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Nicola Cakeman's Science Shop

After more than 25 years of teaching science in the UK in Devon and Somerset, I'm sharing some of my best resources, more coming soon. I have made this so you don't have to!

After more than 25 years of teaching science in the UK in Devon and Somerset, I'm sharing some of my best resources, more coming soon. I have made this so you don't have to!
KS3 Science Chemistry literacy: impact on the Earth
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KS3 Science Chemistry literacy: impact on the Earth

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This simply and easy-to-use resource is a short text about the chemistry of the Earth and the atmosphere followed by a set of questions carefully designed to check understanding. There are even spaces between the questions for your students to write their answers. Just print and go - your lesson is ready! This is perfect for a cover lesson or for a less experienced/student teacher as well as those of use who’ve been here a while. You could use this for revision or even as a topic starter. Let me know how it goes!
KS3 Science literacy: Reproduction text with questions
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KS3 Science literacy: Reproduction text with questions

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This a 500 word text for a KS3 Science/Biology literacy lesson with questions included to check understanding. The questions have spaces between them ready for students to write in their answers. Just print it out and you are ready to go! Perfect for cover lessons and for less experienced/student teachers as well as those of us with more years completed. I have tried and tested this with several classes. Great for revision or even a topic intro lesson. Let me know how it goes!
KS3 Science literacy task: variation & inheritance
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KS3 Science literacy task: variation & inheritance

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This is a high quality, “tried & tested” resource for a literacy lesson in the KS3 Science/Biology topic: Variation & Inheritance. The document is a 500 word text with 15 questions carefully designed to check understanding. I have left spaces between the questions for students to write in their answers. Just print it out and head to the classroom. Your lesson is ready to go. Perfect for cover lessons or less experienced/student teachers as well as those of us who have been doing this for years. I made this so you don’t have to!
The coffee problem - planning task
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The coffee problem - planning task

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This is a relatable science planning task for KS3 or KS4. Students need to read the brief carefully and design their own experiments. You could actually do the practical work in a follow-up lesson.
GCSE Radioactive decay literacy task
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GCSE Radioactive decay literacy task

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This a few paragraphs of clearly written text about some of the fundamental content in the Edexcel topic P6 (radioactivity). There are also questions included to check understanding. This is a great resource for a revision lesson or a cover lesson. Just print and go!
GCSE Science literacy: Energy.
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GCSE Science literacy: Energy.

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This is a short & simple text (5 paragraphs) with 5 questions designed to check understanding of some basic concepts in the GCSE energy topic. This could be a great intro to a topic or a good revision tool. Suitable for cover lessons too.