AQA GCSE - Digestion and Enzymes TOPIC

These lesssons are designed for a mid-ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science curriculum.
There are five, full 1-hour lessons from the digestion and enzymes topic which focus on:

• Labelling the digestive system and describing the function of each digestive organ
• Method of enzyme action, lock and key theory
• The effect of temperature and pH on enzymes
• Food tests (guided practical)
• The function of bile (neutralising stomach acid, emulsifying lipids)

Also included is a knowledge organiser which contains the key information from this topic. This can be used as a visual to support SEND students throughout the topic, or as a revision resource for an end of unit assessment.

All of the lesson resources in this bundle contain:

• A 5-in-5 retrieval-style starter
• An interesting lesson hook, careers link, or retrieval practice to start the lesson
• Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load
• Teacher models
• Regular ‘check for understanding’ slides, such as hand signals quizzes
• Regular student independent practice slides, with optional scaffolds, challenges and answer slides
• A plenary task