Encourage your students to ask a variety of different types of questions using this question matrix. Use to stimulate questions about your current topic -in ANY SUBJECT AREA - this updated powerpoint includes examples for History, Geography, Science, PSD/SMSC/RSD, Health & Social Care, English... This type of activity is referred to in John Sayer's blog: http://sayersjohn.blogspot.co.uk/ If you DM me on twitter @Mr_Haines I can send you the macro-enabled type-on version!

NB - 2 Slides: 1st Slide is Student version, second slide is completed version for assessment / comparison. Osmosis Diffusion Active Transport Links also to examples and role in maintaining photosynthesis and respiration etc.

Based on teaching the Water Cycle from Edexcel Combined Science Topic 9 – Ecosystems and material cycles, particularly 9.14 Explain the importance of the water cycle, including the processes involved and the production of potable water in areas of drought including desalination. There are slides for communicating the key ideas, and also interactive, easy to deploy, activities and questions to help develop pupils’ interest and understanding of the processes and products of the water cycle, and of desalination. You’ll want to add your own spin, but if you don’t have time, this will definitely do the trick!:)

Print to A3 double sided and laminate. Includes rules, tips and formulae for use in Science lessons. Includes graphing / scales / times-tables / calculations / formula triangles and other helpful information which can help boost your students' ability to work some things out for themselves and together!!:)

This PowerPoint contains >20 pupil sheets which can be used at any time in any lesson to help channel and focus ideas and stimulate engagement and action with the topic at hand. They have been developed mainly for use in the science classroom but the format can be applied in most if not all other subject areas. I have found it works well to give pupils choice in respect of which sheet they wish to use during lessons. I’ve also seen it put to good use when printed as a booklet and used for homework over the course of an academic year, pupils completing the booklet in whichever order they choose when summarising, comparing, evaluating the topic / key points covered during a lesson / sequence of lessons. Choose from: Compare / Analyse / Evaluate / Distill / Reduce / Change / Describe / Explain etc… With thanks to staff at George Stephenson High School, North Tyneside, UK for many of these ideas.

A simple single page list of 8 pupil led, pupil chosen homework activities which can be used in any topic at any time. Give pupils choice and responsibility for choosing their own approach to their homework!

By copying responses to appropriate questions in Socrative and pasting the words into Tagxedo you can create some amazing wordclouds / wordimages which you can use to collate thoughts / ideas, stimulate further discussion, promote reasoning or simply develop wall displays. This pdf exlains how in a simple step by step way - all you need is to sign up to Socrative (FREE!) and off you go!

A simple quiz format using the Among Us character-styles. Slide templates available for PPT, Keynote and Google Slideshow link ( https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1L20YVx4DXNaAPOl3fc6XLlzO_oMgB6XNXFymlZ8WTdo/edit?usp=sharing) Type in your 3 correct statements and one incorrect one to check pupils’ knowledge of a topic.