Pupils use the evidence packs to work out the answers to a series of questions. I usually give groups one of each piece of evidence in a plastic wallet and they must answer the questions about what was happpening on Broad Street
Presentation and worksheets for a lesson on asexual reporduction and comparing this with sexual. Video clips included and the final slide is a plenary where you split the class into groups of approx 6/7 pupils and give each group a different coloured pen. They take it in turns to come up and write a keyword under the titles (no repeats!) the coloured pen with the most correct words at the end of the song wins!
For the starter activity students must fill in the missing word in newspaper headlines about cloning and GE.
There is then a powerpoint activity, a worksheet and a video clip
Resources for a lesson on Competition in animals and plants. The first picture slides roll over and over as pupils enter the room and they have to decide what each one shows
Pupils learn about Darwins journey by travelling around the 'Galapagos Islands' around your classroom: on each island there are finches - represented by different kitchen tongs, and food, represented by jelly worms, large fruit, nuts and seeds etc. They must decide which tong belongs on which island dependant on the food
They then match up the actual bird picture against the island,
For a video of this lesson from teachers TV go to:
http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/KS3-4-Science-Teaching-Evolution-6047753/
or click on the link provided
Pupils have to come up with an idea to send a single pringle through the post without it cracking. This was an idea I used when being observed by the Teaching Awards judges and I won!
Pupils must match one word from each side and give a reason why they match. Some words match to more than one word on the other side.
The music is there to add a bit of fun
Pupils must sing the next note in the series when it is revelaed by deciding if the wave is higher or lower than the previous note. Theme tune also can be used to introduce the game