I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
A fun but challenging loop game to solve genetic fingerprinting problems.
Great as starter or plenary activity.
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 6, but also suitable for other exam boards.
16 cards per set
A quick (10 min) starter / assessment activity with 14 questions to test vocabulary and understanding of the Calvin cycle (including CO2 fixation, RuBP, RuBisCO, GP, GALP, reduction, glucose, ATP, NADPH, stroma)
designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 5 (On the wild side)includes feedback boxes and Mark scheme.
A quick (10 min) starter / assessment activity with 12 questions to test vocabulary and understanding of blood vessels including arteries, veins, capillaries, their structure and function, etc
designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 1 (Lifestyle, health and risk)
includes feedback boxes and Mark scheme.
Loop game on the steps of an action potential / nerve impulse (including depolarisation, repolarisation, hyperpolaristaion, membrane potential, resting membrane, Sodium / potassium pump etc)
Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 8 but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
21 cards per set / 2 sets in 2 different colours included
Bundle with 5x Games and Activities
Polysaccharides - Card Sort
Carbohydrates - Loop Game
Carbohydrates - Crossword
Carbohydrates - Tarsia
Carbohydrates - Word Search
Loop Game on Nervous system (including neurones, nerve, reflex arc, motor neurone, sensory neurone, interneurone, CNS, brain, spinal cord, axon, dendrite, myelin sheath, etc)
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
28 cards per set (7 sets in different colours included)
Loop Game on function of synapses in nervous systems and steps of neurotransmitters crossing synapse
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
14 cards per set (7 sets in different colours included)
Bundle with 5x great starter / plenary or revision activities
• Carbohydrates - Card Sort on polysaccharides: amylose, amylopectin, cellulose and glycogen (structure, bonds, funcction, composition, chemical properties etc), 32 cards per set
• Carbhydrates - Loop Game on Carbohyrdate names and structures (including a glucose, beta glucose, lactose, sucrose, polysaccharides, amylose, amylopectin, cellulose, glycogen, glycosidic bond, condensation reaction etc), 30 cards per set
• Carbohydrates - Word Search - find keywords (with solutions)
• Carbohydrates - Crossword (with solutions and anagram)
• Carbohydrates - Tarsia (24 cards, 30 names, diagrams, etc to match up)
(designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 1 Lifestyle, Health and Risk, but also suitable for other exam boards)
19x Games and activities Bundle for SNAB TOPIC 6 - Infection, Immunity & Forensics
includes:
Topic 6 – Card Game
Topic 6 – Keywords
Topic 6 – Whole Topic Loop Game
Topic 6 – Concept Map
Topic 6 – Whole Topic Crossword
Topic 6 - Keyword Card Game
Topic 6 - Keyword Images Card Game
Topic 6 - Tarsia
Adaptive Immune System – Loop Game
Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance – Loop Game
Bacteria and viruses – Loop Game
Genetic Fingerprint mysteries – Loop Game
HIV Life cycle – Loop Game
HIV Life cycle – Card Sort
HIV Life cycle – Crossword
Innate Immune System – Loop Game
PCR – Loop Game
Tuberculosis – Loop Game
Vaccination and immunity- Loop Game
Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel
Powerpoint presentation and Worksheet on DNA replication
PPT: 23 slides - font: Calibri light
includes suggestions for starter and plenary activities including video links
(DNA replication images made by myself)
WS: 2 pages
Other resources working alongside this lesson:
DNA replication - Card Sort
DNA replication - Loop Game
Board Game on Genetics topic (including questions on DNA structure, mitosis, cloning, genetic engineering, genetic crosses etc)
a fun board game to review / consolidate the inheritance topic
- for 2-5 players (print several copies for a class set)
- includes A3 game board, 75 Question cards
- takes about 20-30min to play
designed for Edexcel iGCSE Biology but also suitable for any other exam boards
Whole lesson on the structure of the kidneys, including Powerpoint presentation and worksheet
Includes:
Powerpoint, 29 slides, font Calibri light, not yet animated
Worksheet, 3 pages
suggested activities for lesson:
kidney dissection
suggested plenaries (not included, can be obtained on TES separately)
Kidney structure - Loop Game
Kidney structure - Crossword
A cut out activity to review amino acids and peptide bonds.
Students “perform” condensation reactions by cutting off -OH and -H from carboxyl and amino groups of amino acids and joining the resulting molecules with sellotape to form peptides and H2O,
Students can connect several amino acids in this way to form an oligopeptide.
page 1 includes instructions
page 2 includes 2 sets of 6 amino acid cards (for 2 students)
page 3 includes a set of 6 large amino acid cards (for those that find the smaller cards to fiddly)
Great as plenary activity.
This resources is also part of SNAB Topic 2 - Lesson 03a (Amino acids)
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 2 (Genes & Health) but also suitable for other exam boards
Crossword Puzzle on proteins and protein structure (including primary, secondary, tertiary, quaternary structure, alpha helix, beta sheet, fibrous, globular proteins, etc)
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
20 words/definitions
includes solutions and anagram
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 2 (Genes & Health) but also suitable for other exam boards
Salters-Nuffield AS Biology Edexcel, Topic 2 – Genes and Health
Lesson 03b (Proteins and Protein Structure)
Powerpoint (34 slides) – font: Calibri light
Worksheet (3 pages)
Crossword puzzle with anagram and solutions
PDF and editable Powerpoint versions included
Additional resources suggested for this lesson (not included):
Proteins - Loop Game (KS5)
Globular and fibrous proteins – Card Sort (KS5)
Protein structure – Card Game (KS5)
Amino Acids and Proteins - 2 Mini-tests (KS5)
digital label the heart diagram activity
for digital learning; can be done by students on computer / iPad using the Powerpoint or Keynote App without the need for printing.
Open file in “Normal View” mode and move around labels.
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity during homeschooling or online teaching
fun starter or revision activity to the topic of the brain and nervous system (incl action potential, synapses, neurotransmitters)
32 different bingo cards (with 9 symbols each) and 1 call sheet with all 30 symbols
print out, cut up Bingo cards, play!
Loop Game on transport across membranes (diffusion, faciliated diffusion, osmosis, active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, carrier and channel proteins etc)
20 cards per set
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 2 (Genes & Health) but also suitable for other exam boards
