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Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Communicable Diseases
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Different types of pathogens
How diseases are spread and prevented
Viral Diseases (HIV, Measels & TMV)
Bacterial Diseases (Salmonella & Gonorrhoea)
Funal Diseases (Rose Black Spot)
Protist Diseases (Malaria)
Exam Practise
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1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all below:
Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Classification
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Carl Linneaus and the Linnean System
Concept of Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus & Species
How classification systems have changed over time
The 3 domain system (Archaea, Bacteria and Eukaryota) & Carl Woese
The Binomial Naming System
How to read evolutionary trees (phylogenetics)
Exam Practise
A lesson / revision PowerPoint covering all information needed and containing informative slides and practise questions
Required Practical 8 - Investigate the effect of light or gravity on the growth of newly germinated seedlings
This powerpoint covers AT 1 (use appropriate apparatus to record length and time), AT 3 (selecting appropriate apparatus and techniques to measure the growth of shoots or roots), AT 4 (safe and ethical use of plants to measure physiological function of growth in response to light or gravity), AT 7 (observations of biological specimens to produce labelled scientific drawings) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required.
The powerpoint covers:
Background on phototropisms and geotropisms
Aim
Required apparatus
A suitable method
A suitable results table to record data
A look at the variables in this experiment
How to draw biological drawings
Past paper exam questions
Summary
A carefully laid out and concise lesson / revision resource on Natural Hazards & Tectonic Plates from the Tectonic Hazards topic for AQA
Download includes a Powerpoint, Activity Sheet & Worksheet
Powerpoint includes:
Concept of hazards and the main groups of hazards
Difference between a hazard and a natural event
Hazard Risk and factors affecting it
Structure of the Earth
Oceanic vs. Continental Plates
Tectonic plates & plate margins
Convection currents, slab pull and ridge push
Global distribution of Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Activity explanation, practise questions and exam questions
Summary slide
The activity sheet is a Five-A-Side activity, designed to help students recall key terms in groups of 3. Full instructions on how to use included. Estimated to take 10 minutes
The worksheet covers key concepts from the lesson displayed in an engaing format. Estimated to take 10-15 minutes.
This is the first lesson in the Tectonic Hazards topic. The other lessons can be found below:
2. Plate Boundaries
A carefully laid out and concise lesson / revision resource on Plate Boundaries from the Tectonic Hazards topic for AQA
Download includes a Powerpoint, Activity Sheet & Worksheet
Powerpoint includes:
The 3 types of plate margins
Constructive plate margins
* Main processes that occur, earthquakes, volcanoes, formation of ocean ridges and rift valleys, real life example
Destructive plate margins
* Main processes that occur, earthquakes, volcanoes, formation of ocean trenches and fold mountains, real life example
Conservative plate margins
* Main processes that occur, earthquakes, real life example
Summary table of the 3 plate margins
Difference between shield and compositive volcanoes
Earthquakes, how they occur, how they are measured, the Richter & Mercalli scales, seismometers
Activity explanation, practise questions and exam questions
Summary slide
The activity sheet is a 2 truths 1 lie activity, designed to help students to understand key concepts in small groups. Full instructions on how to use included. Estimated to take 10 minutes
The worksheet covers key concepts from the lesson displayed in an engaing format. Estimated to take 10-15 minutes.
This is the second lesson in the Tectonic Hazards topic. The other lessons can be found below:
1. Natural Hazards & Plate Tectonics
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Pyramids of Biomass & Trophic Levels
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Trophic Levels
How to read Pyramids of Biomass and key features
Why is there energy loss between trophic levels (not all eaten, not all absorbed, faeces, respiration etc.)
Working with biomass (concept of dry biomass)
Calculating efficiency of biomass transfers
Drawing pyramids of biomass
Decomposers
Exam Practise
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Food Security, Farming & Fishing
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Concept of Food Secuirty
Biological factors which are threatening food security (Increasing birth rate, changing diets in developed countries, new pests and pathogens, environmental changes, cost of agricultural inputs and conflicts)
Increasing the efficiency of food production (restricting movement, conserving heat, high protein diet)
Problems behind intensive farming
Sustainable Fisheries (introducing fishing quotas and net sizes)
Exam Practise
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Quadrats & Transects
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Measuring abundance and distribution
Quadrats (how to use them, having large sample size & random samples)
Calculating mean, median, range and mode
Transects (when to use them, line & belt transects)
Calculating areas to workout abundance (worked examples)
The impact of change (effect of change in temperature, water and atmospheric gases)
Exam Practise
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Decay
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
The concept of decay (role of detrivores)
Factors affecting decomposition (temperature, water availability, oxygen, presence of decomposers/detrivores)
Using decay to make compost (use as a fertilizer)
Best conditions for decay
How to design a compost bin
Making Biogas (production of methane)
Exam Practise
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Immune System
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is the immune system?
Non-specific defences (skin, respiratory system and digestive system)
Antigens and Antibodies
White blood cells
Lines of specific defence - phagocytosis, antibodies and antitoxins
Practise Questions
Need another lesson from this topic? Check out our other downloads below:
1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all below:
Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Biotechnology
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is Biotechnology?
GM Crops (Golden Rice)
Producing Mycoprotein (Fusarium)
Producing insulin to treat diabetes
Exam Practise
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Save with the Unit 7 Lessons BUNDLE
1 - Intro to Ecology
2 - Adaptations
3 - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles
4 - Trophic Levels & Pyramids of Biomass
5 - Quadrats & Transects
6 - The Carbon & Water Cycles
7 - Decay
8 - Biodiveristy & Waste Management
9 - Land Use & Deforestation
10 - Global Warming & Maintaining Biodiveristy
11 - Food Security, Farming & Fishing
12 - Biotechnology
Searching for lessons from other GCSE Biology topics? Find them all below:
Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
A powerpoint outlining all the key details of the 3.3.3 section of the AQA A-Level Biology specification for Digestion & Absorption. Includes keywords, diagrams, recap questions, exam questions and further thinkning questions.
Structure of Digestive System
* Different parts and their functions
Digestion
* Carbohydrates (amylases and membrane-bound disacharidases)
* Proteins (endo-/exo-peptidases & dipeptidases)
* Lipids (lipases & action of bile salts)
Absoprtion
* Monosacharides & Amino Acids via co-transport in ileum
* Triglycerides and the role of micelles and chylomicrons
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Carbon & Water Cycles
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Cycles in Biology (the role of autotrophs, decomposers and detrivores, the cycling of nutrients)
The Water Cycle (evaporation & precipitation)
The importance of the water cycle
The carbon cyle (photosynthesis, respiration & combustion)
The future of the carbon cycle (how humans are upsetting the balance by releasing more CO2)
Exam Practise
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on DNA & Protein Synthesis
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Key Words
Function & Structure of DNA (including nucleotide structure)
The Human Genome & the importance of understanding it
Protein Synthesis
* Concept of a gene coding for a protein
* Main stages of Protein Synthesis
Gene Expression (the role of non-coding DNA)
Tyeps of mutations
A detailed summary sheet of all knowledge required by the specification for AQA A-Level Biology. The sheet breaks down the areas of proteins from the Biological Molecules topic that students need to understand about:
Characteristics
Structure of an Amino Acid
Formation of a peptide bond
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary and Quaternary structure of proteins
Fibrous vs. globular proteins
Insulin, haemoglobin and antibodies as examples
A detailed look at collagen, its structure and properties
The Biurets Tests
Proteins and maths
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Biodiversity and Waste Management
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is Biodiversity
Managing Waste
Land Pollution (from landfill and from toxic chemicals)
Water Pollution (from sewage, fertiliser or toxic chemicals)
Air Pollution (from smoke and acidic gases)
The impact of pollution on biodiveristy
Exam Practise
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Global Warming and Maintaining Biodiversity
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Greenhouse Gases
Concept of Global Warming & Cliamte Change
Human impact on greenhoue gas emissions
Why climate change is a complex topic to study
Biological Consequences of Global Warming (loss of habitat, changes in distribution, changes in migration, reduced biodiversity, changes in weather)
Ways to maintain biodiversity in the face of change (breeding programmes, protection of rare habitats, reintroduction of hedgerows, reduction of deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions, recycling resources rather than dumping waste in landfill)
Exam pracise questions
A revison resource to learn each of the case studies for the physical geogrpahy exam paper
Case Studies Include
Restless Earth
- The Alps – Fold Mountains Case Study
- Montserrat – Volcano Case Study
- Kobe – MEDC Earthquake Case Study
- Kashmir – LEDC Earthquake Case Study
- Boxing Day Tsunami, Asia Case Study
Water on the Land
- Boscastle – MEDC Flood
- Mozambique – LEDC Flood
- Bewl Water – Reservoir / Dam Scheme
Coasts
- Holderness – Cliff + Coastal Erosion / Mass Movement
- Holderness – Coastal Management / Hard Engineering
- Maldives – Rising Sea Levels Case Study
- Studland Bay - Coastal Habitats