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Michelle Heelis

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Experienced science teacher - 15 years of teaching. Commissioned resource author. Copy editor. Prefer active student-led activities and so tend to design accordingly. Save yourself heaps of planning time, for as little as £1.00. Funds generated from the sales of resource helps pay for the software and apps used to create my resources.

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Experienced science teacher - 15 years of teaching. Commissioned resource author. Copy editor. Prefer active student-led activities and so tend to design accordingly. Save yourself heaps of planning time, for as little as £1.00. Funds generated from the sales of resource helps pay for the software and apps used to create my resources.
Thermal Transfer Bookmarks for keywords
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Thermal Transfer Bookmarks for keywords

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A very handy way getting students used to the terminology of the topic. Keywords and definitions provided. If correctly placed in the exercise book students can have access to it without flipping backwards through their books to find it. This is a double sided bookmark to be glued in on any page on the far left hand side of the left hand page - instructions for the best way of using these are on page 3 of the document.
Energy Transfers Differentiated Crosswords
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Energy Transfers Differentiated Crosswords

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Easy to read crossword puzzle to either introduce or reinforce thermal transfer and energy transfers. I will be using them as a starter with my Year 10s for AQA Oxbox P1.12 lesson but they are very generic. They are also suitable for KS3 higher sets. If you have the old Physics4you books students can use the cartoons and text on page 8. A differentiated crossword with some of the keywords is also provided to allow low ability students to access them. I would suggest printing side by side in A5 size.
SEN Greenhouse Gas / Global Warming Jigsaw Puzzle
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SEN Greenhouse Gas / Global Warming Jigsaw Puzzle

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Apologies, this is a crude jigsaw but it works very well as an activity with SEN or low ability students. It is a 2 page jigsaw puzzle based upon a diagram of the Earth and atmosphere. Very easy to put together, but forces students to interact with the diagram. To extend you could ask students to write a short paragraph to explain.
Conduction Literacy Activity
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Conduction Literacy Activity

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Lesson in a box! This lesson and resources is for KS4 but can be used with a higher ability set KS3 group. The lesson focus is on conduction but also teaches students how to take notes with the Cornell Notes system. Everything is ready to go. I have not uploaded the one worksheet due to copywrite but it is the AQA Nelson Thornes P1.3 if anyone needs it.
Forces Yr 7 Less.6 - Speed
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Forces Yr 7 Less.6 - Speed

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Quick and easy, ready-to-go lesson. Has students focusing on skills and maths behind understanding speed. L3 – I can say what speed is L4 – I can also say what, thinking distance, braking distance and stopping distance L5 – I can measure, distance, time and calculate an average speed. L6 - I can also spot any anomalous results and know how to deal with them.
Lime Cycle - AQA Oxbox Literacy Resource
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Lime Cycle - AQA Oxbox Literacy Resource

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This is a lesson plan and associated worksheets suitable for foundation level students. For those unfamiliar with the graphic organiser, once students have filled in their sections they need to use their notes to compile a piece of text. YOU WILL NEED ACCESS TO OXBOX CHEMISTRY BOOKS.
Plant Cell Jigsaw
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Plant Cell Jigsaw

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Jigsaw puzzle of a simple plant cell. Good to use as a starter or as a re-enforcing activity for SEN students. The two folders contain (1) the jigsaw (2) the completed diagram
BTec Humans and Environment SEN
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BTec Humans and Environment SEN

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Students use the literature to make notes and then rewrite it using the connectives. I have found this an extremely effective way of teaching them to extract relevant information from text and rewriting it in their own words.
Insulating Materials and HSW Skills
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Insulating Materials and HSW Skills

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Everything you need for a lesson on insulation that incorporates work on calculating means and drawing conclusions. Students carry out an investigation on insulation material using different materials around beakers of hot water.
Particles, states of matter, lesson in a box SOLO
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Particles, states of matter, lesson in a box SOLO

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A lesson ready to go designed as the first lesson of the topic. Workstation circus to discover the properties of s,l,g. Followed by a short worksheet directly related. For those using SOLO taxonomy the levels and homework are clearly identified. Homework labels just need to be printed and students can select the level they wish to do. Multistructural - Lower ability Relational - standard Extended abstract - higher
Marking aid for thermal transfer - Target stickers
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Marking aid for thermal transfer - Target stickers

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For use with Thermal Transfer. A set of labels to be printed off with student targets. I use these as a marking aid for target setting at the end of each topic. Students then use the following lesson to do the individual target tasks that have been set. Ofsted sorted!
Forces Yr 7 Less.1 - Introduction - Differentiated
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Forces Yr 7 Less.1 - Introduction - Differentiated

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Lesson 2 can be found here http://www.tes.co.uk/teaching-resource/Forces-Yr-7-Less-2-Friction-6347935/ The first lesson of this SoW, follow the link for lesson 2. Designed to encourage students to work with peers and consists of 3 similar, but differentiated activities and is great for a mixed ability or setted groups. The lesson plan is detailed enough to give all the information you need. I usually use this as a the introduction to year 7 Forces.