This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about isotopes and calculating relative atomic mass. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. Only the Higher students need to be able to calculate relative atomic mass - this is signposted throughout the lesson. You will also need to download the free worksheets “SC3c_Isotopes worksheets and mark-schemes” from my shop - OnSpecScience.

Full Lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lessons on hydrocarbons in crude oil and natural gas and also on the alkanes homologous series. The resource is accessible for students, easy for teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers. You will also need to download my FREE resource “SC20a Hydrocarbons and Alkanes” from my TES shop.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about the elements of the periodic table, their uses and their properties. The lesson contains a range of independent and practical learning activities which can be mixed and matched as appropriate for your class. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the uses of nutrients in our body. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. You’ll also need to download the FREE resource “8Ab Nutrients table” from my TES shop and also the activity “8Ab Activities and Food Energy Match”.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about anaerobic respiration. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. You'll also need to download the FREE resource "8Ce Aerobic vs Anaerobic cut & stick" from my shop.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about gas exchange and the structure of our lungs. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. You'll also need to download the FREE resource "8Cb Gas Exchange 17 mark quiz + mark scheme" from my shop.

Full lesson PowerPoint sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about bacteria and their cellular features. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with practical and independent learning activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about parts of the eye, cameras and how light can be dispersed by refraction to create rainbow effects. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with independent learning tasks) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about how light travels and how reflection allows us to see objects. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (with suggested practical tasks) will allow you to teach two lessons to a broad range of abilities about the extraction of metals from their ores. This is an important topic at GCSE level so it’s a good idea to provide an early introduction during Key Stage 3. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. Also included is an outline and equipment list for this whole topic; the other lessons are available to buy individually and as a bundle from my shop, OnSpecScience.

This PowerPoint (including a suggested practical investigation) will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about the properties of ionic substances and why they exist. For the practical task you will need to download the FREE resource “SC5c Testing Ionic Compounds method” from my shop, OnSpecScience. The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (plus an engaging practical demo) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about how sound travels through different materials. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how longitudinal and transverse waves differ from one another. It will also allow you to explore the essential characteristics of transverse waveforms, allowing students to perform simple calculations involving wavelength, amplitude and frequency. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This full lesson PowerPoint (including practical activity) can be used to teach a broad range of abilities about evaporation and boiling, and how to evaporate the solvent from a solution. This lesson assumes that students have already had a lesson to train them in lighting and using Bunsen burners. If this has not been done, I have a suitable lesson available in my shop entitled “Science Practical Skills - Using Bunsen Burners”. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how and why ions form and how they bond to form new compounds. You will also need to download the FREE “SC5a Ionic Bonding worksheet” from my shop The resource meets all required specification points for the Edexcel 9-1 GCSE Chemistry course. It is accessible for students, easy to follow for teachers and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (with practical learning activities) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about antagonistic muscles. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers. ** You will also need to download the free activity“7Cd Antagonistic Muscles Model” from my TES shop.**

Full Lesson PowerPoint (including equipment list and practical instructions) sufficient to teach the GCSE 9-1 specification Chemistry lesson on performing Exothermic and Endothermic reactions, and measuring temperature change in those reactions. The lesson builds in a small iPad research segment which could easily be substituted with textbooks/reference books if iPads are not available. For full coverage of reaction profiles and bond energies see my follow-up lesson CC15b/SC19b “Endothermic & Exothermic Reactions + Bond Energy”. This resource is accessible for students, easy for technicians and teachers to follow and is appropriate for Combined and Triple Science classes, Foundation and Higher tiers.

Full lesson PowerPoint (plus suggested practical activity) sufficient to teach a broad range of abilities about diffusion. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

This double lesson PowerPoint will allow you to teach a broad range of abilities about how we detect and use sound. The first lesson focuses on our ears, the limits of human hearing and the various uses of infrasound and ultrasound. The second lesson is ICT-based and focuses on safe use of sound and the impact that human noise pollution has on wildlife. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.

These lesson PowerPoints (including practical activity) can be used to teach a broad range of abilities about key terms relating to solutions and how to test the solubility of a substance. There are two versions of the lesson, one aimed at Higher ability groups and one more accessible to mixed / lower ability groups. Each has its own version of the worksheet. The lesson is in keeping with the current KS3 UK National Curriculum, is easily accessible for students and simple to follow for teachers.