'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on Biology required practicals. For each required practical there is an explanation of how to carry it out, a long answer question looking at getting students to write methods, a diagram / model to help students write a method and an answer to each question. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A slide on key vocabulary to do with practicals
4: A question looking at the osmosis required practical
5: A question looking at the photosynthesis required practical
6: A question looking at the sampling required practical
7: A question looking at the growing microbes required practical
8: A question looking at the plant tropisms required practical
9: A question looking at the reaction time required practical
10: A question looking at the plant tropisms required practical
11: A question looking at the decay required practical
12: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
13: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on pathogens & immunity. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question about Semmelweiss
4: A question on gonorrhoea
5: A question on Salmonella
6: A question on viral diseases
7: A question on fungal disease
8: A question on immunity
9: A question on vaccination
10: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
11: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the bacteria and yeast cells content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
Label a diagram of a bacteria and yeast cell
Outline the functions of bacteria and yeast organelles
Summarise the cell biology we have covered so far
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: A recall starter game
4: A paired questioning activity
5: Diagrams for students to annotate
6: A code breaker
7: An extension activity
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the specialised cells content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
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Name some specialised cells
Identify the features of specialised cells
Explain how the features of a specialised cell makes it good at its job
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: A comparing real life jobs to cell jobs starter activity
4: Information on a range of specialised cells
5: A information hunt and table for students to fill in
6: A scientific writing plenary activity
7: An extension activity
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This resource is a lesson and activities designed for KS3 students covering the plant and animal cells content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
Name the organelles of animal and plant cells
Describe the functions of cell organelles
Compare the structures of animal and plant cells
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: An organelles starter game
4: An organelle information hunt
5: A modelling activity for students to work through in groups
6: A multiple choice plenary activity
7: An extension activity
8: An optional home work activity
9: Instructions for students to make a game about cells
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This resource is a A Level Biology, genetics of living systems workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Mutations
Lac operon
The control of genetics
Body plans & homeobox genes
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This resource is a A Level Biology, nervous system workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Neurone structure
Sensory neurones
Resting potentials
Action potentials
Saltatory conduction
The synapse
The structure of the nervous system
Reflexes
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This resource is a A Level Biology, gas exchange systems workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Gas exchange in mammals
Gas exchange surfaces
Gas exchange in insects
Gas exchange in fish
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This resource is a A Level Biology, cell division workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
The cell cycle
Mitosis
Meiosis
The organization & specialization of cells
Stem cells
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This set of 4 lessons include content covering the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis and stem cells. There is also a work book and revision flash cards included
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This resource is designed to help students strengthen their understanding of cell structure and function through engaging literacy activities that promote reading, writing, and comprehension skills in science. This resource covers the following areas of middle school cell biology:
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Eukaryotes and prokaryotes
Animal cells and plant cells
Cell specialization
Cell differentiation
Microscopy
Culturing microorganisms
Diffusion
Osmosis
Active transport
Each of the 9 areas covered has 4 different types of activities that come as full A4 sheets, 2 per page and in black and white. The types of literacy activities include:
A basic literacy activity where students read a piece of key information. Then 3 questions for students to answer using what they have read.
A SPAG literacy activity. SPAG stands for spelling, punctuation & grammar. Students have to pick out issues as they read through the key information before answering questions based on the text they have read
A key word identification literacy activity. After students have read the text, they need to pick out 3 key words and explain why they think those key words are important before answering questions based on the text they have read
A literacy activity with a diagram. Next to the block of text, there is a diagram relating to it. This can help students visualize the concept and make connections to what they already know. There are then 3 short questions for students to answer on the text
A version of the literacy activity with answers to use with students
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This resource is a lesson and activities on the maintenance of a resting potential content in the new 2015 OCR A2 Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet which can be used throughout the lesson
3: A build a axon membrane activity
4: A literacy questioning activity
5 A micro teaching plenary activity
6: A homework activity
7: A key information literacy activity
8: A starter game
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the controlling body temperature content in the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A 6 mark question mark scheme construction task
4: A card sort
5: A summary plenary activity
6: A group discussion activity
7: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities introducing students to the concept of enzymes. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students trough the lesson
2: An information hunt activity
3: A card sort activity
4: A 6 mark question mark scheme construction task
5: A enzyme literacy activity
6: A denaturing enzymes SPAG activity
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the use of plant hormones content in the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lad students through the lesson
2: A starter game on plant auxin use
3: An information hunt on the use of ethene to ripen fruit
4: A group activity on gibberellins
5: A data analysis plenary question
6: Resources to carry out the plant hormones required practical
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the adrenaline & hormonal communication section of the new 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: An information hunt starter activity
4: An adrenaline dice game
5: A micro-teaching plenary activity
6: An adrenaline literacy activity
7: A hormonal control of cells activity
8: 2 videos showing how to carry out the modeling activities
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the biodiversity content of the new 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A pair questioning activity
4: A what effects biodiversity information hunt
5: A micro teaching plenary activity
6: Maintaining biodiversity student notes
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the mutations and variation content of the 2016 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A causes of mutations information search activity
4: An effects of variation dice game
5: A sheet for students to work through
6: A flipped learning activity
7: A group presentation activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the tissues, organs & how they come together to make organ systems content in the GCSE Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark, marking activity
3: A plant organs dice game
4: A tissues & organs model suggestion
5: An organs game
6: A 6 mark plenary question
7: A student summary sheet
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