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I'm a science teacher at a secondary school. I love making resources. I put a lot of time into them, so like that as many people as possible find them useful. Please rate anything you find useful. Contact me with any questions.
KS3 Science - Cells, Microscopes & Organisation
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KS3 Science - Cells, Microscopes & Organisation

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KS3 Science topic covering: Organisation, Animal Cells, Plant Cells, life processes, bacteria and single celled organisms, onion cell practical, microscopy and electron microscopy. Inlcudes, full lessons for the topic, knowledge organiser and assessment
Science in the news
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Science in the news

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This is an activity suitable for a lesson or as a piece of homework. It is designed to develop literacy and promote an interest and awareness in science. The students find a science based news story published in the last 7 days that they find interesting. They pick out keywords and find definitions for them. They research additional information and summarise the story in their own words.
Build a food web activity
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Build a food web activity

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An activity that allows students to build a food web and work out the numbers of animals. Then asks them to see how changing the numbers of one animal changes the rest of the web. Requires: String, scissors and counters. Sheets need printing and photocopying. Includes results table and questions and a completed results table for the teacher. Also includes slides to incorporate into your lesson to review the activity. There is a version which is for more advanced students and a lower ability/starter activity version which is just to build the food web.
Bird Flu Pandemic in the USA - Interactive scenario
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Bird Flu Pandemic in the USA - Interactive scenario

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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.
AQA-B1-5-Energy in biomass
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AQA-B1-5-Energy in biomass

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Contains slides, video links, worksheets and activities for AQA-B1-5-Energy in biomass. Includes lessons on pyramids of biomass, energy transfers, decay processes, the carbon cycle & recycling organic waste.
AQA-B1-3-Medicine and drugs
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AQA-B1-3-Medicine and drugs

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Includes lesson plans, slides, activities and worksheets. Includes lessons on developing new medicines, how effective are medicines, drugs, legal and illegal drugs, does cannabis lead to harder drugs & drugs in sport.
AQA-B1-2-Coordination and control
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AQA-B1-2-Coordination and control

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These are lesson plans, slides, video links, activities and worksheets for AQA-B1-2-Coordination and control. Includes lessons on Reflex actions, menstrual cycle, birth control, homeostasis and plant hormones.
AQA-B1-6-Variation, reproduction & new technology
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AQA-B1-6-Variation, reproduction & new technology

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Includes lesson plans, slides, video links, worksheets and activities for this topic. Includes lessons on Inheritance, types of reproduction, genetic and environmental differences, cloning, adult cell cloning, genetic engineering & making choices about technology.
AQA-B1-7-Evolution
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AQA-B1-7-Evolution

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These files contain lesson plans, slides, worksheets, video links and activities for AQA-B1-7-Evolution. Includes lessons on: Theories of evolution, Accepting Darwin's ideas, Natural selection & Classification and evolution.
AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 2
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AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 2

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Contains lesson plans, video links, slides and worksheets and an end of unit test for the second half of AQA-B1-1-Keeping healthy. The lessons cover, using drugs to treat disease, changing pathogens, immunity and how we deal with disease.
AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 1
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AQA-B1-1- Keeping healthy - Part 1

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Contains lesson plans, video links, slides and worksheets for the first 5 lessons in AQA-B1-1-Keeping healthy. The lessons cover, diet and exercise, weight problems, inheritance exercise and health, pathogens and disease and defense mechanisms.
AQA-B1-Revision quiz
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AQA-B1-Revision quiz

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This is a pub quiz style revision activity for AQA-B1. Covers the keeping healthy, adaptation for survival and variation, reproduction and new technology topics.
AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 2
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AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 2

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This is the next 3 lessons for AQA-B1-4-Adaptation for survival. Includes slides, lesson plans, video links, homework and revision sheet. These are for 4.5 Competition in plants, 4.7-Measuring environmental change and 4.8-The impact of change.
AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 1
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AQA-B1-4- Adaptation for survival - Part 1

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These are the first 3 lessons for AQA-B1-4-Adaptation for survival. Includes slides, video links, worksheets and homework. Lessons are on 4.2-Adaptations in animals, 4.3-Adaptations in plants and 4.4-Competition in animals.
AQA-C1-4.3-Burning fuels
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AQA-C1-4.3-Burning fuels

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These resources are for use for AQA C1-4.3 Burning fuels. The students use an A3 flow diagram to pick out information about air pollution released from burning fossil fuels. They then relate what they have learned to pictures placed on the wall.
Risk assessment - Short activity
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Risk assessment - Short activity

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A short activity to introduce students to a risk assessment. They are given 6 hazards, they then have to use the labels to fill in the risk assessment table. Suitable for use as a starter or plenary.
Methods of cloning
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Methods of cloning

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This was an activity written for a middle ability KS4 set doing AQA B1. The company slides were printed in colour and the students had the worksheet printed on A3 and went round the slides collecting information.