New AQA GCSE Biology 9-1 specification. Topic 5 - Homeostasis and Response is very large so I am splitting into two packs this is part 1. Topic 5 part 1. This pack covers all of these theory topics; homeostasis, the nervous system, synapses and reflexes, the brain, the eye, correcting vision defects, negative feedback. The brain and an eye picture will need sourcing by the students - a fun activity has been suggested within the pack (in the notes at the bottom of slide) for the students to practise these drawings and create their own - it will really get them learning! These cards are useful for students to use for revision (print 2 to a page), and for teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary. Good instructional material for a flipped classroom. Includes a 'Do' and 'Review' slide, the 'Do' will check understanding and make the learning more active, the 'Review' can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Equally works well as a starter for the next lesson to check retention. Many uses e.g. support mats, starter, plenary, revision etc.

This is lesson 1 in the new Bioenergetics topic for AQA new 9-1 Trilogy and Biology specification. Written by an experienced teacher, writer and examiner, for teachers to teach a whole lesson at KS4. This lesson contains all elements for an outstanding lesson, with maximum student involvement and minimal teacher consolidation (just the chalk and talk that is necessary). Teaches the equation and keywords, test for starch with instructions for a practical/demo. Learning intention: To explain photosynthesis with an equation, naming reactant and products. Includes a tool for the demonstration of progress, activities for the students, mini plenaries to ensure students are understanding as you go along, an optional practical or demonstration, printable support mats to have available in the room (fantastic if you don’t have any or enough text books) and revision cards to give the students to take away and revise with (the revision cards are available to purchase as whole topics).

New AQA GCSE Biology 9-1 specification. Topic 4 Bioenergetics. Covers all of the theory topics, photosynthesis, limiting factors, rate of photosynthesis, respiration aerobic/anaerobic, exercise, metabolism. Useful for students to use for revision, and for teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary. Good instructional material for a flipped classroom. Includes a 'Do' and 'Review' slide, the 'Do' will check understanding and make the learning more active, the 'Review' can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Equally works well as a starter for the next lesson to check retention. Many uses e.g. support mats, starter, plenary, revision etc.

Please note that you require the free tarsia software to open these documents, they will not open in other programmes. If you require help please email me. New AQA GCSE Biology 9-1 specification. Four tarsia activity puzzle documents included - I have produced two versions of each (both included in the zip file - total 8 documents). One version is ideal for trilogy, and another (named triple) ideal for biology as a single science. Both are aimed at higher tier candidates, you can adapted to suit foundation tier students if required. Covers the topics; cells, organisation, infection, bioenergetics. Each tarsia produces a different shape, there is one domino, one triangle, a rhombus and a standard parallelogram. The triple version includes the part of the topic for biology only and is slightly more difficult as there are questions around the edges/ or bigger version of the puzzle. My students have loved these activities, they are fun to work on in pairs, they guide the students to revise the particular key words etc that I know they will need to recall, and used together with my support mats (a large print out of my active revision card activities), the students can look up anything they are unsure of (they can quickly go over the content again). OR a useful marking free homework - at a glance check the student have correct shape, can be peer marked by posting up the solution on the board. You will require the free tarsia software downloaded to your computer, simply google it and install, if you would like on your school computer your computer technicians should be happy to help.

This is lesson 3 in the new Bioenergetics topic for AQA new 9-1 Trilogy and Biology specification. Written by an experienced teacher, writer and examiner, for teachers to teach a whole lesson at KS4. This lesson contains all elements for an outstanding lesson, with maximum student involvement and minimal teacher consolidation (just the chalk and talk that is necessary). Teaches how the structure of a leaf is adapted for photosynthesis. Learning intention: To explain how the structure of a leaf is adapted for photosynthesis. ALSO look up Free lesson 1 Learning intention: To explain photosynthesis with an equation, naming reactant and products. Paid for lesson 2 Learning intention: To describe how plants use the glucose they produce in photosynthesis. (This advertised resource is for lesson 3.) Includes a tool for the demonstration of progress, activities for the students, mini plenaries to ensure students are understanding as you go along, a modelling activity that you can keep to remind students in future lessons, printable support mats to have available in the room (fantastic if you don’t have any or enough text books) which double up as revision cards to give the students to take away and revise with (the revision cards are available to purchase as whole topics), or read ahead before the lesson.

This is lesson 2 in the new Bioenergetics topic for AQA new 9-1 Trilogy and Biology specification. Written by an experienced teacher, writer and examiner, for teachers to teach a whole lesson at KS4. This lesson contains all elements for an outstanding lesson, with maximum student involvement and minimal teacher consolidation (just the chalk and talk that is necessary). Teaches the uses of glucose in the plant. Learning intention: To describe how plants use the glucose they produce in photosynthesis. ALSO look up Free lesson 1 Learning intention: To explain photosynthesis with an equation, naming reactant and products. (This advertised resource is for lesson 2.) Includes a tool for the demonstration of progress, activities for the students, mini plenaries to ensure students are understanding as you go along, a short modelling activity that you can keep to remind students in future lessons, printable support mats to have available in the room (fantastic if you don’t have any or enough text books) and revision cards to give the students to take away and revise with (the revision cards are available to purchase as whole topics).

Useful for students to use for revision, and for teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary. Includes a 'Do' and 'Review' slide, the 'Do' will check understanding and make the learning more active, the 'Review' can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Full Aerobic Respiration 'Do'/ 'Review' revision card set available to purchase.

This resource is one of my active revision card activities on 'Controlling Body Temperature'. Aimed at the new 9-1 AQA specification for single sciences, but the content looks like it would suit all exam boards. My active revision cards include a 'Do' and 'Review' slide, where the 'review' assists the student with the whole content for the lesson and the 'do' makes the learning more active and challenges students to recall the keywords etc for the lesson. The document is very versatile, can support the flipped learning environment as an instructional slide. Can be printed on half a sheet of A4, a great size as take away revision cards, also good size for a starter for the next lesson or a plenary at the end of the lesson. The resource also makes a good support mat printed on a full A4 sheet. This is one document from a pack of my premium resources. I hope this will help students and teachers with teaching and learning.

This is lesson 6 in the new Bioenergetics topic for AQA new 9-1 Trilogy and Biology specification. Written by an experienced teacher, writer and examiner, for teachers to teach a whole lesson at KS4. This lesson contains all elements for an outstanding lesson, with maximum student involvement and minimal teacher consolidation (just the chalk and talk that is necessary). Teaches metabolism plus the response to exercise. Learning intention: Explain the changes that occur to the body through exercise. Describe the reactions involved in metabolism. ALSO look up Free lesson 1 Learning intention: To explain photosynthesis with an equation, naming reactant and products. Paid for lesson 2 Learning intention: To describe how plants use the glucose they produce in photosynthesis. Paid for lesson 3 Learning intention: To explain how the structure of a leaf is adapted for photosynthesis. Paid for lesson 4 Learning intention: To interpret data about the rate of photosynthesis. Paid for lesson 5 Learning intention: To compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration. (This is lesson 6.) Includes a tool for the demonstration of progress, information mats, many student activities, printable support mats to have available in the room (fantastic if you don’t have any or enough text books) which double up as revision cards to give the students to take away and revise with (the revision cards are available to purchase as whole topics), or read ahead before the lesson, foldable notebook. Giving students the take away revision cards also ticks the box for providing intervention for any students behind target, supporting EAL, pupil premium etc. Exit tickets are also included, allowing the teacher to personalise learning.

New AQA GCSE Biology 9-1 specification. Topic 3 Infection and Response. Covers all of the theory topics, communicable, viral/bacterial/fungal protists, natural defences, vaccination, antibiotics, developing drugs, monoclonal antibodies, plant disease and defence. Useful for students to use for revision, and for teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary. Good instructional material for a flipped classroom. Includes a 'Do' and 'Review' slide, the 'Do' will check understanding and make the learning more active, the 'Review' can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Equally works well as a starter for the next lesson to check retention. Many uses e.g. support mats, starter, plenary, revision etc.

Aerobic respiration - covers Glycolysis, Link Reaction, Krebs Cycle, Oxidative Phosphorylation. Useful for students to use for revision, teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary or to issue as revision cards to support students. Includes 'Do' and 'Review' slides, the 'Do' will check understanding and make the learning more active, the 'Review' can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Use in a flipped classroom situation as an instructional sheet, as homework in the lesson prior.

This is lesson 5 in the new Bioenergetics topic for AQA new 9-1 Trilogy and Biology specification. Written by an experienced teacher, writer and examiner, for teachers to teach a whole lesson at KS4. This lesson contains all elements for an outstanding lesson, with maximum student involvement and minimal teacher consolidation (just the chalk and talk that is necessary). Teaches aerobic and anaerobic respiration and the comparison (plants, animals, yeast.) Learning intention: To compare aerobic and anaerobic respiration ALSO look up Free lesson 1 Learning intention: To explain photosynthesis with an equation, naming reactant and products. Paid for lesson 2 Learning intention: To describe how plants use the glucose they produce in photosynthesis. Paid for lesson 3 Learning intention: To explain how the structure of a leaf is adapted for photosynthesis. Paid for lesson 4 Learning intention: To interpret data about the rate of photosynthesis. (This is lesson 5.) Includes a tool for the demonstration of progress, information mats, a wow demo, many student activities printable support mats to have available in the room (fantastic if you don’t have any or enough text books) which double up as revision cards to give the students to take away and revise with (the revision cards are available to purchase as whole topics), or read ahead before the lesson, class sets equations cards for printing on cards or laminating. Giving students the take away revision cards also ticks the box for providing intervention for any students behind target, supporting EAL, pupil premium etc.

New AQA GCSE Biology 9-1 specification. Topic 7 (this is PART 2)- Ecology is very large so I am splitting into two packs this is part 2 - covering all of these theory topics; Impact of Environmental Change, Biodiversity, Global Warming, Maintaining Biodiversity, Trophic Levels, Pyramids of Biomass, Food Production, Biotechnology. Required practicals are not covered here. These cards are useful for students to use for revision (print 2 to a page), and for teachers to use in a lesson as an activity or plenary. Good instructional material for a flipped classroom. Includes a ‘Do’ and ‘Review’ slide, the ‘Do’ will check understanding and make the learning more active, the ‘Review’ can help students check answers and act as a revision card. Equally works well as a starter for the next lesson to check retention. Many uses e.g. support mats, starter, plenary, revision etc.

Bioenergetics - A complete set of information mats AND worksheets/ work mats for students to collect and organise the information they require to meet the AQA specification. No books or other sources required as I have written all materials to work together and allow the students to work independently. All content included trilogy/biology, foundation/higher. All answer sheets are also included. Photosynthesis The Rate of Photosynthesis - Limiting Factors (1) The Rate of Photosynthesis - Limiting Factors (2) Light Intensity and rate calculations Respiration Metabolism and Exercise Also available as active revision cards in my shop.

Anaerobic Respiration and Respiratory Quotients Double Lesson Learning intention: To describe the process of anaerobic respiration and the use and interpretation of the respiratory quotient Works well in flipped learning or by a traditional method. This was written to meet the OCR A specification but looks like it would meet the requirements of other exam boards or could be easily tweaked. Resources include take away active revision cards for students, which double up as sources of information and can be issued the lesson prior to turn into a flipped learning environment - they read all the information they need, then spend the lesson learning it further/ applying it/ using it. Includes activities for students to learn and demontrate progress.

The 4 Steps to success includes content review, notes, exam style questions and answers. Specifically tailored to the AQA GCSE courses. Covers the biology in combined science, biology single science, higher and foundation tiers. Content review in small chunks of information, concise summaries with detailed information for a student of any grade to make progress (1-9). SEN friendly. Supports learning if students need to go back and recap. Notes section to help students actively review the content in a word fill exercise. Exam style questions to check understanding of the key content. Model answers to verify the understanding and fill in the gaps - a useful intervention tool. Teaching ideas - print per student as a complete workbook. Or print as ‘packs’, 1 is the support pack, 2 is the notes pack, 3 is the questions pack, 4 is the answers/interventions pack. Differentiation ideas - offer different students different packs according to needs.