These are a selection of practical investigations for KS3 Science, suitable for use with the Working Scientifically section of the 2014 syllabus. Included are guidance for each investigation, a scaffolded investigation sheet, a mark scheme and a student challenge sheet. The investigations are designed to be easily marked and leveled using criteria adapted from APP guidelines. I intended to add to these over time.

This task allows students to examine and evaluate pieces of opposing evidence, for and against Man landing on the Moon. It can be used as part of a space topic, or as a standalone lesson. It was created as an interview lesson. It will require reading the Wikipedia page on Moon landing conspiracies first (link provided in lesson plan) as this lesson generates lots of questions from students.

Students are given flashcards each with a name and picture of a metal. Using a series of statements describing displacement reactions from a sheet they can sort the metals into order of reactivity. Suitable for a starter or plenary.

This is a scenario for KS4 students to learn about epidemics, pandemics and the spread of disease through a population. The students make decisions which affect the number of people who live or die during an outbreak of avian flu in the UK. Promotes good discussion amongst the students as to their choices. This can be used for AQA B1 Keeping healthy - Changing Pathogens.

This is an interactive scenario which covers the US governments response when a bird flu outbreak spreads to the US from China in a global pandemic. The students are given key choices at each stage of the pandemic which affect the number of US citizens getting sick and the overall death toll. The tough choices can be used to encourage debate within your class and get students to justify their decisions. This can be used in either science, politics or history class and will last approximately 20-30 minutes. Provided are slides and accompanying worksheet.