A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
Each of the 6 lessons within this bundle are fully-resourced and cover the content of point (b) of module 6.1.2 of the OCR A-level Biology A specification which states that students should be able to use genetic diagrams and phenotypic ratios to show patterns of inheritance and explain linkage and epistasis.
Students are guided through the construction of the genetic diagrams for the inheritance of one or two genes and are shown how to analyse the phenotypic ratio to determine whether linkage has occurred or whether a gene interaction is involved. The wide range of activities which includes exam questions with visual mark schemes, differentiated tasks and quiz competitions will maintain engagement whilst providing the students with opportunities to assess their progress against the current topic.
This bundle contains 6 fully-resourced and detailed revision lessons that have been designed to cover the content of module 2 of the OCR A-level Biology A specification which concerns Foundations in Biology. The wide range of activities included in each lesson will engage the students whilst they assess their knowledge of the specification content. Most of the tasks are differentiated to allow differing abilities to access the work and be challenged.
These are the modules covered:
2.1.1: Cell structure
2.1.2: Biological molecules
2.1.3: Nucleic acids
2.1.4: Enzymes
2.1.5: Biological membranes
2.1.6: Cell division, cell diversity and cellular organisation
Each of these lessons uses exam questions (with explained answers), quick tasks and engaging quiz competitions to allow the students to recognise which areas of the specification need further attention
If you want to see the quality of the lessons before purchasing then the 2.1.2 and 2.1.6 revision lessons are free resources to download
This bundle of 3 lessons covers most of the content in sub-topic P6.1(Physics on the move) of the OCR Gateway A GCSE Combined Science specification. The topics or specification points covered within these lessons include:
Everyday motion
Reaction time and thinking distance
Stopping distances
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This bundle of 4 lessons covers all of the content in the sub-topic C2.1 (Chemical bonds) of the AQA Trilogy GCSE Combined Science specification. The topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:
Chemical bonds
Ionic bonding
Ionic compounds
Covalent bonding
Metallic bonding
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This bundle of 4 revision lessons covers the content in topics 5 - 8 of the Edexcel A-level Biology (Salters Nuffield) specification that are taught during year 13 (A2) of the two-year course.
Each of the lessons has been designed to include a range of exam questions, differentiated tasks and quiz competitions that will motivate the students whilst they evaluate their understanding of the different sub-topics.
Helpful hints are given throughout the lesson to aid the students in structuring their answers and the mathematical elements of the course are constantly challenged as well.
The 4 topics covered by this bundle are:
Topic 5: On the wild side
Topic 6: Immunity, infection and forensics
Topic 7: Run for your life
Topic 8: Grey matter
This lesson bundle contains 4 lessons which are highly detailed and engaging. Hours of planning has gone into these lessons to ensure that the wide range of activities cover the following specification points in AS unit 1, topic 2 (Cell structure and organisation) of the WJEC A-level Biology specification:
The structure and function of the organelles found in animal and plant eukaryotic cells
The structure of prokaryotic cells and viruses
The levels of organisation, including the aggregation of cells into tissues, tissues into organs, and organs into organ systems
As well as covering the detailed A-level content, the guided discussion points, differentiated tasks and quiz competitions will engage and motivate the students.
This bundle of 4 lessons covers the majority of the content in the sub-topic B3.3 (Maintaining internal environments) of the OCR Gateway A GCSE Biology specification. The topics covered within these lessons include:
Controlling body temperature
Controlling blood sugar
Diabetes type I and II
Inside the kidney
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This bundle of 5 lessons covers the majority of the content in Topic C2 (Experimental techniques) of the core and supplement sections of the Cambridge iGCSE Science Double Award specification. The topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:
Understand the use of paper chromatography
Interpreting paper chromatograms
Pure and impure substances
Separation methods including filtration, crystallisation, distillation, fractional distillation and paper chromatography
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding
According to Bill Bryson’s book, “THE BODY”, estimates of the number of proteins in the human body range from a few hundred thousand to a million or more. Regardless of whether the actual number is closer to the bottom or the top estimate, as most of the useful things in the body are proteins, it is clear that a deep understanding of the structure and function of this biological molecule is critical for the success of any student on the OCR A-level Biology A course. All 5 of the lessons included in this bundle are highly detailed and contain a wide range of tasks that will engage and motivate the students whilst ensuring that the specification points in module 2.1.2 regarding proteins are covered.
The following content is covered by the lessons in this bundle:
The general structure of an amino acid
The synthesis and breakdown of dipeptides and polypeptides, by the formation and breakage of peptide bonds
The levels of proteins structure
The structure and function of globular proteins
The properties and functions of fibrous proteins
The biuret test for proteins
The 5th lesson is a revision lesson which uses a range of exam-style questions, understanding checks and quiz competitions to check on the students knowledge of the specification details listed above
This bundle of fully-resourced revision lessons will engage and motivate the students whilst they assess their understanding of the content of topics 1 - 4 of the Pearson Edexcel IGCSE Physics specification.
The lessons cover the following topics:
Topic 1: Forces and motion
Topic 2: Electricity
Topic 3: Waves
Topic 4: Energy resources and energy transfers
The detailed PowerPoint and accompanying resources contain exam-style questions with clear explanations of answers, differentiated tasks, class discussions and quiz competitions.
If you would like to see the quality of the lessons, download the topic 1 revision lesson which is shared for free
All of the lessons in this bundle are fully-resourced and have been designed to contain a wide range of activities that will challenge the students on their knowledge and understanding of the content of UNIT 2 of the WJEC GCSE Physics specification.
The engaging PowerPoints and accompanying resources cover the following topics:
Topic 2.1: Distance, speed and acceleration
Topic 2.3: Work and energy
Topic 2.4: Further motion concepts
Topic 2.7: Types of radiation
Topic 2.8: Half-life
Topic 2.9: Nuclear decay and nuclear energy
To fall in line with the heavy mathematical content of this course, the lessons challenge a range of skills including rearranging formulae, converting units, using standard form and significant figures and percentage change
If you would like to see the quality of the lessons, download the topic 2.3 lesson which has been shared for free
This bundle of 3 lessons covers the majority of the content in the sub-topic C2.3 (Properties of materials) of the OCR Gateway A GCSE Combined Science specification. The topics covered within these lessons include:
Recall that carbon can form four covalent bonds
Explain the properties of diamond, graphite, fullerenes and graphene in terms of their structures and bonding
Use data to predict states of substances under given substances
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This bundle of 4 lessons covers all of the content in the sub-topic B1.3 (Transport in cells) of the AQA Trilogy GCSE Combined Science specification. The topics covered within these lessons include:
Diffusion
Examples of diffusion in organisms
Factors that affect the rate of diffusion
SA:V ratio and the need for exchange surfaces
Osmosis
Active transport
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.
This bundle contains 4 lessons which cover the following content that’s set out in topic 3.2 (Gas exchange) of the AQA A-level Biology specification:
Adaptations of gas exchange surfaces as shown by the gas exchange in single-celled organisms, insects, bony fish and the leaves of dicotyledonous plants
The gross structure of the human gas exchange system
The essential features of the alveolar epithelium as a surface over which gas exchange takes place
The mechanism of breathing
All of the lessons are detailed and have been intricately planned to contain a wide range of tasks that will challenge the students on their understanding of the current topic as well as their recall of knowledge from previously-covered topics. In this way, the students are encouraged to make links between biological processes in different topics so they are prepared for assessment questions which do just that.
Lessons covering topics 3.1, 3.3 and 3.4 are also uploaded
Each of the 4 lessons in this bundle are fully-resourced and have been designed to cover the content as detailed in topic 6.2 (Protein synthesis) of the CIE International A-Level Biology specification. The specification points that are covered within these lessons include:
A polypeptide is coded for by a gene
A gene mutation is a change in the sequence of nucleotides
Sickle cell anaemia results from a change in the amino acid sequence
Transcription as the production of mRNA from DNA
Information on DNA is used during translation to construct polypeptides
The lessons have been written to include a wide range of activities and numerous understanding and prior knowledge checks so students can assess their progress against the current topic as well as be challenged to make links to other topics within this topic and earlier topics
If you would like to see the quality of the lessons, download the introduction to gene mutations lesson as this has been shared for free
The 3 lessons contained within this lesson bundle cover the content as detailed in topic 4.5 of the Edexcel A-level Biology B specification. The lesson PowerPoints and accompanying worksheets are filled with lots of different tasks that cover the specification points shown below whilst engaging and motivating the students with exam-style questions, guided discussion periods and quiz competitions.
TOPIC 4.5: Transport of gases in blood
The structure of haemoglobin in relation to its role in the transport of respiratory gases, including the Bohr effect
Understand the oxygen dissociation curve of haemoglobin
Understand the similarities and differences between the structures and functions of haemoglobin and myoglobin
Understand the significance of the oxygen affinity of foetal haemoglobin as compared to adult haemoglobin
The 4 lessons contained within this bundle are detailed and will engage the students whilst covering the following content in topic 11.1 of the CIE A-level Biology specification:
State that phagocytes have their origin in bone marrow and describe their mode of action
Describe the modes of action of B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes
Explain the meaning of the term immune response, making reference to the terms antigen, self and non-self
Explain the role of memory cells in long-term immunity
Explain, with reference to myasthenia gravis, that the immune system sometimes fails to distinguish between self and non-self
The PowerPoints and accompanying resources contain a wide range of tasks, which include exam-style questions, guided discussion periods and quiz competitions, and these have been designed to check on the students’ understanding of the current topic as well as previously-covered topics
Each of the 4 lessons included in this bundle are fully-resourced and have been designed to cover the content as detailed in topic 7.3 (Evolution may lead to speciation) of the AQA A-Level Biology specification. The specification points that are covered within these lessons include:
Phenotypic variation within a species
The effects of stabilising, directional and disruptive selection
The importance of genetic drift in causing changes in allele frequency
Allopatric and sympatric speciation
The lessons have been written to include a wide range of activities and numerous understanding and prior knowledge checks so students can assess their progress against the current topic as well as be challenged to make links to other topics within this module and earlier modules
If you would like to see the quality of the lessons, download the phenotypic variation lesson which is free
All of the lessons in this bundle are fully-resourced and have been designed to challenge the students on their knowledge of the topics which can be assessed in PAPER 1 of the Pearson Edexcel GCSE Physics specification.
All 7 topics that can be assessed in paper 1 are covered by these lessons:
Topic 1: Key concepts in Physics
Topic 2: Motion and forces
Topic 3: Conservation of energy
Topic 4: Waves
Topic 5: Light and the EM spectrum
Topic 6: Radioactivity
Topic 7: Astronomy
The PowerPoints and accompanying resources contain a wide range of activities which include exam-style questions with clear explanations of the answer, differentiated tasks and quiz competitions. There is also a big emphasis on the mathematical element of the specification and students are guided through the use of a range of skills which include the conversion of units and the rearrange of formulae to change the subject.
If you would like to see the quality of the lessons, download the topics 4 & 5 and 7 lessons which have been shared for free
This bundle of 4 lessons covers the majority of the content in Topic C2f (Acids, alkalis and titrations) of the Edexcel iGCSE Chemistry specification. The topics and specification points covered within these lessons include:
Describe the use of indicators to distinguish between acidic and alkaline solutions
Understand how to use the pH scale
Know that alkalis can neutralise acids
Describe how to carry out an acid-alkali titration
All of these lesson presentations and accompanying resources are detailed and engaging and contain regular progress checks to allow the students to constantly assess their understanding.