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GCSE Biology - Selective Breeding
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Selective Breeding
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 selective breeding
How is Selective Breeding carried out?
Selective breeding in animals (why is done? for which characteristics? examples of cattle and dogs)
Selective breeding in plants (why is done? for which characteristics? examples of wild brassica)
Problems with Selective Breeding (Inbreeding, inherited defects & new diseases)
Multiple choice questions & Exam Questions
GCSE Biology - Land Use & Deforestation
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Land Use & Deforestation
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:
How humans reduce land use (building, quarrying, farming, dumping waste)
Deforestation
* Reasons for it
* Consequences of deforestation (reduced biodiversity, more CO2 in atmosphere, more methane, creation of monocultures etc.)
Peat Bogs
* Their importance
* What happens when beat bogs are destroyed
Exam Practise
GCSE Biology - Adaptations
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Adaptations
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:
Types of Adaptations (Structural, behavioural & functional)
Adaptations in animals (Polar bear, artic fox, camels)
Adaptations in plants (Marram grass, cactus)
Extremophiles (Bacteria in deep sea vents and other examples)
Exam Practise
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Save with the Unit 7 Lessons BUNDLE
1 - Intro to Ecology
2 - Ada
3 - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles
4 - Trophic Levels & Pyramids of Biomass
5 - Quadrats & Transects
6 - The Carbon & Water Cycles
7 - Decay
8 - Biodiveristy & Waste Management
9 - Land Use & Deforestation
10 - Global Warming & Maintaining Biodiveristy
11 - Food Security, Farming & Fishing
12 - Biotechnology
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all 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
GCSE Biology - The Effect of Lifestyle on Disease and Cancer
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Effect of Lifestyle on Disease and Cancer
Full powerpoint including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included.
Purchase the worksheets to go alongside this lesson here. Or view a pack containing worksheets for the whole GCSE Biology organization topic here
Includes:
The human, lifestyle and financial cost of non-communicable diseases
Risk factors
The link between correlation and causation
The impact of smoking, alcohol diet and exercise and carcinogens on a wide range of diseases
Carinogens & Cancer
Need another lesson from this topic? Check out our other downloads below:
1 - Enzymes & Metabolism
2 - Digestion
3 - The heart & Blood Vessels
4 - The Lungs & Blood Composition
5 - CHD & Health Issues
6 - Effect of Lifestyle on Disease & Cancer
7 - Plant Tissues #1
8 - Plant Tissues #2
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all 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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GCSE Biology - Antibiotics and Drugs
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Antibitoics and Drugs
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 difference between Antibiotic and Painkillers
Discoveries of Alexander Flemming
Antibiotic Resistance, how it occurs & how to prevent it
Antibiotics vs. viruses
How drugs are discovered (digitalis and asprin)
Drug Development (testing, blind and double blind trials, placebos etc.)
Need another lesson from this topic? Check out our other downloads below:
1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
GCSE Biology - Digestion
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Digestion
Full powerpoint including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included.
Purshase the worksheet to go along with the lesson here or see all worksheets for the organization topic here.
Includes:
Principles of tissue organisation
The main types of biological molecules
Structure and function of the main parts of the digestive system
The role of amylase, protease and lipase
The role of bile & the emulsification of fats
Abroption of the products of digestion through villi in small intestine
Practise questions
Need another lesson from this topic? Check out our other downloads below:
1 - Enzymes & Metabolism
2 - Digestion
3 - The heart & Blood Vessels
4 - The Lungs & Blood Composition
5 - CHD & Health Issues
6 - Effect of Lifestyle on Disease & Cancer
7 - Plant Tissues #1
8 - Plant Tissues #2
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all 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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GCSE Biology All 10 Required Practicals
A huge bundle containing powerpoints for each of the required practicals for GCSE Biology
These powerpoints include:
Background on the theory of the practical
Aims
Apparatus
Metholodlogy
Displaying results
Safety and improvements
Exam techniques and tips
Key mathmatetical and practical skills
Practise exam questions WITH ANSWERS
Summary slides
This bundle includes all 10 practicals:
Microscopy
Microbiology
Osmosis
Food Tests
Enzymes
Photosynthesis
Reaction Time
Plant Responses
Field Investigations
Decay
Check out each of the topics for GCSE Biology these practicals belong to below:
1. Cell Biology
2. Organization
3. Infection & Response
4. Bioenergetics
5. Homeostasis & Response
6. Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
7. Ecology
GCSE Biology - Plant Tissues #2
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Plant Tissues
Full powerpoint including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included.
Purchase the worksheets to go alongside this lesson here. Or view a pack containing worksheets for the whole GCSE Biology organization topic here
Includes:
Structure and function Xylem
Water flow through a plant
Factors affecting the rate of Transpiration
Use of potometers and calculating rates
Structure and function of phloem
Comparrison of xylem and phloem
Need another lesson from this topic? Check out our other downloads below:
1 - Enzymes & Metabolism
2 - Digestion
3 - The heart & Blood Vessels
4 - The Lungs & Blood Composition
5 - CHD & Health Issues
6 - Effect of Lifestyle on Disease & Cancer
7 - Plant Tissues #1
8 - Plant Tissues #2
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all 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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GCSE Biology - The Lungs & Blood Composition
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Lungs and Blood Composition
Full powerpoint including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included.
Purchase the worksheets to go alongside this lesson here. Or view a pack containing worksheets for the whole GCSE Biology organization topic here
Includes:
Lungs, bronchi, bronchioles and alveoli
Structure of alveoli related to function
Gas exchange
Calculating breathing rate
A close look at blood: red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets
How to recognise blood components from diagrams
The role of blood plasma and substances found within it
Need another lesson from this topic? Check out our other downloads below:
1 - Enzymes & Metabolism
2 - Digestion
3 - The heart & Blood Vessels
4 - The Lungs & Blood Composition
5 - CHD & Health Issues
6 - Effect of Lifestyle on Disease & Cancer
7 - Plant Tissues #1
8 - Plant Tissues #2
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all 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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Design Earthquake Proof Building Worksheet GCSE Geography
Use this worksheet to help students understand the features of buildings which can withstand earthquakes, and those that cannot.
Estimated time fo rcomplete 15 minutes
Space for students to commen on pre-existing structures and what makes the suitable or unsuitable to withstand earthquakes. Then, on the next page, space for students to deisgn their own building in the space provided.
GCSE Geography Living Near Tectonic Hazards Lesson
A carefully laid out and concise lesson / revision resource on Why people continue to live near tectonic hazards from the Tectonic Hazards topic for AQA
This download includes a Powerpoint, 2x Activity Sheets & a double-sided Worksheet
Powerpoint includes:
Understand maps showing population and tectonic hazards
Understand that many people live near different tectonic hazards
Explain why people live near hazards using the examples of:
- Mining
- Tourism
- Farming
- Geothermal Activity
- Family, Friends and Feelings
Activity explanation and exam question with model answer
Summary slide
The activity sheets are:
A comprehension task on farming in Congo, Africa
A cut and stick / number activity to understand geothermal power
Full instructions on how to use included. Estimated to take 15-20 minutes
The 2 page worksheet covers key concepts from the lesson displayed in an engaging format. Estimated to take 10-15 minutes.
This is the fourth lesson in the Tectonic Hazards topic. The other lessons can be found below:
1. Natural Hazards & Plate Tectonics
2. Plate Boundaries
3. Nepal & Italy Case Studies for HIC & LIC earthquakes
Immunity A Level Biology Notes
An entire set of detailed revision notes on the Immunity topic for A Level Biology
These notes include details on defence mechansims, the role of T cells and B cells in cell mediated and humoral immunity, cytotoxic T cells, antibody structure, vaccines, herd immunity, passive and active immunity, HIV & AIDS and monoclonal antibodies
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Natural Hazards Lessons & Worksheet Bundle GCSE Geography
A full bundle containing all powerpoints, worksheets and activities to teach the Natural Hazards topic for GCSE Geography.
This bundle includes 5 lessons, 5 worksheets & 7 activities
Natural Hazards & Plate Tectonics
Hazards, hazard risk, Earth structure, oceanic vs. continental plates, Tectonic plates & plate margins, Convection currents, slab pull and ridge push, Global distribution of Earthquakes & Volcanoes
1 powerpoint, 1 worksheet, 1 activity
Plate Boundaries
Details and descriptions of the 3 major plate boundaries (constructive, conservative and destructive), examples of each plate margins, associated landforms, how earthquakes occur, richter & mercalli scale, types of volcanoes and eruptions
1 powerpoint, 1 worksheet, 1 activity
Italy & Nepal Case Studies
Primary & Secondary and Primary & Secondary responses of natrual hazards, Case study information on Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake 2015 (LIC) and L’Aquila, italy Earthquake 2009 (HIC), Why effects and responses are different between LICs and HICs
1 powerpoint, 1 double-sided worksheet, 1 activity
Living Near Tectonic Hazards
Understand maps showing population and tectonic hazards, Understand that many people live near different tectonic hazards, Explain why people live near hazards using the examples of Mining & Tourism & Farming & Geothermal Activity & Family, Friends and Feelings
1 powerpoint, 1 double-sided worksheet, 2 activities
Managing Tectonic Hazards
Key ideas in monitoring, prediction, protection and planning of natural hazards
1 powerpoint, 1 worksheet, 2 activities
All powerpoints include an exam style question and model answer and summary slides
GCSE Biology - The Nervous System & Brain
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Nervous System & The Brain
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:
Structure of the Nervous System
CNS vs. PNS
The role of motor, relay and sensory neurones
Electrical nerve impulses
Synapses & Neurotransmitters
Reflexes and Reflex Arcs
Understand the structure of the brain
* The Cerebral Cortex
* The Cerebellum
* The Medulla Oblongata
* The Hypothalamus
* The Pituitary gland
Learn how to study the brain using various techniques
GCSE Biology - Inheritance
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Inheritance
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:
Chromosomes, genes and alleles
Inheritance key words
Genetic crosses and punnet squares
The work of Gregor Mendel & the history of Genetics
GCSE Biology - Control of Blood Glucose Levels
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Control of Blood Glucose Levels
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:
How glucose enters the body
The role of Insulin in lowering blood glucose levels
The role of Glucagon in raising blood glucose levels (Higher Tier)
The concept of negative feedback
Diabetes
* Type I
* Type II
GCSE Biology - The Menstrual Cycle
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
GCSE Biology - Respiration
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
GCSE Biology - Photosynthesis
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
GCSE Biology Required Practical 6
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