Thinking Skills - Science - Nottinghamshire County Council
To access materials for the lessons included in the table below click on the link.
| Strategy | Title | Topic | Written for | Materials | Teacher |
Mysteries | Why was Mr Jones' operation cancelled? | Microbes | Year 8 | D. Sandiford S Rees C Hayward | |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Why was Coy Carp Lake closed? | Water Pollution | Year 7 | D. Sandiford S Rees C Hayward | |
| Living Sources (read more about this strategy) | Eli’s day | Blood sugar control - insulin | KS4 | Jenny Whitham (Minster School) | |
Classifying | Animal behaviour | Animal behaviour | KS5 | Cards for categorising [Word 29KB] | Jenny Whitham (Minster School) |
| Question loop | Cell division | Cell division | KS5 | Question loop cards [Word 33KB] | Jenny Whitham (Minster School) |
Question Loop | Membranes | Cell membranes and transport across them | KS5 | Question loop cards [Word 39KB] | Jenny Whitham (Minster School) |
| Advance organiser (read more about this strategy) | Human Impact on the Environment | The Environment | KS4 | Card set [Word 33KB] | Jenny Whitham (Minster School) |
| Advance organiser (read more about this strategy) | Photosynthesis | Photosynthesis | KS4 | Card set [Word 37KB] | Jenny Whitham (Minster School) |
Classifying | How did the giraffe evolve? | Lamark v Darwin in explaining evolution | KS4 Biology | Cards for sorting [Word 33KB] | Jill Jackson & Jenny Whitham (Minster School) |
| Advance Organiser (read more about this strategy) | Biochemistry and cells | KS5 Year 12 | Cards [Word 52KB] | Jenny Whitham Minster School | |
| Audience and Purpose (read more about this strategy) | Which organism? | Living things | KS5 | Jenny Whitham Minster School | |
| Collective Memory (read more about this strategy) | Different cell have different functions | Differentiation | KS3 Year 7 | Collective memory diagram [Word 34KB] | Jenny Whitham Minster School |
| Collective Memory (read more about this strategy) | Heart and circulation 1 | To understand the structure and function of the heart | Year 10 | Dave Hemstock Carlton Le Willows | |
| Collective Memory (read more about this strategy) | Heart and circulation 2 | To understand the direction of blood flow around the body | Year 10 | Dave Hemstock Carlton Le Willows | |
| Collective Memory (read more about this strategy) | Top tips for exams | Exam preparation | KS3/4/5 | Collective memory diagram [Word 45KB] | Jenny Whitham. Minster School |
| Fortune Lines (read more about this strategy) | Life’s ups and downs | Predator/prey relationships | Key stage 3 | Graph and labels [Word 23KB] | Jenny Whitham. Minster School |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Heart and Circulation | What causes a heart attack? | Year 10 | Dave Hemstock Carlton Le Willows | |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Who died? | Factors affecting heart disease | KS4 | Mystery cards and teacher notes [Word 41KB] | Jenny Whitham. Minster School. |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Who killed Enzo? | Electricity | KS3 | Card set and overview of lesson [Word 37KB] | Matt Arnold Minster School |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Why didn’t James catch any fish? | Pollution, eutrophication. | KS3/4 | Card set [Word 29KB] | Jenny Whitham. Minster School. |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Why did Gary only catch two small fish? | Pollution | KS3/4 | Card set [Word 32KB] | Jill Jackson Minster School |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Why did the burglary fail? | Light and colour | KS3 | Mystery cards [Word 34KB] | Joy Cosslett and Jenny Whitham. Minster School. |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Why does Jane have to miss school? | Cystic fibrosis | KS5 | Jenny Whitham. Minster School. | |
| Mysteries (read more about this strategy) | Will Sarah take Ellie for the MMRjab? | Immunisation, making informed decisions, considering evidence. | Post SATs or KS4 | Jenny Whitham Minster School |
