'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the collision theory content in the new 2015 AQA Chemistry specification. This resource includes:
1: A key information starter game
2: A definition construction activity
3: Various model building activities
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This resource is a whole lesson with activities on electrical power & potential difference. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key word starter activity
3: A power question activity
4: A what fuse to use activity
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A series of well resourced lessons covering the homeostasis & response section of the 2016 AQA Biology specification. These lessons fit in with the SOW released by AQA.
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This resource is a A Level Biology, photosynthesis workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Electron transport chains
Chloroplast structure
Photosynthetic pigments
Light dependent photosynthesis
Light independent photosynthesis
Limiting factors of photosynthesis
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This resource is a A Level Biology, transport in animals workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Types of circulation
Blood vessels
The Heart
The cardiac cycle
The formation of tissue fluid
Transport of Oxygen & Carbon Dioxide
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This resource is a A Level Biology, evolution and classification workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Classification
The 5 Kingdoms
The 3 Domains
Natural Selection & Evolution
Evidence of Evolution
Variation
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the vaccination content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A history of vaccines starter activity
3: A vaccination spag activity
4: A key information dice game
5: A pair activity on heard immunity
6: A 6 mark assessment question
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
7: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a A Level Biology, cell division workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
The cell cycle
Mitosis
Meiosis
The organization & specialization of cells
Stem cells
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This resource is a A Level Biology, pathogens & immunity workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Plant & animal diseases
Types of pathogen
Disease transmission
Plant defences
Non specific immunity
Antibodies
Humoral immunity
Acquired immunity
Phagocytosis
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This resource is a A Level Biology, hormonal control workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Hormonal control
Adrenaline
The control of blood glucose
The control of insulin release
The structure of the pancreas
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This resource is a A Level Biology, genetics of living systems workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Mutations
Lac operon
The control of genetics
Body plans & homeobox genes
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This resource is a A Level Biology, nervous system workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Neurone structure
Sensory neurones
Resting potentials
Action potentials
Saltatory conduction
The synapse
The structure of the nervous system
Reflexes
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This resource is a A Level Biology, gas exchange systems workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Gas exchange in mammals
Gas exchange surfaces
Gas exchange in insects
Gas exchange in fish
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the vaccination content of the OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game
3: A artificial immunity dice game
4: A vaccination model activity
5: A key words plenary activity
6: A SPAG activity
7: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities coving the medicines and their uses content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A medicines discussion activity
4: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
5: A set of notes for students to use
6: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
7: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the cell mediated immunity content of the OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy starter game
3: A key information sheet
4: A cell mediated immunity model activity
5: A micro-teaching activity
6: A Sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
7: A home work sheet
8: A video showing how to model the process
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the autoimmune disease content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A type 1 diabetes activity
4: A presentation activity
5: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the phagocytosis section of the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A modelling activity
4: A student diagram sheet
5: A micro teaching activity
6: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering plant pathogens and disease content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
3: Activities on Ring Rot, Potato Blight, TMV and Black Sigatoka
4: A Key information started game
5: A key information annotation activity
6: A question looking at how plant disease affects food security
7: A group discussion activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering disease transmission in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A key information annotation activity
4: 3 questions on disease transmission
5: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
6: A discussion activity
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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