These are the resources for a unit on substances, acids, alkalis, indicators and neutralisation. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on the states of matter, separation techniques and particle theory. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on types of electricity, condutors, insulators, circuits, series, parallel, fruit batteries, static electricity, electromagnets, magnets, QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on organisms, cells, organs, and reproduction. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a short unit on space, the solar system, phases of the moon, eclipses, stars, rockets and data from space. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. LA after a powerpoint's name means it is for Low Abilities HA after a powerpoint's name means it is for High Abilities I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on types of energy, fuels, electricity generation, renewable energy, forces, speed QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

This is the free version of a board game that I use with KS3 and KS4 students to revise for their end of unit tests or exams. For the teacher this is quick and easy revision activity that requires a one-time set up and then it can be used time and time again! Very little effort is required by you and the students can happily spend all lesson playing the game (if you let them) leaving you free to do what you fancy! My students love it and I get chance to sit down with the students who need extra help, or catch up on a bit of marking. To get started: • Print the board game on white A3 paper. • Print the question cards on blue paper/card, cut them up and pop them in little bags. • Print the hazard cards on yellow paper/card, cut them up and pop them in little bags. • Laminate the board game (optional but makes the game last longer) • Get a little stash of counters or items that could be used as the player pieces e.g. coloured paper circles, novelty rubbers, little model etc • Get some dice. For a class of 30 I’ve found that 6 groups of 5 work quite well, therefore you’d need 6 game boards and 6 packs of cards. How to play: This game is suitable for 2-6 players, you need one di and each player needs a counter (coloured tokens or paper circles will do). • The players put their counter on the start square, take turns to roll the dice and move across the game board. • The aim of the game is to be first to get to the end of the board. • If the players land on a YELLOW square they should pick up a yellow hazard card. • If the players land on a BLUE square the person to their left should pick up a blue question card and ask the player the question on the card, if the player gets it right they can move two spaces forward, if they get it wrong they stay where they are. The question cards have the correct answer either shown at the bottom or highlighted in bold. These are the rules my students came up with but feel free to alter them to suit your needs. For each unit taught I’ve made my own quiz cards so the students can test themselves on the unit content, I have quite a few different units which I am in the processing of uploading to TES now. Keep your eyes peeled for the bundles I am putting together.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.1 on atomic structure, electron structure, the periodic table, reactivity and ions. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.2 on limestone, quarrying, and the limestone cycle. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

This is the free version of an assessment for KS3 students who are studying digestion, the digestive system, organs, enzyme and nutrition. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/journey-of-a-sandwich-digestion-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11349330 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work, there is also a column so the teacher can tick off the achieved criteria. 4. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at… https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 5. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. This task is suitable for students at level 3-7. When I have used this in lessons students have made some really nice posters, creative stories and great comic strips.

This is a newer unit that I have created from numerous resources, and includes: Rock Types- igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic. The Rock Cycle Properties of materials metals and non-metals The Reactivity Series Displacement and reactions Extracting metals from their ores Matching materials to their properties. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills and understanding of modelling concepts In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. LA after a powerpoint's name means it is for Low Abilities HA after a powerpoint's name means it is for High Abilities I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for Chemistry unit C1.3 on properties of metals, metal ores, extracting metals, purification of metals, copper and alloys. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. HA= high ability LA= low ability In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a unit on the periodic table, atoms, mixtures, purity, chemical reactions, Harry Potter potion lesson, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions, catalysts and reactions of metals. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. LA after a powerpoint's name means it is for Low Abilities HA after a powerpoint's name means it is for High Abilities I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

I spend hours and hours of time marking, and a lot of the time it's writing similar (if not the same) comments. For example.. -Please use capital letters at the start of sentences. -Do the highlighted tasks on the level ladder. -Please write in FULL sentences. -Stick in your graph. The list goes on... In order to save time and ink I thought I'd make a mail merge to mark the student's work for me! I've trialled this with 4 different classes and found it EXTREMELY useful! It has cut my marking time in at least half! I read the student's work, pick the comments that apply (or type new comments), print the comments on green paper ( our marking policy says marking must be in green ), get the students to stick it in and improve their work! BOOM! I've written a guide on how to use the resource and included some examples of it being used. This is the first time I've made and shared a resource like this, and it's safe to say it is definitely not perfect, I'm not an ICT expert and I expect ICT teachers will be able to improve this resource no end. I use it for science lessons but I think it should be easy to adapt for most subjects, especially those doing extended writing with clear criteria. I've found it quite useful for marking the 6 mark exam extended writing questions. I've added a few different sets of comments including graph work, descriptive work for science, and the science APP level descriptors So hopefully it'll be useful for someone other than just myself, please do send me feedback if you use this resource!

This is the free version of an assessment for KS4 GCSE students who are studying energy changes in reactions, exothermic reactions, endothermic reactions, oxidation reactions, rate of change, rate of reaction, graph plotting and analysing practical data and results. I have also produced a resource pack available to purchase from TES at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/exothermic-endothermic-energy-changes-quality-mark-assessment-full-resource-pack-11398305 This resource pack comes with several parts; 1. PowerPoint presentation to introduce the task. 2. Word document printout for the students to stick in their books. 3. Word document printout with a level ladder on so that the students can self/peer assess the work. 4. Word document containing a mark scheme, with exemplar answers in. There are a range of suitable answers for some of the questions and the graph scales may vary from student to student, so this mark scheme should be used to inform your marking but should be considered open to interpretation. 5. Excel spreadsheet that can be used to automatically generate extended written feedback including improvement strategies for the teacher to give the students. A guide on how to use this resource can be freely accessed at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/the-automarker-11191496 6. Word document printout writing frame to assist students who may benefit from additional help with this task. 7. JPEG images showing a hand-drawn versions of the graph, this may also be useful for students who aren't confident in starting to plot graphs. This is based on an old worksheet, some elements of this task are rather tricky and would probably be best for med - high ability KS4. The graph plotting could be done on computers. This task is suitable for students at Grade E-A however I have removed these grades so that you can use the old or new grading system.

This is a resource pack for balancing chemical equations. I have made a range of resources for the calculations that AQA GCSE students will be expected to complete for the new Chemistry specification (8462). The resources packs contain 1. PowerPoint showing the key stages/background information on the calculation. 2. Word document worksheet with some questions for the students to attempt, whenever possible these are based on exam questions. 3. Word document with the questions on with space left for working out the answer. 4. WMV video clip this format is playable in most programs, such as RealPlayer, MPlayer, Windows Media Player, and the VLC Media Player. The video clip goes through the stages of the calculations on the worksheet, this is extremely useful for students (and teachers) who are struggling to see where the answer comes from. 5. Word document containing just the answers. There are a total of 13 resource packs for the balancing chemical equations calculations. This is Resource pack 1 and it is free. If you find the Resource Packs helpful and want more of the same the rest of the resource packs can be purchased from TES at: 2. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-2-11354808 3. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-3-11354813 4. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-4-11354814 5. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-5-11354818 6. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-6-11354822 7. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-7-11354823 8. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-8-11354825 9. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-9-11354826 10. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-10-11354830 11. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-11-11367403 12. https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-12-11367404 13 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-13-11367406 I have also made a bundle which is available for a reduced price containing all of the resource pack for this type of calculation. This is available to purchase at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/chemical-calculations-balancing-chemical-equations-bundle-11354835

This activity is about getting the students to think outside the box and to design a new item based on a new material that has an unusual property. I usually start the lesson by showing the students this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSDQc3qkXo4 Which gives the students an idea of how many discoveries were made by accident. Then presenting them with the scenario shown on the Powerpoint. D30 is a product which uses the unusual property of 'turning sold when hit' to create a range of protective wear that can take large impact without it or the item its protecting being damaged. (http://www.d3o.com/) This activity is perfect for end of term as it can fit anywhere in a unit and provides a fun yet scientific end of term activity. The students enjoy it best when its done as a competition. This may also be appropriate for STEM days.

These are the resources for a short unit on waves, light, reflection, refraction, diffraction, filters, sound and hearing . QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. LA after a powerpoint's name means it is for Low Abilities HA after a powerpoint's name means it is for High Abilities I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

These are the resources for a short unit on animals, adapatations, food chains and populations. QM stands for Quality Mark which is a levelled formative assessment based on scientific skills. In the powerpoints I use: -Yellow boxes- to show the students what to write in their books. - Blue boxes- for tasks that the students should do. I do not own all of the content in these resources, no copyright is intended, any offending resources will be removed.

I always call my students minions of science, and as such I thought I'd welcome my new classes with a PowerPoint featuring Minions from Despicable Me! This PowerPoint lists the systems, sanctions and expectations I have in the classroom. It also features Ahmed the puppet!