Currently selling and providing free resources for all three sciences, predominantly for GCSE, although there are some KS3 and A level chemistry resources available. Lots of the resources focus on differentiation and exam technique as I feel there is a profession- wide weakness in these areas.
Currently selling and providing free resources for all three sciences, predominantly for GCSE, although there are some KS3 and A level chemistry resources available. Lots of the resources focus on differentiation and exam technique as I feel there is a profession- wide weakness in these areas.
Based on the AQA specification (references included), but would work for other boards.
Worksheet 1 takes about 10- 15 minutes to complete and introduces some important key terms for the Ecology module and introduces interdependence by way of a food web.
Worksheet 2 takes about 20 minutes to complete and has graded exam-style questions for the students to complete for exam technique purposes.
Both worksheets could be used for a homework, revision lesson, cover, catch-up (absent students) or as questions within a lesson. They could also be used for triple students as an independent project if lesson time is short.
Potential answers included as separate document
Based on the AQA specification (references included), but would work for other exam boards.
Exam style questions, with approximate grades given for differentiation.
Explores structural, functional and behavioural adaptation.
Includes maths calculations for surface area to volume ratio, with challenge.
Useful as a homework, revision lesson, cover lesson or as part of an independent study for triple students where lesson-time is tight.
Takes about 30 minutes to complete
Answers included as a separate document.
Based on the AQA specification (references included), but would work for other boards.
Worksheet 1 takes about 10 minutes to complete and introduces some important key terms for the Ecology module and introduces interdependence by way of a food web.
Worksheet 2 takes about 25 - 30 minutes to complete and has graded exam-style questions for the students to complete for exam technique purposes.
Both worksheets could be used for a homework, revision lesson, cover, catch-up (absent students) or as questions within a lesson. They could also be used for triple students as an independent project if lesson time is short.
Potential answers included as separate documents,
AQA based (references included), but could be used fro other boards. This worksheet is for revision, consolidation, cover lessons, absent students or as part of an independent study project for triple students (in particular). It has questions on the method, the associated maths and asks the students to draw a conclusion based on the results they are given.
Takes about 20 minutes.
Answers included in separate pdf
students have to work out what colour white light (with one example of coloured light) would be through various filters and colour the nativity scene accordingly.
good for: homework; part of a lesson; cover
2 worksheets of different levels of ability (for differentiation) with quadrat practice and practice, exam-style questions. The student has to use a scale to divide a 'field' and then has to calculate the abundance of 'daisies'.The harder worksheet has more maths to do and the student decides on the number of quadrats to use for their investigation. Suitable for many exam boards - AQA and Edexcel references given. Answer sheet included.
objectives: consolidation of required practical; subject knowledge, maths, exam technique
good for: homework; cover; revision; part of an independent project for triple students (for example) if lesson time is short
timing: about 45 minutes
based on the AQA spec (reference included) - could work for other boards. Exam style questions with approximate 3 - 9 grades. The worksheet comes in 2 levels of difficulty for differentiation (harder and easier/foundation). Takes about 30 - 40 minutes. Answers in a separate document
objectives: exam technique, maths, subject knowledge
good for: homework, part of a lesson, revision,cover, catch up sheet for absent students, part of an independent study if lesson time is short
differentiation: two levels of difficulty - easier/foundation and harder
Based on the AQA GCSE triple course (AQA and Edexcel references included), but could be used for any board.
Students complete the exam style questions based on the corrosion of iron experiment. The questions are given approximate grades of 1 - 9: the harder worksheet is approximate grades 4 - 9 and the easier/foundation one is approximate grades 3 - 5. Potential answers are given in a separate word document.
objectives: subject knowledge, maths, exam technique, scientific method
differentiation: 2 worksheets of different levels of diffiiculty
good for: homework, cover, catch up sheet for absent students; part of a lesson; part of an independent project if lesson time is short
fully differentiated and answers included for new spec GCSE chemistry.
Useful for: homework, revision, cover, student out of a classroom, maybe a full lesson as a collective memory task or similar
explores reactions, physical properties,etc of all the groups
Revision slides for students to complete. It takes a full lesson (suggested starter and plenary included). The students are given strict time limits to complete each card and it can be used either as a research lesson or as a teacher led lesson. My year 7 students found this topic very difficult, so I used it as a teacher led activity - they definitely found the topic easier at the end of this lesson. Colour coded for differentiation (red for lower ability; blue for middle ability and green for higher ability) so that you can select which students do which tasks, with opportunity to progress for 'red' and 'blue' students. Answers included for your convenience.
Questions to consolidate how to use transects. Answers included in separate document. Could be used for many boards, but based on AQA (AQA and Edexcel reference included)
lesson objectives: maths; subject content; exam technique
good for: cover, homework, as part of a lesson, catch up sheet for absent students
differentiation: 2 worksheets of different levels of difficulty
All foundation AQA Biology GCSE students need to know for the topic of Ecology and most of what Edexcel Biology GCSE students need to know. Would also work for other boards
9 worksheets (worksheet 1 and 2 on the same document), all differentiated at 2 levels of difficulty all taking between 20 and 40 minutes, depending on the sheet and the work rate of your students
objective: include maths, subject knowledge and exam technique
good for: homework, part of a lesson, cover, catch up sheet for absent students or an independent project if lesson time is short
suitable for any exam board, but based on the AQA specification (references for AQA and Edexcel included) to students do exam style questions on the topics. All have approximate 1 - 5 grades and answers are on a separate sheet
objectives: subject content and exam technique
differentiation: 2 worksheets of 2 different levels of difficulty
good for: homework; as part of the lesson; revision; cover; catch up sheet for absent students; or as part of an independent project where lesson time is limitted
timing: about 30 minutes
Suitable for many boards - AQA references included.
Graded exam style questions on these topics. differentiation possible by selecting which students do which questions and the questions get progressively harder so that the student understands how to progress. Answers included in separate document
objectives: subject knowledge and exam technique
good for: homework; revision; cover; part of an independent project if lesson time is short
timing: about 30 minutes
based on SMART KS3 course and AQA Biology course. References for AQA and Edexcel included.
The students are given a task card, success criteria and information and develop a drama. The task card suggests the characters that might be needed, but you can ask the students to use their own characters if you feel this is best for them.
All information is differentiated to four levels, so is suitable from lower ability KS3 right the way up to higher ability GCSE.
could be done as four separate lessons or (as I did with my year 7 students) as 2 lessons where the first lesson is the creation and the second lesson is the performance. I asked them to extend their performance to 5 -7 minutes, instead of the 3-5 minutes suggested withing the lesson instructions.
The task cards were very useful for my class as it gave them the structure they needed to focus on the information they had to impart.
objectives: subject knowledge, creativity, collaboration, presentation skills
alternative: the resources could be used to create a model/ story or whatever if you have some shy students
Based on the AQA specification (references included), but would work for other exam boards.
Exam style questions, with approximate grades given. Two levels of worksheet for differentiation.
Explores structural, functional and behavioural adaptation.
Useful as a homework, revision lesson, cover lesson, part of a lesson, catch up sheet (absent students) or as part of an independent study for triple students where lesson-time is tight.
Takes about 20 minutes to complete
Answers included as a separate document.
two worksheets, one for Biology students and one for Higher tier combined students, differentiated to 2 levels (hence 4 worksheets in total).
AQA references: Biology: 4.5.2.4 (temperature) and 4.5.3.3 (water level control)/combined: 4.5.3.7 (thyroxine) and 4.5.3.2 (blood glucose)
Edexcel references: Biology: 7.10B (temperature and water level control)/ combined: 7.3 (thyroxine) and 7.14 and 7.14 (blood glucose)
Useful for consolidation of the term 'negative feedback' and revision of examples encountered in the course. Also has a real life example (thermostat) and relates negative feedback to their own feelings for re-enforcement. Model answers included.
use for a triple group for revision. enjoy (as they did - I actually got them singing it!) - the 'rap' part starts as 'Fritz haber he made the invention' - I hope that makes sense
