For an interview lesson I did (no, I didn't get the job, but got good feedback about the lesson!). Starter game gets the students to be a positive and negative feedback loop. Main activity: I put two unlabeled loops, with the cut out labels in an envelope, with the worksheet stuck on the envelope. I also put blu tak in the envelope for them to stick the labels on. I laminated all of the things. I also left them with an article for wider reading, the link to the original is in the word doc.

I gave this to KS3, but not reason it couldn't be tweaked for KS4. A game that takes animals and puts them into different habitats. How will their adaptations for their own habitat affect them in a new habitat? Some numeracy involved.

For KS3, but easily adapted for KS4. Works for a physics/generic graph skills lesson. Starter: distribute graphs around room so students can discuss them in small groups. It's handy to have 'Graphs' powerpoint open, so everyone can see the graph being discussed when graphs get shared with everyone. Some graphs are more complicated than others, differentiate at your discretion. The rest is self explanatory. At end, before swapping graphs, get group to come up with mark scheme on board - what should all graphs have etc Swap graphs and mark each others’ with this.

Divide class in to five groups. One is the expert. They alone can read their poster. One of the team is a Collator - they write down all the information given. The rest of the team are Information Brokers - they go to the experts and ask them questions about the organ, gather information. They have to remember this info. They then relay their information to the collator, who then writes down info on each organ. At the end, get group together to discuss the organs. Experts can correct any misinformation.

I've produced 10 posters to be put around the room. The students then have to read the information, and figure out the life cycle of a star, from beginning to end.

Scheme of work for the new AQA specification. I don't have permission to share the worksheets for lesson 4.2.7, so you will have to find/make some for this.

Starter activity on exam command words. The definitions come from AQA, but I suspect (but haven't checked) they would be suitable for other exam boards. The AQA definitions are from here http://filestore.aqa.org.uk/subjects/AQA-GCSE-SCIENCE-COMMAND-WORDS.PDF

Plot a graph of UK cumulative coronavirus cases; line of best fit; describe graph; rate from tangent. Mark scheme given, and modelled on AQA mark schemes

I wrote this for my year 12 biologists, hence the biological slant to the questions. However, no reason why it can't be used for chemistry or physics. If you disagree with my answers, do let me know in the comments, more than happy to change them, or defend my answers!

A spreadsheet. Input your weight in kg, and it will tell you how many atoms there are in your body. (It's in the region of 7,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000)