This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B2: Health & Disease. The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on Health & Disease (from AQA B2 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Unsure? Check out my free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B1: Stem Cells. The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on Stem Cells (from AQA B1 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Still unsure? Check out this free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

Learn more about the amazing Axolotl with this engaging & fun reading comprehension activity. This activity is designed to get students thinking about the adaptations of the Axolotl and its current conservation status through a simple reading comprehension activity. Included in this resource is: A Lesson plan outlining how I would teach the lesson. Teacher reflection questionnaire - ideal for trainee teachers or as evidence for more experienced teachers about the self-reflective practice. Axolotl fact file (Double-sided). Student worksheet (Double-sided) & includes exit ticket activity. Depending on your students reading age, this could take a whole lesson - it would depend how much you want to stretch the activity. Alternatively you could use it as a shorter, team based activity, getting students to work in pairs to read the content together. Reading comprehension is an important skill for students to master in science. By including interesting and quirky animals, I hope to boost my students love for reading non-fiction. This activity is perfect for home learning as well as face to face teaching.

This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B2: Cell Organisation. The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on Cell Organisation (from AQA B2 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Unsure? Check out my free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B2: The Heart, Blood and Blood Vessels. The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on The Heart, Blood & Blood Vessels (from AQA B2 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Unsure? Check out my free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

Science reading comprehension can be engaging! This reading comprehension for science discusses the topic of killer whales. Along with the reading passage are science reading comprehension worksheets, containing questions that align with the reading passage. There is also an application question to get the students showcasing their understanding. My passion for science literacy is what has lead me to develop a range of science reading comprehension worksheet, as it is important for students to be able to access nonfiction reading comprehension outside of their English lessons. This lesson plan is designed to get students enjoying reading about science and applying what they have learned. The focus of the passage is on the killer whale including answering questions like: What does killer whale eat? Are killer whale endangered? Included in this resource is: Killer whale facts reading passage (3 pages) Student worksheet, including exit ticket (2 pages) Lesson plan (1 page) Teacher reflection (1 page) Ideas for using this resource: Team work: they read together and work together on the questions As a part of a literacy centre Individual task: for early finishers/as homework Class task: taking it in turns to read together, before completing the worksheets in pairs/individually I hope you enjoy this activity - keep an eye out for more Biology reading comprehension passages with activities coming soon!

This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B4: Photosynthesis & Uses of Glucose. The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on Photosynthesis & Uses of Glucose (from AQA B4 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Unsure? Check out my free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

This engaging lesson is all about anaerobic respiration & exercise. If you are looking for a complete lesson plan, with no prep to do apart from printing some worksheets out, then this is a perfect lesson for you! Even better, this is lesson one in a whole unit of lessons that you can mix and match, buying what you want or make a saving by purchasing the complete unit as a bundle. In this complete lesson, students will learn: What is the meaning of anaerobic respiration. What the anaerobic respiration equation is. What the products of anaerobic respiration are in animals. What are the impacts of exercise on respiration and how they are linked. How to answer long answer questions about anaerobic respiration. The lesson itself includes the following activities: A 6 question ‘beat the grid’ activity, designed as a retrieval activity to get students thinking about cell structure at the start of the lesson. A literacy task about respiration and exercise. Questions linked to the literacy task. A long answer question activity - including a modelled answer and a second question for students to answer independently. A review activity. The resources includes: A PPT presentation (10 slides) 3 different activities that are referenced in the PPT. A link to the Google Drive version of the resource if you prefer to use Google Slides. You can find lesson one in this unit, which covers an introduction to respiration and includes the keyword list for this topic by clicking on the link below: Lesson 1: Introduction to Respiration. If this lesson plan has been useful to you and your students, please consider leaving a review :)

This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B5: The Nervous System. The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on the basics of homeostasis (from AQA B5 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Looking for some last minute revision tips and ideas? Check out this blog post that outlines strategies to help your students to succeed! Unsure? Check out my free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

This resource is aligned with AQA GCSE Biology revision carefully following the specification. It contains one question based graphic organiser/mind map with content on B5: Investigating Reaction Time (required practical). The answers are also included. How you can use this resource: Get your students to create their own GCSE mind maps by answering the information laid out in this resource. Use this task as an opportunity to outline areas for development by using retrieval practice. Set this as a homework task or revision task. Hold a GCSE biology revision quiz using this as your question paper. What’s inside: Mind-map with specification aligned questions on the Investigating Reaction Time - required practical (from AQA B5 Combined Science Trilogy). Completed version of the mind-map with the answers Colour and B&W copies of both questions and answers. GCSE’s are fast approaching, the research tells us that retrieval practice is key to helping students retain information. I have outlined various strategies for incorporating retrieval practice into your lessons in the following blog post! Looking for some last minute revision tips and ideas? Check out this blog post that outlines strategies to help your students to succeed! Unsure? Check out my free B1 GCSE revision mind map on Cell Structure first! If this resource helped your students, please let me know in the reviews below! I would love to know how it can be improved for maximum impact for your students, so feedback is always welcome.

This KS3 worksheet is a literacy task based around the theme of electricity - specifically showing understanding of Series and Parallel circuits. I decided to make this a bit more fun by adding a Christmas theme! (who doesn’t love Christmassy sparkly lights?!) The whole task is based around the question: ’Why do we use parallel circuits in Christmas lights instead of series circuits?' The worksheet is then chunked into three tasks - firstly drawing circuit diagrams and stating the difference in brightness of the bulbs. Secondly, writing bullet points to explain what happens if a bulb breaks in a series vs parallel circuit. Lastly is pulling this information together to write their answer. They should use the keywords provided and make sure they PEE (point, explain, evidence!). My students really enjoyed this task and it easily allowed for differentiation between the different abilities in my class. It also includes a super fast feedback sheet (I print this off double-sided with the worksheet). This includes a check list of what students have included or missed - you simply tick what they have done and highlight what they missed (or write in the space provided any individual feedback). There is then a space for the students to complete a response to your feedback. If you are looking for something literacy based to use in your science classroom this Christmas season, then check this resource out!

Designed for introducing your KS3 students to ecosystems and the idea of food chains and food webs. This lesson plan is fully prepped covering key vocabulary such as the definition of producers, consumers, decomposers etc. What is included: In this file you get the lesson powerpoint and a corresponding keyword list with definitions included, you also get a knowledge organiser to help students throughout the topic. I have left the design simple but editable - this is due to schools in my area having specific requirements around colours and fonts. Literacy Skills: This lesson has a literacy task where students analyse the impact of removing a species from a food chain. A model answer is provided and then a similar question for the students to attempt. The goal is for students to be able to write extended pieces with confidence. The lesson plan follows the following 4 phase structure: Activate: 6 recall questions designed to get the students either retrieving previous knowledge linked to this or prior topics. These have been designed with my students in mind - they may look different for your students! Model: Set the scene for the lesson and outline key new knowledge. Show students how to approach a question or task. Practice: Give the students opportunities to use the new knowledge provided and attempt the tasks modeled in phase 2. Review: Check students grasp of new concepts with a quick review activity. On the first page of the PowerPoint, there is a link to a Google Drive containing the same resources just in case you teach in a Google school! Please note: This lesson is the second lesson in a topic covering ecosystems. You can get the first lesson for free by clicking the link below: FREE: Lesson 1 - Introduction to Ecosystems

Designed for introducing your KS3 students to ecosystems and the idea of human impacts on ecosystems, this includes plastics in the oceans and the impacts of agriculture. This lesson plan is fully prepped covering key vocabulary and teaching students how population sizes of predators and prey are connected. What is included: In this file you get the lesson powerpoint and a corresponding keyword list with definitions included, you also get a knowledge organiser to help students throughout the topic. I have left the design simple but editable - this is due to schools in my area having specific requirements around colours and fonts. Independent research and opinion forming: This lesson has a research task (sources provided). The students will read about various impacts of human activity on ecosystems. They will then be asked to form an opinion about human activities and their impacts. The lesson plan follows the following 4 phase structure: Activate: 6 recall questions designed to get the students either retrieving previous knowledge linked to this or prior topics. These have been designed with my students in mind - they may look different for your students! Model: Set the scene for the lesson and outline key new knowledge. Show students how to approach a question or task. Practice: Give the students opportunities to use the new knowledge provided and attempt the tasks modelled in phase 2. Review: Check students grasp of new concepts with a quick review activity. On the first page of the PowerPoint, there is a link to a Google Drive containing the same resources just in case you teach in a Google school! Please note: This lesson is the second lesson in a topic covering ecosystems. You can get the first lesson for free by clicking the link below: FREE: Lesson 1 - Introduction to Ecosystems Lesson 2 which covers food chains and webs, can be found here. Lesson 3 which teaches students about predator prey relationships can be found here.

Designed for introducing your KS3 students to ecosystems and the structure of flowers in relation to plant reproduction. This lesson plan is fully prepped covering key vocabulary and teaching students the parts of a flower. There is a practical element to this lesson. The following worksheets are already included in this lesson plan at no extra cost to you: Flower Dissection Worksheets (Value £2.99) What is included: In this file you get the lesson powerpoint and a corresponding keyword list with definitions included, you also get a knowledge organiser to help students throughout the topic. I have left the design simple but editable - this is due to schools in my area having specific requirements around colours and fonts. Flower Dissection Lab: The lesson includes a flower dissection. Students will need access to flowers such as lillies or daffodils, scissors, sellotape (and magnifying glasses/hand lenses are nice for viewing the smaller structures). The lesson plan follows the following 4 phase structure: Activate: 6 recall questions designed to get the students either retrieving previous knowledge linked to this or prior topics. These have been designed with my students in mind - they may look different for your students! Model: Set the scene for the lesson and outline key new knowledge. Show students how to approach a question or task. Practice: Give the students opportunities to use the new knowledge provided and attempt the tasks modeled in phase 2. Review: Check students grasp of new concepts with a quick review activity. On the first page of the PowerPoint, there is a link to a Google Drive containing the same resources just in case you teach in a Google school! Please note: This lesson is the second lesson in a topic covering ecosystems. You can get the first lesson for free by clicking the link below: FREE: Lesson 1 - Introduction to Ecosystems Lesson 2 which covers food chains and webs, can be found here. Lesson 3 which teaches students about predator prey relationships can be found here. Lesson 4 - human impacts on ecosystems can be found here. Lesson 5 covers the process of bioaccumulation, that can be found here. Lesson 6 - invasive species can be found here.

Designed for introducing your KS3 students to ecosystems and the processes behind plant reproduction. This lesson plan is fully prepped covering key vocabulary and teaching students about both sexual and asexual reproduction in plants. There is a reading/research element in this lesson. What is included: In this file you get the lesson powerpoint and a corresponding keyword list with definitions included, you also get a knowledge organiser to help students throughout the topic. I have left the design simple but editable - this is due to schools in my area having specific requirements around colours and fonts. Plant Reproduction Research Task: The lesson includes a research/reading element where they are asked to compare sexual and asexual reproduction in plants and what are the advantages/disadvantages for each strategy. The lesson plan follows the following 4 phase structure: Activate: 6 recall questions designed to get the students either retrieving previous knowledge linked to this or prior topics. These have been designed with my students in mind - they may look different for your students! Model: Set the scene for the lesson and outline key new knowledge. Show students how to approach a question or task. Practice: Give the students opportunities to use the new knowledge provided and attempt the tasks modeled in phase 2. Review: Check students grasp of new concepts with a quick review activity. On the first page of the PowerPoint, there is a link to a Google Drive containing the same resources just in case you teach in a Google school! Please note: This lesson is the second lesson in a topic covering ecosystems. You can get the first lesson for free by clicking the link below: FREE: Lesson 1 - Introduction to Ecosystems Lesson 2 which covers food chains and webs, can be found here. Lesson 3 which teaches students about predator prey relationships can be found here. Lesson 4 - human impacts on ecosystems can be found here. Lesson 5 covers the process of bioaccumulation, that can be found here. Lesson 6 - invasive species can be found here. Lesson 7 Learning the parts of the flower (including a lab).

Do your students get nervous using the Bunsen burner the first time? Maybe you are the teacher start getting anxious knowing there is a lab coming up where Bunsen burners are used! Try out my introduction to Bunsen burners activities - with a lab procedure included. These activities give the students the opportunity to earn a Bunsen burner license, having shown you they can act responsibly and work with confidence when using a Bunsen burner. My students were particularly wary of Bunsen burners, especially after the pandemic, they had very few lab skills. This is a nice way to ease them in, and build their confidence - especially when it comes to changing the type of flame used (to start with my students are terrified of touching the collar on the Bunsen!) By giving them a certificate with their Bunsen license at the end of the lesson, we are showing our students trust and ownership over what they can do in the lab - a big step up in responsibility! So, what exactly do you get included in this resource? Optional booklet front page to print out if you want to present it to students as a booklet. An introduction to the Bunsen with some facts, followed by a diagram to label (words included) – this is scaffolded to also have a version with the first letters to help students out (alternatively you could get them to research the names on a device or show them a labelled image on your whiteboard). Top tips for Bunsen safety followed by a match up activity for the different flame colours produced by the Bunsen. Lab procedure for students to follow in order to get their Bunsen burner license. Bunsen burner license certificate (colour and B&W copy). Answers are included for any activities.

When it is back to school time, make sure you engage your students with this fun and easy to prepare introduction to the science lab booklet! The focus of this booklet is to learn the types of lab equipment used, how to set it up safely, and how to use it correctly. Included in this booklet there are 7 different activities: Colouring sheet with lab equipment (these are labelled to introduce students to the names) A lab equipment match up activity (pictures to words) Label the lab equipment activity Bunsen burner set up (cut and stick activity) Lab equipment wordsearch Measuring using lab equipment (mass, volume and temperature) Identify the correct equipment for different tasks activity - to help encourage students to use the correct keywords when describing what they are measuring e.g. measuring the volume of water. All the answers are included for all the worksheets. You will find names and pictures of chemistry lab equipment often used, e.g. Bunsen burners, beakers, test tubes, measuring cylinders, conical flasks, balance etc. By including a lab equipment activity like this one when you start back to school, you are setting students up for success! This booklet contains a range of activities designed to introduce students to the science lab and the lab equipment used. To cater to students of different abilities, I have included a range of activities - use them all to solidify understand or pick and choose what works best for your students!