These 10 challenging activities are designed for used as a starter or plenary in a Science lesson and are intended to extend and reinforce students’ knowledge of the Periodic table. For maximum effect they should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. There is also the potential for use as meaningful task in a cover or non-specialist lesson. Printable (monochrome) copies of each task are available to facilitate library or homework tasks. Hyperlinks are embedded in the black/red arrows on each slide for ease of navigation.

On January 20th 2025 Donald J Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President of the United States of America. This followed the Tenure of Joe Biden (46th) and Trump for his first term on January 20th, 1917. This presentation is designed to be used as a springboard for a research activity in a range of curriculum areas. It can also be used as a free-standing starter activity in a number of areas including History, Citizenship and Politics. The whole presentation consists of 40 multiple choice questions relating to those who have served before Trump. There is also the facility to print a paper set of questions to facilitate homework/library activities. The whole presentation consists of 87 slides and hyperlinks are embedded.

These activities are designed for use as a starter or plenary in KS3 English. There is also the possibility of use as providing meaningful “cover” work or as an activity for tutor time. There are 10 different challenges which all follow the same format. Each challenge begins with a 3 letter root word and the students are presented with 8 “clues” of increasing difficulty in which they are tasked with decoding the extension of the root word into another. The clues are revealed automatically in sequence to maintain student focus. The whole presentation contains 14 slides with clearly marked hyperlinks embedded throughout for ease of navigation.

This presentation may be used as a no preparation starter or a plenary activity in a KS, 3 or 4 Science lesson. There is also a potential use as a cover lesson. Based on the traditional TV program format, there are 26 activities, one for each letter of the alphabet. In each activity a scientific term is revealed and 4 “definitions” are offered. The students are challenged to decide which is the correct definition and why the other three are false. Hyperlinks are embedded to the correct answer and to other subsequent questions.

This presentation may be used as a preparation free starter or a plenary activity in a stage 3 or 4 Chemistry lesson to reinforce understanding of the Periodic Table. There are 10 different challenges which all follow the same format. The students, either individually or in pairs/groups have a given period of time to try to find the hidden element. The sentence which contains the element may help identify the correct answer. The whole presentation contains 23 slides and hyperlinks are embedded throughout the presentation for ease of navigation. Click on the “atom” below to access the teachers notes.

This presentation is the second in a series of designed for potential use as a starter or a plenary activity in English. Presentations 2,3 and 4 which follow the same format are available on this platform at an appropriate price. In each challenge students are challenged, individually or in groups, to “decode” meaning and identify the word which best maintains the sentence meaning. For maximum it should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The whole presentation contains 10 challenges and 23 slides. There are also monochrome printable activities to facilitate homework or a cover lesson.

This presentation is the third in a series of designed for potential use as a starter or a plenary activity in English. Presentations 2,3 and 4 which follow the same format are available on this platform at an appropriate price. In each challenge students are challenged, individually or in groups, to “decode” meaning and identify the word which best maintains the sentence meaning. For maximum it should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The whole presentation contains 10 challenges and 23 slides. There are also monochrome printable activities to facilitate homework or a cover lesson.

This presentation is the fourth in a series of designed for potential use as a free starter or a plenary activity in English. Presentations 2,3 and 4 which follow the same format are available on this platform at an appropriate price. In each challenge students are challenged, individually or in groups, to “decode” meaning and identify the word which best maintains the sentence meaning. For maximum it should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The whole presentation contains 10 challenges and 23 slides. There are also monochrome printable activities to facilitate homework or a cover lesson.

This presentation designed for potential use as a no preparation starter or activity in a registration period,. Presentations which follow the same format in other subject areas including History and Science are also available on this platform. The 26 questions linked to Christmas relate to a combination of Religious and Secular issues. The presentation contains 26 questions (one for each letter of the alphabet) and has has been constructed to run automatically with a 10 second delay between each question. For maximum effect they should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The whole presentation contains 38 slides. Click on the “Santa” below to go to the launch page.

Activities are designed for use as an enjoyable end of term activity. 60 trivia questions (10 groups of 6) are given covering obscure and unusual (mainly secular) facts about the Christmas period. Pupils, individually or in groups, simply suggest if these are true or false. Answers are given and hyperlinks by arrows throughout the presentation. For most effective use they should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The whole presentation contains 21 slides.

Presentation designed for use as a starter or a plenary activity in KS2/3 English. There is also the option to use the printer friendly versions of all 10 tasks to provide meaningful activities for a cover lesson or homework. There are 10 challenges which all follow the same format. In each challenge the pupils are presented with two clues which, when decoded will give a pair of homophone words. When introduced from a whiteboard each activity should take no more than 5 minutes to complete and check. The whole presentation contains35 slides with embedded hyperlinks for ease of navigation.

This presentation designed for potential use as a no preparation starter or a plenary activity in KS3/4 Geography. The presentation consists of 40 “challenges”. In each challenge the students are presented with a Geographical name, towns, countries, rivers etc and are asked to decide an anagram of a place/feature that fits the category. Each challenge includes an embedded timer set at between 10 and 20 seconds to ensure an element of competition. A “random question” generator ensures that students will have a different set of challenges each time the presentation is used. The presentation can be used in a number of ways, as a pen and paper exercise or as a teacher directed oral classroom whiteboard activity. The whole presentation consists of 82 slides with hyperlinks fully embedded throughout for ease of navigation.

These activities are designed for used as a starter or plenary in a Science lesson and are intended to extend and reinforce students knowledge of the Periodic table. The full presentation contains 10 challenges and 23 slides. For maximum effect they should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. There is also the potential for use as meaningful task in a cover or non-specialist lesson.

This presentation is one of a series of 12. Each presentation describes a significant historical event for each day of the month. This material has a number of potential uses including a reflection activity during registration, a springboard for class discussion and potential use in History, Citizenship and others. The material can also be used as a dynamic display on a curriculum notice board.

This presentation is designed for potential use in KS2 or early KS3 French. It has also been designed to support non specialist staff or as an appropriate activity for a cover lesson. This presentation can be used in a number of different ways to introduce some elements of French vocabulary. Challenges 1 – 5 gives a list of 11 English words on the given category and the students are tasked with finding the French translation. Challenges 6 – 10 are the reverse (French to English). For all of the 10 tasks a printer friendly worksheet can be accessed by clicking on the relevant printer. The whole presentation contains 33 slides with clearly marked hyperlinks for ease of navigation

This presentation designed for potential use as a no preparation starter/plenary activity KS3 Maths. There is also the possibility of utilising the printed slides as a meaningful activity for cover lessons or to support a non specialist colleague. The presentation contains 3 challenges with increasing level of difficulty in the later challenges. In each challenge the students are tasked with completing a crossword style maths activity to ensure all statements are mathematically correct. Answer slides are accessible by embedded hyperlinks from the question slide. The whole presentation contains 12 slides.

This presentation designed for potential use as a no preparation starter or a plenary activity in KS3/4 Geography. The presentation consists of 10 “challenges”. In each challenge the students are presented with 4 Geographical names, towns, countries, rivers etc and are asked to use their Geographical knowledge (use of Atlas etc at the teacher’s discretion) to “rank” the 4 terms according to a given criteria e g land size, population size, location etc. The presentation can be used in a number of ways, as a pen and paper exercise or as an oral classroom whiteboard activity. The whole presentation consists of 24 slides with hyperlinks fully embedded throughout for ease of navigation.

Presentation designed for potential use as a starter or a plenary activity in English or as an enjoyable tutor time activity. Pupils are challenged to make as many words as possible from a festive word. An embedded two minute timer ensures pupils need to work, perhaps in groups, at a reasonable speed. The activity can promote enjoyable competition between groups of students. Click on the Christmas gift to go to the menu page. The whole presentation contains 10 challenges and 23 slides.

This presentation designed for potential use as a starter or a plenary activity in English. There is also the potential to be used as an activity during a registration/tutorial period or to provide enjoyable meaningful work for a “cover” lesson. For maximum effect they should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The whole presentation contains 10 challenges and 23 slides. Students are challenged, individually or in groups, to “decode” the language clues and find the missing word. Use of a dictionary/thesaurus is at the teachers discretion.

This activities are designed for used in a RE/Humanities/Tutorial/Enrichment lesson in the lead up to Christmas. For maximum effect they should be used on an interactive board or large screen display. The questions can be used as a “springboard” for discussions about the secular, commercial and spiritual nature of Christmas. There are 100 questions in the activity and 18 slides in total. The whole quiz will take roughly 30 minutes. Hyperlinks are embedded in the black/red arrows on each slide for ease of navigation.