Used with mixed Yr 7 group as first lesson introducing bunsen burners - was a double lesson. Opportunity for teacher assessment and peer assessment (thank you to other TES contributers). Also SEN starter sheet used with Downs syndrome/v.low ability studenst

This is a ppt used with a mixed Yr 7 class for a double lesson. Covers balanced diet, energy requirements of different groups of people and finishes off with burning food practical - questions to check progress/understanding on last slide

Basic powerpoint containing method of making indicator with beetroot (red cabbage works just as well) and write up/testing indicator. Used with mixed Yr 7 class

This ppt was used for a double lesson for a mixed Yr 7 group - contains information on parts of both animal and plant cells and then goes through some examples of specialised cells - has assessment opportunities as you go through to check progress

Ppt to cover all the basics of first lesson using a microscope and preparing cheek and onion cells - this was used for mixed Yr 7 group for a double lesson. Contains slides for checking progress as you go through lesson

Contains powerpoint with activities - distillation task taken from TES (thank you!)

This ppt was used for a mixed Yr 7 class for a double lesson. Covers parts of eye and function, long/short sightedness and eye dissection - finishes off with some optical illusions. Assessment opportunities included. SEN sheet used as starter with Downs syndrome student

Used for a review lesson before end of unit test on Reproduction - print out the three slides onto card and then cut out - in teams students have to match the sides of the triangles together to make one giant triangle

Ppt to explain how glucose levels are controlled within body and what happens when they are not controlled. Contains links to video and questions to answer and practical to carry out.

This activity describes through different learning styles and how we learn. Includes activity to see if students learn better by reading information or using pictures.

This was used as an introductory lesson on a cross curricular day linking science to the holocaust. Links recent uses of DNA fingerprinting to help to reunite families torn apart by the holocaust and also to attempt to identify holocaust-era forensic remains. I finished the lesson with the DNA fingerprinting mysteries - see seperate resource and then a second lesson doing a practical where the students extracted their own DNA from cheek cells

6 different mysteries to solve using DNA fingerprints; could be used for forensic style activities

Goes through definition of homeostasis and a quick overview of how temperature, water and glucose levels are controlled in our bodies. Includes a word loop activity.

Covers difference between epidemics and pandemics, how our body defends itself against invading microbes including phagocytosis, antibodies, and antitoxins. Also mentions severe combined immunodeficiency.

General introduction to pathogens - what they are, what they do once in body. Also covers work of Semmelweis and Marshall & Warren.

covering various aspects of natural selection including the peppered moth (with activity) and galapagos finches

Covers how sex is inherited, expected ratios of females to males in populations and why this is not seen in world population. Temperature dependent sex determination in animals.