Two lessons split for the required practical, differentiated sheets available and practical worksheet

Aimed at a mixed ability year 9 class Worksheets are from TES Starter Activity Answer starter questions Main – Go through state symbols, make a note of what each means Explain the conservation of mass – need to write down the defintions Stretch: why do some reactions appear to gain/lose mass Go through steps on how to balance equations. Supporting worksheets to build up. Make sure there is an emphasis on what the ‘big’ and ‘little’ numbers mean. Do examples at each step, then get students to complete the rest Extension sheet of harder equations to balance for students flying through Plenary Plenary – make rules for balancing equations

aimed at a mixed ability year 9 class Starter Activity Match key words to definitions – go through answers Main – Students watch demo of fractional distillation. Explain uses/whats happening at each point. Students the write an explaination of how they can obtain pure ethanol Set up chromatography experiment, whilst waiting for it to develop write a step by step method for the practical.  Go over basics, this will be revisited as chromatography is a required practical. Plenary Tweet one thing they have learnt today

Aimed at KS3 students. This lesson recaps KS2 prior knowledge on the structure of a plant. Before moving onto KS3 content about structure and function of parts of the plant, followed by a plant dissection, accompanied by worksheets.

Suitable for KS3 Includes: Recall starter Pure and impure including particle diagrams Pure and impure boiling points practical investigation to investigate purity

Aimed at a low ability class. Starter Activity Stick in objective sheets for this topic. Starter question what makes each person different. Extension task: why do we look different Main – Literacy task, focus on the key word variation: write a definition, then write their own sentence using it, then draw a picture to show the key word also Draw a venn diagram and decide if the variation is genetic, environmental or both. Highlight what genetic means Go through answers and discuss why students have put it there Think, pair, share, what similarities and differences would twins have if they were separated at birth Answer questions about twins using data provided Plenary Recap tick grid, which features are due to the environment, genes or both

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Aimed at a low ability class Starter Activity Pictures of animals with the albinism mutation, students decide if they think this is beneficial or not and explain their answer Main – Think pair share for one minute to discuss the word mutation. Then do a vocab lab for the definition Fill in the blanks about mutations, print for LA students Watch video about Charles darwins natural selection. Then cut and stick the statements into order to describe natural selection. Green pen mark Explain how the lion is adapted and how these adaptations are beneficial. Complete exam questions. Extension question available on powerpoint. Plenary Mark exam question

Aimed at a low ability class Starter Activity why do we breed different types of dog Extension: how do we do this Main – Watch the video, then students to write their own idea of what selective breeding is from the video Give students information from slides, students then make a flow chart to show how a cow could be selectively bred for a high milk yield Use ipads to find out about different dog breeds and why we selectively breed them Extension: are there any other animals/plants we selectively breed and why Plenary As a class put the statements on the board in order to explain selective breeding of wolves

Aimed at foundation students targets of level 4 Starter: differentiated bronze/silver/gold starter based on previous lessons in the topic, answers on following slide Main: Watch video, write a list of as many problems form global warming think, pair, share: what is a a carbon footprint - write defintion discuss what the different countries of the world are trying to do to combat global warming Students fill in an information sheet from what they have learnt, differentiated extension questions with answers if students complete Plenary: higher or lower, interactive, do you think the following country has a higher or lower level of renewable energy use

Aimed at foundation students. targets of level 4 Information about how the earths atmosphere was created, then a story board for students to fill in using questions from the version on the board. Extension questions included to challenge students extension sheet if students finish. 6 mark question on this topic for students to practice exam technique as a plenary

Starter: differentiated starter questions with answers Main: Discussion which water from the pictures would you rather drink. Define: potable water Carry out required practical answer questions green pen, self assess questions discuss why water is so important. Complete worksheet to show how potable water is made (differentiated worksheets)

C12 - the earths resources summary sheet Aimed at students with targets of level 4’s page numbers are from CGP foundation revision guide

Aimed at low ability KS4 students, targets of level 3/4 Starter: Differentiated synoptic questions linking to B8 photosynthesis. Main: match up key words, then link key words to food chain. differentiated 6 mark question. Broken down 6 mark question to build confidence, focusing on key words. Bronze/silver supportive sheets Gold students just answer the question. Plenary: Mark scheme on powerpoint for students to mark and improve their answer.

aimed at students with targets of level 4 page numbers refer to pages in CGP foundation revision guide

complete paper one revision. Aimed at low ability foundation students. Inspired by Dr Edmunds Booklets include fact sheets for each topic, each fact sheet has page numbers from the CGP foundation revision guide for support. There are answers for these fact sheets for students to check their answers. Each topic also has a page of exam questions for students to practice their knowledge. answers for these are in the back of the booklets Hopefully will be of help. Any feedback welcome :)

Complete paper one chemistry revision Inspired by Dr Edmunds Each section has a fact sheet to fill in, page numbers are highlighted from the foundation revision CGP booklet. Facts are based on the level 4 requirements from the kerboodle scheme of work. The booklet contains the answers to the fact sheets there are then practice questions with answers for each section

Aimed at a mixed ability year 9 class Starter Activity C2 retrieval practice questions – go through the answers. Stick in objective sheets for this topic Main – Think pair share – what is the blood made up of? Go through answers, show students a photomicrograph of the different cells Students then use the handout to make a grid of the function of the different parts of the blood. Extension questions at the bottom to challenge level 4+ students Go through answers, ensure everybody knows key function for each type of cells Six mark question – students have ten minutes to answer questions. Then green pen mark Watch a video of a blood donation, have a mini debate – would you give blood? Plenary Plenary key questions to answer