Organisms need to be cut and pasted into their correct places in a food web. Two differenciated versions of this activity here - one with clues. I then give the students a number of questions based around the completed web.

Literacy worksheet to support students describing the adaptations of leaves for photosynthesis. I get them to complete the table using the picture to support and then build each row into complete sentences.

Design your own dinosaur pet, in a fun game for all. Engaging game for any child interested in dinosaurs, suitable for ages 7 - 11. Great starter, helps engage children who love dinosaurs in written work. Flexible timing, takes 10 - 60 minutes to play. You decide the length of the game. Fully illustrated with 50 unique pieces of art. Science Introduce concepts such as ecology, feeding relationships, interdependence, and adaptation to environment. Help pupils become familiar with key terms in a fun way. Literacy Encourage pupils to use complex keywords in writing. Can be used as a springboard for further written work such as writing descriptions of dinosaurs and habitats, adverts for the pet dinosaurs and stories about them. Creativity A fun way for pupils to be creative and inventive and practice working to a brief. Social and transferable skills The game requires pupils to manage time, communicate their ideas through diagrams and verbally, to listen actively to others and to discuss designs in a kind way. All pupils can choose their own pet dinosaur, limiting potential for conflict. This game requires some assembly, there are 35 pages to print, some need to be laminated for best results. Needs paper, felt pens and a stopwatch per group to play.

Lesson plan, resources, homework and starter for an exemplary lesson to engage learners in understanding how a drug is taken from discovery to the pharmacy shelf. Perfect for an observed lesson, develops thinking skills, teamwork, debating and self evaluation.

Chemisty teaching resource for GCSE. Students have to match the function and structure of the material to it’s name. Includes Thinsulate, Teflon, Gore-Tex, Kevlar and Lycra. Students then need to turn information into a table. Alternatively useful as a plenary.

A role playing worksheet - the students need to diagnose different conditions and say how the illness can be treated and prevented. All the diseases are caused by micro-organisms rather than genetic conditions. This is a resource created for a triple science biology GCSE group. 1 - Cholera 2 - Ebola/ Marburg 3 - Influenza 4 - Malaria 5 - Hepatitis 6 - Conjuntivitis (allergy could well be the cause)