An introduction to forces lesson created for students in an SEN school. Can also be used for yr7 mainstream.
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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
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Short lesson on mutations
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Keyword recap - phenotype, variation, alleles, genotype, DNA
RECAP - DNA, chromosomes, genome, genes
Mutations linked to mistakes in recipe
Definition of mutations and link to phenotype
Importance of DNA in making proteins
Genetic variants - substitution, deletion, insertion, duplication and nonsense
Whole class check for understanding of examples of mutations in DNA
Independent worksheet and answers
Plenary - exit ticket
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Created for students in an SEN school
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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
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Worksheet created for students in an SEN school.
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Draw the structure of DNA, ATCG pairing
Describe the structure of DNA
Draw a punnet square
label a sperm and egg cell
inherited and environmental traits
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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.
You will need calcium carbonate strips to assess water hardness, universal indicator strips, and 4 x water samples e.g. seawater, rainwater, river water, tapwater.
Information of residue and pH level requirements for drinking water.
Worksheet includes:
Practical picture that students label for equipment list
Prediction
Gapfill activity method completion
Risk assessment precaution table completion
What did students change, measure, keep the same
Results table to record the pH, calcium carbonate level and mass of residue
Conclusions - which water sample is potable
What could they improve - e.g. were they accurate, could they repeat their experiment
You can have students complete a bar graph as well
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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school
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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
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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 the reactions of metals magnesium, zinc, iron and calcium with hydrochloric acid. They use a thermometer to record the temperature change.
Worksheet includes:
Practical picture
Prediction
Gapfill activity method completion
What did students change, measure, keep the same
Results table to record final temperature and order of reactivity
Graph completion
Conclusions - which most reactive and why / evidence of this [graph]
What could they improve - e.g. were they accurate
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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school
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Infographic on Alleles and Inheritance
TASK 1 - 10 x questions based on this
TASK 2 - Punnet square completion, starts easy then gets harder
Answers to task 1 included - teachere should model answers to task 2
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Independent worksheet created for students in an SEN school
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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
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Independent worksheet task created for students in Yr10 and Yr11 in an SEN school.
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Paragraph of information on human impacts on environment
Students highlight key information
15 Questions based on paragraph
Answers to tasks included
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Created for yr10 students in an SEN school, 50 minutes
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2 x worksheets, print slide 1 and 2 single sided
Requisition list
Fire triangle starter and answers
Safety in the lab
ACTIVITY - students complete the risk assessment table by picking a hazard and precaution
PRACTICAL PART 1 - blue vs orange flame / which is complete vs incomplete using water in boiling tube. Students complete a table, answer questions and complete equations.
PRACTICAL PART 2 - heating up water using alcohols in spirit burners and paraffin in a spirit burner. Conclusion and evaluation write up.
Slide to help with write up
Plenary - exit ticket
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Created for Yr10 students in an SEN school. Starter assume you’ve already taught fractional distillation.
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2 x worksheets on slide 1 and 2
Starter activity
Combustion definition
Fire triangle and sources of each side
Burning fossil fuels pollutants and monoxide vs dioxide
ACTIVITY - complete the fire triangle and match the name of the chemical to the symbol
Complete and incomplete combustion equations
ACTIVITY - complete general equation for both types of combustion
ACTIVITY - apply this to written sentences with methane, ethane and propane
ACTIVITY - keyword check, are the descriptions incomplete or complete combustion
Plenary - table completion
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This was created for Yr11 students in an SEN school, 50 minutes
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2 x worksheets on slide 1 and 2, unblurred when bought
Starter activity labelling an animal cell
Career link
Computers [binary code] and DNA link
What DNA is and why its important
DNA as a double helix - quick check, which is the correct shape
DNA base pairing
ACTIVITY - fill in the other DNA strand code
DNA has a strong backbone with bases held by weak hydrogen bonds
ACTIVITY - add the bonds to the previous activity, add bonding and backbone labels
Genome as the entire DNA of an organism
ACTIVItY gapfill bsaed on picture
Independent task - complete the missing information on the DNA strands and describe the structure of DNA using the picture to help you
All answers
Plenary - true/false
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This resource was created for Yr11 students in an SEN school, 50 minutes.
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2 x worksheets - slide 1 and 2 unblurred when bought
Cells as the smallest units of life - linked to bricks
Animal cell structure
ACTIVITY - labelling an animal cell
Plant cells structure
ACTIVITY - Use the previous slide to label a different picture of a plant cell
Video on plant and animal cell structure function
ACTIVITY - table completion of organelle functions
Independent task - label the cell structures of picture, then apply this to labelling an animal and plant cell slides, tick where the organelles are found
Plenary
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This lesson was created for students in an SEN school and can cover two 50 minute lessons.
Included: Part 1
Starter - fluoride
The Water Cycle picture - teacher explanation of key words
ACTIVITY - Keyword match
ACTIVITY - fill in the missing keywords on the water cycle picturE
ACTIVITY - number the points where the description is happening on the water cycle
Potable water information - nets on mountains and desalination
INDEPENDENT TASKS - Exam questions
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Potable water picture - sedimentation, filtration clorination
PRACTICAL ACTIVITY - Making potable water from dirty water using alum and by making a filtration tower. Instructions and equipment.
Risk assessment for practical
Table for observations
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This resource was created for students in an SEN school - Yr11/12
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What crude oil is
What fractional distillation is
The properties of crude oil organised in a table
ACTIVITY - are these properties near the top or bottom of the fractionating column? they have the table on their worksheet
ACTIVITY - Gapfill of how a fractionating column works
ACTIVITY - cut and stick of uses of crude oil fractions
EXTENSION - gapfill of difference between bitumen and petrol, copy and complete in books
Plenary - exit ticket, students circle the correct answer or write the correct answer on a post it
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Independent worksheet task created for students in Yr12 in an SEN school.
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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
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Independent work created for students in an SEN school.
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information on 4 stages,
hormones LH, FSH, Oestrogen and Progesterone.
Graph displaying hormone levels and uterus lining thickness.
10 questions with answers at the end
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This lesson was created for students in an SEN school and is 50 minutes long
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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
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Created for students in an SEN school - LAP
What wastewater is
What a sewage treatment facility looks like
Steps outlined: Screening, Sedimentation, Aerobic Digestion, Anaerobic Digestion
ACTIVITY - Identify the process from the picture
Further water treatment - e.g. chemicals, membrane - to make potable
ACTIVITY - Cut and stick treatmment steps and put in the correct order
PLENARY - label the sewage treatment facility with keywords
You can add a video to extend the lesson,
Worksheets on slide 1 and 2 - printing single sided