'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 & activities covering the antibiotic resistance content in A Level specifications. This resource includes:
1: A discovery of antibiotics starter game
2: A how antibiotics effect bacteria activity
3: A model activity
4: A how bacteria deal with antibiotics activity
5: A antibiotic resistance development activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the biodiversity content of the new 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A pair questioning activity
4: A what effects biodiversity information hunt
5: A micro teaching plenary activity
6: Maintaining biodiversity student notes
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 has been a complete labour of love and is a series of resources to go into an interactive notebook covering the nerves & co-ordination content in the AQA & OCR A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
An instruction video cut into 3 sections due to file size restrictions
Interactive notebook activities covering the following sections
1: Maintaining a resting potential
2: Action potentials
3: Synapses
4: Action potential propagation
5: Neuromuscular junctions
6: The sliding filament model
This resource also includes 3 summary information sheets which can also be used with students.
If you choose to buy this resource it’s a lot of fun to use and my students got lots out of it, however, if you need any extra information or help please get in contact and only give it a go after watching the correct section in the instructional video.
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the body plans content of the OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A homeobox genes key information highlighting activity
3: A building a fly embryo starter activity
4: A AFL dice game
5: A apoptosis modelling activity
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 and activities covering the negative feedback section of the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A questioning dice game
3: An information sheet
4: A literacy questioning activity
5: A card sort activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the basics of glucose regulation within the body. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A worksheet for students to work through
3: A control of blood glucose modeling activity
4: A video showing how to carry out the modeling activity
5: A student set of notes
6: A modeling activity
7: A key information identification activity
8: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the symplast & apoplast pathway of water movement in plants content of the OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A block busters starter literacy game
3: A water movement modelling activity
4: A water pathway dice game
5: A presentation activity
6: A sheet for students to work through
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 animal 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 Influenza, TB, HIV and Malaria
4: A Key information started game
5: A key information annotation activity
6: Questions on the different pathogens
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 the control of blood glucose content in the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 2 graph analysis activities
3: Control of blood glucose diagrams
4: A circus of information on glucose regulation
5: A plenary 6 mark question
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This resource is a lesson covering the structure and function of the nervous system content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point including leading students through the lesson
2: A nerve structure starter activity
3: A structure of the nervous system literacy activity
4: A activity showing students what happens at the synapse
5: A synapse 6 mark AFL question
6: A synapse interactive notebook activity
7: A synapse modeling 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 GCSE infection & responce work-booklet that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Biology specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Communicable (infectious) diseases
viral diseases
bacterial diseases
fungal diseases
protest diseases eg. malaria
human defence systems
vaccination / antibiotics and painkillers / discovery and development of drugs.
Producing and using monoclonal antibodies.
Detection and identification of plant diseases
plant defence responses.
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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A new lesson covering all the points in the new AQA 2015 GCSE Science specification, Active Transport section. Included is the following:
1: An overall lesson plan
2: A power point with activities leading students through the lesson
3: Active transport darts activity
4: Active transport literacy starter
5: Mock exam question analysis activity
6: Labeling a villi activity
7: A 6 mark plenary question
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
11: A student question sheet
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This resource is a Communicable Disease & Immunity Revision Workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the OCR A Level Biology specification on this content. 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
Throughout the booklet are a range of different activities including highlighting text, exam style questions, drawing diagrams, key word tables and lots more.
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This resource is a lesson with resources covering the photosynthesis required practical in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A 6 mark question starter activity
2: A power point which is used to structure the lesson
3: A set of student sheets to help students understand the practical
4: A 6 mark question which can be used for AFL
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the blood, tissue fluid & lymph content of the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A student sheet
3: A blood parts activity
4: A forming tissue fluid model / class activity
5: A micro teaching (group presentation) plenary activity
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This resource is a whole lesson with activities covering the leaf structure & photosynthesis section of the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities leading students through the lesson
2: A 6 mark question starter activity
3: A leaf structure demo activity
4: A information hunt activity
5 A 6 mark AFL question
6:A leaf modeling activity
7:A leaf interactive notebook 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 resources covering the controlling body water concentration content in the new 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson with activities includes
2: A 6 mark analysis activity
3: A renal system labeling activity
4: A pair literacy activity
5: A plenary discussion activity on ADH
6: A sheet for students to fill out
7: A 6 mark assessment question
8: A literacy key information starter game
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 A Level Biology, neuronal communication revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Nerves & neurones
Generator potential
Resting potentials
Action potentials
Propagation of an action potential
Synapses
Structure of the nervous system
The brain
Reflexes
Muscles
Sliding filament model
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the ATP synthesis & electron transport chain content in the OCR (it would be suitable for other exam boards) A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A starter game on the electron transport chain
3: A chemiosmosis activity
4: A ATP structure & synthesis activity
5: An electron transport chain activity
6: An 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
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 designed for KS3 students covering the impact of exercise, asthma & smoking on human gas exchange content within the national curriculum. The objectives covered in this lesson are:
State the problems caused by smoking and asthma
Describe how to treat problems caused by smoking and asthma
Explain the effects of exercise on breathing
This resource has a range of activities enabling the lesson to be easily differentiated including:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A version of the power point for students to use independently
3: Alveoli recall activity
4: A diagnosis question
5: A smoking leaflet activity
6: A asthma & smoking paired questioning activity
7: An effect of exercise on breathing practical
8: A key question plenary activity
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