PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on biodiversity and waste management for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Decay and Biogas (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12646900)
Content Covered:
-Biodiversity meaning and importance
-Recap of interdependence
-Effect of human activity on biodiversity
-Population increase
-Air pollution
-Land pollution
-Water pollution
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on specialised cells for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Leads on to Stem Cells: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/stem-cells-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12317132
Content Covered:
Specialised cells
Muscle, nerve and sperm cells
Xylem, phloem, root hair and guard cells
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant cell organisation for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Leads on to Transpiration and Translocation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/transpiration-and-translocation-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12342331
Content Covered:
Plant cell organisation
Leaf tissues (epidermal, mesophyll, xylem and phloem)
Meristems
Plant cell structure
Specialist plant cells
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Plant cell organisation lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12863539
Plant cell organisation revision lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903755
Photosynthesis lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953622
Rate of photosynthesis lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954106
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on adrenaline and thyroxine for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Related topic the Endocrine System: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12362835
Content Covered:
Adrenaline regulation of the flight or fight response
Thyroxine regulation of metabolism
Negative feedback graphs
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant diseases and defences for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Related topic Photosynthesis: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12359219
Content Covered:
Symptoms of plant diseases
Diagnosing plant diseases
Barrier, mechanical and chemical defences
Mineral deficiencies
Pests
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New! Lessons on Plant Disease for GCSE Biology
Plant disease and defences: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12949241
Revision lesson topics 1-4 Rose black Spot Case Study: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953529
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on exchanging substances in biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Leads on to Active Transport: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/active-transport-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12335738
Content Covered:
Surface area to volume ratio
Gas exchange in the lungs
Nutrient uptake in the small intestine
Gas exchange in leaves
Gas exchange in gills
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on photosynthesis for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Related topic Respiration: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12360359
Content Covered:
Photosynthesis reaction
Plant uses for glucose
Rate of photosynthesis and limiting factors
Ideal conditions for photosynthesis
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on respiration for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Next topic The Nervous System: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12361294
Content Covered:
Processes which use energy from respiration
Aerobic vs anaerobic respiration
Exercise
Anaerobic respiration in plants and yeast
Oxygen debt
Pulse and breathing rate
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the endocrine system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Related topic Adrenaline and Thyroxine: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12368302
Content Covered:
Glands of the endocrine system (pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries and testes)
Hormone vs. nervous responses
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the nervous system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Next topic The Brain: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12361785
Content Covered:
Parts of the nervous system
Neurons
Synapses
Reflexes
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New! Nervous system lesson GCSE Biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960383
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the respiratory system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Leads on to Circulatory System: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/circulatory-system-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12340179
Content Covered:
Thorax anatomy (lungs, diaphragm, bronchus, bronchioles, alveoli)
Gas exchange in the body
Calculating breathing rate
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New! Lungs lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12866802
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant hormones for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Related topic Plant Disease: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12357901
Content Covered:
Ethene
Gibberellin
Auxins
Phototropism and geotropism
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on competition and adaptation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Competition for resources
-Structural adaptation
-Behavioural adaptation
-Functional adaptation
-Adaptation of microorganisms
-Interdependence
-Stable communities
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food chains and trophic levels for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Food chains and food webs
-Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers
-Biomass
-Predators and prey
-Trophic levels
-Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
-Apex predators
-Predator/prey cycles
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food security and farming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Pyramids of Biomass (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627)
Content Covered:
-Definition of food security
-Factors affecting food security
-Population increase
-Diet and importing food
-Impact of war on food security
-Environmental change
-New pests and pathogens
-Cost of farming
-Sustainable farming and efficient food production
-Bioethics: restricting the movement of farm animals for more efficient production of food
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on pyramids of biomass and biomass transfer for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Why food chains are short
-Loss of biomass between trophic levels
-Loss of energy between trophic levels
-Pyramids of biomass and pyramids of numbers
-Calculating biomass loss between levels
-Calculating efficiency of biomass transfer between levels
-Drawing pyramids of biomass to scale
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New! Biomass Lesson GCSE Biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857063
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on decay and biogas for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Decomposers and scavengers
-Fertiliser production
-Rate of decay
-The effect of water availability, temperature, oxygen availability and decay organisms on rate of decomposition
-Examples of biomes and their impact on decomposition
-Aerobic and anaerobic decay
-Methane as a biofuel
-Generators (aka fermenters or digestors)
-Batch biogas generators and continuous biogas generators
-Inlets and outlets
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on biotechnology for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Food Security and Farming (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627)
Content Covered:
-Genetically engineering bacteria to produce human insulin
-Genetically engineering crops
-Producing meat substitutes from fungi (mycoprotein)
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New! Biotechnology lesson GCSE biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857082
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on microscopy for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource covers the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. There is a free accompanying resource covering the onion cell microscopy practical: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/microscopy-practical-onion-cells-12329755
Content Covered:
Light microscopes
Electron microscopes
Resolution vs magnification
Calculations
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New! Microscopy lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12829559
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on active transport for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Next topic Transpiration and Translocation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12342331
This task assumes that diffusion and osmosis have already been covered. Free resource available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/diffusion-and-osmosis-with-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12335213
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New! Active transport lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831984