'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a series of summary sheets covering the homeostasis content in the AQA 2015 Biology specification. These sheets can be used during revision in lessons, as prompts in lessons or can be sent to students as flipped learning activities. The areas covered in this resource are:
1: Homeostasis
2: Water regulation
3: Temperature regulation
4: Negative feedback
5: The synapse
6: Reaction times
7: The eye
8: Phototropism
9: The endocrine system
10: The brain
11: Reflexes
12: The kidney
13: Dialysis
14: Kidney transplants
15: Hormones in reproduction
16: Glucose regulation
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This resource is a series of summary sheets covering the biological molecules content in A Level Biology specification. These sheets can be used during revision in lessons, as prompts in lessons or can be sent to students as flipped learning activities. The areas covered in this resource are:
1: Water
2: Amino acids
3: Types of protein
4: Protein structure
5: DNA replication
6: Nucleotides
7: Dissacharides
8: Cellulose
9: Starch
10: Lipids
11: Triglycerides
12: Glycogen
13: ATP
14: Transcription
15: Translation
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This resource is a new lesson covering the introduction to homeostasis content in the 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A card sort activity
4: A peer homeostasis questioning activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the rate of reaction content in the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A command word starter game
3: A rate of reaction practical modelling activity
4: A looking at methods activity
5: A method construction activity
6: A calculating rate activity
7: A 6 mark assessment activity
8: A homework task
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, Useful Metals in the metals section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: Mock exam question on metal alloys
4: Transition metal properties cards
5: Literacy activity
6: A pick out the key points activity
A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, Copper Extraction & Purification in the metals section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: Purification diagrams
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: 6 mark starter question on smelting
4: Copper purification production stage cards
5: Literacy activity
6: A pick out the key points activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the oil & it's uses content from the KS4 GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student summary sheet
3: A alkanes card sort activity
4: A fractional distillation 6 mark question
5: A cracking 6 mark question
6: A polymerisation 6 mark question
7: A marking activity
8: A cracking & alkenes game
9: A cracking card sort
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the calculating percentage mass section of the new 2016 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A starter mass of compounds game
2: A power point to lead students through the lesson
3: A calculating the percentage of nitrogen in fertilizers task
4: A circus of questions with answers
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This resource is a whole lesson on static electricity covering what is required by the new AQA Physics spec. This lesson includes:
1: A starter information hunt
2: A power point covering the lesson
4: A series of suggested demos
5: A static micro teaching task
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, Aluminium & Titanium in the metals section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: A power point1 leading students through the lesson
3: 6 mark question on why titanium production is expensive
4: Titanium production stage cards
5: Literacy activity
A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2016 GCSE Science specification, Useful Metals in the metals section. This resource is designed to be taught in 1 lesson and includes activities for students to work through, group work activities as well as lots of opportunities for AFL. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: Mock exam question on metal recycling
4: Pros & cons of mining cards
5: 6 mark exam question starter & plenary
6: Collect benefits & drawbacks of building with metals activity
This resource is a set of 23 games that can be used during your revision sessions leading up to the GCSE Biology exam. Some games are by themselves whilst others have information sheets that go with them. All the editable files for the games are in the zip file as there are over 30 individual files. This resource includes games covering:
1: Enzymes
2: Digestion
3: Evolution
4: Adaptations
5: Biodiversity
6: Decay
7: Deforestation
8: Diabetes
9: Drug testing
10: Food security
11: Genetic engineering
12: Growing microbes
13: Reproductive hormones
14: Meiosis
15: Mitosis
16: Reflexes
17: Plant hormones
18: Temperature control
19: The use of glucose
20: Tropic levels
21: Using plant hormones
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A new A level Biology lesson covering the Neurons section of the 2015 specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: Neuron mix and match activity
3: A literacy key information activity
4: A neuron model activity
5: A student sheet with home work attached
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
9: A starter game
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This is a free resource covering the investigating chlorophyll content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point that goes through the background information
2: A set of student notes
3: A method sheet
4: A Link to a video which takes students through the lesson
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This resource is a selection of over 400 ideas for activities that you can give a go in Science lessons
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This resource is a set of 93 OCR (however they would also be appropriate for other exam boards) A2 Biology revision task cards. This resource has been written so that all of the assessment points in the specification are covered.
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on Lac operon.
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on protein structure
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This resource is a lesson with resources on open, single closed & double closed circulation. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A snakes & ladders starter game
3: An information sheet
4: Open, single closed and double closed circulation activities
5: A pair discussion activity
6: A sheet for students to work through as they move through the lesson
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This resource is a whole lesson with activities on electrical power & potential difference. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key word starter activity
3: A power question activity
4: A what fuse to use activity
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