Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology lesson. All resources are included in this excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it ! LO’s: Explain what DNA is and how it was discovered. Describe the structure of DNA. Use a mnemonic to recall base pairs. Describe how scientists worked together/collaborated to discover the structure of DNA. Name the father of the theory of evolution. Explain what evolution is. Understand peer review and how scientists collaborate. Apply new literacy and numeracy skills. Covers a lot of ground quickly but carefully. Use as 1 lesson or spread it over two. STARTER Pupils work together to figure out what today’s lesson is about. This leads the pupils to think about the Los and self-assess against their current understanding of this topic and undertake a scientific literacy activity. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There is a very good variety of interesting student activities such as: up and about, gap fill, numeracy, literacy activities, quiz questions, video, recall, think/pair/share, questions with answers, long answer question, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc etc. PLENARY Learners self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A good variety of extension activities are provided should any class require them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a huge amount of time and effort. Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). Vaccinations 1 - vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner Vaccinations 2 - Advantages & disadvantages of vaccinations, how pathogens spread etc. 3. Antibiotics 1 - Medicines, Fleming, penicillin and selecting an appropriate antibiotic Antibiotics 2 - Antibiotic resistance, super bugs, MRSA, resistant bacteria This lesson Preventing extinction, conservation, seed banks, captive breeding etc Revision lesson. Vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, Evolution, extinction etc Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: DNA, genes, genetics, chromosomes, base pairs, TAGC, tigers, characteristics, Darwin, evolution, survival of the fittest, peer review, collaboration, Charles Darwin, evolve, etc

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Complete and ready to use high quality KS3 Biology lesson from Barclayfox. All resources are included in this well differentiated excellent lesson, there is nothing for you to do but deliver it ! STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO: * Understand what antibiotics can treat and what they cannot. * Describe the use of antibiotics and how they work. * Explain how Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. * Successfully complete an experiment to select an appropriate antibiotic. STARTER Pupils start the lessons by thinking about the Los and self-assessing against their current understanding of this topic and undertaking a scientific literacy activity. MAIN and MAIN and MAIN… This lesson is ‘chunked’ into discrete sections to support learning and create positive behaviour by keeping students interested and focused. There is a very good variety of interesting student activities such as a practical experiment, gap fill, matching, literacy activity, quick quiz, recall, think/pair/share, questions with answers, self-assessment and peer assessment opportunities etc etc. PLENARY Learners self assess and reflect on their progress against the lesson outcomes. EXTENSION ACTIVITIES A good variety of extension activities are provided just in case any group you teach requires them. Thank you for looking, this lesson will save you a lot of time and effort, if you choose to buy your positive feedback on tes would be very much appreciated :) Other Barclayfox lessons in this series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available, not all series are bundled). 1. Vaccinations – lesson 1. (Vaccinations, immunity and Edward Jenner) 2. Vaccinations – lesson 2. (Advantages & disadvantages of vaccinations, how pathogens spread etc) 3. Antibiotics - lesson 1. (Medicines, Fleming, penicillin and selecting an appropriate antibiotic) 4. Antibiotics - lesson 2. (Antibiotic resistance, super bugs, MRSA, resistant bacteria) 5. DNA & Darwin & evolution & Peer review. (Discovery of the structure of DNA, evolution etc) 6. Preventing extinction. (Preventing extinction, conservation, seed banks, captive breeding etc) 7. Revision lesson. (Vaccines, antibiotics, DNA, Evolution, extinction etc) Happy teaching ! Barclayfox. Search Words: Antibiotics, Penicillin, Alexander Fleming, medicines, vaccine, vaccination, immunity, immune, virus, bacteria, Doctor, nurse, medicine, syringe, petri dish, microscope, illness, ill, cure, blood, white blood cell, fungus, germ, germs, disease, roll, MMR, Mumps, Measles, Rubella, vaccination, German measles, HPV, human papilloma virus, cancer, immune system, injection, droplet, observation, hypothesis, theory, experiment, pathogen, antibody, skin, stomach acid, primary defences, etc

Energy stores and transfers activity (new GCSE 9-1). Get a FREE resource! Details below. This is a high quality, differentiated, easy to use and ready to use practical activity. ENERGY - THE LANGUAGE HAS CHANGED: Tes is littered with energy resources teaching to the old spec. it would be wrong to use these to teach with today (some even say they are new spec. 9-1 – but they not). Please don’t risk teaching your classes incorrectly ! This resource is an engaging energy circus practical experiment for students. It allows students to learn the subject properly and clearly with differentiated and unique activity sheets you cannot get anywhere else. WHY BUY THIS ? Many many hours of effort went in to writing these unique and accurate resources Tried and trusted, differentiated and complete. You can rely on this activity to give an accurate and superior learning experience. WHAT DO I GET? High ability activity sheet – for use during the circus practical. Medium/lower ability activity sheet – for use during the circus practical. Answer sheet. Equipment list (to give to your technicians) HOW DO I USE IT? Teach the students about the 8 stores and the 4 transfers and then let them do the highly engaging and accurate to 9-1 spec activities as the main part of your lesson. Then self or peer mark the sheets (answers provided). OR, FIND A FULLY COMPLETE AND READY TO GO LESSON HERE: Energy stores and transfers 9-1 spec AGES Activity for ages 11 to 16 where ever you live (so KS3/KS4 and USA grades 6 to 10). OTHER BARCLAYFOX RESOURCES: There are lots more great time saving lessons in my tes shop: Barclayfox’s shop Or, perhaps have a glance at some of my other high quality lessons… Specialised cells - KS3 bio Exothermic and endothermic - KS4 Chemistry Happy teaching! Barclayfox.

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A complete KS4 (GCSE) Chemistry lesson from barclayfox. It contains: * Picture puzzle (starter). * Title and lesson objectives (see below). * Scientific literacy/SPaG. * Gap fills. * Questions with answers /activities with answers * Theory slides (minimal - not ‘death by powerpoint’) * Video links (2 off). * Homework. * Kinaesthetic activity. * Demo - effect of surface area. * Practical experiment in groups - temperature (with scaffolding text and results table blanks). 2 optional methods. * Questioning - with all answers. * A unique worksheet with answers - for more able learners / groups. * Student self assessment versus objectives activity. * Equipment list - to give to your technicians (.doc file). Lesson objectives: * Understand 4 things that effect the rate of a reaction. * Be able to explain collision theory. * Explain how temperature etc affect the rate of reaction. * Safely do a successful practical - to investigate how rate of reaction changes with temperature. I hope you will purchase this excellent lesson and please leave positive feedback. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all my resources. This lesson is part of a series, and you may wish to buy others from the series: 1. Exothermic and endothermic (temperature change) reactions. 2. Rates of reaction (surface area, concentration and temperature) 3. Rates of reaction - catalysts and surface area. Thank you for your time and happy teaching ! Yours, Barclayfox.

Isotopes - a complete KS4 / GCSE lesson Lesson objectives: * Understand atomic structure. * Know what isotopes, mass number, and atomic number are. * Describe nuclei of different atoms using mass number and atomic number in the form: X superscript m subscript p. * Use atomic number and mass number to calculate the number of protons, electrons and neutrons in an atom. * Draw the structures of specific atoms. The lesson contains: * Notes to help the teacher. * Help sheet (can be given to all students, or to only those who the plenary shows found the lesson difficult, or to students who missed the lesson). * Homework sheet with answers (you choose whether your learners need to do it). * Starter - picture puzzle. * Simple task where students self-assess themselves against each objective * Big question to get students thinking. * Scientific literacy. * Revision game - played in small teams - all answers are provided. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Gap fill activities - various, with answers. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted and interactive to avoid ‘death by powerpoint’) * Video clip link (carefully selected – saves you time searching the internet). * Plenary assessment quiz. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity. Waste no more of your precious time searching, buy now! This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundle – contains all lessons (if available not all series are bundled) 1. History of the atom and the discovery of the nucleus. 2. Isotopes and Mass number and Atomic number. 3. Alpha, Beta and Gamma – ionising radiation. 4. Changes in the nucleus – decay equations 5. Activity and half life 6 to 14 Please see this power point for the rest of the list. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete and ‘ready to deliver’ KS3 lesson. Lesson title: Lungs, gas exchange and alveoli Lesson objectives: Describe the structure of the gas exchange system. Describe how parts of the gas exchange system are adapted to their function. This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do NOT need to spend hours carefully planning and resourcing this lesson – I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for you. There is nothing to do but give it a quick read through and familiarise yourself with it, and if necessary, take some simple decisions the lesson guides you to make before delivering it. You may also wish to remove a few slides to reduce its length if required for your particular group of learners. The lesson contains: * Need list – telling you what to photocopy or what kit to order etc (if required). * Notes to help the teacher * Title & lesson objectives (as above). * Starter task where students self-assess themselves against each objective * Scientific literacy activity * Questions – all answers are provided. * Video clip. * Paired work activities with answers. * Theory slides (minimal – interspaced with thinking activities - not ‘death by powerpoint’) * Gap fill activities – answers are provided * Plenary formative/summative assessment activity / quiz * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by ‘Barclayfox’ once they appear on TES. Thank you for your time ! Yours, Barclayfox. About this lesson. This lesson is one of a set of 4, these are titled: L1 Cells, tissues and organs. (which is L1 - i.e. Lesson 1) L2 Lungs, gas exchange and alveoli. L3 Breathing (inhale and exhale). L4 Skeleton, joints and muscles. You may find it useful to buy all the lessons in the set as they are linked together - for example a homework maybe given in one lesson and then tested in another. Search words: Lungs, gas exchange, alveoli, alveolus, oxygen, carbon dioxide, bronchi, trachea, lungs, gas exchange, air sacs, breathing, respiration, lungs and breathing, gas, exchange, pulmonary, blood, oxygenation, lungs, breathing.

A complete, and ready to deliver, KS4 lesson For USA - this lesson is for use between 8th and 10th grade. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson outcomes, students will be able to: * Draw “free body diagrams”. * Explain Newton’s first law. * Explain Newton’s third law. * Successfully calculate “resultant” forces. This carefully crafted lesson is over 40 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Activity sheet (unique) - simply print this slide for each student. * Activity sheet - answers. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers - using mini whiteboards (if available) * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer or self marking * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Homework * Scientific Literacy activity. * Scientific Numeracy activity * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundles – contain 3 or more of these lessons at a discounted price (however please note not all my series are bundled). 1. Vectors and scalars. 2. Forces between objects (contact / non-contact and Newton’s 3rd law). 3. Forces and Newton’s third law (N3L). 4. Resultant forces, free body diagrams - This Lesson. 5. Forces and acceleration F=Ma 6. Required practical F=Ma 7 to 12 - please see list in this powerpoint Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, KS4 For USA - this lesson is for use between 8th to 10th grade. Lesson objectives: * Describe the difference between contact forces & non-contact forces. * State examples of non-contact forces and relate them to real life scenarios. * Describe what a force field is and what affects it. * Understand how the strength of force is represented and how it changes with distance. This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Activity sheet (unique) - differentiated HA and LA and all answers are in the powerpoint. * Practical / student experiment. * Sorting activity * Gap fill activity on the activity sheet - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking / Self marking opportunities * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Homework * Scientific Literacy activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. * Extension activities - only for use if required. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundles – contain 3 or more of these lessons at a discounted price (however please note not all my series are bundled). 1. Vectors and scalars. 2. Forces between objects, contact and non-contact forces. 3. Forces and Newton’s third law (N3L). 4 to 12 - please see list in this powerpoint Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

Two differentiated KS4 Biology activity sheets with answers. Drug names (from alcohol to tranquilisers), 4 types of drugs: Stimulants, Depressants, Analgesics, Hallucinogens, therapeutic and recreational, legal and illegal, risks and effects etc. HA - Higher Ability MA - for lower and middle ability. Both have answer sheets. Good activity sheets to form the differentiated centre piece of your lesson. Happy teaching! Regards, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS3 lesson from Barclayfox. (For USA - this lesson is for use between 6th to 8th grade). This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do not need to spend many hours carefully planning, creating, resourcing and improving this lesson after each use. I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for my students and improving it over many years. This is a very high quality ready to use lesson. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives: * Be able to name some drugs. * Be able to define what a drug is. * Define the 4 drug groups (e.g. stimulant, hallucinogen etc). * Categorise drugs into the 4 groups. * Describe the effects different types of drugs have on both health and behaviour. This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - identify which are drugs. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Matching task - answers are provided. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Quiz with answers. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking * Self marking * Up and about activity * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Scientific Literacy activity. * SMSC * Plenary formative/summative assessment quiz / activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. * Extension activities – just in case additional activities are required. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS4 / GCSE lesson. (USA grades 9, 10 and 11) There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives: * Know the forces that oppose the driving force of a vehicle. * Define thinking distance, braking distance and stopping distance. * Describe factors affecting thinking distance and braking distance. * Understand why doubling speed doubles thinking distance but more than doubles braking distance. * Use the braking distance equation successfully. This carefully crafted lesson is over 40 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - recall quiz. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Practical experiment. * Peer marking * Self marking * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Questions – all answers are provided. * Differentiated questions - all answers are provided. * Play ball. * Video clip link (carefully selected – this alone can save you 20+ minutes of searching). * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Scientific Literacy activity. * Scientific Numeracy activity * SMSC * Plenary formative/summative assessment questions. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

KS3 - complete lesson. You place the file attached on the shared area, and students copy the file, and then follow the instructions, watch the video, and learn using the internet links. They complete the questions and activities. It covers: adaptation, variation, habitat and adaptations, inherited variation, survival. A complete, and ready to use. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS3 Biology lesson from Barclayfox. (For USA - this lesson is for use between 5th and 7th grade). This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do not need to spend many hours carefully planning, creating, resourcing and improving this lesson after each use. I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for my students and improving it over many years. This is a very high quality lesson. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives: * Identify some adaptations for different environments. * Describe some adaptations and how they help animals survive. * Describe how inherited variation is caused. * Successfully complete an experiment investigating adaptation and explain what is happening and why. This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Matching task - answers are provided. * Practical / student experiment based around bird adaptations. * Gap fill activities (several) - all answers are provided. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking * Self marking * Up and about activity - doing the experiment. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Video clip link (carefully selected – this alone can save you 20+ minutes of searching). * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Homework * Scientific Literacy activity. * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. * Extension activities – just in case additional activities are required. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundles – contain 3 or more of these lessons at a discounted price (however please note not all my series are bundled). 1. Variation 2. Adaptation 3. Effects of the environment (environmental variation). 4. Effects on the environment (organisms effects on the environment). 5. Transfers in food chains Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

This worksheet covers: Variation and characteristics including inherited variation, environmental variation and characteristics affected by both. Differentiated for the able and less able. Save yourself the hours needed to prepare a differentiated resource with answers as I have already spent those hours preparing this for my students and improving it over many years. There is nothing for you to do but give it a very quick look through and familiarise yourself with it and photocopy it for your students. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break by purchasing more lessons and resources created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this resource and leave a positive review. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.

A complete, and ready to deliver, high quality KS3 lesson from Barclayfox. (For USA - this lesson is for use between 6th to 8th grade. This is a complete lesson from start to end, you do not need to spend many hours carefully planning, creating, resourcing and improving this lesson after each use. I have already spent those hours preparing this lesson for my students and improving it over many years. This is a very high quality lesson. There is nothing for you to do but give it a quick look through and familiarise yourself with it. Lesson objectives: * Describe ways in which organisms affect their habitats and communities. * Describe how organisms compete. * Use a food web to make predictions. * Explain what is happening during predator/prey cycles. This carefully crafted lesson is over 30 slides long, and is full of learning activities as below: * Notes to help the teacher. * Starter 1 - unscramble the words race. * Starter 2 - simple task where students self-assess against the objectives. * Activity sheet (unique) - built into the powerpoint simply print this slide for each student if required - all answers provided. * Gap fill activity - all answers are provided. * Questions – all answers are provided. * Peer marking and Self marking opportunities. * Theory slides (carefully sculpted, interspaced with learning activities, not ‘death by powerpoint’). * Play ball. * Video clip link (carefully selected – this alone can save you 20+ minutes of searching). * Paired work activities – all answers are provided. * Homework * Scientific Literacy activity. * Scientific Numeracy activity * SMSC * Student self-assessment versus objectives activity – so learners can judge for themselves how much they have learnt. * Extension activities – just in case additional activities are required. As teachers we all work ridiculously long hours each week. Give yourself a break, spend some life with your wife / husband / children / friends / family by purchasing more lessons created by “Barclayfox” once they appear on TES. Please note: when searching for resources please type barclayfox into the search box/engine and it will show you all our resources. Please purchase this lesson, and leave a positive review. This lesson is part of a series, whilst they all work very well as standalone individual lessons you may wish to buy others from the series: 0. Bundles – contain 3 or more of these lessons at a discounted price (however please note not all my series are bundled). 1. Variation 2. Adaptation 3. Effects of the environment (environmental variation). 4 & 5 - please see list in this powerpoint for details. Thank you, and happy teaching! Yours, Barclayfox.