I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
Loop Game to practise and review word equations and chemical equations of aerobic respiration.
Great as starter / plenary / revision activity
14 cards per set
includes solution and jumbled up student version
Print, laminate, cut up, play!
Loop game on organ systems
great as starter, plenary or revision activity
Includes 20 cards with diagrams and functions on
respiratory system
circulatory system
muscular system
skeletal system
nervous system
endocrine system
reproductive system
immune system
digestive system
excretory system
Tarsia puzzle on keyword and definitions of Scientific Method / How Science works (HSW).
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 names/ descriptions/ images to match up)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
30 pieces Jigsaw Puzzle on the light microscope for digital learning;
can be done by students on computer / iPad using the Powerpoint or Keynote App without the need for printing.
Open file in “Normal View” mode and move around pieces.
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity during homeschooling or online teaching
Fun card game on organelles, specialised cells, organs
There is only one symbol that two cards have in common and it’s different for every card pair - can students find it and name it?
Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players’ top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner.
30 cards per set, 31 symbols per set, 6 symbols per card.
square version (easy to cut up)
play in groups of 3-4 students.
Print, laminate, cut up, play!
Loop Game on the Lac Operon and regulation of its transcription through activator and repressor proteins.
14 cards per set
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity.
designed for Edexcel SNAB Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome) but also suitable for other exam boards
Tarsia puzzle on different contraceptive methods and their reliability
suitable as starter, plenary or revision activity
includes solution and jumbled up student version
Fun activity to make your own leaf cross-section cube.
2 versions: Students either colour in their own or use the pre-coloured template.
They can label the different leaf structures.
Students then cut out the leaf and form a cube by sticking the flaps together.
Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel, Topic 7 Run for your life
excellent revision activity to review keywords, images from the entire topic
There is only one symbol that two cards have in common and it’s different for every card pair - can students find it and name it?
Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players’ top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner.
43 cards with 7 symbols each
play in groups of 3-4
print out, laminate, cut up, play!
Jigsaw puzzle of the structure of the digestive system.
Two difficulty levels (28 parts or 56 parts).
Fun starter / plenary or revision activity.
Print, laminate, cut up into squares or triangles following the guidelines, play.
UPDATED VERSION
A challenging loop game on food webs and pyramid of numbers.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity
19 cards per set
includes solution and jumbled up student version
Tarsia puzzle on diffusion, osmosis and transport (including active transport, faciliated diffusion, factors affecting diffusion, etc)
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 keywords, definitions and structures to match up)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Card sort on organs belonging to different organ systems.
Student sort function and organs to corresponding organ system.
114 cards per set
great as starter, plenary or revision activity
Organ systems included:
Includes:
respiratory system
circulatory system
muscular system
skeletal system
nervous system
endocrine system
reproductive system
immune system
digestive system
excretory system
Tarsia game on acids and alkalines (including examples, pH scale, indicators, neutralisation reaction, etc)
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
30 diagrams / keywords to match up
24 cards per set.
includes a jumbled up student version
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Tarsia puzzle on microorganisms and immune system (incl. pathogens, defence, phagocytosis, lymphocytes, antibodies, vaccination, antibiotics, etc)
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 keywords, definitions and structures to match up)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Card sort activity on different blood groups (red blood cells, antigens, antibodies in plasma, blood transfusion compatibility)
20 cards per set
great as starter, plenary or revision activity
A quick (10 min) starter / assessment activity with 6 questions (13 marks) to test vocabulary and understanding of mitosis and calculation of mitotic index.
Includes feedback box and Mark scheme.
Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome) but also suitable for other exam boards
Big A3 mind map on microbes, microorganisms, pathogens, immune system, immunity, vaccination
• including 68 keywords
• this is a great revision activity for GCSE
• students can complete this with or without keyword list
3 pages including:
- blank concept map for students (print A3)
- completed concept map
- set of keywords (2 sets per A4 page)