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 7 or 8 lesson on Forces.
Includes PowerPoint and worksheets (print from back of PowerPoint).
LOs:
To state the different forces
To explain the effects of balanced and unbalanced forces
To analyse data from forces experiments
1. Do Now: Recall questions on balanced forces and weight
2. Exposition: Reminder that forces can be push, pull or twist
3. Student Activity: Naming common names for forces (eg. thrust, lift, air resistance, friction)
4. Exposition: Non-contact forces and force diagrams using arrows
5. Mini-plenary: Forces quiz (MCQs)
6. Student Activity: Correcting force diagrams (then check answers)
7. Exposition: Resolving forces using force diagrams and simple addition/subtraction
8. Independent Task: Forces exam style questions
9. Plenary: Learning triangle
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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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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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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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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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Year 8 lesson on DC (direct current) motors and the motor effect.
PowerPoint and worksheet included (at back of PowerPoint). The lesson involves students making a DC motor.
LOs:
To describe some uses of D.C. motors.
To explain the effect of a magnetic field on a wire carrying an electric current.
To explain how D.C. motors of different strengths are made.
1. Do Now: List objects with motors in them
2. Exposition: What is a motor and what is the energy transfer happening in them?
3. Student Activity: The motor effect reading comprehension
4. Mini-plenary: True or false quiz on the motor effect
5. Student Activity: Making a motor using wire, magnets, etc.
6. Exposition: How can you make the motor faster?
7. Plenary: Learning triangle
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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 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.
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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Year 7 or 8 lesson on the Particle Theory - Solids, Liquids and Gases.
PowerPoint and worksheets included (at the back of the PowerPoint).
LOs:
To identify solids, liquids and gases.
To describe the 3 states and their properties.
To explain changes of state using ideas about the particle model of matter.
Activities:
1. Do Now: Separate the different substances into solids, liquids and gases. Are there any you are unsure about?
2. Exposition: The particle theory of solids, liquids and gases
3. Student Activity: Explaining properties using the particle theory
4. Class Activity: Watch interactive content on particles (could be replaced by practical demonstrations in the laboratory)
5. Student Activity: Complete the information table about the particles in solids, liquids and gases (and green pen check)
6. Mini-plenary: Particles and states MCQs
7. Independent Task: Exam style questions on the particle theory (then self assessment and reflection)
8. Plenary: Learning triangle
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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
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.
KS3 Assessment on Particles.
This test is designed to be a formative assessment, with students able to demonstrate their knowledge and understanding of the particle theory of matter both in short answer and extended open answer questions. The test does not include a mark scheme, but the teacher should be able to form a judgment on the current level of students from their responses.
This test covers the following topics:
Solids, liquids, gases
Particle diagrams
Changes of state
Properties of solids, liquids and gases
Brownian motion
Melting and boiling points
Heating and cooling curves
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Year 7 or 8 Do Now on elements, compounds and the periodic table.
Students have to identify metals and non-metals using the periodic table, then have to determine the number of atoms in compounds, eg. 2 x hydrogen and 1 x oxygen in water.
A level or IB DP Chemistry worksheet on electrochemical cells.
A table compares voltaic / galvanic and electrolytic cells, before students are asked to answer a number of questions on the differences.
.pdf and .docx files included (same worksheet).
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A colourful worksheet for year 7 or 8 pupils on drawing particle diagrams.
Includes tips on how to draw particle diagrams, avoiding some common misconceptions (eg. particles not touching in a liquid) and a 7 question worksheet to check understanding.
The worksheet is uploaded both as PowerPoint (editable) and PDF files (same worksheet).
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Year 7 or 8 lesson on understanding how sound travels through materials.
LOs:
To recognise how the speed of sound changes in different substances.
To use the particle model to explain why sound cannot travel through a vacuum.
To use the particle model to explain why there are differences when sound travels through solids, liquids and gases.
Activities:
1. Do Now: Keyword match-up with definition
2. Student Activity: Fill in the gap sheet on how sound travels through different materials
3. Student Activity: Drawing a bar chart of the speed of sound through different materials
4. Mini-plenary: Drawing conclusions from the bar chart
5. Student Activity: Discussing the film poster tagline "In space no one can hear you scream" and adding scientific information
6. Independent Task: Drawing particle diagrams for solid, liquid and gas and using them to explain why sounds travels fastest through solids and slowest through gases
7. Plenary: 3,2,1
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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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