Science Teacher and Marathon Runner! I graduated top of my class from the University of Limerick (BSc with concurrent teacher education) in 2015 and having taught in the Irish and UK system I have a in depth appreciation for curriculum. I currently teach Biology and Chemistry at A-Level and GCSE science in London. I am passionate about science and thoroughly enjoy creating resources, please feel free to review my resources.
Science Teacher and Marathon Runner! I graduated top of my class from the University of Limerick (BSc with concurrent teacher education) in 2015 and having taught in the Irish and UK system I have a in depth appreciation for curriculum. I currently teach Biology and Chemistry at A-Level and GCSE science in London. I am passionate about science and thoroughly enjoy creating resources, please feel free to review my resources.
Summarise sequences of digestion.
Chemical and physical digestion.
Ingestion and Egestion
Absorption and Assimilation.
Enzyme production and site of action.
AQA GCSE Biology lesson on decompostion as part of wider topic of ecology.
Recall of cell organisation, Respiration and Photosynthesis.
Introduction to core practical.
Slides are easily adaptable.
A complete lesson as per the specificaiton for AQA combined science and GCSE Biology.
This lesson follows on from a lesson on ‘Light Intensity and the inverse square law ’.
Elicit prior knowledge of carbohydrates, proteins, lipids and food tests. e
Concept cartoon
Literacy task
Application of knowledge
Required practical: The classic potato cores practical using ribena to emphasize concentration and the procedure of serial dilution. Student investigation sheet and follow up questions included (mark scheme and instructions outlined in the slides)
Agar cube and neutralisation practical: to investigate the effect of surface area to volume ratio on the rate of diffusion. A good investigation that can be adapted to suppliment the teaching of diffusion with all key stage groups.
A complete lesson as per the specificaiton for AQA combined science and GCSE Biology.
This lesson follows on from a lesson on ‘Photosynthetic reaction’.
It builds on knowledge of the equation for photosynthesis by introducing rate.
Elicits prior knowledge of enzymes and the effect of temperature.
Graph skills
Simple activity that shows conservation of mass through calculations. The use of equations with state symbols challenges students to think of situations where mass ‘appears’ to increase or decrease.
Exothermic and Endothermic as per AQA specication (Combined science/GCSE Chemistry).
Full set of slides, spaced practice and opportunity for self/peer assessment. Slides and worksheet can be easily adapted to suit other lessons/revision activities.
Measuring temperature change - AQA Combined science and GCSE Chemistry Chemical Changes.
Series of practical activities and associated questions that can be adapted for a range of abilities.
Simulation practical
Foundation style practical
Higher level practical and use of graph and LOBF to determine temperature change for endothermic and exothermic
Reaction Profiles - slides and activities that gets students to think about the change of energy in a reaction, practise drawing reaction profiles, calculating the difference in energy between reactants and products. The use of cataysts and their effect on activation energy is also elicited here. Associated worksheets are included. This resource is geared towards AQA combined science and GCSE chemistry but can be easily adapted.
Bond energy - eliciting prior knowledge of latent heat and introducing the concept of energies associated with bond breaking and bond forming.
This is a complete lesson as per AQA combined science and GCSE Chemsitry specifications on Energy Changes. The worked examples and questions used here can be easily adapted.
This resource also includes a mini teacher assessment.
A series of slides aimed at eliciting prior knowledge of latent heat and introducing the concept of energies associated with bond breaking and bond forming.
This is a complete lesson as per AQA combined science and GCSE Chemsitry specifications on Energy Changes. The worked examples and questions used here can be easily adapted.
This resource also includes a mini teacher assessment.
AQA Combined science and GCSE Chemistry Chemical Changes.
Series of practical activities and associated questions that can be adapted for a range of abilities.
Simulation practical
Foundation style practical
Higher level practical and use of graph and LOBF to determine temperature change for endothermic and exothermic
AQA Combined Science and Biology
Organisation
A challenging lesson for a class who have carried out flipped learning on CHD. Includes a literacy task and ramped questions (Recall - Application of knowledge). It also includes a mini whiteboard task.
AQA Combined science - Organisation
Non communicable diseases associated with the heart. Slides include activities with mark schemes.
Questions that are ramped in difficulty focus on command words used in exam style Q.
A series of basic science investigation sheets for students to use in completing simple (KS3 biology, chemistry and physics) experiments. Includes methods, result tables, follow up questions and associated slides.
Simple activity that shows conservation of mass through calculations. The use of equations with state symbols challenges students to think of situations where mass ‘appears’ to increase or decrease. This resource is complete with mark scheme and additional slides to support teaching.
A complete lesson as per the specificaiton for AQA combined science and GCSE chemistry.
This lesson follows on from a lesson on ‘Chemical Measurements’
Builds on prior knowledge of solutions and understanding of how concentration can be changed. Worked examples of calculations and additional worksheet.
A complete set of lessons that cover the AQA combined science specification. Slides contain concise explanations and numerous worked examples. Associated worksheets are also included.
Please let me know about your experience of teaching quantitative chemistry!
Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations
Relative formula mass
Mass changes when a reactant or product is a gas
Chemical measurements
Moles (HT only)
Amounts of substances in equations (HT only)
Using moles to balance equations (HT only)
Limiting reactants (HT only)
Concentration of solutions
Conservation of mass and balanced chemical equations
The first lesson as part of AQA quantitative chemistry for GCSE chemistry.
Complete lesson with associated practice questions
