Popular resources for Biology students of GCSE, AS, A Level, BTEC and Access to Science courses.
From cell biology to genetics, the resources include PPT quizzes and comprehensive whole unit booklets.
Popular resources for Biology students of GCSE, AS, A Level, BTEC and Access to Science courses.
From cell biology to genetics, the resources include PPT quizzes and comprehensive whole unit booklets.
Microbiology booklet for Access and similar courses covering:
Shapes of bacteria
Growth of bacteria in the lab
Gram positive and negative bacteria
Antibiotics
Aseptic Techniques
Genetics Revision for Access and A level courses
9 Pages of a revision booklet to complete covering Genetics vocabulary, inheritance and protein synthesis.
Embryo development and cell differentiation for A Level/ Access/ HND
35 PPT slides which cover the stages of embryo development, cell differentiation and stem cells.
BTEC Biology and the Environment: Genetic diseases PPT and Hand-out
Hand out of 11 pages with tasks to complete
PPT of 19 slides covering tasks, activities and information on Genetic diseases
1. Microscopes: Labelling of light microscopes and difference between light and electron microscopes.
Includes a sort activity and answers for the difference between light and electron microscopes.
2. Cell Biology: Contains quiz questions, a card sort and questions and answers for specialised cells.
3. Mitosis: A PowerPoint containing 41 slides including stages of Mitosis, card sorts, match up tasks and extension activities.
4. The cell membrane and cell transport
Includes diagrams of the plasma membrane to label, with answers,,
Functions of components of the cell membrane,
Cell transport, including diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport and osmosis,
Isotonic, hypertonic and hypotonic comparison table to complete with answers.
Contains a focus on water potential.
5. Specialised cells and types of tissues: Students are asked to give the adaptations of a sperm cell, ovum and palisade cell; answers are given. It also looks at cells of the airways and root hair cells in more detail.A comparison table for different tissue types is provided for students to complete, full answers are given.
6. A 2 page summary of the differences between Mitosis and Meiosis for students to fill in as well as a summary of Meiosis.
7. Mitosis, meiosis, inheritance and an introduction to cancer terminology
This booklet contains 30 pages for students to complete covering the following topics:
Purposes of mitosis
Key stages and importance of the stages of mitosis
Meiosis
Purposes of meiosis
Key stages of meiosis
Comparison of mitosis and meiosis
Stem cells and Cell differentiation
Practice punnet squares covering monohybrid and dyhybrid crosses, as well as crosses for dominant and recessive disease, co-dominance and sex linked conditions including calico cats.
Contains examples for haemophilia, colour blindness and co-dominance of blood groups.
Also contains Chi-squared practice.
KS3 : Cells, microbes, food chains, ecology, animal behaviour, populations . . .
1. Alexander Fleming,
2. Bread making using yeast
3. Edward Jenner
4. Famous microbiologists and fermentation H/W
5. Louis Pasteur
6. The Black Death handout
7. The black Death PPT
8. Bacterial reproduction PPT and Task
9. 11 PPT slides covering:
Animal communication
Imprinting
Instinctive behaviour
Conditioning
Learned behaviour
10. A PPT of 13 slides covering:
What is a pathogen?
Types of pathogens
How pathogens are spread
Protection against pathogens - First line of defence
11. 262 PPT slides to cover:
Types of habitat
Animal adaptations
Classification of animals
Food preferences
Choice chamber experiment
Food chains and food webs
Identification Keys
Planning an environmental study
Variation
Evolution
12. PPT and booklet to include:
Key words
Pyramids of biomass
Pyramids of number
Quiz
Bioaccumulation activity
13 and 14. 2 handout's and a PPT of 23 slides covering population pyramids, the use of numeracy in looking at population increases and the effects of an increase in the population on energy resources and pollution.
15 and 16. Populations: PPT and Hand-out
17. Cells
GCSE: 30 RESOURCES:
Work booklets and PPTs to cover:
1 and 2. Evolution, selective breeding and biodiversity
3. Diseases, pathogens, vaccines and antibiotics.
4. Enzymes
5-7. Evolution.
8 and 9. Food chains, food webs, energy transfer, adaptations of animals.
10. Fossils.
11. Enzymes
12 and 13. Genetic diseases.
14. Life processes and the cell.
15-17. Photosynthesis, respiration and metabolism.
18-19. Movement in and out of cells.
20-22. Photosynthesis and fieldwork practicals.
23. Speciation
24-25. Stem cells
26. The carbon and nitrogen cycle.
27-28. Translocation and gas exchange in plants.
29. Variation Quiz
30. Wallace line of biogeography.
31-32. Revision of cells and enzymes.
GCSE: Pathogens, vaccines, antibiotics, drug development.
A PPT of 72 slides to cover:
Pathogens: Bacteria, viruses, fungi.
The immune system, phagocytosis, inflammation.
White blood cells.
Lines of defence.
Vaccines
Antibiotics
Antibiotic resistance
Drug development.
2 PPT presentations:
1. 22 PowerPoint slides covering plant transport, suitable for A Level Biology and similar courses:
• A Recap of the function of the xylem and phloem
• Identifying the sources and sinks of plants
• Describing the process of translocation
• Explaining why translocation is an energy requiring process
• The pressure flow hypothesis
2. Presentation 2 with quizzes/Questions:
- A recap of photosynthesis, a cross section of the leaf
- Transpiration
- Transport in plants
- Adaptations of xerophytes
- Translocation
- Quiz
- Illustration of plasmodesmata
- Apoplast and Symplast routes of water movement through roots.
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GCSE Revision: Specialised cells, cell transport & enzymes - PPT and booklet
PPT of 63 Slides of revision quizzes on specialised cells and cell transport
3 Page revision booklet on enzymes, cells and cell transport.
Speciation & evidence for evolution: The Wallace line, fossils: 5 RESOURCES KS3/GCSE/A Level Biology
1. Evidence for evolution: Booklet
2. Evolution Crossword
3. Fossils - Activity
4. The Wallace line- handout
5. Speciation - PPT of 90 slides with activities on evolution and speciation
GCSE: Genetic diseases, punnet squares, stem cells, ethics and new technologies - 4 RESOURCES
Genetic diseases and ethics - PPT and booklet
Stem cells, cloning and new technologies - PPT and booklet
GCSE: Cell Transport - Movement in and out of cells: PPT and Booklet
Covering diffusion, facilitated diffusion, osmosis and active transport, speed of diffusion and examples.