PAPER 2 REVISION (Edexcel A-level bio B)

This detailed and engaging lesson supports students with their revision in the build up to their PAPER 2 mocks or final assessment. The wide range of tasks and activities will challenge students on their knowledge and understanding of the content of topics 1 - 4 and 8 - 10 of the Edexcel A-level biology B specification, allowing them to identify those areas which require further attention before the examinations.

Included in the range of tasks are exam-style questions and understanding checks and all answers are embedded into the PowerPoint. As shown in the cover image, there are several quiz rounds to maintain engagement and to encourage healthy competition, as well as guided discussion periods to provide opportunities for students to support each other.

The following content is directly covered by this revision lesson:

Directional, disruptive and stabilising selection
Saltatory conduction
The structure of neurones
Depolarisation and the initiation of an action potential
Hardy-Weinberg principle
The Founder effect and population bottlenecks
Genetic terminology
Codominance
Sex linkage and autosomal linkage
Chi squared test
Myoglobin vs haemoglobin
Succession
The sympathetic and parasympathetic divisions of the ANS
The control of heart rate
The functions of the different parts of the brain

This is an extensive lesson with many tasks so it is estimated that it will take over 3 hours of teaching time if covered in full, but teachers may choose to use sections to focus on a specific topic.

If the students find this lesson useful, there is also a PAPER 1 REVISION lesson uploaded which challenges the content of topics 1 - 7.