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The Weather - Hurricane Katrina
A Key Stage 3 geography role play, examining weather and climate conditions during the build up and arrival of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, 2005.
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Inspirational Speeches
A fun secondary lesson idea, where Year 7 English students construct their own inspirational speeches. Suitable for Key Stage 3.
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Thermit Reaction in Chemistry
A lesson planning resource for Year 9 chemistry lessons, centred on getting pupils to use their knowledge of the reactivity series as part of an active lesson involving a safe version of the thermit reaction.
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Conservation of Mass
Three lesson planning ideas for short, snappy chemistry experiments for Key Stage 3 lessons, designed to help pupils explore the principle of conservation of mass.
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Indicators in Chemistry
A lesson planning resource for Key Stage 3 chemistry lessons on investigating colour change and indicators, including ideas for fun experiments using alkalis and acids.
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How Many Peas Fill the Classroom?
This fun and active maths lesson for Key Stage 3 students involves measuring, estimating and calculating, and contains a great lesson idea for use in lesson planning.
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Fibonacci Numbers
This planning resource for lessons explaining and investigating Fibonacci numbers for Key Stage 3 mathematics students in Year 7, shows how to make the maths lesson fun and engaging.
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Accuracy of Measurements
An unusual and active lesson planning idea for teaching Key Stage 3 pupils about making accurate measurements, in this secondary mathematics resource.
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Straight-line Graphs
A planning idea for turning lessons on using graphs and gradients into practical activities to help pupils understand the concepts, in this secondary Key Stage 3 mathematics resource.
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Kung Fu Physics
Using martial arts to explore physics, Year 9 pupils investigate energy and forces to see if theoretically they could break a piece of wood with a punch, in a fun idea to use in lesson planning.
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Physics - The Cartesian Diver
The classic Cartesian Diver physics experiment gets re-worked as a magic trick, to help a Year 7 class explore pressure and density, in this fun idea for transforming classroom practice.
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Physics - Radiation Officer
A secondary physics teacher uses role play to liven-up her KS4 lesson on radiation and smoke alarms, by dressing up as a radiation officer, in this engaging pedagogy video.
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GCSE English - My Last Duchess
A KS4 English lesson which helps the students connect with Robert Browning's My Last Duchess is examined in this video, aimed at helping teachers with their planning.
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GCSE Maths - Team Challenge
A KS4 GCSE maths revision lesson that is used as a means of assessing students' understanding of a recently completed module of work.
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Combating Cyberbullying
This KS2-KS4 lesson-planning resource shows the impacts of cyberbullying and how children can become cyberbullies. It supports Every Child Matters and addresses human health and safety, and personal and social skills.
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GCSE History: Apartheid and Nazi Germany
Innovative history lesson ideas on a selection of topics covering the GCSE curriculum, including Key Stage 4 European and world history, are demonstrated by three teachers in this lesson-planning resource.
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Secondary Science in Practice
Challenge Key Stage 3/4 pupils by taking them out of the classroom to see science in practice. Secondary school teacher and local authority adviser Mary Muggridge presents three great ideas for science day trips.
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Secondary History and Art
Discover inspirational Key Stage 3/4 lesson ideas, with art and history day trips including visits to a Roman museum and a warship.
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From Farm to Fork
This design and technology (D&T) lesson-planning resource presents three inspirational food technology lesson ideas, using learning outside of the classroom to instil in Key Stage 3/4 students a passion for food.
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