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Acids and alkalis review crossword
Made for my Year 8s to review their Year 7 work on acids and alkalis at the start of the Year 8 topic. Also includes a couple of clues relating to reactivity series which they had done in previous topic.
AQA AS / Year 12 Biology quiz
Picture round as part of an end of term quiz.
If you want a kahoot here is the link (this is a slightly modified version from another user on kahoot).
https://create.kahoot.it/share/duplicate-of-aqa-as-biology/7ff7365b-946a-4f6a-b636-c375dba94349
KS3 Digestion and nutrition revision cards
Students struggle to revise well so I thought I’d make a template for them to make some revision cards. Not particularly revolutionary but if it saves you a job it’s worth it!
Also has some photos of example revision cards on the second page.
Print out for them on card (or get them to do it themselves on paper) and they follow the cues at the top of each card to help them revise all the relevant information.
Once they’ve done this a couple of times they should then hopefully get better at making their own revision resources.
A Level Biology maths skills checklist
Upload this to Google Drive or similar, convert into 'sheets' and then share the link with your students, checking you have ticked the 'allow edit' box.
They then go online and red, amber, green each of the skills to give you and them an idea of any gaps in knowledge and trouble spots. It could also be used to highlight 'experts' on a particular skill. The document saves automatically and can be locked, or reviewed again at a later date.
Possible drawback, depending on your point of view, is that they can see each other's self-assessment.
I've also made a similar one based on the content in the specification, but it was based on a pixl sheet. I'm sure you could do something similar!
OCR AS Biology silent debate on biodiversity
Relates to specification points :
"The factors affecting biodiversity" and "the ecological, economic and aesthetic reasons for maintaining biodiversity"
Print off the statements and stick onto centre of large piece of paper. Students move between each piece of paper, adding their comments or questions about each statement - in silence. After a certain amount of time they are then allowed to comment on each other's comments. The teacher could get involved too. For more details search internet for 'silent debate'.
Invertebrates and Vertebrates review quiz (Microsoft Forms)
Designed as a review quiz which could be done for homework or in class (on own devices or in an IT room). I have a feeling you can only access and edit if you have a Microsoft account though.
Use the image with your QR reader or copy the link below.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=IazNI3M3LE2SKi9uPOC_9aO57Ce6bztLqdXtYxlk689UQklVRVJCTUU4RTNPRFJFN1o4NUQ2TTRYNS4u&sharetoken=JeRBw7OBsxdsh03T51k3
New OCR AS Biology A end of topic test on biological membranes
An end of topic test for OCR 2.1.5 Biological membranes.
Uploaded August 2015 so hasn't been tested out on students yet. Let me know if you see any errors or problems.
New OCR AS Biology A end of topic test on cell structure
An end of topic test and mark scheme for OCR 2.1.1 Cell structure which includes microscopy.
Uploaded in August 2015 so hasn't been tested out on the students yet. Let me know if you spot any errors or problems.
Population and Competition Snakes and Ladders
Snakes and Ladders game for Year 7 to introduce ideas of factors that affect population numbers.
Just download and laminate a snakes and ladders board e.g. from http://www.printableboardgames.net/preview/Snakes_and_Ladders, then students play the game as normal. The only difference is that when they land on a snake or ladder they take a 'snake' or 'ladder' card and read out the cause of their good or bad fortune ie. a reason why their population has increased or decreased.
To be honest, I've rushed it a bit so I'm sure someone could adapt it. It could also be adapted for older years; they could come up with their own reasons for population changes.
Synoptic enzymes revision mat
A template poster / revision mat for pulling together all mentions of enzymes from B1, B4 and B7 plus a bit of protein sysnthesis (old OCR Triple Biology A specification)
Using the correct wording in A Level Biology
**UPDATED** with contributions from
@jk_graves.
A list of common statements given by students in Biology exams that do not get credit due to incorrect wording (based on my experience from OCR).
Get them to try and spot the mistake and then write the correct version.
Students always get frustrated because they have the right idea of what the correct answer should be but they do not state exactly as the examiner wants it.
Losing 4-5 marks this way can sometimes be a whole grade.
Sorry no answers - hopefully you can spot what's wrong!
Scientists Protecting the public revision (OCR A4)
Key ideas match up activity (descriptions with pictures) for lower ability classes. Eg colorimeter, light microscope, chromatography.
Could then be followed by the cloze worksheet (answers provided).
It doesn't cover everything in A4 in detail but could be useful part of a revision lesson.
B7 heart valve answer analysis (ICT)
For 2012 OCR 21st Century.
Word documents using the 'review&'/&';comments' function to show students what is good and bad about exam answers. The comments can be turned off initially to allow them to discuss (or provided on paper) and then they can be shown the comments.
You could also get them to write and analyse each others.
This would work better on Google Docs if you can access this in school.
B7 6 mark questions (New OCR 21st C)
A few possible questions. I printed these on to A3 paper with the right hand side blank for planning answers e.g. writing keywords and analysis of the question.
There is also a poor quality exemplar answer which the students can analyse and try to improve on.
Sorry, no mark schemes.
Can be done in groups, pairs or individually.
Brain, muscle and movement dominoes (OCR A2)
Dominoes activity. Good for revision.
Socrative Quiz - C4 Add Sci Ideas in Context 2012
Quiz number for a quick multiple choice quiz useful for lower sets preparing for the 2012 Additional Science Ideas in Context (Dangers and Delights of chlorine and bromine).
If you don't know what Socrative is then have a look at this TES page: http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storyCode=6193929
Additional Science (Biology) Ideas in Context prep
A worksheet of keywords and possible questions for the Additional Science Ideas in Context exam (hypothermia). Sorry no answers yet.
B7 Ideas in Context 2012
Some possible questions for the Ideas in Context section on 'Alien Invaders&'. I&';m afraid I've only done it quickly so it&'s not an exhaustive list of Qs. ***NEW - some answers now available on the powerpoint***
Student guide to AS Biology (OCR)
A guide to give to students at the start of AS to help explain the expectations of the course and the level of work and organisation required from them.
It's only 4 pages as we're tight on photocopying budgets! I also wanted to include more info about the course, practical tips, standard units, latin roots of scientific words etc.
Strengths and weakness questionnaire
A relatively short questionnaire to get students thinking about how they work academically. I made it for my year 9 tutor group to complete at the start of the year. The students have to decide how they match up to a list of characteristics e.g. I complete and hand in my homework on time. The idea is that the list of characteristics are those shown by successful students. The aim is then to compile a short list of strengths and areas to improve. Could be done as a class or small groups with discussion. It is not exhaustive but I find stuents get put off by long questionnaires.