Here students consider the genetic and environmental causes of variation by building a model human. Students enjoy making the models which make clear the different types of variation. There is a worksheet to use as a follow up to the activity which extends the key ideas and promotes thinking.

There are enough resources here to fill two lessons on the topic of electrical power. The activities include a student practical finding the power of various kettles; the student sheet has instructions and guides students through the calculations required. There is also a demonstration using an electricity meter to compare the power of various electrical items. They are backed up with three different worksheets helping students to understand and use the equation power = potential difference x current.

Here is a suite of resources based around earthquakes: The demonstration makes very clear how s and p waves are produced and the follow up worksheet is designed to consolidate understanding. The Plotting activity requires students to interpret eye witness accounts to determine the strength of an earthquake felt at different locations. These strengths are then plotted on a map to find the epicentre. It's based on an activity from the old Salters' GCSE. There is also a data handling exercise.

A big bundle of resources to introduce the important ideas about generating and using electricity: - a starter card sort game that gets students to think through how much they depend on electricity - a hands on activity where students use cardboard boxes to build and then label a model power station - a connection card game that uses key vocabulary to help students to make connections and express their ideas verbally. - a mini colouring worksheet examining the advantages and disadvantages of domestic electricity - a worksheet classifying sources of power - a worksheet that consolidates the key components of power stations and their functions. They make a good introduction to the topic for GCSE students but would also be useful at keystage three.

This card game is based on rummy and is designed to help students understand how salts are made when an acid and alkali react. Points are scored when a complete set of chemicals is collected. The game can be followed with a student worksheet developing ideas about neutralisation.

This hands-one, minds-on activity is designed to get students thinking about the differences between atoms and molecules. It is backed up with a student worksheets which gets students thinking even further. Molymod (or equivalent) models are required. Although this activity is aimed primarily at KS3 students, GCSE students are likely to find it helpful too.

“Cut out and keep” credit card size revision cards to help students learn the equations that will be needed for the exams. The equations have been stripped down to a minimum to make them simpler to learn and remember. There’s one for paper one and another for paper two. Provided as pdfs and in word so that they can be edited if desired.

As well as instructions and technical details for this classic piece of practical work, this activity is also reinforced by a great simulation where students can see try cracking different large molecules and find the effect on the resulting mixture. If they can match the supply to the demand successfully, they can maximise their profit. The simulation could be carried out by individual students or by a teacher in front of a whole class. There is also a follow up worksheet for students to help them understand the equations that underpin the reactions

This lovely simulation, developed in excel, allows students to investigate the effect on current and voltage of different circuit components. Click on the tabs at the bottom of the page to choose your component then use the sliders to adjust the supply voltage/resistance etc. There are accompanying worksheet to go with each component. This activity is great current vs voltage graphs and works well either as a preliminary to practical work or to reinforce practical work. Don't forget to click on "enable" when you open up the spreadsheet

In this series of activities students analyse a sample of soil from Mars. The activities are straightforward and are designed to be a good introduction to practical work for year 7 students. The activities include testing for the presence of water, determining the acidity of the sample and examining the soil structure using a microscope. The sheet gives full details for teachers and technicians including a recipe for the Martian soil and there is a worksheet for students to complete as they go. Also included is a cut and stick Martian globe that students can make to fit around a tennis ball

This will really help students understand the relationships between the different electrical quantities. Most students will need some teacher support to complete the double sided sheet and it's a great stretch and challenge activity for more able students. It would serve as a good introduction to circuit electricity at A level, allowing students to identify and correct their own misconceptions. Those teaching outside their area of specialism are likely to find it very helpful to clarify their own understanding of electricity.

This suite of resources includes an interactive activity and a worksheet on the topic of genes and the environment. There is also an activity that makes visible each students individual genetic profile along with a colouring in worksheet to help students think through what they already know about this topic with some built in stretch for more able students.

This is a suite of activities aimed mainly at foundation students. Spilt your class into teams and print a copy of the challenge for each team. The team that can put the statements into the correct order first win! Follow up by telling the story of Edward Jenner with this fun, interactive activity to do whilst showing the painting. Finally, there's a presentation that prompts students to think analytically about the data that's presented to them using the MMR and autism case study

This activity models selective breeding in cows. Following simple genetic rules, a herd of cows (in picture form!) are change from being a mixture of colours to all being brown. Students then use the selective breeding rules to produce their own selective breeding example. This is followed up by identifying the differences between selective breeding in dogs and natural selection in giraffes. The activity was written with foundation students in mind but it works just as well with more able students.

This is a fundamental area of science that students really need to understand well. There are two lots of sorting to complete in the Venn diagram activity along with a student worksheet to consolidate the key ideas. It's accompanied by a teacher sheet providing details of demonstrations designed to bring home the properties of gases.

A suite of resources that give ideas and instructions on active ways of teaching; day and night, seasons and phases of the moon. The set of teacher notes are accompanied by a template and instructions to make a working paper model of the Earth, Sun and Moon and a worksheet to help reinforce key ideas about the phases of the Moon.

This piece of practical work turns making a mug of tea into a quantitative activity. There are teacher notes along with an equipment list. The student worksheet provides a structure for students to record their measurements and support as they work through their calculations along with some more stretching questions for more able students.

Based around the sinking of the Titanic, here are three linked activities designed to support students as they think through the key concepts required to understand floating and sinking. Students will examine various hypotheses about the sinking of Titanic and asses their plausibility before putting together a scientific explanation of floating. The teacher notes provide guidance on how to differentiate the activities for less able students.

This set of activities provides teacher notes on ideas about helping students to understand exactly what speed means and goes on to suggest how to introduce the use of the equation for speed. There is a student worksheet to reinforce the key ideas about speed. A follow on activity with a set of animal pictures allows students to calculate the speeds of a wide variety of animals.

This activity is designed to allow the whole class to work together to produce one enormous graph. It provides an interesting space context for students to hone their graphical skills. Also included is a set of domino cards about the universe which complement to activity and can be completed by early finishers.