Knowledge organiser summarising the key points of the year 7 cells topic.

This is a ready to go lesson - no books required only a worksheet. Learning journey and learning outcomes identified.

I found this document after a long search on the internet. It dates back to early 2000 and has the complete breakdown of topics, learning objectives, outcomes, possible activities and teaching notes. Published by the QCA.

Learning Mat to be used for OCR 21C B4 topic.

Although written for Go Science they are pretty generic and easily modified.

Puzzle I created to help students get to grips with the HSW terminology. Tarsia software can be downloaded free of charge from Hermitech Laboratories. I would suggest that the attached glossary be given to lower ability to students. This activity should take about 20 minutes. The print maybe a bit small on one or two of the triangles so you may want to enlarge to to A3.

A complete set of level descriptors from Level 3 up to and including Level 8. Useful for setting objectives and AfL. Great to use with SOLO taxonomy work stations or individual work activities.

Objective: Understand the differences and similarities between specialised cells. Understand the adaptations of specialised cells. Understand how to build a content rich paragraph. The fact builder is suitable for higher ability KS3 and KS4 students. Used in conjunction with textbook or other reference material it forces students to clarify their thinking before writing, as well as encouraging their interaction with text. There are 5 fact builder worksheets, all similar to the one displayed, including: - red blood cells, sperm cells, root hair cells, leaf cells and muscle cells I have included the Power Point file and the pdf should you wish to tailor them to your students. Instructions: Students use their text books to find out about the adaptations, design and function of the cell in question. Students choose 5 of the most important keywords and write it in the space provided Finally students answer the question incorporating the keywords they have identified.

A very good revision or consolidation activity, suitable for level 1 - 5 students. This can be used as a pair or an independent activity. This is a very engaging activity, usually lasting up to 30 minutes. Ideally the end product should be peer assessed. Highly suited to SOLO taxonomy. Some ideas on how to use the resource: 1. Students work in groups of 2 and make as many sentences as they can using the words in the grid. The scores are then totalled for each sentence. For example: “ Photosynthesis produces oxygen and glucose” each of these words carries a 5 point score, totalling 15 points for that sentence. 2. Students are given a set of dice, student A roles and for example, should they role a 6 and 3 those are the co-ordinates for word 1. Student B then roles a set of co-ordinates and together they need to formulate a sentence to show how these words are linked. 3. Students are placed in groups of 2. Student A makes a simple sentence using only 2 of the grid words, for example: photosynthesis produces oxygen. Student B then has to add a third word to the sentence: photosynthesis produces oxygen and glucose. Student A then tries to add another word and so on until one is unable to complete the sentence, the total point score for that sentence will then go to the last student to add a word.

This is the National Strategies Framework document for Science published under Labour Govt. Very useful for KS3 planning.

Designed as a tool to help teachers with marking. When coming across a student in need of some help with best fit lines simply stick one of these small 'how to' exemplars. 6 per A4 sheet.

Two puzzles I created to help revision with Homeostasis. Tarsia software can be downloaded free of charge from Hermitech Laboratories.

Use as a starter/through the door activity. Helps students to track progress during the lesson. Please let me know if these are useful and I will upload more.

Suitable for foundation /SEN/ EAL students. READING AGE FOR ALL TEXT (using Flesch-Kincade): 11 YEARS + This is best used with this text (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/foundation-text-on-dna-and-the-genome-11801021) that summarises and simplifies the core ideas, as well as a worksheet that can besimply folded into an interactive resource (video demonstrates how). Core ideas covered - what is DNA? - What are genes? - What are chromosomes? - What is a genome? -Why does understanding the genome matter?

Jigsaw puzzle of a simple plant cell. Good to use as a starter or as a re-enforcing activity for SEN students. The two folders contain (1) the jigsaw (2) the completed diagram

A differentiated graph analysis activity suitable for all achievement levels.

This resource contains a wide variety of worksheets and activities for the Blood topic. Resources include: A simple SEN organiser Word link to consolidate and deepen learning Venn Diagram to compare and contrast concepts Picture It task for the more visual learner 2 x mind mapping tasks 2 x worksheets Card Sort and categorising activity Spot the mistake literacy and factual recall activity There really is something for everyone!

Booklet with objectives, lesson ideas and worksheets.

Use the presentation to run through some of the functions of the HSE etc. Students complete the worksheets.