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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated set of lessons in order to carry out a microclimate survey around a school environment, although it could be adapted to suited others. The first lesson helps students to prepare for their microclimate survey, paying particular attention to how two major pieces of equipment work and to construct hypotheses for their survey. The second lesson involves students going around a school environment, in groups, collecting their microclimate data. Differentiated recording sheets are provided for students. The third lesson involves students writing up their report to show the results of their survey. I hope you find these resources helpful.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson which acts as an introduction to settlement. The main part of the lesson involves a brief class demonstration to illustrate the meaning of a hierarchy, a fact finding task on the characteristics of a settlement hierarchy and an O.S. map task where students consider the link between the size of a settlement and the number of services it provides. PLEASE NOTE: DUE TO COPYRIGHT THE OS MAP CANNOT BE PROVIDED. Learning Objectives: To describe the characteristics of a settlement hierarchy. To explain the link between the size of a settlement and the number of services it has.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Plato's dualistic distinction between the body and soul. The main part of the lesson involves note-taking and discussion tasks on the different philosophical distinctions between the body and soul, an information comprehension exercise on Plato's approach, and lastly peer teaching of Plato's rationalist arguments for an independent soul from the body (which includes analysis and ranking). Learning Objectives: To outline the key philosophical views on the distinction between the body and soul. To explain Plato’s distinction between the body and the soul. To examine the credibility of Plato’s arguments.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on Aristotle's concept of the Prime Mover. The main part of the lesson involves students generating examples to show their understanding of potentiality and actuality, a class discussion and note-taking exercise on why Aristotle believed the Prime Mover had to exist, a worksheet where students have to explain why Aristotle believed the Prime Mover had to possess certain attributes, develop explanations of key problems associated with the Prime Mover, and finally an extended writing exercise where they justify what they find to be the two most convincing criticisms of Aristotle's theory of the Four Causes. Learning Objectives: To understand the idea of potentiality and actuality. To outline Aristotle’s concept of the Prime Mover. To assess the strengths and weaknesses of Aristotle’s theory of the Four Causes.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the 'Miracle of the Sun', otherwise known as the Fatima miracle. The main part of the lesson involves reading the story as a class and summarising it into a grid, a pair ranking task of arguments for and against the event being a genuine miracle, and a continuum line task where students express their view towards the event. Learning Objectives: To describe the story of the miracle. To explain the contrasting arguments held about the event. To evaluate whether you personally believe the event was a miracle.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the work of Christian charities. The main part of the lesson consists of an information gathering and consolidation carousel group task (based on four charities, including Barnando's and the Salvation Army) and evaluating which cause they believe is worthy of support, linking their answer to Christian views towards charity and wealth. Learning Objectives for the lesson are as follows: To describe the aims of different Christian charities. To explain why their work is important. To evaluate which cause you believe is particularly worthy.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated introductory lesson on religious experiences. The main part of the lesson involves students produce a spider diagram showing William James’s criteria for a religious experience, working in groups to complete a grid task showing its different types (i.e. mystical, corporate, conversion, visions and voices) and then link it back to William James’s classification scheme for analysis (how these examples meet some or all of his criteria), finishing off with a fun and innovative plenary. Learning Objectives: To describe the meaning of a religious experience. To explain the various categories of religious experience. To analyse whether they meet William James criteria for a religious experience.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the cosmological argument. The main part of the lesson involves students working in groups to develop a mini-presentation that can be used to teach the rest of the class one of Aquinas’s 3 ways, then some quick note-taking followed by questions that students answer to consider the strength of Leibniz’s cosmological argument, followed by students producing a factfile on how David Hume criticised the argument, then an information hunt on how other philosophers (such as Bertrand Russell an Richard Dawkins) criticised the argument (within this task students have to mark on their dartboard how strong they believe that criticism is). Learning Objectives: To outline the Cosmological Argument as a case for the existence of God. To explain Leibniz’s contribution to the argument. To assess the validity of its philosophical criticisms. (The starter activity is based upon an advert for Guinness which can be found by Googling ‘Guinness Domino’)

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson which acts as an introduction to the idea of 'Ultimate Questions'. The main part of the lesson involves students working in pairs to generate their own examples of ultimate questions (using stimuli to help), a class viewpoint sharing task (which could be done as a silent conversation), and a written reflection task at the end where they evaluate various viewpoints towards one ultimate question. Learning Objectives are as follows: To describe examples of ‘ultimate questions’. To explain different viewpoints towards some of these questions. To express a reasoned and balanced viewpoint to one of these questions.

This is a simple task where students have to classify features into physical or human categories. A simple starter designed for my less able students, it can also be used as a re-cap or introductory activity.

This is an active starter for pupils when introducing the topic of sustainability. INSTRUCTIONS: Walk around the room finding students who match up to one of these sustainability statements, and then get their signature in the square The first one to get BINGO (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) wins! FEEDBACK: What have you learnt about yourself or other people from this experience? What do all these statements have in common? Why are these things important? Suggest what you think the word ‘sustainability’ means

A set of simple information sheets regarding different views towards life after death including Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Atheism and Spiritualism. Was used as part of a lesson where students constructed fact files on the different views, commenting on their overall opinion towards them.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the factors that contribute towards creating a good site for a wind turbine. The main part of the lesson involves students producing a spider diagram outlining different factors that make a good site for a wind turbine (predominantly physical factors), completing an environmental impact assessment for two sites in order for students to gain an appreciate of the environmental factors that can influence the siting of wind turbines, and students making hypotheses as to which area of the school site would make the best site for a wind turbine. Learning Objectives: To outline the factors that make a good site for a wind turbine. To explain the environmental factors that can affect the site of a wind turbine. To construct your own hypothesis for a school wind turbine project.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on whether wind is a good source of energy. The main part of the lesson involves students using a video clip to order statements that correctly describe how wind turbines generate electricity, a card sort activity organising cards into advantages and disadvantages of the energy source followed by a ranking exercise, finished by students working in groups to write speeches and engage in a town hall meeting to discuss whether a wind farm development should be allowed to go ahead or not (based on a local case study). There is enough material here to last approximately 2 hours. Learning Objectives: To describe how wind turbines generate electricity. To explain the advantages and disadvantages of using wind energy. To explore different viewpoints towards the use of wind energy. To evaluate whether wind is a good source of energy

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the use of biofuels as a renewable energy source. The main part of the lesson involves students working in pairs to discuss what biofuels might be and how they may be used to generate electricity (aided by visual cues), a colour coding task on the advantages and disadvantages of using biofuels, and the use of a mini case study for students to explore whether biofuels are ultimately an effective source of energy (including a video clip about Virgin Atlantic proposing to use jumbo jets powered by nuts, and an extended writing exercise). Learning Objectives: To describe what biofuels are. To explain their advantages and disadvantages. To evaluate whether they ultimately provide an effective energy source.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the different types, and importance of using, renewable energy. The main part of the lesson involves an extended note taking task on the different types of renewable energy, and a written exercise where students evaluate the effectiveness of these sources. Learning Objectives: To describe how different forms of renewable energy work. To explain the advantages and disadvantages. To evaluate the effectiveness of these energy sources.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated set of lessons in order to carry out a survey around a school environment to decide the best site for a new wind turbine (you will need to amend the material slightly so it is suited to your own school). It can act as end-of-unit assessment on energy. The first lesson helps students to prepare for the wind turbine survey, paying particular attention to the physical and environmental factors that can influence the location of wind turbines. The second lesson involves students going around a school environment, in groups, collecting their wind turbine data. Recording sheets are provided for students. The third lesson involves students writing up their report to show the results of their survey.

This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on the different sources that comprise the total world’s energy mix. The main part of the lesson involves students producing a mind map of different energy sources which is developed in stages (initially in pairs writing down sources they are aware of, then using a video clip to add further sources and relevant facts with teacher input, then labelling into renewable and non-renewable sources), followed by a worksheet task classifying statements into advantages/disadvantages of renewable and non-renewable energy sources, finished with students using a table of data to answer questions about the world’s current energy mix. Learning Objectives: To describe the different sources of energy. To explain the advantages and disadvantages of these sources. To investigate how energy sources are used around the world.