I am a Science Teacher with 25 years experience and love producing resources. As one of my HoD's remarked "Your lesson plans and resources are outstanding, if only you could teach as good as your resources." Chemistry is my main subject, but have an interest in Pedagogy, especially CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) and misconceptions and how to overcome them.
I am a Science Teacher with 25 years experience and love producing resources. As one of my HoD's remarked "Your lesson plans and resources are outstanding, if only you could teach as good as your resources." Chemistry is my main subject, but have an interest in Pedagogy, especially CASE (Cognitive Acceleration through Science Education) and misconceptions and how to overcome them.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It covers all the Biology Required Practicals: Food Tests, Photosynthesis, Enzymes, Plant Response, Decay, Field Investigations, Osmosis etc. The ppts carry the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resources (apart from Food Tests and Microscopy) includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth ÂŁ1 from my shop)
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification.
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This Chemistry resource is used with KS4 students, it is designed to ask 9-1 exam style questions on differences between Transition Metals and Group 1. It lasts approximately 1 hour. It encourages students to use keywords and link concepts together. It includes answers for peer or self assessment.
If you would like to try a free sample of a similar lesson to this before you buy, check out:
/teaching-resource/atoms-elements-mixtures-compounds-revision-lesson-12190880
This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: /teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157
It is a complete lesson with:
Starter: Matching keyword to definition
Poster/Graphic Organiser of all the Keywords and definitions for this part of the course to help with:
Main activity 1: Comparing and Contrasting using Venn Diagram
Main activity 2: Completing a concept map to help make links between words
Main activity 3: 7 sheets of questions of adapted AQA past paper questions with answer sheet
Plenary: Tick list for evaluation linked to the specification and the questions in activity 3.
It is a lesson to:
Improve literacy
Increase use of keywords
Aid Understanding by correct definitions
Revision of all parts of this part of the specification (so AQA don’t catch us out…)
Link key words and concepts in the student’s minds
Provide visual stimuli
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This full lesson resource helps students to balance full and half equations and apply state symbols with 9-1 graded exam style plenary questions (F and H). It lasts about 1.5 hours. This resource is linked to the AQA specification and has 9-1 graded learning objectives linked to the content.
(Update: Now included at no extra cost is my Empirical Formula from Models lesson)
It includes:
33 page ppt which explains using a balancing full equations using the circle the formula method, to avoid the misconception to change the formula (see https://twitter.com/MrTSci409/status/1116405433684713472)
3 Helpsheets (Full/Half/State symbols) for students to refer to when completing the questions
46 Equations to balance (30 full and 16 half) with ANSWERS for students to self/peer assess
All equations are taken from the AQA Specification (let me know if I’ve missed any out!)
Plenary questions (F and H) graded with answers
A gratuitous use of colour to help understand how and why equations are balanced.
For a free help sheet on how to balance equations from this resource, click here:
/teaching-resource/balancing-equations-help-sheet-12233425
The Empirical formula from Models lesson details are:
This is a full lesson lasting about 1 hour. It includes a Power Point which covers ratios, simplifying formulas into empirical formulas and understanding models of ions. It includes a starter, seven white board practice questions, seventeen question sheet on simplifying formulas, seven question sheet on models and a plenary. It’s a lesson designed to cover an often neglected part of the course…
I’ve also included a Power Point with all the models and others I’ve used in the lesson in case you want to design a few more of your own…
A shortened version of this is available here:
/teaching-resource/empirical-formula-from-models-12238973
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This a Chemistry resource aimed at KS4 (and upper KS3) with 6 different concept maps for students to complete. It includes 1. Atoms, Elements, 2.Development of the Atom, 3. Development of Periodic Table and 4. Groups 7 and 0, 5. Group 1 and Transition Metals and 6. Mass, size and Electronic Structure.
Check out a free one (Development of the Atom) to try before you consider buying the full resource at:
/teaching-resource/development-of-a-model-of-the-atom-concept-mapping-worksheet-12191441
It gives students incomplete concept maps for them to complete and complete ones to check against. The complete ones have images to aid memory.
It is based on AQA but can be used by other boards. It can be used in 1 lesson, but is better over a series of revision lessons, given as a graphic organiser, homework or as a plenary.
The resource contains sheets for more or less able and answer sheets for students to peer or self assess.
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Now with a PowerPoint This booklet covers the Variation and Inheritance topic at KS4 . It is also suitable for some KS3 students. It contains 13 content pages where on each page is a keyword and definition, an image, example and some simple questions and an extension question.
This includes a classification activity where students classify using the domain system and the normal system and compare the two.
All the information is there in the booklet.
To see if this resource is for you, I have produced an Infection and response booklet (with emphasis on Corona Virus) for free here:
/teaching-resource/infection-and-response-to-the-corona-virus-covid-19-booklet-12270746
Other biology booklets are available at my shop, the link is below:
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This booklet covers the basics of the Inheritance topic for KS4, it can also be used with upper KS3 students. It contains 11 content pages where on each page is a keyword and definition, an image, example and some simple questions and an extension question and/or project activity.
It comes with an interactive Power Point to guide the students through the booklet.
There is a punnett square activity to help the students understand how they work including sex determination, small/tall plants and sweet/sour fruit.
All the information is there in the booklet so that at the end they have a complete booklet to take home and hopefully revise from.
To see if this resource is for you, I have produced a free Infection and response booklet for free here (with emphasis on corona Virus)
/teaching-resource/infection-and-response-to-the-corona-virus-covid-19-booklet-12270746
This includes links to a paid for ecology booklet and activities.
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This is 40+ page PowerPoint with mini-plenary questions after each section and exam style questions at the end of the lesson. It includes animations to show why ionisation energies change. It explains the effect of shielding, nuclear charge and distance from nucleus. It also explains the effect of the p orbitals and electron replusion as you go across a period.
It includes:
Student sheet with key diagrams on for students to add notes on
Key slides to print out (or give to students for study at home)
Exam style questions and answers (with examiner’s comments on how well other students answered it)
Lots of examples throughout to test students understanding.
Other AS lessons are available:
Electronic Structure:/teaching-resource/electronic-structure-orbital-configuration-in-s-p-d-as-level-12405614
TOF Spectrometer and Isotope Calculations: /teaching-resource/mass-spectrometer-tof-and-isotope-calculations-12386980
Oxidation States: /teaching-resource/oxidation-states-lesson-as-level-12421177
A free sheet of some questions from this resource is also available here:
/teaching-resource/ionisation-questions-and-answers-as-level-12412527
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This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth ÂŁ1.50 from my shop) based on IV Characteristics
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
If you would like to see a FREE sample similar to this before you buy, the I-V Characteristics one is free here:
/teaching-resource/-updated-i-v-characteristics-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you want the FREE version of the questions only (my most downloaded resource) they are here:
/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheet-revision-11791358
If you want a bundle of ALL the Physics Practicals, click here:
/teaching-resource/all-physics-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answers-12227081
If you ONLY want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
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Update: Just added Electrical Models Lesson with animations
This misconceptions teacher toolkit is (hopefully) all you need to start you on challenging and overcoming misconceptions in your science lessons. It includes:
A full lesson aimed at KS3 or KS4 which challenges the misconception that solids do not push up and finishes with a 9-1 graded exam question on Newton’s 3rd law. (lasting 1 hour)
Questionnaires for your classes to illicit misconceptions on Earth, Astronomy, Living Things, Magnets, Electricity, Matter and Chemical Reactions
9 different worksheets which use Analogies, CASE, Venn diagrams and Models to overcome misconceptions.
Misconceptions by Topic and Key Stage that can easily be added to PowerPoint’s and/or SoW.
A Word version of the Misconceptions Booklet (so you can take out any bits that you need)
This resource is basically my Misconceptions CPD with the CPD part taken out, which can be found here:
/teaching-resource/science-misconceptions-cpd-12237121
For a free activity that elicits student misconceptions about forces, click here:
/teaching-resource/identifying-physics-forces-misconceptions-12199581
For a free pdf booklet written about misconceptions in general, click here:
/teaching-resource/misconceptions-in-science-6442140
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This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts at least 1 hour. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including recognising hazards, safety, method, and analysing results. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
20 slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Student method/practical sheet that students can fill it in as it matches the ppt
Two page guide sheet (Included free here, ÂŁ1.50 from my shop. To see this sheet click here: /teaching-resource/required-practical-graphic-organiser-12181508)
Apparatus list for technician
Safety guide for teacher and technician
Links to student safety sheets
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
A sheet that explains how the questions were graded
If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here:
/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019
If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-revision-questions-12197299
If you want all the Chemistry required Practicals, they are available as a bundle here:
/teaching-resource/all-chemistry-required-practical-lessons-aqa-12446174
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I have now added a sheet explaining how this can be done at home by students themselves.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
Two separate ppts, one for solid, one for liquid to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (Required Practical Graphic Organiser worth ÂŁ1.50 from my shop) based on IV Characteristics
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
It is available in a bundle with 8 other “home use” required practicals here:
/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001
If you would like to see a FREE sample similar to this before you buy, the I-V Characteristics one is free here:
/teaching-resource/-updated-i-v-characteristics-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-answers-12199364
If you want the FREE version of the questions only (my most downloaded resource) they are here:
/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheet-revision-11791358
If you want a bundle of ALL the Physics Practicals, click here:
/teaching-resource/all-physics-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answers-12227081
If you ONLY want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
/teaching-resource/physics-required-practical-worksheets-with-9-1-graded-exam-style-questions-with-answers-12199346
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I have now added a sheet explaining how this can be done at home by students themselves.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (worth ÂŁ1.50 from my shop)
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
It is available in a bundle with 8 other “home use” required practicals here:
/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001
If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here:
/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019
All the biology practicals are available as a bundle here:
/teaching-resource/all-biology-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answer-12220999
If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
/teaching-resource/biology-required-practical-worksheets-with-graded-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181051
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I have now added a sheet explaining how this can be done at home by students themselves.
This KS4 AQA Required Practical covers the planning, carrying out and analysing of results with 9-1 graded exam style questions. It lasts approx 2 hours. The ppt carries the students through all aspects of the practical including hypothesis, variables, safety, fair testing, method, analysing results and evaluating the validity. It finishes with exam style questions individually graded to assess students.
Resource includes:
30+ slide ppt to guide the students through the practical (with answers and examples)
Two page student method/practical sheet that follows the slides
Two page guide sheet (worth ÂŁ1 from my shop)
Apparatus list for technician
Learning Objectives on each slide linked to AQA specification
It is available in a bundle with 8 other “home use” required practicals here:
/teaching-resource/nine-required-practicals-for-home-use-12461001
If you would like to see a free sample similar to this before you buy, the Osmosis one is free here:
/teaching-resource/updated-osmosis-required-practical-planning-with-graded-with-9-1-exam-style-questions-and-answers-12181019
All the biology practicals are available as a bundle here:
/teaching-resource/all-biology-planning-practicals-with-graded-questions-and-answer-12220999
If you just want the questions and answers, they are available as a bundle here:
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This is a sheet with the stages of a Time of Flight (TOF) Mass Spectrometer, including the main stages Vapourisation, Acceleration, Ion Drift, Electric Field, Detector and Mass Spectrum.
It is available as a pdf. For the full resource on Mass Spectrometry and the Calculations click here:
/teaching-resource/mass-spectrometer-tof-and-isotope-calculations-12386980
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This is a resource which uses the new up to date Hazard Symbols. Each sheet has the name of each hazard symbol, the symbol itself, a description of the Hazard, an example of which chemical has that hazard and an image to help them remember. This will help with Lab safety.
This is part of a full lesson where students are taught how to use hazard symbols and hazcards to plan a safe practical:
/teaching-resource/planning-safe-practicals-using-hazcards-12407118
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This Chemistry resource is used with KS4 students, it is designed to ask 9-1 exam style questions on differences between Halogens and Noble gases. It lasts approximately 1 hour. It encourages students to use keywords and link concepts together. It includes answers for peer or self-assessment.
If you would like a free sample of a similar lesson to try before you buy, check out:
/teaching-resource/atoms-elements-mixtures-compounds-revision-lesson-12190880
This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other revision lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: /teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157
It is a complete lesson with:
Starter: Matching keyword to definition
Poster/Graphic Organiser of all the Keywords and definitions for this part of the course to help with:
Main activity 1: Classifying Spoof Elements into group 7 and 0
Main activity 2: Completing a concept map to help make links between words
Main activity 3: 4 sheets of questions of adapted AQA past paper questions with answer sheet
Plenary: Tick list for evaluation linked to the specification and the questions in activity 3.
It is a lesson to:
Improve literacy
Increase use of keywords
Aid understanding by correct definitions
Revision of all parts of this part of the specification (so AQA don’t catch us out…)
Link key words and concepts in the student’s minds
Provide visual stimuli
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This Chemistry GCSE resource is aimed at KS4 AQA. It includes 9-1 exam style questions and lasts approximately 1 hour. It encourages students to use keywords and link concepts together. It includes model answers for peer or self-assessment.
If you would like a free sample of a similar lesson to try before you buy, check out:
/teaching-resource/atoms-elements-mixtures-compounds-revision-lesson-12190880
This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: /teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157
It is a complete lesson with:
Starter: Matching keyword to definition
Poster/Graphic Organiser of all the Keywords and definitions for this part of the course to help with:
Main activity 1: Matching words, images and definitions
Main activity 2: Completing a concept map to help make links between words
Main activity 3: 4 sheets of questions of adapted AQA past paper questions with answer sheet
Plenary: Tick list for evaluation linked to the specification and the questions in activity 3.
It is a lesson to:
Improve literacy
Increase use of keywords
Aid Understanding by correct definitions
Revision of all parts of this part of the specification (so AQA don’t catch us out…)
Link key words and concepts in the student’s minds
Provide visual stimuli
This resource is available as a BUNDLE with 5 other lessons that cover the other parts of the Atomic Structure and Periodic Table at: /teaching-resource/atomic-structure-and-periodic-table-revison-pack-12193157
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This lesson is educational (but fun) that can be used as a normal lesson, but also as an end of term revision lesson. It is aimed at KS3 or lower ability KS4. It lasts approximately 1 hour and has 4 group challenges and a whole class challenge at the end. No knowledge of the Periodic table needed, but if they have, it can be used as a revision lesson.
It is a science lesson version of my Escape Room Periodic Table lesson (for the same price) that can be found here (be careful it’s a bit scary):
/teaching-resource/elements-and-the-periodic-table-escape-room-challenge-12193939
It includes:
Lesson Plan (it doesn’t need a lab)
Clues for students to find elements, their symbols and their position on the Periodic Table in terms of periods and groups.
Problem solving challenges
Fun Game of Splat at the end.
It also uses their knowledge of reactivity of groups 1 and 7 for solving some of the clues.
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This resource is a graded (levelled) collection of all the questions from the recent AQA paper (F and H 2019) divided into Foundation and Higher and all 10 AQA topics: Atomic structure and the periodic table, Bonding, structure, and the properties of matter, Quantitative chemistry, Chemical changes, Energy changes, The rate and extent of chemical change, Organic chemistry, Chemical analysis, Chemistry of the atmosphere and Using resources.
Each question has been summarised, graded, coded (from the specification) and colour coded for AO1, 2 or 3.
This can be used when planning/revising with students so they have an idea what grade they are working at.
A sample (free) is here to check out, before you decide whether to buy or not:
/teaching-resource/periodic-table-and-atomic-structure-9-1-grade-descriptor-revision-12231830
For a list of grades and how I decided on the grading (free), click here:
/teaching-resource/9-1-gcse-grade-descriptors-science-12217480
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This is the reaction time conversion sheet for the dropping the ruler practical. it is in mm and cm (depending on your groups ability or the rulers you use).
If you would like to look at the resource this comes from click here:
/teaching-resource/reaction-time-required-practical-planning-with-9-1-graded-questions-and-model-answers-12220202
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