Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. febolearning@gmail.com
Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. febolearning@gmail.com
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on 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. Leads on to Enzymes: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/enzymes-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12345968 and Plant Cell Organisation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plant-cell-organisation-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12315439
Content Covered:
Hierarchy of cell organisation from cell to organism
Glandular, muscle and epithelial tissue
The digestive system
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NEW: Cell organisation lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12842264
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on gas exchange for A-Level biology for teaching and revision. Key points from GCSE are recapped in the presentation.
Content Covered:
Gas exchange in humans
Inspiration and expiration
Gas exchange in fish
Gas exchange in insects
Gas exchange in plants
Xerophytes
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ introductory lesson on the Nervous system. In this lesson pupils will describe different parts of the nervous system, explain how synapses connect neurons and explain response co-ordination from stimulus to response. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
There is a free revision lesson for the Reaction Times Required Practical available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12963365
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Comprehension questions
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Order the steps
-Handout sheet task
-Identification task
Extension task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Reflexes https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12967732
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on DNA, protein synthesis and mutations 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 Reproduction: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12376794
Content Covered:
DNA structure
Protein synthesis
Human genome mapping
Mutations (insertions, deletions and substitutions)
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on xylem and phloem for A-Level biology for teaching and revision. Key points from GCSE are recapped in the presentation.
Content Covered:
Xylem and phloem
Transpiration
Cohesion-Tension theory
Rate of transpiration
Potometers
Translocation
Mass flow hypothesis
Autoradiography
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PowerPoint presentation on metabolism and homeostasis 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.
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New! Homeostasis lesson GCSE biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960089
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the work of the monk Gregor Mendel 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 Variation and Selective Breeding: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12547790
Content Covered:
Overview of Mendel’s work
First and second generation crosses
Relating Mendel’s work to later discoveries
-See also “Genetic Diagrams” https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12974524
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on global warming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-What is global warming?
-Sea levels rising
-More frequent extreme weather
-Loss of biodiversity
-Changes in species distribution
-Natural greenhouse effect
-Climate change caused by human activity
-Carbon dioxide and methane
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on antibiotic resistance 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 Evolution (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498)
Content Covered:
-Emergence of resistant strains by mutation
-Population growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria through natural selection
-Misuse of antibiotics
-Development of new antibiotics
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on abiotic and biotic factors 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 Competition and Adaptation (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12635825)
Content Covered:
-Types of abiotic factors
-Adaptation to abiotic factors
-Effect of changes in abiotic factors
-Effect of abiotic factors on plants
-Changes in biotic factors and the effect on an ecosystem
-Examples of cane toads and grey squirrels
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on speciation 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 Evolution (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498)
Content Covered:
-Definition of a species
-Isolated populations
-Geographical isolation
-The work of Alfred Russel Wallace
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on environmental change 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 Chains and Trophic Levels (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12636420)
Content Covered:
-Meaning of distribution of organisms
-Environmental changes causing distribution changes
-Types of environmental changes
-Examples of how temperature, soil composition, pollution and water availability can lead to distribution changes
-Seasonal factors, geographic factors and human activity
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the water cycle for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Evaporation and transpiration
-Condensation and cloud formation
-Precipitation
-Overview of the water cycle
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on genetic 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 Inherited Disoders: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12405728
Content Covered:
Alleles
Homozygous and heterozygous
Both types of genetic diagram covered in the course with practice questions and worked examples
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Meiosis Slides and Worksheet (GCSE Biology AQA). PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on meiosis 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.
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on X and Y chromosomes 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.
Content covered:
X chromosomes and Y chromosomes
Meiosis and fertilisation
Introduction to genetic diagrams using X and Y chromosomes as an example
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the menstrual cycle. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the menstrual cycle, explain what contraception is and give examples.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task (recall from previous units)
-Group reading task
-Keywords task (vocabulary: periods, menstrual cycle, hormones, ovulation and contraception)
-Order the steps of the menstrual cycle
-Task boxes
-Note copying task
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson Flowers and Pollination https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12656944
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on adolescence. In this lesson students will learn how to explain the difference between adolescence and puberty and to identify physical changes which happen in male and female bodies.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task (recall from previous units)
-Group reading task
-Keywords task (vocabulary: adolescence, puberty, hormones, ovaries and testes)
-Task boxes
-True or False task
-Sorting task
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson Reproductive Systems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12656038
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the development of a fetus. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the structures found in the uterus during pregnancy and explain what happens during gestation and birth.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task (recall from previous units)
-Group reading task
-Keywords task (vocabulary: reproduction, egg cell, sperm cell and urethra)
-Handout sheet task
-Task boxes
-Putting the stages of labour into order
-Recall questions for the unit so far
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson The Menstrual Cycle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12977268
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on observing cells using a light microscope. In this lesson students will learn how to describe what a cell is, explain how to use a microscope to look at cells and calculate the total magnification of a microscope.
These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
Title slide with learning objectives
Starter task (pair and share)
Group reading task (literacy)
Keywords activity (Vocabulary: cell, observation, organism, microscope and magnification)
Task boxes
Handout sheet task
Ordering the steps of using a m
icroscope task
Numeracy task
All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable. Onion cells practical slides and handout sheet are included.
Leads to Plant and Animal Cells (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650214)
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