KS4 CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS (iGCSE UNIT 1)
Power point slides to deliver the unit of classification and characteristics of living organisms for GCSE Biology (60 slides approx.). It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) but it can be easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in 7 parts:
Characteristics of living organisms
Classification.
Kingdoms
Viruses
Animals.
Plants
Keys.
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I use this resource to teach the basics for paper 5 for 9700 Biology A Level. I teach this over 3 full hour lessons or a bit more. It includes:
Lesson 1 (slides 1-10): students learn how to plan an investigation.
Lesson 2 (slides 11-24): students learn about independent, dependent and controlled variables, describing the steps in an investigation, assessing risks and start the basic math skills for evaluating data by using statistics to include mean, range, interval…
Lesson 3 (slides 25-end): more statistics to include standard deviation, standard error and confidence intervals, error bars, t-test and tips to best evaluate their evidence and state a relevant conclusion.
The slides include some activities so that students can practice these skills.
I hope you find it useful.
Complete “Energy and Respiration” Unit for A-Level Biology.
Save time with this comprehensive power point presentation designed to cover the entire “Energy and Respiration” unit. Perfectly aligned with the Cambridge International (9700) syllabus, this resource is also easily adaptable to other A-Level Biology curricula.
What’s Included: detailed power point presentation covering every aspect of the topic.
* The Need for Energy.
* Aerobic Respiration.
* Mitochondrial Structure.
* Respiration Without Oxygen.
* Respiratory Substrates.
Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or need further information. I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback to continually improve this resource.
Other AL Biology resources for full units can be found below:
Meiosis and genetics (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/meiosis-and-genetics-al-unit-resources-12391932)
Natural selection and evolution (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/natural-selection-and-evolution-al-bio-12427319)
Gene Technology (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/al-biology-gene-technology-lesson-slides-12443552)
And revision resources:
Gene technology revision (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/a-level-biology-gene-technology-revision-12822624)
Planning investigations in paper 5 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/planning-investigations-al-biology-12779084)
Cellular respiration diagram (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cellular-respiration-12447401)
Past paper practice (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/al-biology-past-paper-practice-revision-12838609)
Power point slides I currently use to deliver fully the unit “Cell membrane and movement across the cell” for A level Biology. The slides follow Cambridge syllabus (9700) but they are easily adaptable to others.
The topic is divided in:
Intro: starter activity
Structure of membranes
Roles of the molecules in the membranes
Cell signalling
Movement of substances across membranes
Also included: unit notes for students to edit or use as revision notes.
All pictures have been sourced from creative commons or made by me.
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These slides can be used to teach fully the unit of “Organisms and their environment” following the CIE Cambridge syllabus for 0610/0970/0654/0973 Biology for 2023-2025 and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones, but it is easily adaptable to others. I usually teach the content to my students in 2 hours.
Key Features:
Syllabus and Checklist slide
Energy flows and food chains
Nutrient cycles for carbon and nitrogen
Population growth including the sigmoid curve
Also included: Student version with half-blank slides for students to fill it in and flashcards templates.
If you buy this presentation and you find it useful, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. In return, I can offer you a free resource of your choice or a compilation of end of unit exams. Just contact me in my Instagram account. Thanks a million!
Everything you need to deliver the unit of digestion for GCSE Biology (more than 90 slides, 3 WEEKS OF LESSONS!). It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610) and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones Third edition, but it is easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in 8 parts:
Definitions: flashcards with the vocabulary related to the unit.
Nutrients: includes deficiency diseases.
Balanced diet: includes some articles and related videos.
Malnutrition: obesity, HD, constipation, marasmus, kwashiorkor. Includes 4 revision activities
Mechanical digestion: includes care of teeth and 4 revision activities.
Digestive system: diagram to label and memorise.
Chemical digestion: includes 4 revision activities.
Absorption: ileum and colon. It includes 4 revision activities.
Revision slides with food tests, diagrams and activities for revision.
The slides have been prepared in power point . All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website. The power point is very easy to navigate for students to be able to use it for revision.
There are 3 more documents included:
Instruction for a digestive system poster that can be used as a project.
Diagram of digestive system and mouth for the students to label
Flashcards printable and editable version.
A revision WS with 2 activities based on past paper questions.
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This power point presentation follows the 9700 AS Biology Syllabus by CIE and the endorsed book by Jones, Fosbery, Taylor and Gregory (5th edition). The slides cover all the theoretical content for transport in plants and I currently use them with my year 12 group.
Slides include:
Brief explanation of transport needs and vascular system in plants.
Plan diagrams practice of leaves, stems and roots and adding labels. (also included in the activities’ power point)
Mechanism for water transport: cohesion-tension and mass flow
Mechanism for assimilates transport: active loading in phloem
Final slides: include 4 past paper multiple choice questions with answers.
Power point slides I currently use to deliver fully the unit “Gas exchange” for AS Biology. The slides follow Cambridge syllabus (9700) but they are easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in:
Intro: starter activity
Gas exchange: adaptations outline.
The lungs: structure
Warming and cleaning the air
The alveoli: adaptations
Some activities to check student’s understanding also included at the end with some past paper multiple choice questions
Notes in word document and the slides with blanks for students added as token.
If you buy these resources and you find them useful, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. In return, I can offer you a free resource of your choice or a compilation of end of unit exams. Just contact me in my Instagram account. Thanks a million!
Everything you need to deliver a unit of nutrition for Year 8. Easily adaptable and suitable for Year 7 and 9, and for a distance learning approach.
The topic is divided in 8 parts:
Nutrients: lesson + mini plenary based on 5 questions.
Balanced diet: small discussion + lesson on nutritional deficiencies + plenary based on short research project.
Digestion and absorption: lesson + mini plenary based on an exit ticket
The human digestive system: labelling activity + mini plenary
Teeth: labelling activity + structure of a tooth + dental hygiene
Enzymes: lesson + plenary based on activities with differentiation.
End of unit questions: 3 activities
Revision: 35 minutes of revision activities + slides to check the proper answers. It can be used as a revision or assessment
Coincides with Cambridge Checkpoint textbook/scheme of work, but can be used alongside any other SOW.
There are two documents with the relevant images for printing.
There is a revision worksheet with the main learning objectives.
All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website.
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Everything you need to deliver the unit “Inheritance” for GCSE Biology in power point slides with easy navigation. It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) for 2023-2025 and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones, but it is easily adaptable to others. A Checklist slide is included for students to use for their revision.
Key Features:
Chromosomes and cell division. Includes an outline of mitosis and meiosis
Inheriting genes: including genetic diagrams, codominance and sex linkage
Genes and protein synthesis
There is a final slide for students to prepare a diagram of the unit and this is in a pdf file ready to print
Also included: student version of the slides that my students use to fill the gaps.
If you buy this presentation and you find it useful, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. In return, I can offer you a free resource of your choice or a compilation of end of unit exams. Just contact me in my Instagram account. Thanks a million!
Power point slides I currently use to deliver fully the unit “The mitotic cell cycle” for AS Biology. The slides follow Cambridge syllabus (9700) but they are easily adaptable to others.
The topic is divided in:
Intro: starter activity
Growth and reproduction
Chromosomes
The cell cycle
Mitosis, includes some activities
The role of telomeres
The role of stem cells
Cancer
Some past paper multiple choice questions
Notes in word document added as token
If you buy these resources and you find them useful, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. In return, I can offer you a free resource of your choice or a compilation of end of unit exams. Just contact me in my Instagram account. Thanks a million!
Power point with a 1 hour lesson about gas exchange in humans, breathing mechanism and differences between inhaled and exhaled air. Aimed to GCSE biology students. It follows CIE syllabus.
Everything you need to deliver the unit of selection and evolution from A level Biology (more than 50 power point slides). It follows Cambridge syllabus (9700) but it is easily adaptable to others.
The topic is divided in 8 parts:
Variation
Natural selection.
Evolution
Artificial selection
Darwin-Wallace Theory of Evolution.
Species and speciation.
Molecular comparisons.
Extinctions.
There are two extra files:
Power point with a worksheet on “Sources of genetic variation” to complete the information in part 1.
A word document with a small project about endangered species to complete part 8.
Power point with revision questions for the unit with the answers.
All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website, some are my own diagrams.
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Everything you need to deliver the unit “Reproduction in humans” for GCSE Biology in power point slides with easy navigation. It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) for 2023-2025 and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones, but it is easily adaptable to others. A Checklist slide is included for students to use for their revision.
Key Features:
The human reproductive systems, including gametes.
Sexual hormones, including an outline of menstrual cycle.
Sexually transmitted infections
Bonus: You will also receive a separate PowerPoint version designed for students to complete with your guidance in the lessons. This hands-on approach ensures active participation and solidifies knowledge retention.
If you buy this presentation and you find it useful, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. In return, I can offer you a free resource of your choice or a compilation of end of unit exams. Just contact me in my Instagram account. Thanks a million!
This resource is designed to enhance Biology students skills in simple and serial dilutions.
Mastering dilution techniques is fundamental for paper 3, practical exam for CIE and these slides provide several examples for students to practice the most common ones.
They also gain hands-on experience through these slides as I provide them with the material needed to prepare the dilutions after working out the numbers.
I use this presentation in combination with “Practical skills booklet” so that they can also practice past paper questions and other required skills such as graphs and planning investigations.
I hope you find it helpful.
Power point slides I currently use to deliver fully the unit “DNA AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS” for AS Biology. The slides follow Cambridge syllabus (9700) but they are easily adaptable to others.
The topic is divided in:
Intro: starter activity
Structure of DNA and RNA
DNA replication
Genetic code - Features
Protein synthesis: the process
Gene mutations
4 past paper multiple choice questions and some questions/tasks in the different sections.
Power point student version (with blanks) added as token
If you buy these resources and you find them useful, I would be extremely grateful if you could leave a review. In return, I can offer you a free resource of your choice or a compilation of end of unit exams. Just contact me in my Instagram account. Thanks a million!
Everything you need to deliver the unit biomolecules of GCSE Biology (37 slides). It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610) and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones Third edition, but it is easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in 6 parts:
The importance of water
Carbohydrates
Lipids
Proteins
DNA
Food tests
Progress check: some slides contain revision activities for the different parts of the topic, some are based on the textbook.
The slides have been prepared in power point . All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website. The power point is very easy to navigate for students to be able to use it for revision.
There are 3 more documents included:
Assessment questions in word document.
Practical activity worksheet about diffusion and osmosis.
Power point with a short guidance for student to prepare a display for the unit/revision notes.
Please, DM me if you have any doubt. Constructive feedback would be much appreciated.
These are the slides I currently use to teach AS level Biology ENZYMES (more than 60 slides). Just updated for the 2025-27 syllabus.
It follows Cambridge syllabus (9700) but it is easily adaptable to others.
The topic is divided in 8 parts:
Intro: starter activity to refresh GCSE knowledge
What are enzymes?
Modes of action: lock and key, induced fit
Investigating an enzyme-catalysed reaction
Factors affecting enzymes.
Enzyme affinity; Vmax and Km
Inhibitors: competitive and non-competitive.
Immobilising enzymes
Some slides contain notes for extra guidance when teaching, some slides contain activities for students to practice for their exams,
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This is a Year 8 Science assessment based on past papers and activities from the unit of respiration that I have been using as end of unit test for the Exploring Science book. It is out of 40 marks. It includes a graph activity, labelling, fill in the gaps, etc.
Please, DM me if you have any doubt. Constructive feedback would be much appreciated.
This power point covers the Biology Unit for “Classification” following the Exploring Science Textbook for Year 7. Some of the terms covered are: classification, variation, hybrids, animal kingdom and plant kingdom.