With 17 years of international teaching experience, I create fully resourced, ready-to-teach lessons based on the latest pedagogical research. My TES resources are designed for ease of use—engaging, effective, and truly plug-and-play for busy educators.
With 17 years of international teaching experience, I create fully resourced, ready-to-teach lessons based on the latest pedagogical research. My TES resources are designed for ease of use—engaging, effective, and truly plug-and-play for busy educators.
Support your Year 8 students in mastering key science topics with this comprehensive revision resource, aligned with the National Curriculum for England. This lesson covers:
Plant Structures & Photosynthesis – Explore essential processes that sustain plant life.
Ecosystems & Food Webs – Understand the intricate relationships within habitats.
Magnets & Electromagnets – Investigate magnetic forces and their applications.
Designed with visual learners in mind, this resource includes clear, informative diagrams alongside a variety of exam-style questions, making it ideal for classroom revision, homework, or independent study.
A practical lesson guiding students to test different variables on the speed of a car on a ramp. Linked to distance-time graphs. Information on acceleration and deceleration with graphs,
Information on a woman in Science
Fun Science quiz with different rounds. Students can participate individualy or in groups.
Includes:
key terminology
Plant and animal cells
references to atomic number, mass number and atomic structure
cells, tissues and organs
dependant and independant variables
exothermic and endothermic reactions
Photosynthesis and respiration
Forces
Variation
Full lesson on pressure in fluids.
Scaffolded with “I do”, “we do”, “you do”
Practical included
Slide on news worthy event
Slide showing careers in Science related to the topic
Information to teachers on common misconceptions
9 lessons on Speed and pressure
All lessons are set out in “I do”, “we do”, “you do”
Starter/do now at the start of every lesson that links previous knowledge
Almost all lessons requires NO printing
Every lesson has a link to real life scenarios
Most lessons shows minority groups in Science
Full lesson scaffolded in “I do”, “we do”, “you do”
Real life applications
Information on common misconceptions
A section to test understand of misconceptions
Slide on a local dam - to show link
Slide with info on woman in Science
This lesson works best as a follow up on “exploring pressure on a solid surface”
No printing required
Full lessons for the topic on motion.
No printing needed.
Practical activities.
Links to real life scenarios
Information on BAME and woman in motorsport.
A presentation that explains step-by-step how to calculate speed. (I do, you do, we do) With real-life links, information on minority groups in Science and practice questions and answers. Links to motor racing.
Pressure on solid surfaces lesson with real life links to F1 racing.
Lesson scaffolded with “I do”, “we do”, “you do”
A practical aspect where students calculate the pressure they exert on the ground
They also look at the effect of different shoes
Questions with answers to finish off the lesson
Printing is optional for this lesson - the 3 shoe imprints can be displayed, or printed.
Maths skills:
Calculating surface area
Using formula
Calculating “greater than”
KS4 speed distance time graphs lesson that explains step-by-step. Set out in “I do, we do, you do”. Practical activity and practice questions included. This is lesson 2 in the sequence. Thee is also a slide that links to women in Science.
Step by step lesson with “I do, we do, you do” scaffolded approach on how to use distance-time graphs. A woman-in-science link. Activity where students draw a distance-time graph from a cycle journey video.
No worksheets or printing needed.
Complete scaffolded revision lesson for practical work or alternative to practical. The lesson includes teacher explanation, group/pair work, individual work.
