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A bundle of lessons for GCSE Biology Topic 1 - Cell Biology. One lesson (Active Transport) is free for content preview.
Suggested Order:
Cells
Microscopy
Specialised Cells
Stem Cells
Mitosis
Bacteria Reproduction
Diffusion and Osmosis
Active Transport
Exchanging Substances
Revision
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on fertilisation and germination. In this lesson students will learn how to describe how fertilisation happens in plants, explain how fruits and seeds are formed after fertilisation and explain what seeds need for growth.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task (recall from previous lessons)
-Group reading task
-Keywords task (vocabulary: fertilisation, germination, starch, fruit and seeds)
-Task boxes
-Handout worksheet
-True or false task
-Ordering the steps of germination
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson Seed Dispersal https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12659803
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Key stage 4 ~ GCSE ~ revision package for bioenergetics (topic 4, GCSE Biology AQA). This lesson can be used to revise for end of topic tests, as exam preparation or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments.
In this lesson students will revise:
-Photosynthesis
-Aerobic Respiration
-Anaerobic Respiration
-Oxygen Debt
-Metabolism
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12956850
Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B2b (Ecosystems). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and can be used to revise for end of topic tests or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments.
In this lesson students will revise:
Key points from the previous topic (Health and Lifestyle)
Leaf structure and photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Plant minerals
Aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Food chains, food webs and ecosystems
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12764690
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Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Selective Breeding. In this lesson pupils will describe how crops, pets and livestock can be changed over time through selective breeding. They will understand the advantages and disadvantages of selective breeding.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Discussion
-Keywords (selective breeding, natural selection, generation, variation, disease resistance)
-Order the steps
-Handout task
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Genetic Engineering https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12983206
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Full lessons for biology B3a (new technology) for key stage 3 year 9 students. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-Genetics
-Inherited disorders
-Selective breeding
-Genetic engineering
-Cloning
-Biotechnology
-Enzymes
-Revision
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Cell Structure. In this lesson pupils will describe the function of subcellular structures, explain the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and the difference between plant and animal cells.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Microscopy https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12829559
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on flowers and pollination. In this lesson students will learn how to name the main structures of a flower, describe how flowering plants reproduce and explain the difference between wind-pollinated and insect-pollinated plants.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task (recall from previous units)
-Group reading task
-Discussion exercise
-Keywords task (vocabulary: pollination, cross-pollination, self-pollination, pollen and ovules)
-Order the steps of the menstrual cycle
-Draw and label the diagram (insect vs wind pollination)
-Sorting task (wind vs insect pollination
-Multiple choice task (recall from this lesson)
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
Next lesson Fertilisation and Germination https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12659712
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A bundle of lessons for GCSE Biology AQA Topic 5 Homeostasis and Response.
Suggested Order:
Homeostasis
Nervous System
Reflexes
Reaction Time Practical
The Brain
The Eye
Correcting Vision Defects
Body Temperature
Endocrine System
Comparing Nerves and Hormones
Blood Glucose and Diabetes
Kidneys
Kidney Failure
Menstrual Cycle
Controlling Fertility
Adrenaline and Thyroxine
Plant Hormones
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Diffusion and Osmosis. This lesson does not cover the practical which you can download for free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12403223. Pupils will define diffusion and osmosis, explain what is meant by a partially permeable membrane and give examples of factors which affect the rate of diffusion. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Active Transport https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831984
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ second in a two-part lesson on Photosynthesis (the first part can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953622).
In this lesson pupils will describe how different factors affect the rate of photosynthesis, describe an experiment for measuring the rate of photosynthesis and explain the shape of the graphs different factors produce. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
Note: The equation for photosynthesis and uses of glucose are a separate lesson and not included in this one.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity (two options here; a recap of the transpiration practical as students often get the two muddled OR a photosynthesis equation recap).
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Handout sheet task
-Order the steps
-Numeracy task (inverse square law)
-Comprehension questions
-Data task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Metabolism https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954344
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on transpiration and translocation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. When learning about transpiration and translocation it helps if students have some prior knowledge of diffusion, active transport, specialist cells and plant cell organisation. Key points from these topics are recapped in the presentation, but this resource assumes that they have encountered them before. Follows on from Active Transport: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12335738
Content Covered:
Xylem and phloem
Translocation
Transpiration
Rate of transpiration
Potometers
Leads on to Plant Diseases: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plant-diseases-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12357901
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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New! Transpiration and translocation lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12863543
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on cloning for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Evolution. (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498) Next topic Genetic Engineering: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12633773
Content Covered:
-Revision of meristems and therapeutic cloning from previous topics
-Tissue culture cloning
-Cuttings
-Artificial twinning
-Cloning adult animals
-Bioethics of cloning
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on photosynthesis. In this lesson students will explain the role of a producer in an ecosystem, describe the chemical process of photosynthesis and identify the structures and subcellular structures responsible for photosynthesis. They will also discuss how water and gases move in and out of plants.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (producer, consumer, xylem, phloem and stomata)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Leaves https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765291
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Full lessons for biology B2b for key stage 3 year 8 students. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
Photosynthesis
Leaves
Plant minerals
Chemosynthesis
Aerobic respiration
Anaerobic respiration
Food chains
Disruption to food chains and webs
Ecosystems
Revision lesson (Ecosystems)
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Food Webs and Trophic Levels. For mixed ability groups I suggest splitting this into two lessons. In this lesson pupils will use key vocabulary to describe food chains, explain predator prey cycles and describe the knock-on effects of changing one population of organisms in a food web. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Comprehension questions
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Predator-Prey cycles exercise
-Order the steps (predator-prey cycles)
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Environmental Change https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12983955
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Transpiration Rate and a theory lesson on Measuring Transpiration Rate (Potometers). In these lessons pupils will explain how different factors affect transpiration rate and describe how to use a potometer to measure the rate of transpiration. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
Lesson 1 Includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Task boxes
-Transpiration rate walkthrough
-Handout sheet task
-Discussion exercise
Lesson 2 Includes:
-Starter task
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension questions
-Task boxes
-Rate calculations (numeracy task 1)
-Discrete data (numeracy task 2)
-Continuous data (numeracy task 3)
-Graph drawing (numeracy task 4)
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Revision Plants https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903755
Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on continuous and discontinuous variation. In this lesson students will explain the difference between continuous and discontinuous variation, then choose and plot an appropriate graph for each type of variation.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Numeracy task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next Lesson Inheritance https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12770525
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Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Genetic Engineering. In this lesson pupils will give examples of uses for genetic engineering, describe the process and compare genetic engineering to selective breeding.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (genetic engineering, foreign gene, insecticide and herbicide)
-Task boxes
-Order the steps
-Handout task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Cloning https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824313
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Food Security and Farming. In this lesson pupils will state what food security is, explain some factors affecting food security and discuss how food production can be made more efficient. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Comprehension questions
-Task boxes
-Fishing quotas discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Next lesson Biotechnology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857082
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