'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 lesson and resources covering the controlling body water concentration content in the new 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson with activities includes
2: A 6 mark analysis activity
3: A renal system labeling activity
4: A pair literacy activity
5: A plenary discussion activity on ADH
6: A sheet for students to fill out
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A literacy key information starter game
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Science specification, plants & animal cells 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: A starter game
2: A power point with activities leading students through the lesson
3: A link to instructions on how to make a cells foldable
4: An information hunt activity
5: 2 mock exam questions with mark schemes & extra help
6: 6 mark question on cell organelles
7: A making a model cell instructions
8: A making a cells game instructions
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the blood & it’s functions content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter question
3: A literacy game
4: A dice game AFL activity
5: A modelling blood activity
6: A micro-teaching activity
7: A 6 mark plenary question
8: A Blood literacy activity
9: A video on how to run the modeling activity
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the microscopes content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A labeling a microscope activity
3: Magnification activities
4: An electron microscope information hunt
5: A comparing microscopes card sort activity
6: 2 6 mark questions
7: A student sheet for them to work through during the lesson
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Science specification, Active Transport section. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: A power point with activities leading students through the lesson
3: Active transport darts activity
4: Active transport literacy starter
5: Mock exam question analysis activity
6: Labeling a villi activity
7: A 6 mark plenary question
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
11: A student question sheet
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the digestive system content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question analysis starter
3: A starter game
4: An information hunt
5: A literacy activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A answering exam questions activity
8: A digestive system project activity
9: A video on how to run the modeling activity
10: A set of notes for students to use
11: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
12: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
13: An example video showing what a digestive system stop motion video looks like
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the cancer content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A risk factor analysis question
4: A types of tumor activity
5: A cancer development modeling activity
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A video showing how to run the modeling activity
8: A student sheet for them to work through during the lesson
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with resources covering the anaerobic respiration content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A dice game AFL activity
4: A fermentation activity
5: A 6 mark plenary activity
6: A student sheet for them to work through during the lesson
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the classification content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A classification game
3: An AFL dice game
4: A how organisms are named interactive notebook activity
5: A 3 domains literacy activity
6: A species discussion activity
7: A classification card sort
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the plant organ & tissues content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to help lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A 6 mark question analysis activity
4: A leaf structure activity
5: A dice assessment game
6: A counting stomata investigation
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A homework task
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the relative formula mass & atomic structure content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An atomic structure starter activity
3: An atomic structure of the first 20 elements activity
4: A RFM snakes & ladders game
5: A atomic structure micro teaching activity
6: A maze game
7: A question sheet
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a set of 9 1-9 AQA GCSE Physics Equation Scrabble Games to help students with revision. I’ve put them on for free so have fun!
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Chemistry specification, Fuels from Oil in the Oil 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 AFL dice game
2: A power point leading students through the lesson
3: A graph activity
4: Properties of alkane information hunt activity
5: A crude oil literacy activity
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
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the cracking hydrocarbons section of the 2015 AQA GCSE Chemistry specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A looking at alkenes activity
4: A cracking process activity with potential modelling activity
5: A sheet for students to fill in
6: A 6 mark assessment question
7: An alkenes card sort
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the concentration section of the 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An unit conversion starter game
3: A suggested role play activity
4: An equation conversion interactive notebook activity
5: A dice game AFL activity
6: 3 short use of equation activities
7: A sheet for students to work through
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a set of 20 multiple choice atomic structure questions that can be used for some last minute revision with students
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This resource is a set of 20 multiple choice particle model of matter questions that can be used for some last minute revision with students
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This resource is a set of 27 multiple choice magnets & electromagnets questions that can be used for some last minute revision with students
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