Designed for the new specification IGCSE Edexcel course but can be used for other examination boards.
Covers:
(b) Selective breeding
5.10 understand how selective breeding can develop plants with desired characteristics.
5.11 understand how selective breeding can develop animals with desired characteristics.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
24 slides covering Discovery and development of drugs
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Students should be able to describe the process of discovery and development of potential new medicines, including preclinical and clinical testing.
Traditionally drugs were extracted from plants and microorganisms.
• The heart drug digitalis originates from foxgloves.
• The painkiller aspirin originates from willow.
• Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming from the Penicillium mould.
Most new drugs are synthesised by chemists in the pharmaceutical industry. However, the starting point may still be a chemical extracted from a plant.
New medical drugs have to be tested and trialled before being used to check that they are safe and effective.
New drugs are extensively tested for toxicity, efficacy and dose.
Preclinical testing is done in a laboratory using cells, tissues and live animals.
Clinical trials use healthy volunteers and patients.
• Very low doses of the drug are given at the start of the clinical trial.
• If the drug is found to be safe, further clinical trials are carried out to find the optimum dose for the drug.
• In double blind trials, some patients are given a placebo.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
17 slides covering Cell division (chromosomes, mitosis and the cell cycle)
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
4.1.2.1 Chromosomes
The nucleus of a cell contains chromosomes made of DNA molecules. Each chromosome carries a large number of genes.
In body cells the chromosomes are normally found in pairs.
**4.1.2.2 Mitosis and the cell cycle **
Cells divide in a series of stages called the cell cycle. Students should be able to describe the stages of the cell cycle, including mitosis.
During the cell cycle the genetic material is doubled and then divided into two identical cells.
Before a cell can divide it needs to grow and increase the number of sub-cellular structures such as ribosomes and mitochondria. The DNA replicates to form two copies of each chromosome.
In mitosis one set of chromosomes is pulled to each end of the cell and the nucleus divides.
Finally the cytoplasm and cell membranes divide to form two identical cells.
Students need to understand the three overall stages of the cell cycle but do not need to know the different phases of the mitosis stage.
Cell division by mitosis is important in the growth and development of multicellular organisms.
Students should be able to recognise and describe situations in given contexts where mitosis is occurring.
Designed for the new specification International A-level edexcel course but can be modified for other exam boards.
29 slides covering Fertilisation in animals
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
3.11 understand how mammalian gametes are specialised for their functions (including the acrosome in sperm and the zona pellucida in the egg cell).
3.12 know the process of fertilisation in mammals, including the acrosome reaction, the cortical reaction and the fusion of nuclei.
Powerpoint contains exam questions.
Designed for the new specification International A-level edexcel course but can be modified for other exam boards.
18 slides covering Prokaryotic cells
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-The ultrastructure of Prokaryotic cells.
-Understand the function organelles in Prokaryotic cells
Powerpoint contains a exam style question
Designed for the new specification International A-level edexcel course but can be modified for other exam boards.
21 slides covering The cell cycle
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-The cell cycle’s role in the production of identical daughter cells for growth and asexual reproduction.
Powerpoint contains exam questions
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course (covers spec point 4.1.1.3) but can be modified for other exam boards.
13 slides covering Plant specialisation.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-Describe how specialised cells in a plant carry out a particular function
-Identify different parts of specialised plant cells and relate these identified parts to their function.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point4.1.1.1 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
19 slides covering Atoms, Elements and Compounds.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-Understand that elements can be represented by a chemical symbol
-Recognise how the periodic table is arranged
-Describe how compounds are formed
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.10.1.2 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
14 slides covering Potable water:
-the difference between potable water and pure water
-the differences in treatment of ground water and salty water
-how to carry out a simple distillation of salt solution and test the distillate to determine its purity.
-includes details of the required practical (see worksheets www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-water-purification-11771279)
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.5.1.2 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
16 slides covering Reaction profiles.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Define the term activation energy
Draw a reaction profile for exothermic and endothermic reactions
Interpret reaction profiles for exothermic and endothermic reactions
Describe bond breaking and bond making in terms of energy
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12 slides covering Velocity.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Define Velocity
Be able to calculate velocity
Interpret velocity time graphs
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Contains 6 lessons covering:
Vectors and scalars
Resultant forces
Contact and non-contact forces
Speed and distance time graphs
Acceleration
Velocity
Lessons are designed for the new AQA course.
These lessons can be adapted to be used with other exam boards as all new science specifications now cover the same content.
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.5.6.1.2 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
13 slides covering speed and distance/time graphs.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Use and rearrange the Speed equation;
Describe how the gradient of a distance–time graph represents the speed;
Describe the motion of an object by interpreting distance–time graphs.
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14 slides covering Ramadan.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-Define the word Sawm;
-Describe why Muslims fast;
-Explain what things Muslims avoid during fasting.
Designed for the new specification IGCSE Edexcel course but can be used for other examination boards.
Covers:
(b) Feeding relationships
4.6 understand the names given to different trophic levels, including producers, primary, secondary and tertiary consumers and decomposers
4.7 understand the concepts of food chains, food webs, pyramids of number, pyramids of biomass and pyramids of energy transfer
4.8 understand the transfer of substances and energy along a food chain
4.9 understand why only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
Contains 4 lessons covering:
Homeostasis
The human nervous system
The brain
The eye
Lessons are designed for the new AQA course covering specification points: 4.5.1, 4.5.2.1,4.5.2.2,4.5.2.3
These lessons can be adapted to be used with other exam boards as all new science specifications now cover the same content.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
23 slides covering the The heart and blood vessels.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Students should know the structure and functioning of the human heart and lungs, including how lungs are adapted for gaseous exchange.
The heart is an organ that pumps blood around the body in a double circulatory system. The right ventricle pumps blood to the lungs where gas exchange takes place. The left ventricle pumps blood around the rest of the body.
Knowledge of the blood vessels associated with the heart is limited to the aorta, vena cava, pulmonary artery, pulmonary vein and coronary arteries. Knowledge of the names of the heart valves is not required.
Knowledge of the lungs is restricted to the trachea, bronchi, alveoli and the capillary network surrounding the alveoli.
The natural resting heart rate is controlled by a group of cells located in the right atrium that act as a pacemaker. Artificial pacemakers are electrical devices used to correct irregularities in the heart rate.
The body contains three different types of blood vessel: • arteries
• veins
• capillaries.
Students should be able to explain how the structure of these vessels relates to their functions.
Students should be able to use simple compound measures such as rate and carry out rate calculations for blood flow.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
17 slides covering Metabolism.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
4.4.2.3 Metabolism
Students should be able to explain the importance of sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and glycerol in the synthesis and breakdown of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
Metabolism is the sum of all the reactions in a cell or the body.
The energy transferred by respiration in cells is used by the organism for the continual enzyme controlled processes of metabolism that synthesise new molecules.
Metabolism includes:
conversion of glucose to starch, glycogen and cellulose
the formation of lipid molecules from a molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acids
the use of glucose and nitrate ions to form amino acids which in turn are used to synthesise proteins
respiration
breakdown of excess proteins to form urea for excretion.