Water is very important for living organisms because of its numerous properties and this lesson focuses on its role as a solvent in transport. The engaging and detailed PowerPoint and accompanying worksheet have been designed to cover point 1.2 of the Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology A specification and also explains the importance of the dipole nature for this role in transport.
A mathematical theme runs throughout the lesson as students have to match the numbers calculated in the starter task to water statistics, such as the percentage of the volume of blood plasma that is water. This has been included to try to increase the relevance of each property so that it can be described in a biological context. Time is taken at the beginning of the lesson to describe the structure of water in terms of the covalent bonds between the oxygen and hydrogen atoms as well as the hydrogen bonds which form between molecules because of its polarity. Students will understand how water is a solvent which means that it is critical for transport in animals, a topic covered in the next few lessons but also for transport in plants as discussed in topic 4. The high heat capacity and latent heat of vaporisation of water is also discussed and explained through the examples of thermoregulation and the maintenance of a stable environment for aquatic animals. The final part of the lesson focuses on the involvement of water in condensation and hydrolysis reactions, two reactions which must be well understood for topic 1 and 2 and the formation and breakage of polysaccharides, lipids, polypeptides and polynucleotides.
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Biological molecules (Edexcel SNAB)
This lesson bundle contains 10 lessons which have been designed to cover the Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology A (Salters Nuffield) specification points which focus on the structure and function of the biological molecules, including water, carbohydrates, lipids and proteins. The lesson PowerPoints are highly detailed, and along with their accompanying worksheets, they have been planned at length to contain a wide range of engaging tasks which cover the following A-level Biology content that's found in topics 1, 2 and 4 of the course: 1.2: Understand the importance of water as a solvent in transport, including its dipole nature 1.12 (i): Know the difference between monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides, including glycogen and starch (amylose and amylopectin) 1.12 (ii): Be able to relate the structures of monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides to their roles in providing and storing energy 1.13: Know how monosaccharides join to form disaccharides (sucrose, lactose and maltose) and polysaccharides (glycogen and amylose) through condensation reactions forming glycosidic bonds, and how these can be split through hydrolysis reactions 1.14 (i): Know how a triglyceride is synthesised by the formation of ester bonds during condensation reactions between glycerol and three fatty acids. 1.14 (ii): Know the differences between saturated and unsaturated lipids 2.9 (i): Know the basic structure of an amino acid 2.9 (ii): Understand the formation of polypeptides and proteins (amino acid monomers linked by peptide bonds in condensation reactions) 2.9 (iii): Understand the significance of a protein’s primary structure in determining its three-dimensional structure and properties (globular and fibrous proteins and the types of bonds involved in its three-dimensional structure) 2.10 (iv): Know the molecular structure of a globular protein and a fibrous protein and understand how their structures relate to their functions (including haemoglobin and collagen) 4.9: Understand the structure and function of the polysaccharides starch and cellulose, including the role of hydrogen bonds between β-glucose molecules in the formation of cellulose microfibrils
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Topic 1: Lifestyle, health and risk (Edexcel A-level Biology A)
As the 1st topic on the Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology A (Salters Nuffield) course, the Lifestyle, health and risk topic is extremely important to introduce the students to the detail needed for success in this subject. Extensive planning has gone into all 9 of the lessons included in this bundle to motivate and engage the students whilst covering the following specification points: * The importance of water * The structure and function of blood vessels * The cardiac cycle and the relationship between the structure and operation of the heart to its function * The blood clotting process * The differences between monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides * The structure and role of the monosaccharides * Understand how monosaccharides join to form disaccharides and polysaccharides through condensation reactions and are split through hydrolysis reactions * The relationship between the structure and roles of the polysaccharides * The synthesis of a triglyceride by the formation of ester bonds between glycerol and fatty acids * The difference between saturated and unsaturated lipids The PowerPoints and accompanying resources contain a wide variety of tasks which include exam-style questions with mark schemes, guided discussion points and quick quiz competitions.
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