Complete lesson in which students work in groups to reseach endangered species to understand factors that cause extinction. Contains instructions for group research, peer assessment feedback sheet, plenary and homework tasks. Designed for KS3 Activate

Practical activity in which students measure different traits and record variation within the class using frequency tables. Can then be used to discuss continuous and discontinuous variation and plot the appropriate graphs

Worksheet to accompany the video (link on page 3). Exam question to assess understanding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBWGM630zG0

A jigsaw game to teach students about different types of digestive enzymes. Questions included to support discussions about specificity and complimentary binding.

Worksheet to illustrate changes in pressure and volume that occur during ventilation. Students look at differences in the two diagrams and calculate & & compare the area in the thorax during inhalation and exhalation

Covers most key concepts from the new AQA B1 GCSE Topic of Cells and Transport. Cut each triangle up and students should match each key term with the definition. Creates a hexagon shape once completed

Dominos style revision game for the new AQA GCSE B7 Non Communicable Disease topic. Cut out each triangle and students must match the key terms to their meaning. Creates a hexagon once complete

Designed for the Year 8 Unicellular Organisms topic (8D). Students learn about the uses of bacteria and yeast to make food products

Made for the new AQA GCSE B10.2 unit. Includes practical work to investigate different types of receptors. Textbook pages refer to the old AQA textbook. Thank you to other tes members who have contributed

Lesson including practical and assessment questions to teach drag. Real life application, linking drag to Chris Hoy and cycling

For the new AQA GCSE Specification (B6). Includes video links and practical work to test the effect of caffeine drinks on memory.

Show students the kscience animation of the apoplast, symplast and vacuolar pathways. Students use this and the key terms on slide 1 to label the diagram on slide 2

Powerpoint covering the first 4 lessons of the activate scheme of work. Worksheets referenced are available from Activate.

Designed for the Activate KS3 SOW. Worksheets referenced can be downloaded from Kerboodle. Contains complete lessons for topic 10.4 Genetics

A ‘spot the mistake’ activity to test students understanding of protein export. Written for OCR A level but suitable for other exam boards. Student copy and answers included.

Designed for the AQA GCSE BIology course and relates to the Microscopy Required Practical. This download contains a full lesson, complete with PPT, exemplars, student lead activities, peer or teacher feedback sheets and examination question with answers.

PowerPoint and worksheet with a step-by-step guide to calculate stomata density. PowerPoint also promotes discussion about factors affecting transpiration and adaptations of plants to reduce transpiration. Written for AQA topic B4.8

Worksheets to help students structure their notes for OCR’s Manipulating Genomes Topics. Contains exam questions too.