I am a TES recommended author and a UK Science teacher with a Chemistry specialism.
You'll find various KS3 and KS4 Science resources here (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) as well as some A level Chemistry stuff. I try to make my lessons visually appealing, with clear diagrams and text and a variety of different tasks.
If you have any suggestions of resources you'd like to see uploaded, I'd be happy to hear from you.
I am a TES recommended author and a UK Science teacher with a Chemistry specialism.
You'll find various KS3 and KS4 Science resources here (Biology, Physics and Chemistry) as well as some A level Chemistry stuff. I try to make my lessons visually appealing, with clear diagrams and text and a variety of different tasks.
If you have any suggestions of resources you'd like to see uploaded, I'd be happy to hear from you.
Year 8 lesson on chemosynthesis, including worksheets and activities (they are at the end of the PowerPoint slides).
LOs:
To describe how ocean vent communities survive
To compare and contrast chemosynthesis and photosynthesis
To analyse the adaptations of organisms in ocean vent communities
Activities:
1. Do Now: Opening question
2. Video/Discussion: Life in the deep - how does it survive?
3. Student Activity: Comprehension on chemosynthesis and photosynthesis
4. Mini-plenary: Correct the mistake
5. Student Activity: Double bubble comparing similarities and differences of chemosynthesis
6. Mini-plenary: True or false questions
7. Student Activity: Information hunt on deep sea organisms
8. Plenary: Students give presentations on what they have learnt
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Year 8 lesson/ revision lesson on metals vs. non-metals, metal properties, corrosion.
PowerPoint and worksheets (see back of PowerPoint).
LOs:
To separate metals from non-metals
To describe the properties of metals
To explain what corrosion is
1. Do Now: Circle the pure metals
2. Student Activity: Metal or non-metal (Stretch: How do you know?)
3. Student Activity: Think, pair, share - What are the properties of metals?
4. Mini-plenary: Worksheet on metals and non-metals
5. Exposition: Rusting (requires iron, oxygen and water - must have all 3 to rust)
6. Student Activity: Think, pair, share - Why are religious objects made from gold?
7. Independent Task: Exam style question on metals and their properties
8. Plenary: Learning triangle
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Year 8 lesson on Investigating Static Charge.
PowerPoint and worksheets included (back of PowerPoint).
LOs:
To recognise the effects of static charge.
To explain how static charge can be generated.
To use evidence to develop ideas about static charge.
1. Do Now: What is happening in the photos?
2. Exposition: Difference between current and static charge
3. Group Activity: Static experiments (you will need some balloons, pieces of paper, water from a tap, a comb etc.)
4. Mini-Plenary: Attraction or repulsion?
5. Student Activity: Video (on YouTube) and accompanying worksheet
6. Independent Task: Levelled questions and self assessment
8. Plenary: Learning triangle
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2 x worksheets on fuses
The first is a Do Now reading comprehension on fuses and circuit breakers and how fuses work.
The second is a worksheet asking students to decided which fuse is appropriate for different applications. Students are then required to calculate current from voltage and power data, using the equation P=IV (rearranged to I=P/V) and hence decide which fuse is appropriate.
3 complete lessons on the particle theory of matter:
1) Solids, Liquids and Gases
2) Changes of State
3) Evaporation and Boiling
Also includes a colourful worksheet on how to draw particle diagrams whilst avoiding common misconceptions and an open response assessment (no mark scheme).
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Year 8 lesson on the human digestive system (name, sequence and function of organs).
Worksheets included (end of PowerPoint).
LOs:
To identify the different parts of the digestive system.
To explain the function of the different parts of the digestive system.
To explain how the structure of each organ is adapted to its function.
1. Do Now: Review previous lesson on food groups
2. Exposition: Introduce the different organs and the sequence in which food passes through
3. Student Activity: Digestion card sort (ordering the organs)
4. Independent Activity: Label the organs on the diagram (Stretch: What is the function of each?)
5. Mini-plenary: Point to an organ and write down the name on mini-WBs
6. Class Activity: Organ riddles - which organ am I?
7. Class Activity: Write a question for the answer
8. Independent Task: Why is each organ the shape it is?
9. Plenary: Write yourself a WWW and an EBI
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A selection of KS3/KS4 Science Do Nows (mostly Physics), including comprehensions and keyword definition match ups.
Topics include:
Physics:
Types of energy
Energy transfer processes (conduction, convection, radiation)
Nuclear radiation and radioactivity
Nuclear reactors and dangers of radiation
Electrical components
Types of circuit (series and parallel)
Plugs, fuses and circuit breakers
The history of magnets
Permanent and temporary magnets
Using electromagnets
Static electricity and charge
Chemistry:
Elements, compounds and the periodic table
Properties of metals and non-metals
Chemical tests
Collision theory / kinetic theory
Biology:
Animal and plant cells and organelles
The human reproductive system
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Computers and technology English vocabulary worksheets. Intended for beginner EfL learners.
.pdf and .docx files included (each contain the same 2 worksheets).
PowerPoint includes vocabulary list covered (as below) and visual aids. Worksheets test students on understanding and usage of the vocabulary learnt.
LEVEL 1
Computer
Email address
Mobile phone
Website
Facebook
Text message
Download
Letter
Video
LEVEL 2
Calculator
Gadget
Envelope
Stamp
Robot
Agree
Disagree
Opinion
Battery
Laptop
Smartphone
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3 x Electricity Do Now activities.
Each asks students to link keyword to their definitions and then draw a relevant diagram (eg. circuit diagram) to review learning.
1. The first tests keywords such as 'light bulb', 'battery', 'series circuit' and 'parallel circuit' and asks students to explain series and parallel circuits using a diagram.
2. The second tests keywords such as 'current', 'ammeter', 'voltmeter' and 'series circuit' and asks students to draw circuit diagrams containing particular components.
3. The third tests keywords related to a plug, such as 'live wire', 'neutral wire', 'fuse' and asks students to draw a plug and explain its important parts
Collision theory / kinetic theory crossword Do Now
Students are required to 'fill in the gaps' to complete the crossword. The purpose is to check their understanding about the collision theory and how scientists can increase rates of reaction.
This resource tests students on 7 words which are present at the bottom of the worksheet in a 'word bank'. To differentiate this resource for more able students, you could remove the word bank.
The 7 solutions are:
activation, collide, energy, kinetic, orientation, speed, temperature
Shapes of ions and molecules lesson for year 12 or year 13 (AS level or A level).
LOs:
To state the basic features of a molecule that determine its shape.
To describe different molecular structures.
To predict the shapes of simple molecules and ions with up to six electron pairs surrounding the central atom.
1. Do Now: Draw the Lewis structures for water, methane and ammonia. How many pairs of electrons surround the central atom in each case?
2. Exposition: VSEPR theory and structures with 4 areas of electron density
3. Mini-pleanry: Determine the shape of molecules that have 4 areas of electron density
4. Exposition: Shapes from 2 or 3 areas of electron density
5. Mini-plenary: Determine the shape of molecules that have 2, 3 or 4 areas of electron density
6. Exposition: Shapes with 5 or 6 areas of electron density
7. Exposition: How lone pairs affect bond angles
8. Independent Task: Practise determining shapes and bond angles of various different ions and molecules
7. Independent Task: Exam style questions on bond angles and molecular shape
8. Plenary: Wrapping it up
GCSE lesson or revision lesson on Fuels from Oils, including recap of alkanes and alkenes
LOs:
To compare alkanes and alkenes.
To explain how fractional distillation works.
To analyse the differences between cracking and polymerisation
1. Do Now: Compare and contrast alkanes and alkenes
2. Student Activity: Labelling and explaining distillation apparatus
3. Student Activity: Describing trends in properties of different fractions from the fractional distillation process
4. Mini-plenary: MCQ on hydrocarbons
5. Student Activity: Explaining cracking of alkanes and polymerisation of alkenes
6. Independent Task: Exam style6 mark question on fractional distillation
7. Peer Assessment: Marking peers' work and giving feedback
8. Plenary: Re-do of exam style question, taking of peer feedback
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2 x nuclear radiation and radioactivity Do Now keyword match up/comprehension activities.
The first tests the keywords 'stable', 'unstable', 'radioactive' and 'decay' and has a comprehension on alpha, beta and gamma radiation.
The second tests the keywords 'mutation', 'ionising radiation', 'fuel rods' etc. and has a brief comprehension on nuclear accidents.
2 x Energy keyword match-up Do Nows.
Each activity involves students matching keywords to their definitions and then answering questions or correcting a paragraph.
1. The first tests students on types of energy, with keywords such as 'kinetic energy', 'thermal energy' and 'light energy' and then asks questions on useful and wasted energy transfers.
2. The second tests students on energy transfer process, with keywords such as 'conduction', 'convection', 'radiation' and 'vacuum' and asks students to correct spelling and grammar mistakes in a paragraph.
A year 12 (AS level) guide to solving Hess cycle questions on enthalpy change of reaction, using either enthalpy change of combustion or enthalpy change of formation values. Includes detailed instructions and one worked problem. Could also be used for year 13 (A level).
A year 12 (AS level) resource for solving bond enthalpy questions. Could also be used for GCSE or year 13 (A level).
This contains a numbered guide of how to solve these types of questions and includes 2 worked examples, following the guide.
GCSE lesson on the nervous system and immune system.
This lesson is mainly student led and assumes previous knowledge of the topics covered
LOs:
To define key parts of the nervous system.
To describe how a signal crosses a synapse.
To explain in detail how a reflex action occurs.
1. Do Now: List the 5 main sensory organs and the stimuli they respond to.
2. Student Activity: Label the nerve cell and explain its features
3. Independent Task: Label a diagram of a reflex arc and explain how a reflex action occurs (6 mark style question)
4. Student Activity: Explaining how nerve signals pass across a synapse
5. Mini-plenary: Quiz on the nerve system
6. Exposition: Pathogens, disease and the immune system
7. Student Activity: How do white blood cells protect us from disease (then correct answers)
8. Student Activity: Vaccination 6 mark exam-style question. What does it involve and how does it protect us from disease? (Then self assessment)
9. Student Activity: Antibiotic resistance using diagrams (Then peer assessment)
10. Plenary: Exam style question on the immune system
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