Full lesson introducing KS3 students to amplitude. Lots of different learning activities and plenty to do without use of practical equipment (see notes on practical oscilloscope slide).
Full lesson breakdown:
Title slide with date and settler q.
Engage - to get students hooked
Practical task - equipment free alternative given in ‘notes’ section
Review
Exam practice
Learning Check
Peer assessment opportunity
Plenary
Worksheets all included
Keywords on every slide
Summative assessment for lessons uploaded. Biology assessment covering the circulatory, reproductive and breathing systems. Revision questions match the Assessment closely, answers provided for both.
Easy science project for students to complete on dissolving sugar in a cup of tea. This is at 3 clearly differentiated levels (Easy, Medium, Difficult), so you can pick the one that is most appropriate to each student. Students can then peer assess one another, or self assess themselves using the checklist. The checklist will need adapting depending on what levels you are using for assessment!
This would be fantastic to use at home too, as it is an easy scientific experiment for children to do. You just need a glass, water and sugar. They could expand on this by counting how many teaspoons of sugar dissolve in hot and cold water. They could find out what happens to the speed at which particles move in hot and cold water, and therefore why there is a difference. It is also a good opportunity to practice drawing particle diagrams.
A lesson for KS3 on reproductive anatomy.
Structure as follows:
Settler
Engagement task
Anatomy task male - structure and function
Anatomy task female - structure and function
Learning check
Exam question practice
Worksheets to print
Keywords on each slide
Timers where appropriate
Homework included
Full set of lessons for KS3, every lesson has keywords, dates, LO, Settler, Plenary, exam question and answers throughout. There is an assessment, revision sheet and technician list included as well.
Lesson topics (in order) are:
The heart
Blood Vessels and Blood
Breathing
Gas Exchange
Investigation into gas exchange
The Nervous and Endocrine system
Growing up
Male and Female Reproductive Organs
Sexual Reproduction in humans
Pregnancy
Contraception
Infertility
Full set of lessons for KS3, every lesson has keywords, dates, LO, Settler, Plenary, exam question and answers throughout.
Lesson topics (in order) are:
Growing up
Male and Female Reproductive Organs
Sexual Reproduction in humans
Pregnancy
Contraception
Infertility
An entire lesson on puberty for KS3.
Lesson structure as follows:
Settler
Engagement task
Task on girls and boys
Writing task
Practical task
Exam question practice
Peer assessment
Plenary
Worksheets included
Keywords and date on every slide
Timers where appropriate
Answers included
Intended lesson order as follows:
Variation
Genes and Chromosomes
DNA
Adaptations
Natural Selection
Food Chains and Webs
Transfers in chains
Sampling Populations
Carbon Cycle
Water Cycle
Each lesson contains suggested activities, LO, Settler, Engaging Starter, Learning checks, Answers, Date and Keywords on each slide, Timers on slides where appropriate.
A lesson on Adaptations for KS3
Lesson structure as follows:
• Settler activity
• Engaging starter
• Task 1 habitats
• Task 2 adaptations
• Opportunities for learning checks
• Exam questions
• Peer assessment
• Plenary
• Timers throughout
• Keywords and date on every slide
• Worksheets to print included
• Homework and assessment for homework included
5 Lessons on light covering reflection, refraction, colour and structure of the eye. Perfect KS3 light waves foundation.
Each lesson has:
Title slide with do it now task
Keywords and date on every slide
Answers to any questions
Opportunities to peer/self assess
Learning checks embedded into lesson structure
Opportunities for literacy based tasks
All lessons can be done without use of practical equipment :)
9 Lessons on light and sound covering waves, amplitude, frequency, reflection, refraction, colour and structure of the eye and ear. Perfect KS3 light and sound wave foundation.
Each lesson has:
Title slide with do it now task
Keywords and date on every slide
Answers to any questions
Opportunities to peer/self assess
Learning checks embedded into lesson structure
Opportunities for literacy based tasks
All lessons can be done without use of practical equipment :)
Here is a slide for the beginning of every AQA GCSE Chemistry paper 1 lesson with a retrieval practice question. The questions on the right hand side are the most recent, the left hand side is randomly selected from the syllabus studied so far (according to the order we cover these in my school - it follows the kerboodle order except chemical calculations which we cover much later on). The first couple of slides ask questions from the KS3 activate spec. You can click on the question the student is answering to reveal the answer underneath.
A lesson on sampling for KS3
Lesson structure as follows:
• Settler activity
• Engaging starter
• Task 1 practical activity
• Task 2 numeracy activity
• Learning check
• Exam questions
• Peer assessment
• Plenary
• Timers throughout
• Keywords and date on every slide
• Worksheets to print included
A lesson on food and fuels and looking at energy requirements, and energy in foods in joules/kilojoules
The lesson contains:
A settler task
An engaging question and practical suggestion
An opportunity to look at food labels and energy
Learning checks using a variety of methods, e.g. true false, numbered opinions, fitb
An extended activity using a worksheet
An exam question plenary
2 booklets for 2 of the potential experiments for BTEC unit 3; Electricity and Diffusion.
Each booklet took my students about 5 sessions to do, and includes a starter activity, then planning information, space for risk assessment, method development, variable identification then analysis based on past paper questions and evaluation.
Booklet that can be used to work from for the BTEC applied science unit 3 investigation into current, voltage and resistance. Booklet in total took about 5 sessions to complete (tasks cover planning, carrying out investigation, processing data and write up!)
PPT included recapping basic ideas from KS3 and 4 on circuits. I did this in 2 sessions and including the card sort on circuit symbols, as they may be asked to interpret a circuit from a diagram in their exam.