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    Economic activity

    From agribusiness to viticulture—14 pages of vocabulary words related to farming and the economy, at a variety of levels, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Atoms, elements and compounds

    More than 80 vocabulary words, including definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Solar system

    More than 80 vocabulary words, from planetary bodies to gases, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Living organisms

    Nearly 100 biology vocabulary words, from anatomical terms to cell vocabulary, with definitions and contextual sentences.

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    Light and sound

    More than 100 words, from basic vocabulary to advanced terminology, with definitions and example sentences.

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    Health and safety

    This comprehensive wordlist contains more than 100 health and safety vocabulary words, from carbon monoxide to tetanus, with definitions and example sentences.

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    Your English: Word grammar: low

    There’s no need to feel low; Tim Bowen is here to lift your spirits with another dose of Word grammar.

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    The Stars, the Sun and the Moon

    How many years till the sun burns out? Why are stars like human beings? What has ‘wax’ got to do with the moon? Students learn the answers to these questions through pairwork, a listening exercise entitled ‘Under the Milky Way’, and two reading exercises entitled: ‘The sun’ and ‘Phases of ...

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    Life on Mars

    Students summarise a long essay on the topic: Is it possible that life evolved on Mars? They are then challenged to debate the topic in three different groups. A useful language box provides ideas to keep the debate going. A writing exercise then has students writing their own essay on ...

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    Bodies in orbit

    What keeps the moon up in the sky? Why is Pluto no longer a planet? Students practise making notes based on a teacher-led listening and find the answers to questions through listening. A third activity on ‘Dwarf planets’ tests students’ ability to remember and interpret what they have heard.

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    The planets

    These resources take a more in-depth look at the planets and contain a lesson plan, teacher’s notes and a PowerPoint presentation.

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    Introducing the planets

    These comprehensive resources introduce students to the wonders of the planets and include a fun information gap-fill game, a class activity about the planets and building a scale model of the solar system.

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    How to make your own question loop activities

    Use these teacher’s notes to create your very own question-loop activities for any topic you cover in class.

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    Question Loop Speaking Activity: Reproduction in plants and humans: Secondary

    Twenty-four question loops on a variety of reproduction vocabulary such as germinate, airborne and bulb for plants, zygote, placenta and umbilical cord for humans.

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    Question Loop Speaking Activity: Energy and electricity: Secondary

    Twenty-seven question loops that focus on nouns and verbs connected with generating energy, saving energy and energy problems.

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    Question Loop Speaking Activity: Water: Secondary

    Twenty-five question loops on key verbs, nouns and adjectives connected with water in our everyday lives.

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    Question Loop Speaking Activity: Circulation and digestion: Secondary

    Twenty-four question loops on specialist anatomical vocabulary connected with the process of circulating blood, medical conditions such as angina and thrombosis and the organs involved when digesting food.

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    Electricity: An introduction

    A comprehensive set of resources looking at electricity. The first reading text, ‘Electricity and magnetism’, introduces the various pieces of the electromagnetism jigsaw. The second reading text tells of the indomitable spirit of Michael Faraday whose love of science helped him overcome all the adversity of being poor and downtrodden ...

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    Physics: An introduction

    ‘People have always wondered why things behave the way they do’ … this lesson plan looks at how our stories about how the world works have changed with the development of physics. ‘Physics - the new science fiction’ is the second reading text in the form of a report on ...

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    Chemistry: An introduction

    Students are introduced to this central science via a reading text and learn about three developments that give us the definition of chemistry: fire, the nature of matter itself, and Mendeleev’s all important table. A second reading text looks at the type of careers available to a chemistry student. Listening ...