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Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Menstrual Cycle
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Human reproduction & secondary sex characteristics
The role of testosterone in sperm production
Female reproduction and the menstrual cycle
The role of FSH, LH, oestrogen and progesterone in the control of the menstrual cycle
Exam questions with answers
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Contraception & Treating Infertility
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Hormonal contraception
* Oral Contraceptives
* Injection, implant or skin patch
* Intrauterine devices
Non-hormonal contraception
* Barrier methods
* Intrauterine devices
* Spermicidal agents
* Abstinence
* Surgical methods of sterilisation
Infertility
Treating Infertility
* Fertility Drug
* In-vitro Fertilisation
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Plant Hormones
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
The role of auxin in phototropisms & gravitropisms
The role of gibberlines and ethene
The uses of plant hormones
* Auxin - killing weeds, growing from cuttings, promoting growth in cultures
* Gibberellin - controlling dormancy, promoting flowering, increasing fruitsize
* Ethene - control ripening of fruit during storage and transport
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Genetic Engineering
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Genetic Engineering and examples of it use in agriculture, medicine, fight diseases and treating inherited disorders
Stages of Genetic Engineering
GM Crops and concerns surrounding their use
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Cloning
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is Cloning?
Types of cloning
* Cuttings
* Tissue Cultures
* Embryo Cloning
* Adult Cell Cloning
Risks and benefits of cloning
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Fossils
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Fossil Formation (the 3 ways fossils can form)
Using fossils to explain evolution (identifying how organisms have and haven’t changed over time e.g. horses vs. sharks)
Why the fossil record is incomplete
Extinction
Factors causing extinction
* New Diseases
* New Predators
* New Competitors
* Physical Factors (Ice Age, Drought, Flooding)
* Catastrophic Events
Exam Questions
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Antibiotic Resistance
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What are antibiotics?
Why antibiotics don’t work against viruses
How antibitoic resistance arises
MRSA
How to reduce the rate of development of antibiotic resistant strains
Exam Practise with model answers
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Respiration
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint. Total of 67 slides.
Includes:
Respiration Basics
Uses of energy from respiration
Aerobic vs. anaerobic respiration
Response to exercise
Oxygen Debt
Investigating respiration and exercise
Metabolism
Practise Questions
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Photosynthesis
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint. Total of 55 slides.
Includes:
Photosynthesis Basics & Equations
Leaf Adaptations
Factors affecting the rate of photosynthesis
Understanding limiting factors
Photosynthesis experiments
Inverse Square Law
Limiting Factors and Greenhouses
Uses of glucose from photosynthesis
Exam Practise Questions with answers
A lesson / revision PowerPoint covering all information needed and containing informative slides and practise questions
Required Practical 6 -Investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis using an aquatic organism such as pondweed
This powerpoint covers AT 1 (use appropriate apparatus to record the rate of production of oxygen gas produced; and to measure and control the temperature of water in a large beaker that acts as a ‘heat shield’), AT 2 (use a thermometer to measure and control temperature of water bath), AT 3 (use appropriate apparatus and techniques to observe and measure the process of oxygen gas production), AT 4 (safe and ethical use and disposal of living pondweed to measure physiological functions and responses to light), AT 5 (measuring rate of reaction by oxygen gas production) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required.
The powerpoint covers:
Background on how the rate of photosynthesis is affected by light intensity & wavelength, temperature, CO2 concentration and the amount of chlorophyll
Aim of the practical
Required apparatus
A suitable method
A look at results
A suitable results table to record data
Details of the Inverse Square Law
Practise calculations of Light Intensity
Safety concerns & improvements
Past paper exam questions on
Summary
A lesson / revision PowerPoint covering all information needed for Required Practical 4 containing informative slides and practise questions
Required Practical 4 -Use qualitative reagents to test for a range of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins to include: Benedict’s test for sugars; iodine test for starch; emulsion test for lipids; and Biuret reagent for protein.
This powerpoint covers AT 2 (safe use of a Bunsen burner and a boiling water bath), AT 8 (use of qualitative reagents to identify biological molecules) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required.
The powerpoint covers:
Background on Digestion and food tests
Aim of the practical
Required apparatus
A suitable method for each test
Explanation of the Biology behind the experiment
A suitable results table to record data
Safety concerns
Past paper exam questions
Concise summary table of each food test
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Homeostasis & Body Temperature
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
An introduction to homeostasis
Hormonal vs. Neuronal control
Concept of stimulus --> receptors --> coordinators --> effectors --> response
Effectors (Glands & Muscles)
Controlling body temperature
* The role of the brain
* Vasoconstriction & Vasodilation
* Sweating
* Hairs on skin
* Shivering
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Eye & Vision Defects
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Parts of the eye and their function
The role of the iris in adjusting for bright and dim light
Accommodation and the role of suspensory ligaments and ciliary muscles
Short & Long sightedness (Myopia vs. Hyperopia) and how classes correct these defects
Contact lenses, laser eye surgery and replacement lens surgery
Past paper questions throughout
A detailed summary sheet of all knowledge required by the specification for AQA A-Level Biology. The sheet breaks down the areas of lipids that students need to understand about:
Characteristics
Sturcture of Triglyceride
Formation of Triglycerides
Structure of Triglycerides related to their function
Fatty Acids
Phospholipids
Uses of Phospholipids
Structure of Phospholipids related to their function
Biological importance of Lipids
The Emulsion Test
A revision table covering the relevant points needed for each of the scientific figures mentioned in the AQA GCSE Biology Specification.
Revision table include name of individual, dates alive, a photo, the GCSE topic they relate to and the relevant information about their contribution to science that students need to remember for the exam.
Figures included are:
Gregor Mendel
Jean Baptiste Lamark
Charles Darwin
Alfred Russel Wallace
Carl Linnaeus
Carl Woese
Alexander Flemming
The work of Watson & Crick as well as Franklin and Maurice
GCSE Biology Revision Powerpoint on Diffusion
Full revision powerpoint including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Concept of diffusion
How certain molecules cross membranes
Factors affecting diffusion
Surface Area : V ratios
How exchange surfaces are adapted for diffusion (Small Intestine, Alveoli, Gills, Leaves & Root Hair Cells)
GCSE Biology Revision Powerpoint on Active Transport & Osmosis
Full revision powerpoint including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Osmosis defintions
Solutes vs. Solvents
Osmosis in Plant and Animal Cells
Practical Experiments with Osmosis
Osmosis & Sports Drinks
Active Transport
Comparing Diffusion, Active Transport & Osmosis
A summary sheet detailing all the chemical tests needed for the Biological Molecules topic in AQA A-Level Biology. Including test for:
Reducing Sugars
Non-reducing Sugars
Starch
Lipids
Proteins
A huge list of over 125 quick questions to test knowledge of the Cell Biology topic
This includes the topics of:
Cell Structure (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, organelles etc.)
Cell Specialisation (specialzied cells, muscle cells, sperm cells, nerve cells, root hair cells, xylem & phloem)
Microscopy (parts of a microscope, magnification vs. resolution, light microscopes, SEM vs. TEM, magnification calculations, convering units)
Culturing Microorganisms (bacterial cell divison, agar plants, aseptic techniques, calculating mean division time of bacteria)
Mitosis & Cell Cycle (genes, alleles, chromatids, haploid vs. diploid, cell cycle, mitosis, interphase, mitotic index, cancer)
**Stem Cells **(embryonic vs. adult stem cells, meristem cells, therapeutic cloning, uses of stem cells)
Diffusion (definitions, concentration gradients, ways molecules cross membranes, examples of adaptations for diffusion in small intestine, alveloi, gills of fish, leaves and root hair cells of plants)
Osmosis (definitions, dilute vs. concentrated solutions, solute vs. solvent sports drinks)
Active Transport (using energy, against concentration gradients, examples in plants and animals)
Need lessons for Cell Biology? See lessons available for download below:
1 - Cell Structure
2 - Cell Specialisation & Differentiation
3 - Microscopy
4 - Culturing Mircoorganisms
5 - Chromosomes, Mitosis & Cell Cycle
6 - Stem Cells
7 - Transport in cells #1 - Diffusion
8 - Transport in cells #2 - Osmosis & Active Transport
Looking for lessons from other topics? Visit each topic using the links below:
Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
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A lesson / revision PowerPoint covering all information needed and containing informative slides and practise questions
Required Practical 10 - Investigate the effect of temperature on the rate of decay of fresh milk by measuring pH change
This powerpoint covers AT 1 (use appropriate apparatus to record temperature and pH), AT 3 (the use of appropriate apparatus to measure anaerobic decay), AT 4 (safe use of microorganisms), AT 5 (measurement of rate of decay by pH change) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required.
The powerpoint covers:
Background on decay and factors affecting the rate of decay
Aim
Required apparatus
A suitable method to measure the decay of milk and a method for a model experiment measuring the rate lipase breaks the fat in milk down into glycerol and 3 fatty acids
A suitable results table to record data and a graph to plot
How to calculate rate of change from raw data and graphs
How to plot graphs in the exam
Past paper exam questions
Summary