For the new AQA Spec. With a bit of enthusiasm about how great these scientists were from me, the kids remembered their faces and what they did in each case. Used with year 9.

A lesson leading pupils through atmospheric pressure with a mixture of both written and calculation problems.

A complete lesson to teach the different between mass and weight and using cats to explain about terminal velocity and falling objects. Gives a piece of work which is very quick and easy to assess at end of the lesson.

A lesson taking pupils through factors which affect the reactivity of different groups in the periodic table. Some opportunity to carry out some pair work before bringing ideas together as a four, and then allowing support during planning a long response answer. Additional materials include feedback support which could be given to the group 1 question - could easily be modified to support a group 7 question!

A foundation tier lesson leading pupils through the word 'relative' and working up to calculating the relative formula mass of compounds.

A lesson designed to allow pupils to establish the rules for themselves. Then apply to some circuits. Works best if the circuits are prebuilt and tested so the results they will collect are definitely correct.

Calculations to allow practice using half-lives including some questions to practice comprehension and application skills.

A lesson allowing pupils to compare compounds and mixtures using a Venn diagram, before planning and carrying out either filtration of crystallisation from methods written by each other in the group.

A lesson taking pupils through the theory. Rather than it being a 'copying notes' exercise, there are some elements of pupil sharing and scientific language challenge in there. I then used plickers at the end of the lesson to then review their recall of the key points.

A lesson leading pupils through the key facts they need about infrared radiation.

Lesson introducing resistance then asking pupils to describe why certain factors would increase the resistance. Links into a practical finding out about how the resistance changes with the length of a wire.

Includes different tasks where pupils generate the answers using pictures as stimuli. Also covers communicable and non-communicable.

A sheet with info and method for pupils before attempting a number of calculations

A foundation tier lesson with pictures to help pupils revisit solute and solvent and to apply the concentration equation.

A set of questions with a worked example to support pupils with calculation practice.

Lesson allowing pupils to find out more about different food groups, task to recap KS3 knowledge before finding out more about molecules. Leads into food tests required prac by getting pupils to sort a method each before identifying the reagent and what to expect for a positive and negative test.

A lesson designed to give pupils time to collect information about the periodic table and then consider what significance the groups have in terms of electronic structure - very low teacher talk, instead pupils working independently/pairs.

Lesson talking through Hooke's law, including calculation practice and opportunity to carry out the required practical. Exam questions provided, could be completed in lesson or as homework.

A lesson including a demo with eggs and a bedsheet, an opportunity to carry out some peer assessment, proving the equation linking force, momentum and time and some questions to practice calculations.

A lesson allowing pupils to apply prior knowledge to ascertain what is happening during transpiration. Also includes section on stomata/guard cells.

A formative piece for each of the topics in the year 7 syllabus outlined by Activate. Each has it's own set of EBI's pre-written, so you just tick what they have done, then refer to the EBI powerpoint doc, and select the appropriate 'mission' . Personally, I just put the number of the mission each child should do and then they write it out. The bits in red are for extra prompt so they can start the work on their own (hopefully!)