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Over the last five years I have found the best way to stimulate learning is through engaging lessons. Lessons which apply scientific content to unusual, topical or popular scenarios. I currently have a range of premium and free resources to look through. I will continue to upload these resources as and when I can. Feel free to review, tweet or contact me regarding these resources or for ideas on current topics you are struggling to make engaging.

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Over the last five years I have found the best way to stimulate learning is through engaging lessons. Lessons which apply scientific content to unusual, topical or popular scenarios. I currently have a range of premium and free resources to look through. I will continue to upload these resources as and when I can. Feel free to review, tweet or contact me regarding these resources or for ideas on current topics you are struggling to make engaging.
Describing a Psychological Study: The Stanford Prison Experiment
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Describing a Psychological Study: The Stanford Prison Experiment

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This is a GCSE introduction (AQA) to Psyhcology. However, the tasks could be adapted to A-level depending on ability. The lesson is centred around introducing skills linked to the A01 skills from the specification. The lesson is centred around the GCSE framework attached. -Students are introduced to an image in which they nave to annotate with questions. -Students complete a reading/comprehension task to extract and synthesis the most important aspects regarding the procedure and results. -Students watch a video clip to aid with a discussion regarding the results of the study. -students construct a conclusion and discuss how the findings relate to real life.
Moles: A practical demonstration: Edexcel new specification SC9
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Moles: A practical demonstration: Edexcel new specification SC9

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Students are introduced to the idea that moles are an amount of things similar to pairs and dozen. Using the PowerPoint student are introduced to Avogadro's constant and that a relative atomic mass in grams equals one mole of an atom. Students complete a experiment in which the rotate around the room to weigh different amounts of substances in beakers to calculate how many moles are present. Students use the mass of the beaker and the symbol formula (written on the side) to calculate the mass/mmr. Students practice rearranging the calculation.
Psychology Research Method Revision: Planning and conducting a conformity experiment
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Psychology Research Method Revision: Planning and conducting a conformity experiment

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Students plan and conduct their own conformity experiment in their school. Students use the lessons to revise content they have previously learned and apply it. students found this series of lessons very engaging as they thoroughly enjoyed the idea of making their own experiment. It worked well for Year 12 revision after we finished the content. The main ideas involved in this SOW prepare students for the research method questions in the AS Paper 2 spec. paper.
Christmas science: physics of santa  (and how many carrots do reindeer need for the journey)
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Christmas science: physics of santa (and how many carrots do reindeer need for the journey)

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-Students discuss particular issues Santa may have on his Christmas eve journey (E.g. Military airspace...) -Teacher runs through a range of slides that considers, mass, air resistance, calories consumed, alcohol limits, speed, and amount of time needed. -Students are introduced to the question "How many carrots are needed to feed the reindeer during the journey" -Students complete a simple burning food experiment to test dried carrots (available at most good retailers) and other foods such as crisps, and bread to test which produce the most energy. -Higher students can try extrapolating up to find out how many carrots are needed. HINT it is over 900,000.... but remember they are magical. insert carrotometer joke where appropriate.
Interpreting change of states: plotting graphs
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Interpreting change of states: plotting graphs

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Students use their results from a previous experiment of melting an ice cube to plot an annotated line graph. Documents are pitched towards a first term Year 7 class. Scaffolded work can be removed and higher differentiated sheet can be used for higher ability KS3 classes who can already plot line graphs independently. Students consolidate their understanding of melting points by applying it to unusual examples such as gallium metal.
Carbonate reactions: The Broken Washing Machine
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Carbonate reactions: The Broken Washing Machine

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Students are introduced to a fictional granny who's washing machine has broken down. Through the discussion of simple evidence students are made aware of hard water and the development of lime-scale. Students design an experiment that demonstrates how acid can be used to breakdown and remove lime-scale from washing machine parts and reveals to them the products of such acid-carbonate reactions. Students complete a range of levelled questions to consolidate their knowledge.
Genetic explanations of Anorexia
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Genetic explanations of Anorexia

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Students complete a 6 mark question related to outlining the clinical symptoms of anorexia nervosa and compare it to a model answer. Divide an A3 piece of paper into three and pass it to three groups in the class. Students use the textbook to write brief descriptions about relative theories and studies. After running through the PowerPoint students complete an applied question related to the genetic factors and compare it to a model answer.
What is Psychology GCSE Introductin
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What is Psychology GCSE Introductin

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This is an introductory lesson to psychology for GCSE. -Students are given Progress sheets and DIRT templates for their exercise books. -Students complete a THINK-PAIR-SHARE after looking at a series of psychology themed GIFs. -Students complete a discussion task designed to help introduce areas in which psychology investigate using the scientific method. Students use a verbal framework to share their ideas to the class. -Student finish the lesson constructing a diamond nine in their book. This is the first lesson of five of a GCSE introduction unit to psychology.
KS3 science revision: Using metacognition to improve exam skills
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KS3 science revision: Using metacognition to improve exam skills

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The slides contain a series of thought processes and frameworks so teachers can model out load their approach for students to use during comprehension and reading of scientific ideas. The lesson could be adapted for other topics. This lesson focuses on an end of Year test including: Acids and alkalis, homeostasis, energy stores and transfers, the particle model and reflection/refraction. Lesson content -Students complete a recap quiz. -Students complete a reading task in which they synthesis the data to title paragraphs and write one question. -Students get into groups and circulate around the room reading an exam question, completing an answer, and folding it over so the next group cannot see their answer. Once back at their stations they draft a final answer to share to the class based on the class responses. -Meta cognition slides and exam style practice.
Environmental chemistry (KS3)
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Environmental chemistry (KS3)

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Each lesson includes a ‘blast from the past quiz’, a range of activities and an AFL task that relates to their progress. A range of lessons are designed to relate to the future AQA syllabus as well as allowing students to apply a unit of work to novel and interesting applications e.g. Following Dr Who to the early Earth’s atmosphere, choosing an alternative fuel for a new Elon musk prototype car and narrating a climate change trailer for Leonardo Decaprio. It wa sa lot of fun teaching for what can be a very dry subject!
GCSE Psychology Perception Lesson 1- Introduction
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GCSE Psychology Perception Lesson 1- Introduction

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One of my favourite units from the GCSE course! In this lesson students are introduced to the difference between sensation and perception through the use of optical illusions and video clips. Students complete the lesson with a range of exam style questions.
GCSE Psychology Perception Visual illusions
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GCSE Psychology Perception Visual illusions

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A topic students love- optical illusions will create a lot of discussion! Students are introduced to a range of visual illusions covered in the AQA specification. Students are shown descriptions, examples and videos highlihgting Muller lyer illusion, Kaniza triangle, and the Necker cube. Students fill in a summary table they can stick in their books. Although this lesson can work without any other resources, lower ability students may wish to supplement this resource with the AQA Psychology textbook (Red spikey haired chap).
Change of States: modelling particles
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Change of States: modelling particles

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KS3 introduction to changes of state. Through a range of kinaesthetic activities (such as describe-draw-show tasks and role plays) students are helped through an explanation of each process which leads to one state of matter changing to another.
Expansion of liquids: Galileo's Thermometer
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Expansion of liquids: Galileo's Thermometer

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Students complete an end of topic solids, liquids and gases spelling test. Using some simple equipment students plan a simple thermometer that could test different temperatures. Students finish the topic by answering levelled questions related to the expansion and contraction of liquids.
Indicators: Sour or Soapy?
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Indicators: Sour or Soapy?

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Students are introduced to the problem of determining which substances are acidic or alkaline in nature. Students complete simple litmus tests on a variety of household substances to determine the strengths and limitations of litmus paper as an indicator.
Compressing particles: Air in the brakes!
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Compressing particles: Air in the brakes!

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KS3 problem solving lesson to discover what caused a train to crash. Students develop an understanding of whether or not solids, liquids and gases can be compressed using a simple experiment. Students use the results from their experiment to explain whether air leaking into the brakes may have caused the crash.
Testing Acid rain
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Testing Acid rain

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Students are introduced to the environmental effects of acid rain within a community. Teacher burns sulphur in a gas jar of water and universal indicator to demonstrate acid rain in a jar. Students use a series of disguised buffer solutions and pH probes to collect enough data to discover which areas produce the lowest pH water samples. After the teacher demonstrates the production of carbonic acid and sulphuric acid students use pH probes to investigate different samples of water collected in the local environment (buffer solutions). Students use their results to identify which area has the lowest pH and begin to consider explanations for these findings.
Disney's Up! Expansion and Contraction
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Disney's Up! Expansion and Contraction

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Russell the Wilderness Explorer wants to earn his expansion and contraction badge, can you help? Students become adventure explorers and earn badges by defining key terms from earlier on in the unit. Students watch classic demonstrations (could be completed as class experiments) and video clips from the movie to help them explain why particles expand when heated and contract during cooling. Higher students are introduced to the idea of density before answering and evaluating an assessed question. I used this lesson very successfully in an Ofsted observation. Students find this lesson incredibly engaging- I thought I'd share this resource for free due to the Disney copy right issues etc.
The Mole (topic 3 AQA Chemsitry)
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The Mole (topic 3 AQA Chemsitry)

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This lesson is a free resource from my quantitative chemistry SOW avalaible from my shop. All resources include a blast from the past recall starter, PowerPoints, resources, Higher tier and Foundation learning outcomes, practical experiment instructions and technician notes and exam practice with model answers.