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Your one-stop shop for KS3, KS4, and SEN science lessons (in line with Edexcel and AQA)

Your one-stop shop for KS3, KS4, and SEN science lessons (in line with Edexcel and AQA)
Culture & Science
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Culture & Science

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SCIENCE AND HUMAN MIGRATION This lesson is a key stage 3 or 4 lesson (Year 7 to Year 10) that is 60 minutes long. This was developed as part of a culture day lesson linking science with culture. Included: Starter – what is culture 6 x A3 printout information hunt detailing Pakistani, Bengali, British, Eastern European (with Poland), Nigerian and Indian cultures. This links culture to astronomy, traditional medicine, blood types and Japanese personality types and human migration. Content & Presentation – Astronomy, human migration, blood types Independent Practice: Questions include: Timeline of human migration from East Africa Keyword table from different cultures How astronomy links to agriculture Tickbox exercise for blood types what traditional medicines are used to treat illness. Markscheme included Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheet printed double sided in landscape - unblurred when bought
Types of forces - SEN/LAP
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Types of forces - SEN/LAP

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An introduction to forces lesson created for students in an SEN school. Can also be used for yr7 mainstream. Included: 3 x worksheets - all unblurred when bought Starter question Info - Isaac Newton Forces as push or pulls and changing an objects speed, shape or direction ACTIVITY - unit of force, what forces are, how they effect objects, examples of force action on objects with pics - GAPFILL Whole class check for understanding - are these forces pushes or pulls x 3 Use of arrows with forces Types of forces - tension, normal, friction, thrust, upthrust, weight, magnetic, electrostatic air resistance. Arrows showing direction Whole class check for understanding - which arrows are correct for direction of force x 3 Drag forces ACTIVITY - Identify the force and add arrows to show direction Whole class check for understanding - what type of force is this - x 5 Contact vs non-contact forces ACTIVITY - table completion of contact vs non-contact forces and a gapfill definition completion Whole class check for understanding - ontact vs non-contact forces thumbs up & down ACTIVITY - Independent worksheet & answers Plenary - what force is the picture and what way is it acting Everything is unblurred when bought
Mitosis - SEN/LAP
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Mitosis - SEN/LAP

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Created for students in an SEN school Included: 3 x worksheets - unblurred when bought Starter joke DNA structure and pairing recap Cell cycle and human life cycle link what happens in interphase mitosis importance ACTIVITY - true/false on mitosis and cell cycle and interphase ACTIVITY - fill in table of stages of mitosis [gapfill] ACTIVITY - identify stages of mitosis, using previous pictures ACTIVITY - identify real micrographs of stages of cells in mitosis INDEPENDENT WORK - exam questions Plenary activity - mitosis stages Everything unblurred when bought
The Heart - SEN/LAP
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The Heart - SEN/LAP

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This is a 50 minute lesson created for SEN pupils in Yr11 in an autistic school Included: Starter - identify the white and red blood cells and platelets What arteries, veins and capillaries are ACTIVITY - identify whether the vessel is an artery, vein or capillary (table) Left and right side of the heart - blood in blue and red / double circulatory system Right side only picture of heart, where the blood goes and comes from Left side only picture of heart, where the blood goes and comes from ACTIVITY - add labels to the diagrams of left and right side of heart (lungs/body) ACTIVITY - which are arteries/veins of the heart Content - atrium and ventricles ACTIVITY - identify the left and right sides of the heart - heart is numbered Plenary - identify atrium, ventricles, arteries and veins 2 x worksheets - unblurred when bought, print slide 1 and 2
Word Equations - SEN/LAP
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Word Equations - SEN/LAP

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This worksheet was created for students in an SEN school. Neutralisation word equations: acid + alkali -> salt + water 30 questions - Fill in the missing acid, metal and salt questions (fill in the gap) Colour coordinated (15), then no colours (15) Extension - 6 questions where students name the salt formed (3) and write word equations (3) from a written question. Can be scaffolded by underlining using different colours. Worksheet - 3 pages, unblurred when bought
The pH scale - SEN/LAP
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The pH scale - SEN/LAP

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This is an hour long lesson made for SEN/LAP pupils in Yr10. Can be split into two lessons - theory and practical. Included: Starter Content and presentation - the pH scale, different acids and alkalis, what indicators are used for, colours of different acids and alkalis Activities - completing a table, checking for understanding using finger voting, identifying colour using pH numbers, identifying pH strength using numbers Practical - testing different household chemicals with universal indicator - pH number, colour and strength Plenary - exit ticket 2 x worksheet. Print single sided. Unblurred when bought
KS3 - Structure of DNA - Year 9
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KS3 - Structure of DNA - Year 9

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This lesson is a key stage 3 lesson (Year 9) that is 60 minutes long. Success criteria: Recall what DNA is and why it is needed Describe the structure of DNA Explain the importance of genes in genetics Included: Starter Career link [Hook] Content & Presentation. Checking for understanding [Assessment for learning] Independent Practice [Bronze, Silver & Gold Task] Markscheme included Whole class check for understanding [whiteboards] Opportunities for Self/Peer Assessment Worksheet printed double sided as an A5 booklet [unblurred when bought]
Rate of Reaction (Surface Area) - SEN/LAP
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Rate of Reaction (Surface Area) - SEN/LAP

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This worksheet has been made for students doing entry level chemistry in an SEN school. 1 lesson practical, 1 lesson write up. The worksheet has a picture of the practical and is investigating different sized marble chips and the reaction with hydrochloric acid. Students complete 3 sets of results, writing the change in mass every 15 seconds for 3 minutes. It is based on chem guide UK’s video on how surface area affects rate of reaction. Worksheet includes: Gapfill activity method completion Prediction Results table - small, medium and large marble chips Graph analysis gapfill - teacher to show students how to draw a line graph What did students change, measure, keep the same questions What could they improve - e.g. were they accurate Conclusions Whether this matched the prediction
Discovery of DNA - Worksheet
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Discovery of DNA - Worksheet

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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school Included: 2 x paragraphs of information, first on photograph 51 and the second on other scientists. TASK 1 - Questions based on work of Rosalind Franklin TASK 2 - Questions based on work of scientists Mendel, Avery, Chargaff, Franklin, Watson and Crick Answers to tasks Worksheet unblurred when bought.
Muscles & Moving (Joints) - SEN/LAP
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Muscles & Moving (Joints) - SEN/LAP

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This lesson is 50 minutes long, created for SEN/LAP pupils Created for Year 7 or 8 – KS3 – LAP/SEN Included: Hook – Career link Content and presentation – Types of joints, antagonistic muscles, bicep and tricep movement, hamstring and quadricep movement, what muscle contraction is, what tendons and ligaments are Independent learning activity Plenary – identify activity 2 x worksheets –unblurred when bought
Water, Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles - Worksheet
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Water, Carbon & Nitrogen Cycles - Worksheet

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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school Included: Information and picture on the water cycle TASK 1 - 8 x questions based on this Information and picture on the carbon cycle TASK 2 - 8 questions based on this Information and picture on the nitrogen cycle TASK 3 - 8 questions based on this EXTENSION - students summarise water, carbon and nitrogen cycles and identify the key processes Answers to tasks 1, 2, 3 included No answers for extension Worksheet unblurred when bought.
Immune System - SEN/LAP
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Immune System - SEN/LAP

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Created for Yr11s in an SEN school - 50 minute lesson revamped - body as a castle, invaders as pathogens, soliders as immune system Included: Worksheets - print slides 1 to 2 single sided - unblurred when bought Starter - four pathogens NEW - your body as a castle ACTIVITY - part of castle link to human physical defence e.g. skin, stomach acid NEW - pathogens as invaders, immune system as soldiers and dragon with combat rules What are white blood cells, antibodies, phagocytosis and antibodies ACTIVITY - white blood cell labelling activity and function gapfill NEW - phagocytosis link to dragon Video of phagocytosis ACTIVITY - Phagocytosis story board creationand gapfill completion NEW - antibodies as weapons of the soliders NEW - antigens as colour of invaders and protections making them unique NEW - invader combat rules UPDATED - lymphocyte immune response linked to soliders and invaders NEW - picture gapfill activity of lymphocyte action linked to soliders and invaders, made simpler Plenary - exit ticket everything unblurred when bought
Crude oil and Fractional Distillation - Worksheet
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Crude oil and Fractional Distillation - Worksheet

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Independent worksheet task created for students in Yr12 in an SEN school. Included: Paragraph of information on crude oil and fractional distillation with pictures TASK 1 - Questions based on paragraph TASK 2 - Cut and stick activity where students sort the products of crude oil into the fractionating column [gives boiling points for easier acces] Answers to tasks Worksheet unblurred when bought.
Osmosis SEN/LAP
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Osmosis SEN/LAP

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This lesson is 50 minutes long, for SEN/LAP pupils on the definition of Osmosis. This has been completely revamped and links to Goldilocks and the three bears building toward the definition of osmosis. Created for Year 10 – KS4 / Yr12 students completing GCSE biology. 24 slides. Included: Starter Goldilocks and the three bears story link Solute definition What a solution is / activity on which is higher the water or salt Cytoplasm as a solution Water movement linked to drinking water (lots of water to less water in cells) and waterfalls (moving from a higher place to lower place) Examples of water moving into and out of cells based on a solution in a beaker and a cell in a beaker - water movement activity Examples of water moving into and out of cells based on a solution in a beaker and a cell in a beaker - using sugar concentration - water movement activity Plenary:circle the correct words for Osmosis definition Tried and tested - kids understood it Worksheets – printed double sided – unblurred when bought
The Carbon Cycle - SEN/LAP
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The Carbon Cycle - SEN/LAP

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This lesson was created for students in an SEN school and is 50 minutes long Included: What Carbon is Aerobic respiration - ACTIVITY - Create word equation from sentence Photosynthesis - ACTIVITY - Create word equation from picture Combustion - ACTIVITY - Create word equation from sentence Decomposition - what this means ACTIVITY - identify the keyword from the description The carbon cycle - picture Whole class check - what is the process in the picture ACTIVITY - identify the process by numbers in the picture Independent questions - very simple Plenary - identify, describe, explain the parts of the carbon cycle. Can be done as an exit ticket where students pick one to answer Worksheet slide 1 and 2 unblurred when bought
Percentage Change in Mass - SEN/LAP
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Percentage Change in Mass - SEN/LAP

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This lesson is 50 minutes long, created for SEN/LAP pupils as part of calculator use practice Created for Year 10 – KS4 – AQA/Edexcel for students doing GCSE. Included: Starter Content and presentation – percentage change in mass calculation, how to break this down and put this in a calculator teacher modelling, you try calculation, link to osmosis and what positive and negative answers mean Independent learning activity – easy calculations with percentage change in mass (again to practice using calculators) Plenary – identify the correct calculation Editted on 13/11/20 to include activity on whether water moves into or out of cells, and gapfil on whether cells swell, burst, shrink or wilt. Percentage change in mass calculation editted throughout to say starting mass, rather than initial. 1 x worksheets –unblurred when bought,** print two pages per sheet**
Year 10 - Osmosis Practical - SEN
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Year 10 - Osmosis Practical - SEN

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This lesson is 2 x 50 minute lessons, for SEN/LAP pupils. Split into two lessons. Created for Year 10 – KS4. First Lesson - Starter Recap – plant cells Risk assessment Practical explanation Equipment labelling activity Independent, dependent and control variables Second lesson - Percentage change in mass Experiment conclusions (after 24 hours) Worksheets – print slide 1 to 2 for first lesson - print slide 3 for the second lesson
Metals and Non-metals - SEN
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Metals and Non-metals - SEN

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This is a year 10 lesson created for pupils in an SEN school Included: Content and presentation - demo ideas, how to use periodic table, reactivity of metals, where metals and non-metals are found and properties of metals vs non-metals Activities - What are the symbols of certain elements, what groups/periods elements are found in, identify whether elements are metals and non-metals and complete a table of properties of metals vs non-metals Print slide 2 and 3 single sided for the worksheets
Animal Cells - SEN
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Animal Cells - SEN

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Year 7 lesson on Animal cells only for students in an SEN school Included: Content and presentation - bricks to houses, cells to people; parts of an animal cell Activities: Label an animal cell picture Label an animal cell slide Video - Dr Binocs What do the parts of an animal cell do You can used prepared slides to have students observe cells if extra time Print slide 1 for the worksheet
Domestic Violence Assembly
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Domestic Violence Assembly

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A resource created for a 20 minute assembly on domestic violence. Students will learn: What domestic violence is How to recognise signs of domestic violence Who to contact if concerned that they, or someone they know, is a victim of domestic violence. Includes statistics on males and females, signs of abuse, spotting abuser signs as well as embedded videos and support for those concerned about domestic abuse.