No time to spare? Martin Blake supplies reasonably priced resources designed for science and supply teachers in the UK. Each lesson comes with everything you need to deliver, except, of course, you.
I teach the lessons I write, so follow me for regular updates to my catalogue.
No time to spare? Martin Blake supplies reasonably priced resources designed for science and supply teachers in the UK. Each lesson comes with everything you need to deliver, except, of course, you.
I teach the lessons I write, so follow me for regular updates to my catalogue.
A lesson on ethics of organ transplantation.
Objectives:
1. Understanding why organs are donated for transplant.
2. Considering the limitations of organ donation
a) Prior health issues including alcoholism and obesity
b) Supply of organs
3. Discussing and deciding whether a patient should receive a transplant.
Includes:
Lesson Plan
Supporting powerpoint
Activity where students judge patients for priority transplant based on information in the case.
Includes extension task at back of pack.
Matches spec ref: 4.2 Organisation (4.2.2.4) and old spec B3
This is part 2. See Artificial organs lesson for part 1. Dave is back and he's in trouble.
Learning Objectives:
Know what artificial blood is
Know some of the advantages and disadvantages of types of artificial blood
Know what a stent is, how it works, and its purpose.
Save Dave. Again.
Students continue to play the role of emergency doctor and think about artificial blood and how stents work.
Designed for Level 3 BTEC students studying disease and infection, this powerpoint includes the etiology and epidemiology of malaria. It contains a detailed look at the life cycle of Plasmodium, and considers why malaria is so difficult to treat.
A lesson on longitudinal waves for KS3 students in physics. They learn about sound waves, longitudinal waves, and then apply to P and S waves in seismic activity. Comes with a plan, powerpoint and relevant worksheets.
Learning Objectives
Be able to describe a longitudinal wave
Define the terms: rarefaction and compression and describe the properties of different types of waves.
Describe and explain a model of a longitudinal wave
A lesson for KS3 students or low level GCSE, introduces the concept of atoms, charge, how charges can be transferred, and some of the risks associated with charged materials.
Lesson comes fully planned (just follow the ppt), and includes an activity with a plasma ball (if you've got one; if not, just leave it out!). There's a link to a youtube video called electric graffiti in the ppt as well (it's 14 min long but worth it, the students always like watching it).
NB: I deliberately avoided using the Van der Graaf generator, as I wanted to save it for GCSE.
Learning Objectives:
To recall structure of atom
To describe how charges can be transferred
To describe and explain the risks and precaution of using charge
A fun and interesting lesson, which looks at mass, weight, and gravity.
It comes with a data analysis starter, and includes a few videos for free (including Apollo 11 moon landing, Apollo 16 feather and hamemr, and Brian Cox in a vacuum chamber). These videos are also available on youtube if the files don’t work.
A powerpoint covering the specification points for Hooke’s law including:
material deformation terms
Hooke’s Law equation and application
Force Constant
series and parallel spring constant equation
Force Extension graphs
Technique for Force extension characteristics in springs
Area under graph = Work Done
A lesson powerpoint for students doing Edexcel 9-1, though it is transferable.
Covers Alpha and Beta- decay with explanation, examples, and practice equations.
8 pretty, fully animated powerpoints with detailed notes, examples, and practice questions tied to the OCR A specification covering Forces in Action from Module 3.
A lesson with lots of board tasks to prepare students for either an end of unit test or revision for the final exams.
Each set of tasks attempts to tackle a small number of the Edexcel 9-1 specification statements for radioactivity.
Useful to spot gaps, and also to fill them in.
I found the lesson went extremely fast.
All the tasks are timed appropriately with a disappearing clock.
Thrill your students with a fun and weird quiz of 5 sets of 10 questions. There is a printable boardgame you can choose to use to support the quiz, and each question has a spooky, terrifying, or downright silly setting to engage.
The topics are:
Hell in a cell - cell biology
Scared to death - nervous and endocrine systems
Eerie evolution - adaptation and evolution
Diabolical disease - microbes and health
Predatory plants - plant reproduction and transport
Have fun, please comment, and don't forget - triffids aren't real.
A pair of powerpoint resources to support AS Physics OCR A - covers all specification points
Includes:
Potential difference (equation, SI base units, concept, questions)
Electromotive Force (equation, SI base units, concept, comparison with p.d, questions)
A physics lesson on Work done and Gravitational Potential Energy with a supporting worksheet and answers. AQA, OCR, EDEXCEL
Objectives:
Be able to use and rearrange the equation for “Work Done”
Be able to calculate Gravitational Potential Energy in a lifted object
Be able to use the correct units
The worksheet is differentiated with scaled questions and a challenge problem.
This behaviour flowchart was designed for a specific school behaviour policy, however it can be easily adapted to suit.
The important thing is it’s kept as simple as possible.
Useful for teachers who can find confusing behavioural policies a bit much in the heat of the moment, and don't have phone numbers to hand on their mobile.
A lesson on payback time and insulation methods in the home for GCSE Physics AQA
Objectives:
Be able to outline methods of insulation
Describe R-value
Calculate Payback Time
What you get for your buck:
A supporting powerpoint
Example calculations (on ppt)
A worksheet with a challenge question
A straightforward lesson with a puzzle starter for teaching the reaction of acids on limestone.
Includes:
a lesson plan
a supporting powerpoint
a method sheet for the practical
The puzzle title is "the effect of acid rain on limestone statues and buildings"
For OCR Applied Science A-level - Working Waves External Assessment unit G635.
In this pack is a large (very large) powerpoint covering each statement in the specification (one statement per slide generally). The optical fibre stuff gave me a headache so apologies if I'm missing anything.
I've also included some exam questions interspersed with the relevant markschemes for revison purposes, taken from Exam papers 2011 to 2014.
For OCR Applied Science at A-level.
G622 Monitoring the Activity of the Human Body
Revision Booklets
Part 1:
Structure and function of the circulatory system
Part 2:
Structure and Function of the respiratory system
Part 3:
Respiration in Energy Terms
Part 4:
Physiological Measurements
Part 5 in progress.
How to plan a 1hr science lesson:
NB/ Note for the wary. This is how I do it. It’s not the only way. I used this resource to support trainee teachers to develop their lesson structure and provide a rough guide to how a lesson evolves to the end. They seemed happy.
Included is a breakdown of the different stages of a lesson following the principle of:
Starter
Guided Learning
Guided Practice
Independent Practice
Plenary
Each stage is explained with do’s and don’ts
A sample lesson plan template
A Lesson Plan Checklist.