These are a selection of practical investigations for KS3 Science, suitable for use with the Working Scientifically section of the 2014 syllabus. Included are guidance for each investigation, a scaffolded investigation sheet, a mark scheme and a student challenge sheet. The investigations are designed to be easily marked and leveled using criteria adapted from APP guidelines. I intended to add to these over time.

This task allows students to examine and evaluate pieces of opposing evidence, for and against Man landing on the Moon. It can be used as part of a space topic, or as a standalone lesson. It was created as an interview lesson. It will require reading the Wikipedia page on Moon landing conspiracies first (link provided in lesson plan) as this lesson generates lots of questions from students.

These are lesson plans, slides and worksheets for AQA C1-7-Our Changing planet. It includes the structure of the Earth, The Restless Earth, The Earth's atmosphere in the past and Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. It does not include Life on Earth or the fractional distillation of air as it was taught to a foundation group.

Written for AQA B1 but can be used at KS3 or for other specifications.Posters are placed around the room and students go round and answer questions from a worksheet (included in PowerPoint).

I made this for a Year 10 group doing the Greenhouse effect as part of P2 in the OCR Science GCSE. Printed/photocopied onto on A3. Can be completed with access to textbooks or with the internet. Includes both PowerPoint slide and JPEG

A series of 10 science lessons for Year 7 that introduces students to working in a lab and collecting data. Topics include: Initial assessment, working scientifically, collecting data, drawing a bar graph, drawing a scatter graph, making a prediction, using a Bunsen burner.

KS3 Science topic covering: Organisation, Animal Cells, Plant Cells, life processes, bacteria and single celled organisms, onion cell practical, microscopy and electron microscopy. Inlcudes, full lessons for the topic, knowledge organiser and assessment

This is a complete unit of work that covers forces and speed suitable for Key Stage 3 (KS3) Years 7 and 8. It contains, lessons worksheets and assessments. The lessons cover: What are forces, balanced and unbalanced forces, newtons, gravity on other planets, speed, acceleration, distance time graphs and relative motion.

This is a unit of work suitable for KS3. Includes lessons, handouts and assessments. Topics include: Waves, wavespeed calculations, sound waves, reflection, refraction, electromagnetic waves, the ear, the eye & the rainbow.

This is a complete unit of work containing lessons, handouts and assessments. The topics covered are: Sex cells, Human sex organs, pregnancy, the menstrual cycle, effect of smoking and drinking in pregnancy, In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF), plant reproduction, bees and pollination and seed dispersal.

This is a series of lessons to introduce students to chemistry and separating mixtures. It covers: Atomic structure, the periodic table, elements, compounds and mixtures, balancing equations, simple chemical reactions, filtration, distillation, chromatography, acids and alkalis, pH and indicators. Included are complete lessons, handouts and assessment lessons.

KS3 Science topic, suitable for Year 7. Covers the following topics: Particle theory, Changes of state, Density, Diffusion, Convection, Conduction & Surface tension. Includes lessons and assessment as well as an investigation in to which metal makes the best conductor.

This resource is a unit of work suitable for KS3 or KS4 which covers: The digestive system, nutrition, enzymes, the nervous system, the reflex arc, the heart, blood vessels, the skeleton, aerobic and anaerobic respiration, joints, joint problems and muscles.

This is a scheme of work, a collection of lessons, student workbook and assessment materials for the first part of the OCR AS/A Level GCE Chemistry A course. Please rate if you find it useful.

Included are lesson plans, slides, video links, activities and worksheets for AQA-P1-5-Waves. Includes lessons on, the nature of waves, measuring waves, reflection, refraction, diffraction and sound.

This resource contains PowerPoints, workbook and assessments for Learning Aims A&B, the chemistry and biology sections of Unit 1 principals of applied science.

This is an activity to help students visualize chemical reactions using molymod kits. The students build the reactants, then break the bonds and reassemble the atoms into the products. Helps them visualize it so they can balance the equations. There is a worksheet and colour guide to how to build the atoms from the kit.

This was a lesson for the Radiation Carries Information part of P2 of the OCR science GCSE course. Students need to have access to the OCR Physics textbook to complete the sheet. Electromagnetic spectrum, digital signals.

This is an activity to go along with AQA C1 Extraction of metals. But can be used for students to sort metals to show the reactivity series.

This was an activity written for a middle ability KS4 set doing AQA B1. The company slides were printed in colour and the students had the worksheet printed on A3 and went round the slides collecting information.