I have been a secondary school science teacher for 9 years and have just started using more resources that pupils can use in their interactive notebooks. I have found these are going down very well with pupils and they are using them throughout the year to revise and recap. All my resources are tried and tested and are up to date with the new curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
I have been a secondary school science teacher for 9 years and have just started using more resources that pupils can use in their interactive notebooks. I have found these are going down very well with pupils and they are using them throughout the year to revise and recap. All my resources are tried and tested and are up to date with the new curriculum at KS3 and KS4.
A worksheet for pupils to learn the steps of mitosis for the AQA biology new 2016 SOW. DOES NOT go through specific phases, just interphase, mitosis then cytokinesis.
Power points, foldables, laminates, posters, worksheets, crosswords, revision cards and tick sheets for the organisation unit of the new 2016 AQA Biology/trilogy science GCSE.
Everything you need for the Human Digestion System - very independent lesson with plenty of resources, starter and plenaries. Not complicated at all and can be used at all levels.
Start by printing out an A2 coloured digestive system poster found on the powerpoint - run a poster challenge where pupils are put into groups and take it in turns to look at the poster outside of the room for 30 second - the whole team have to try and recreate the poster in a certain time - prize for the winner.
The give the pupils the worksheet - have the posters for the digestive system printed and laminated around the room OR upload the powerpoint to iPads or laptops - pupils use these to condense the information on the Digestive System Worksheet.
Then give pupils the enzyme foldable and leave the slide of chemicals in the digestive system on the board - they use this to create a foldable for Protease, Lipase, Carbohydrase, bile and hydrochloric acid.
As a plenary pupils can do word search and/or crossword which are differentiated. Then they can go through the tick list for the topic to review their learning.
Ideas for plenaries are also on the powerpoint. Also a results table for the required practical.
I have done this lesson with all of my GCSE classes and they loved all of the activities. All printed and laminated resources can be saved and used for years to come!
The key words and definitions for the whole of the cell biology topic of the new AQA GCSE Biology 2016. Print the sheets on card double sided to provide revision flashcards. Make a MASSIVE difference to pupils attainment!
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
Many sets of revision cards for GCSE Biology topics.
I use these for AQA spec but they should be ok for other exam boards too.
Questions for pupils to ask each other with multiple choices answers - the correct one underlined and bold.
Everything you need to a whole lesson on the heart. Designed for the new AQA GCSE 1-9 spec. Laminate the posters, print of the diagrams and puzzles and leave the pupils to it - very independent lesson that lets you work with needy pupils 1 on 1.
Print the heart poster slides in colour and laminate for one between two. Go through the presentation on heart structure, double circulator system, pacemaker cells and vessels.
Leave the "to do list" on the board and give pupils the laminated posters and diagrams of the vessels, heart and pacemaker location. Also pupils can make a heart with tabs that open up by cutting out the blank heart and sticking the tabs down.
There is then a differentiated crossword and word search to use as a plenary.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
Print off the posters and laminate around the room or leave up on the whiteboard.
Give each pupil the double sided handout which can be cut along the dotted lines to make a revision foldable.
Very simple activity to use before or after doing food tests either at KS3 or KS4.
Cut along all the dotted lines, fold along the thick line then stick the correct words on the outside to create an easy to use foldable to learn and revise which chemicals are used.
On the preview not all of the lines are shown but they are on the downloadable file.
I use these with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
Poster to colour in for matter with key words. Good activity for starting the topic. See my other resources for more of the same. Good for low ability to get used to key words.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
A single sheet to create a meiosis folding step by step revision aid. You only need to print on one side to save on photocopying and pupils can either stick the steps on the inside or the outside depending on how they want to learn or revise it.
This has gone down very well with my year 10 and 11's.
I should note this does not include the actual phases as it is designed for the new 2016 GCSE specification.
I use this with my year 7's to show progress and to plan for future lessons. At the start of the topic they do the test by just highlighting the answers they think, we quickly mark and make a note of what they get. At the end of the topic we do the test again to show how far they've come. It's really motivational for lower ability students as they might get lower marks but they usually always make progress which boosts confidence.
See my other resources for similar tests.
Just one sheet of A4 to print out. Pupils cut along all the dotted lines and fold down the middle. They then stick the key words onto the outside to give the pathway of the reflex arc. It includes stimulus/receptor/sensory neurone/synapse/relay neurone/synapse/motor neurone/ effector/response.
There are two versions, one has an example on the other side so they can put it into context. Pupils can also colour in the key words if they want to.
