their progress. The simulated practical shows how measurements for the angles of incidence and reflection are obtained and provides a set of results for the students to draw a conclusion. What’s Covered Identifies the three states of matter as solid, liquid and gas. Demonstrates the arrangement of particles in solids, liquids and gases. Explains the properties of solids, liquids and gases in terms of the arrangement of their particles. Explains change of state including sublimation. Explains pressure in gases and the effect of increasing the number of particles and temperature and decreasing volume Diffusion Resources An animated PowerPoint which guides the student through the lesson by: explaining how to use distance learning effectively; explaining how to use this resource; explaining current, voltage and resistance and the relationship between them; providing the answers to all the worksheets so that the students can mark and correct their work. Four worksheets, and two cut-out activities, the answers to which are in the PowerPoint. A foldable and cut-out activity so that students can record and organise their learning. A checklist for students to use to assess their progress. Digital quick test For those students without internet or a computer or a computer at home a condensed printable copy of the PowerPoint is provided for distribution by school. Ways to Use this Resource Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet. Students print their own worksheets. Upload PowerPoint and worksheets to school intranet and provide a hardcopy of worksheets for students. Those families who do not wish to collect worksheets or who are in isolation can print the worksheets at home. Students without photocopying facilities are More high quality resources available here. Elf Off the Shelf Resources