A lovely PowerPoint presentation generating lots of discussion with lots of pictures. A create-your-own activity followed by TTR and peer assessment and good plenary follow.

Teacher starts with starter to generate interest. Then slide 3 models answer. Students complete slide 4 for themselves. A complete modelled answer follows so students can understand how to achieve a particular level. The idea is then taken out of context and students can be as adventurous and as creative as they like! Peer-assessment and keyword challenge ends. This was an outstanding resource in a recent observation.

This is for 20 APP resources that cover areas about investigations, plotting graphs, analysing data and risk assessing. They cover Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9. They are all practical based activities (either experiment or using data) and they each take a whole lesson. Print them out on A3 yellow paper so you can easily locate them in student's books. Each APP task is write in boxes on one side. Other side is success criteria, teacher and student somment boxes. Very easy to mark, just highlight the criteria students attained. Year 7: Graph Drawing Sycamore Seeds Trends and Patterns Titanic Density Risk Assessment of Neutralisation Plan Separation Techniques Secindary Sources for Frictional Forces Tabulating Data of Light Intensity Year 8: Why do People Smoke SMSC How Much Fat Is In a Crisp Tabulate Data What's So Special About Alkali Metals Trends and Patterns Burning Magnesium Data Analysis Electromagnets Drawing Graphs Streamlining with Plasticine Evaluation of Procedure Year 9: Should Cannabis be Legalised Application of Data Holly Leaves and Prickles Interpreting Trends Rates of Reaction Evaluating Procedure How Do You Make A Salt PLan an Investigation What Crushed My Can Explaining Evidence Resistance Of A Wire Presenting Data Quadrats gathering Information Salol Risk Assessment I designed these so they could be used to prepare students for the skills needed at GCSE. Our department made them a priority.

I made this lesson after teaching microscopy, fingerprint analysis, chromatography and density to Year 7. I linked it with Jack the Ripper and the students had to justify who the culprit was. Great fun and helped me to get an Outstanding lesson observation. Let me know what you think!