Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.2 Animal adaptations & competition for resources. Any page references are for OUPs 'AQA GCSE Science&' book - ISBN 978-0-19-913583-7.

Lesson plan and activities covering sexual intercourse and fertilisation. Includes a literacy task where students write a story titled 'Journey of a sperm cell&'.

Worksheet pack to accompany the SoW and lesson plans for the AQA B1.1 Keeping Healthy unit of work. Designed for SEN students with MLD.

Lesson and activities designed for AQAs Elements, compoinds & mixtures. Designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Lesson plan and activities for year 7 on pregnanacy. Lesson covers stages of development in the foetus as well as new key words and diagrams. Includes an AfL plenary task.

A table for year 7 pupils to fill out on the properties of solids, liquids and gases. Under the title of the state of matter, the box is there for pupils to draw a particle diagram of the solids, liquid or gas. The worksheet is designed to be filled out and discussed as a whole class activity, and then pupils use this to classify substances which are typically difficult to classify. E.g custard, jelly, sand etc.

A simple method for pupils to follow - designed for high ability year 8 group, but the images would allow for differentiation for lower ability groups. I have designed the worksheet just to give the simple method which will be used by pupils to determine which pen was used to write a 'mystery note'.

Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.1 Immunity & Immunisation. Any page references are for OUPs 'AQA GCSE Science&' book - ISBN 978-0-19-913583-7.

Scheme of Work, adapted from the AQA ELC spec and cross-referenced against the Spec for AQA science A core. Designed for a SEN class with MLD to cover science core over 2 years.

A tick-box worksheet designed as a plenary to cover the social, moral and economical issues surrounding genetic engineering / genetic modification. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

NEW GCSE 2016 NEW GCSE 2016 The heart & circulatory system - Based on the AQA Specification - this lesson covers: - the functions of the major parts of the heart. - dissection of a heart and identify these major parts. - linking the structure and functions of the heart and circulatory systems. This lesson includes: - Whole lesson (ppt file) - Starter activity and worksheets (adapted from a creative commons free resources on TES, thank you!)

Designed for SEN year 9 class, but could be used for year 7 and 8 classes, also. Pupils match up the correct definition with the key word. Could be done as a cut and stick, or drawing a line.

Lesson and activities for AQAs B1.1 Bacterial and Viral diseases, designed for a SEN class with MLD.

Year 8 revision lesson on heating and cooling. Activities include splat, mini-whiteboards (keywords and definitions), bingo and a multiple choice quiz.

Students start by matching famous parents with famous children (most do get correct answers!). Then a discussion on how they did this an dhow characteristics are inherited. It touches on sexual and asexual reproduction through discussion on how different organisms reproduce. Good introduction to a topic. Please rate & comment.

Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.2 Carbon cycle. Any page references are for OUPs 'AQA GCSE Science&' book - ISBN 978-0-19-913583-7. With the animated ppt slides, I ask students to use mini-whiteboards to fill in names of carbon stores and processes as we go along.

Lesson plan and activities based around conditioned and innate behaviour. Includes true/false AfL plenary.

Lesson plan and activities covering useful microbes and conditions for microbial growth. Includes a simple practical activity around the rising of bread and the conditions needed for the growth of yeast cells.

Lesson plan and activities for year 8 food webs and feeding relationships. Contains a cut and stick activity which could be used for display purposes and/or peer assessment.

AQA As Biology 2011. A set of lungs will have to be requested before the lesson if you wish to carry out the demo (although it is not necessary to the lesson). I also use a cauliflower and cut it up as a model for the alveoli. Students could also critique this model to develop their HSW skills. This lesson is designed as one half of a double lesson. Please rate & comment as appropriate.