In this Powerpoint you see the effects of cross breeding the popular cartoon characters of the Mr Men and the Little Misses. 6 children are seen and the pupils have to work out who the parents are. Useful to initiate characteristics both inherited and environmental. File is compressed for ease of download. new for 2014 - Added 2 supporting presentations that breaks up the material over 2 lessons

Pupils love these and a great way to promote lateral thinking. Each square contains a word or phrase with visual clues as to what it is. The number of letters in each word of the phrase is contained underneath. In a similar way to ‘Catchphrase’ - Say what you see One stipulation, you must use the phrase: it’s a good answer but not right! =)

This game challenges pupils to identify rock types based on the rock / scene displayed. The Rock song at the start provided useful clues to look for in each type. Pupils choose a number from the board to see a different image. Clues for lower ability groups/pupils are in the notes section on each slide. Hope it's useful!

Pupils start off with an early Triassic mammal and select a series of adaptations from a list of possible evolutionary paths. Once they have selected 5 adaptations they encounter various scenarios where the adaptations they have selected will either gain or lose them points. Discussions can arise as to why certain adaptations might be useful/detrimental in certain conditions can arise. Pupils can expand on this exercise by creating alternate scenarios for a given habitat. Also good for numeracy in lower sets. The second edition features a random path generator. Using a die the class can randomly select what events occur and see how they effect the mammals success. Repeating the game should help pupils identify that different environmental effects guide the evolutionary process depending on how successful the organism is in a particular environment. Please leave comments!

A 20 question game to be played in the last lessons of the year. Display the picture and have pupils write down the names of each overdressed A-Lister.

A collection of spreadsheet and word documents that I've used to teach Yr 7 pupils. Enjoy!

Have pupils pick a number on the advent calender slide. The class then guesses the movie from the scene displayed, only to make it harder the actors have been deleted, leaving only the clothes, backgrounds and objects. Click on the home button to return to the advent slide, or click again to reveal the answer.

Expands a familiar effect (a rainbow) to think about what might happen 'over the rainbow' (and under it!). Shows how the rest of the spectrum might look if we had better eyes.

Does exactly what it says on the tin! Randomly generates a pupil's name from a list that you type in. Hit F9 to refresh. Useful for AFL.

Pick a number on the board to bring up a movie scene. Pupils have to guess the movie scene (verbally or write it down to extend the activity to a full lesson). Easy right? Wrong. The movie scenes have had all actors digitally removed, so you only see the background, clothing and any objects in the scene. Very fun end of term activity with enough images to use 'one-number-each&' with a whole class. I&';ve also used this format to teach pupils how to hyperlink in presentations effectively. 4 quizzes attached, should keep you going for all year!

A collection of resources (adapted from the Deadinburgh activity) where pupils are challenged to identify the microbe causing the recent zombie plague sweeping across Bristol. Pupils read information from 'The Stun' newspaper to identify methods of infection, symptoms, types of microbes and possible cures.

A double sided worksheet with the theme of Breaking Bad. Pupils help the ‘chemists’ with a series of separate tasks focused on obtaining and growing crystals. Pupils review reactivity series of metals, reactions with acids, soluble and insoluble salts, ionic bonds and naming salts. Handy as an assessment of pupil knowledge prior to the required practical where pupils grow Copper Sulphate crystals.

Pupils help the Cyborg miner identify and classify the elements he detects. Useful as an assessment worksheet for pupils studying elements and the periodic table.

A collection of resources for teaching about viral and protazoan disease to mixed ability classes. Very adaptable with differentiated worksheets. Please post a review telling me what you think!

A powerpoint with the Star Wars intro effect as requested by another user

A worksheet on Galileos background and ideas sung to the famous DJ Jazzy Jeff / Will Smith song that was the theme to Fresh Prince of Bel Air. Hope you enjoy it!

Several quiz games where pupils select a number from 1-30 and try to identify the film scene that comes up - only the actors and characters are invisible. You only see their clothes, the background and anything they're holding. Pupils love these for end of term activities!

Pupils face the challenge of telling real stories apart from April Fools stories. All of these stories were from the news on 1/4/14 and its suprisingly difficult to tell fact from fool on several of them! My tutor group enjoyed it and it prompted some interesting discussions about stories in the news.