At the Science Corner you will find engaging presentations by a TES recommended author and Google Certified Educator. Presentations are well illustrated, clearly explained, and have a lucid and logical flow. Closed and open questions keep all learners engaged and on their toes. In many cases, worksheets, suggested homework assignments and exam questions are also provided. We are a new store, so come back often to see our latest resources.
At the Science Corner you will find engaging presentations by a TES recommended author and Google Certified Educator. Presentations are well illustrated, clearly explained, and have a lucid and logical flow. Closed and open questions keep all learners engaged and on their toes. In many cases, worksheets, suggested homework assignments and exam questions are also provided. We are a new store, so come back often to see our latest resources.
This resource includes a 50-slide PowerPoint presentation, guided notes and many differentiated worksheets/homework assignments on the topic of PRESSURE.
By the end of these lessons, pupils will know that:
1) pressure exists on surfaces, in air and in liquids.
2) pressure is measured in Pascals (Pa)
3) on surfaces, pressure is calculated by dividing force by area.
4) pressure is smaller when a force is applied over a big area because the pressure is spread out over a big area.
5) pressure is bigger when a force is applied over a small area because the pressure is confined to a small area.
6) atmospheric pressure decreases with height,
7) liquid pressure increases with depth.
8) upthrust effects floating and sinking
9) hydraulics is an application of liquid pressure (qualitative and quantitative)
I hope you find this resource useful. Thank you.
A collection of crossword puzzles with answers to support the learning of some KS3 Science units.
1) Earth, Moon and Sun
2) Structure and Function of Living Organisms Part 1
3) Structure and Function of Living Organisms Part 2
4) Electrical Circuits
5) Sound and Hearing
6) Magnets and Electromagnets
* Updated January 2017 * Added a crossword puzzle with answers.
This 30-slide presentation revises the following learning objectives:
1) To explain how the Earth spinning explains day and night
2) To know what a leap year is and explain why we need them
3) To explain why the average temperature changes as we go through the year
4) To explain why the length of the day changes as we go through the year
5) To describe difference between stars and planets
6) To describe the phases of the Moon
7) To explain that the apparent movement of the stars is caused by the rotation of the Earth
8) To explain total and partial solar and lunar eclipses
9) To explain the effect the sun and the moon have on tides on earth
10) To describe spring tides and neap tides
*UPDATED January 2017 - More support worksheets added*
This resource includes a 56 slide PowerPoint presentation, four activity worksheets, a mind map, a short quiz and a 34-question unit test. Everything is ready to be used or easily edited to suit your learners.
• Includes sound clips to bring the learning to life
• Animations have been thoughtfully used to promote participation from lower achieving students and discussion from higher ability ones.
• 26 learning outcomes listed below
By the end of these lessons, pupils will:
1. recognise that sound is made by objects that vibrate
2. define that the frequency of vibration of the source is measured in Hertz (Hz)
3. discuss how sound is made in different musical instruments
4. know that a vibrating source causes the layers of air around it to move
5. discover that sound travels by compressing and expanding the surroundings
6. express that sound travels as a longitudinal wave
7. discover that sound travels best through solids and worst through gases because of the arrangement of the particles
8. explore the relative speed of sound in different mediums
9. explain that sound waves cannot travel through a vacuum because there are no molecules
10. know that sound waves detected by the ear cause the ear drum to vibrate
11. explore the structure of the ear
12. describe how sound is transmitted through the ear to the brain
13. know that different people have different ranges of hearing
14. know that the average human range of hearing is 20 to 20,000 Hz
15. define that loudness is measured in decibels (dB's)
16. discuss that 0 dB is the threshold of hearing and 130 dB's is the threshold of pain whilst 140 dB's causes damage
17. discuss that loud sounds can have permanent and temporary effect on the ear
18. discuss some common causes of ear damage
19. define that noise is unwanted sound
20. discover that a loud sound is produced by a large vibration and vice versa
21. discover that a high pitched sound is produced by a very frequent (quick) vibration and vice versa
22. know that an microphone can change sound to electricity and that this can then be displayed on an oscilloscope
23. know that the wave displayed on an oscilloscope is a transverse wave
24. demonstrate how to identify the amplitude, the wavelength and the frequency of a wave
25. recognise the link between the loudness of the sound and the amplitude of the wave
26. recognise the link between the pitch of the sound and the frequency/wavelength of the wave
Cheers!
This resource includes a highly visual PowerPoint presentation (over 90 slides!) on the topic of ENERGY, forms of energy, energy transformations and energy diagrams. The presentation uses many visual aids and is thoughtfully animated to promote participation from learners of all abilities.
Two worksheets and sample exam questions (71 questions with ANSWERS!)) are also included. Appropriate for year 7 or year 8 pupils.
Students will learn:
1. that energy is the capacity or ability to do work (the ability to make matter change)
2. that generally, there are 2 types of energy: potential energy and kinetic energy
3. that there are many forms of potential and kinetic energy including: thermal energy (heat), electromagnetic energy (radiated), sound energy, gravitational potential energy (GPE), elastic potential, nuclear, chemical energy and electrical energy.
4. that gravitational energy depends on an object's mass and height above the earth's surface
5. that kinetic energy depends on an object's mass and how fast it is moving
6. that energy is transformed from one form to another
7. that a fuel is stored energy, which must be burnt to release the energy
8. Fuel + Oxygen = Energy + Carbon Dioxide + Water + Waste Product
9. that most of the Earth's energy ultimately comes from the Sun
10. that energy sources can be described as either renewable or Non-renewable
11. that Renewable means can be used again or replaced within a Iifetime
12. some advantages and disadvantages of energy sources
13. the need for energy saving with non-renewable energy sources and ultimately with all energy sources
14. to construct an energy transfer diagram
15. to construct a Sankey diagram
16. that energy is conserved in an energy transformation
I hope you find this resource useful. Cheers.
This resource includes a 50-slide PowerPoint presentation, scaffolded notes, and a revision many practice worksheets on the topic of PRESSURE and the pressure equation.
By the end of these lessons, pupils will know that:
1) pressure exists on surfaces, in air and in liquids.
2) pressure is measured in Pascals (Pa)
3) on surfaces, pressure is calculated by dividing force by area.
4) pressure is smaller when a force is applied over a big area because the pressure is spread out over a big area.
5) pressure is bigger when a force is applied over a small area because the pressure is confined to a small area.
6) atmospheric pressure decreases with height,
7) liquid pressure increases with depth.
8) upthrust effects floating and sinking
9) hydraulics is an application of liquid pressure (qualitative and quantitative)
I hope you find this resource useful. Thank you.
An interactive 50-slide presentation that introduces chemical reactions and writing skeleton equations, word equations and balanced chemical equations with state symbols. Many sample problems and practice problems for learners to participate.
Scaffolded lesson notes for pupils and two worksheets to practice writing word equations and balancing equations are included in this resource pack.
In these lessons, pupils will:
• know the signs of a chemical change
• review identifying the reactants and the products of a chemical reaction
• use the symbols of the elements and write the formulae of simple compounds
• determine the formula of an ionic compound from the charges on the ions present
• construct word equations and simple balanced chemical equations
• construct equations with state symbols
• deduce the balanced equation for a chemical reaction, given relevant information
Please leave a review if you find this useful. Thank you.
This 33-slide PowerPoint presentation introduces students to the concept of freezing point depression and boiling point elevation. It also includes a worksheet in which students can take notes and practice the skills learned during the lesson.
• First, students will review what happens when a liquid freezes and when it boils.
• Then, a discussion about how adding a nonvolatile solute would affect the freezing and boiling process.
• Molality will be introduced followed by practice problems.
• The freezing point depression and boiling point elevation formulas will be introduced with examples for students to work out.
• Finally, a practical investigation to work out the molar mass of an unknown solute by using freezing point depression will be outlined with an example calculation. (This lab activity is available in a separate resource).
I hope you find this useful.
Homework sets, a worksheet and sample test questions to support the learning of SOLUTIONS.
• Includes a total of 102 questions
• All questions are EDITABLE
• ANSWERS are included for each question
Topics include:
• Properties of solutions
• solubility
• saturated, unsaturated and supersaturated solutions
• molarity
• molality
• percent by mass
• percent by volume
• dilution calculations
• colligative properties of solutions - freezing point, vapor pressure, boiling point
• calculations involving colligative properties
This resource is meant to be used by teachers and students in the US.
Homework sets, practice problems and multiple choice exam practice problems to support the learning of naming and writing chemical formulae for ionic compounds, molecular compounds, acids and bases.
• More than 88 questions are included
• All questions are editable
• All ANSWERS are included
This resource is meant to be used by teachers in the US.
This resource includes a PowerPoint presentation and differentiated homework tasks for a lesson on Satellites for KS3 Astronomy and Space Science for Year 9.
Topics include:
What are satellites?
What are artificial satellites and natural satellites?
How do satellites stay in orbit?
Differentiate between a geostationary orbit and a polar orbit.
Discuss different uses of polar satellites and geostationary satellites.
History and advances in satellites.
Parts of a satellite
Tracking space junk
There is also a 6 question plenary at the end of the lesson.
This resources includes a highly visual 43-slide presentation and a short quiz on Forces and Motion.
The topics explored in this lesson are:
1) What is a force?
2) What can forces do?
3) How do we measure forces? What unit do we use?
4) What are contact and non-contact forces? Give examples of each.
5) What is friction? What are two types of friction?
6) What can affect the amount of friction?
7) How is friction involved in the stopping distance of a car?
8) What forces affect speed?
9) What is gravity? What is the gravitational field strength on Earth?
10) What is weight? How is it different from mass?
11) How is weight calculated?
I hope you find this resource useful. Thank you.
Save precious time and money with this KS3 Science Mega Bundle.
Includes 7 PowerPoint presentations - over 300 slides in all. Worksheets, activity sheets, and sample test questions are also provided for most lessons.
Presentations are thoughtfully animated to allow opportunities for participation and assessment. There are plenty of visual aids and questions to generate curiosity and to help children construct understanding.
These resources took me lots of time to prepare. I hope you find them useful. Happy teaching!
This two-lesson sequence introduces learners to viruses. It includes:
• A 31-slide PowerPoint presentation that includes many visual aids and is thoughtfully animated to allow opportunities for discussions during the lesson.
• An interactive note-taking worksheet (double-sided A4 size) customized for the presentation. I find that taking notes in this manner keeps lower-level students engaged while allowing differentiation for higher achievers.
Homework sets, worksheet, and sample test questions to support the learning of Kinetic Molecular Theory for high school chemistry students.
Includes 71 questions in all. All questions are EDITABLE and ANSWERS are included.
This resource is meant to be used by teachers in the US.
Homework sets and multiple choice exam practice problems to support the learning of a unit on The Periodic Table.
All questions (120 in all!) are editable and ANSWERS are provided for each!.
Learners will answer questions about:
• Groups and periods in the periodic table
• Metals, nonmetals and semi-metals in the periodic table
• Transition metals in the periodic table
• Properties of metals, nonmetals, semi-metals and transition metals
• Electron configuration
• Energy levels, sub-levels and orbitals
• Periodic table trends - atomic size
• Periodic table trends - ionic size
• Periodic table trends - electronegativity
• Periodic table trends - ionization energy
This resource is meant to be used by teachers in the US.
Homework, practice problems and a multiple choice Exam practice to support the learning of a unit on Chemical Reactions.
• 90 Questions in all
• Questions are editable
• ANSWERS are included for every problem.
Learners will:
• Write word equations
• Write skeleton equations
• Write balanced chemical equations
• Classify chemical reactions
• Use the activity series to predict single replacement reactions
• Write balanced net ionic equations
• Identify the precipitate in double replacement reactions
This resource is meant for teachers in the US.
Homework sets with ANSWERS, a worksheet and plenty of sample test questions to support the learning of a unit on Ions, Ionic Bonding, Ionic Compounds and Metallic Bonding.
• 87 editable questions in all
• All ANSWERS are included
This resource is meant to be used by teachers in the US.