KS3 Biology - Levels of Organisation

This bundle is a complete topic pack containing all powerpoints, student worksheets, risk assessments, stretch and challenge tasks, and answer sheets for the Biology topic “Levels of Organisation”. It also contains many student-led activities on the powerpoints (particularly designed to make the learning of parts and functions of organs/joints etc… easier, more fun and student-led), plenary activities. There are also interactive slides to demonstrate concepts (e.g. gas exchange) as well as self-completing slides where answers can be clicked and move into the correct place (great for distance learning students and cover lessons).

Bundle includes:

Lesson 1: Tissues and Organs
Lesson 2: Organ Systems
Lesson 3: Gas Exchange
Lesson 4: Breathing
Lesson 5: The Skeleton
Lesson 6: Joints
Lesson 7: Muscles

Lesson Objectives:

Lesson 1: Tissues and Organs

• Define the terms “tissue” and “organ”
• Identify some of the key organs in the human body
• Identify some of the key organs in plants
• Describe what some key organs do

Lesson 2: Organ Systems

• Define the term “organ system”
• Identify some of the key organ systems in the human body and what they do
• Describe the hierarchy of organisation in a multicellular organism

Lesson 3: Gas Exchange

• Name the key parts of the lungs
• Define the process of gas exchange
• Describe how parts of the gas exchange system are adapted to their function
• Compare inhaled and exhaled air
• WS: Read data from pie charts and draw conclusions

Lesson 4: Breathing

• Describe the physical changes that occur when a person inhales and exhales
• Describe a method used to estimate lung volume
• WS: Measure lung volume
• WS: Correlate and analyse data from a practical experiment to draw conclusions

Lesson 5: The Skeleton

• Label some of the main bones in the skeleton
• Describe the structure of a bone
• Describe the functions of the skeletal system

Lesson 6: Joints

• Name and give examples of the types of joint found in the human body
• Describe the role of joints in movement
• Label the structure of a joint
• Carry out the dissection of a joint

Lesson 7: Muscles

• Describe what a muscle is and give some examples
• Describe how muscles cause movement in the body
• Describe how antagonistic muscles control movement at a joint
• WS: Investigate the strength of muscles