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.
The Digestive System
This booklet contains 35 pages for students to complete including labelling of the digestive system, carbohydrates, fats and proteins, calorie intake task, enzymes, food tests and flame tests.
This booklet is in word format to enable editing.
Suitable for A Level Biology:
PowerPoint of 146 slides and revision booklet of 5 pages covering:
Gas Exchange in humans, fish, insects and plants.
Includes different types of haemoglobin, the Bohr effect and the Oxygen dissociation curve.
Looks at the difference between myoglobin and fetal haemoglobin as well as how the affinity for Oxygen differs in the RBCs of different animals compared to humans.
Includes quizzes and fill in the blanks.
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
Diseases, pathogens and Infections: 19 PowerPoints for BTEC/GCSE/A Level and similar courses:
1. Disease classification
2. Different diseases and infections
3. Parasites and pathogenic bacteria
4. Diseases with environmental causes
5. Allergies and asthma
6. Degenerative diseases
7. Dietary deficiency diseases
8. Psychiatric nature of some diseases
9. Food and water contamination
10. Fungi and viruses
11. Symptoms
12. Types of symptoms
13. Transmission by indirect contact
14. Vector transmission of diseases
15. Risk factors to developming alzheimers and osteoporosis
16. Occupational therapy
17 Disease transmission - Direct contact
18. Droplet and airborne transmission
Includes essential points needed on enzymes for A Level Biology.
Includes 24 slides crammed with information which covers:
Key terms and concepts and labelling of main stages of an enzymatic reaction
An example of an enzyme reaction involving catalase.
Two models of enzyme action.
Enzyme technology:
The use of enzymes in manufacturing sweets.
Using enzymes from bacteria and fungi.
Immmobilised enzymes.
Examples of Industrial enzymes and their roles in industry.
Pectinases.
Proteases.
Lactase.
2 PPTs and a 44 page hand-out which cover:
Mean
Median
Mode
Standard Deviation
Chi Squared
T Test
With examples and activities for BTEC and similar courses
Contains 3 pages of negative feedback loops for students to fill in, video links and questions and other activities on glucoregulation and osmoregulation.
Suitable for GCSE, A Level and related courses.
This resource contains 7 pages of revision questions, followed by the answers to cover Transcription and Translation, amino acid sequences and mutations for A Level Biology students and similar courses.
22 PowerPoint slides covering plant transport, suitable for A Level Biology and similar courses.
This presentation includes:
• 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
Genetics and Inheritance Booklet suitable for A Level Biology and similar courses.
Contains 50 pages pf student activities including:
The Structure of DNA and RNA
Practical: Modelling of DNA
Semi-conservative Replication of DNA
Practical: DNA extraction from strawberries
Protein Synthesis: Transcription and Translation
Meiosis and Mendel’s laws of inheritance
Monohybrid Inheritance and punnet squares
Dihybrid Inheritance and punnet squares
Interpreting patterns of inheritance using Chi squared
Co-dominance
Sex linked inheritance
5 booklets, which can be adapted for A Level and BTEC Biology courses for students to complete covering:
1. Cells
This booklet contains 37 pages for students to complete including organelles, specialised cells, cell micrographs, specialised tissues, and stem cells, including tasks and activities.
2. The Digestive System
This booklet contains 35 pages for students to complete including labelling of the digestive system, carbohydrates, fats and proteins, calorie intake task, enzymes, food tests and flame tests.
3. The Circulatory System
This booklet includes 36 pages for students to complete including labelling of the heart, the circulatory system, composition of the blood, structure and function of different blood cells, transport of substances, measuring of the heart rate and blood pressure, fitness tests, the role of the AVN and SAN in controlling the heart.
4. The Respiratory System
This booklet includes 12 pages for students to complete including labelling of the respiratory system, gas exchange and Fick's Law, adaptations of gas exchange systems, breathing in and out, diseases of the respiratory system and using a spirometer.
5. The Lymphatic system
This booklet includes 15 pages for students to complete including labelling of the lymphatic system, the role of tissue fluid and different blood cells, inflammation, the main components of the blood and immunity, protection against pathogens and lines of defence.
The Lymphatic system; suitable for GCSE, A Level, BTEC and similar courses.
This booklet includes 15 pages for students to complete including labelling of the lymphatic system, the role of tissue fluid and different blood cells, inflammation, the main components of the blood and immunity, protection against pathogens and lines of defence.
Learning Objectives
Understanding the impact of climate change on biodiversity and how to incorporate climate education into the secondary science curriculum.
Understanding the impact of climate change on ecosystem services and how to incorporate climate education into the secondary science curriculum.
3. Teaching the impact of greenhouse-gas emissions and the importance of working towards the U.K. target to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050.
4. Gaining familiarity with a range of activities which secondary schools can use to enhance sustainability education, including futuring exercises focused on adaptation planning.
5. Recognising the importance of developing a whole-school strategy for sustainability and climate change education and recognising opportunities to embed a deeper understanding of the issues.
Includes 41 slides
Sustainable Ecology for Post 16
Learning outcomes
Integrating the topics of rewilding, ecological restoration, agroforestry and regenerative agriculture into the post-16 curricula
Integrating the concept of nature-based solutions for climate mitigation and pollution prevention into the post-16 curricula
Integrating the topics of carbon cycling and sequestration into the post-16 curricula
Integrating topics associated with ecosystem functioning into the post-16 curricula
Integrating topics focusing on the human impacts on land-sea interactions, nutrient cycles and population genetics of a range of species into the post-16 curricula
Recognising opportunities to embed a deeper understanding of ecology, materialism and consumerism into the study of politics, philosophy, ethics and psychology in further education.
Recognising opportunities to embed a deeper understanding of the perspectives of developed and developing countries into the study of geography and politics in further education.
Gaining familiarity with examples of environmental crime and deviance related to the study of sociology in further education.
Gaining familiarity with the concept of corporate social responsibility and environmental audits relevant to the business studies in further education.
Understanding the science of climate change and sustainability, the sustainable development goals and the importance of working towards the U.K. target to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050, pertinent to the study of biology, geography, chemistry and physics in further education.
Learning Outcomes
Understanding how to incorporate climate education into the primary science curriculum to provide a broader perspective on climate change
Gaining insight into the measures the DfE is planning to transform sustainability and climate change education and address the climate crisis
Being able to recognise opportunities within the primary science curriculum for teaching and learning about climate change
Gaining familiarity with a range of activities which primary schools can use to enhance climate education within the science discipline
Recognising the importance of developing a whole-school strategy for sustainability and climate change education to embed a deeper understanding of the issues