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8 lessons from the communicable disease topic from the AQA GCSE Biology curriculum. Lesson titles are as follows: Pathogens and bacterial diseases (salmonella, gonorrhoea) Viral diseases (measles, AIDS, tobacco mosaic virus) Fungal diseases (athlete’s foot, rose black spot) Protist diseases (malaria) Human primary defence responses Components of blood White blood cells and the immune response Vaccinations

An A3 knowledge organiser on the Organic Chemistry topic from the AQA GCSE Combined Science syllabus. Also suitable for AQA GCSE Chemistry, although does not include the ‘more organic chemistry’ topic. The knowledge organiser includes information on: The structure and formula of alkanes The structure and formula of alkenes Tests for alkenes Complete combustion of hydrocarbons Incomplete combustion of hydrocarbons Trends in the properties of hydrocarbons Fractional distillation Cracking

A full hour lesson designed for year 7 as part of an ‘introduction to science’ unit, teaching key science skills to new students in KS3. This full hour lesson resource contains: A ‘5 in 5’ style retrieval starter recapping key concepts from primary school, lab safety, and scientific apparatus A retrieval practice slide checking students’ prior knowledge on reading scales (measuring cylinders, thermometers) - includes an answer slide A health and safety slide Practical activity making measurements of volume, temperature, length and mass - with printout of method and results tables A written plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 8 class. This is the 9th lesson in “Chapter 1 - Electricity and Magnetism” from Activate 2, Physics. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Physics class, even by those where physics is not their specialism. This lesson contains a class practical where students investigate the effect that increasing the potential difference on a power pack has on the number of paperclips that can be picked up by a simple electromagnet. From this lesson, students should be able to: Describe the magnetic field around a single wire with current flowing through it Describe how to make an electromagnet Describe how to increase the strength of an electromagnet All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson designed for a mixed ability year 7 class. This is the 3rd lesson in “Chapter 1 - Particles and their behaviour” from Activate 1, Chemistry. This lesson is on ‘density’ from pages 82 and 83. This lesson should be suitable to teach to any KS3 Chemistry class, even by those where chemistry is not their specialism. This lesson (and all lessons in this unit) is designed to be interactive and engaging, with plenty of real world examples and independent tasks. From this lesson, students should be able to: Explain what is meant by the terms ‘density’, ‘mass’ and ‘volume’ Explain why some solids have different densities Explain why the same substance has different densities in different states All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A color-coded worksheet to help students work through word equations for neutralisation reactions. Really useful to help lower ability or KS3 classes visualise where the products of neutralisation reactions come from. Includes a worked example and answer key.

A lesson on peat bogs based on the AQA GCSE Biology syllabus. The lesson resource contains: A “5 in 5” style starter An interesting lesson hook Direct instruction on peat bogs as carbon sinks An embedded video from a news report on the destruction of peat Reading comprehension task: A link to an online article with beautiful illustrations, and a printed copy of the text from this link that students can follow along with A hand signal quiz to check for understanding Exam style questions with mark schemes A ‘write to your local MP’ task, with guided peer assessment A plenary task ‘Give me 5’

This lesson is designed for a year 7 class studying the KS3 Activate curriculum. This lesson is focused on “flowers and pollination”. From this lesson, students should be able to: Label the reproductive organs in a flower Identify which parts of a flower are male or female Describe the function of each of the reproductive organs in a flower Describe the adaptations of wind-pollinated and insect-pollinated flowers Compare the structures of wind-pollinated and insect-pollinated flowers All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

This is a full 1 hour lesson resource designed for a mid-ability year 9 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science specification. This class were at the end of the “Quantitative Chemistry” topic, on the spec point “chemical measurements”. However, this should be suitable for any GCSE class studying errors and uncertainty. By the end of this lesson, students should be able to: Recall the terms systematic error, random error, zero error and parallax error and explain what they mean Identify which type of error is shown from an example Know what ‘uncertainty’ means Calculate uncertainty from a range of results about a mean This lesson is designed to be teachable by a non subject specialist, with all answers and content on the slides. The intention of each slide is made very clear. This lesson contains a range of concrete examples, including a model where students will need to use stopwatches. The mathematical section of this lesson is presented in an “I do, we do, you do” manner with scaffolded examples. Exam questions are included with mark schemes, and plenty of AFL is planned and included. This lesson includes a printable worksheet, with answers. All of my lesson resources contain: A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load Teacher models Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides A plenary task

A colour coded worksheet with ramped questions designed to teach students to independently write word equations for reactions between a metal and oxygen. Designed for a KS3 lower ability class, but could be suitable the whole way up to year 11. Contains an example and 12 questions for students to attempt. Contains answers.

A revision placemat overviewing a topic on acids and alkalis, designed for a top set year 8 class. Could be used for a lower ability KS4 class. The revision placemat is double sided, with trickier content on the back e.g. symbol equations - could be printed single sided if needed. Topics covered: Examples of acids and alkalis pH scale Use of universal indicator and litmus paper Neutralisation reactions Word equations for neutralisation reactions Matching acids to their sources (from food and drink) Balanced symbol equations for neutralisation reactions

A lesson topic for KS3 Biologists on respiration, bones and muscles. A revision lesson is included with a revision placemat worksheet. A game of ‘grudge ball’ is also included. Lesson topics include: Aerobic respiration Anaerobic respiration Comparing aerobic with anaerobic respiration The human skeleton Bones and muscles Antagonistic muscle pairs Revision lesson

Revision placemat designed to review topic 4.1.1 from AQA Combined Science, Biology paper 1. This topic is on cell biology and microscopy. This revision placemat covers: Labelling animal and plant cells Matching organelles to their functions Magnification calculations Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells Examples of tissues, organs and organ systems in animals and plants Specialised cells and their adaptations

A colour-coded worksheet to scaffold writing word equations for displacement reactions. The worksheet contains a description of displacement reactions, a reactivity series for reference, an example of a completed word equation, and 15 questions for students to attempt ramped in difficulty. Eventually students should work up to writing word equations for displacement reactions without needing the colour coding.

A resource containing: Five A3 information sheets on giant covalent molecules / allotropes of carbon (diamond, graphite, graphene, carbon nanotubes, Buckminsterfullerene) A structured template for an A4 fact sheet for students to fill in This resource works great for SEND classes that benefit from movement around the room. This is a great reading comprehension task and trains students to seek relevant information from chunks of text. This resource was designed for a low ability year 9 class as end of unit revision.

A full 1 hour lesson on fungal diseases from the AQA GCSE Biology syllabus. Also suitable for AQA GCSE Combined Science. This resource contains: A 5 in 5 style retrieval starter A lesson hook on parasitic fungi in ants A hook / discussion on making links between athlete’s foot and mushrooms Direct instruction on athlete’s foot - causes, methods of spread, prevention A choice task ‘choose the difficulty’ - three deliberate practice questions on athlete’s foot (with answers) Retrieval practice linking tobacco mosaic virus to photosynthesis topic Direct instruction on rose black spot Lightning questions on rose black spot A practice exam-style question on rose black spot with guided peer assessment A ‘question olympics’ game - retrieval from this topic A plenary task

A full 1 hour lesson resource designed for a mixed ability year 12 class studying the OCR Biology A specification. This is from the unit 4.2.2 Classification and Evolution, from the specification point i) “how evoluton in some species has implicatons for human populatons.” This lesson resource contains: A “5 in 5” style retrieval starter A linked video on how MRSA evolved Direct instruction on antibiotic resistance (dual coding, reduced cognitive load) A linked video visually showing the evolution of antibiotic resistance Checkpoints (MCQs from exams with answers) A discussion on antiviral resistance in HIV An application question on drug resistance in malaria from the CGP textbook (with guided self assessment) An embedded video - a news report on pesticide resistance in bed bugs A case study on DDT resistance in house flies, with a guided discussion An exam-style question on pesticide resistance from the CGP textbook (with guided self assessment)

A PowerPoint presentation (1 hour) designed for a higher ability year 8 class. Mainly focuses on the different adaptations of wind-pollinated vs. insect-pollinated flowers. Resource also contains a differentiated reading comprehension task on fertilisation in flowers. This resource contains: 5-in-5 style retrieval starter Lesson hook Class discussion on pollen grains Embedded video on insect pollination Direct instruction slides on insect pollination / wind pollination A 5-question quiz as a CFU An independent writing task comparing insect and wind pollination, with model paragraphs for self assessment A reading comprehension task - differentiated (colour coded or not) Comprehension questions based on reading task - differentiated (colour coded or not) - followed by answers. A plenary task

This lesson was designed for a lower ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science specification. This lesson covers: What is variation? What is the difference between continuous and discontinuous variation? What are examples of continuous and discontinuous variation? Which examples of variation are controlled by genetic or environmental factors? This is a full 1 hour lesson resource which contains: A 5-in-5 retrieval style starter A lesson hook Direct instruction slides (low cognitive load, dual coding) Guided student discussions Teacher models Frequent checkpoints (quizzes, multiple choice hand signals) A Venn diagram with answers Written student responses Modeled answers A student group activity A written plenary task

A revision mat for a KS3 class studying electricity and magnetism. This revision placemat is designed for a top set year 8 class. This revision placemat covers: Circuit symbols The role of each component in a circuit The rules for current in series and parallel circuits Potential difference Drawing voltmeters in parallel Resistance Static electricity in terms of electrons / distribution of charge Magnetism - attraction and repulsion Magnetic fields Electromagnetism (what is it, how can the strength be changed, what are the uses)