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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Mutation. In this lesson, students will describe what mutation is, explain how mutation can lead to disease and describe the different types of mutations (insertion, addition and substitution). 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
Task boxes
Comprehension questions
Discussion Exercise
Handout exercise
Order the steps
Long-answer questions
Includes assessment for learning (AFL). 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, however it does require the basic structure of DNA to have been taught first (see DNA and protein synthesis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13041785) Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis. In this lesson, students will describe the production of gametes by meiosis and explain how gametes fuse to produce offspring. They will explain how this leads to genetic variation and why this is important. 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
Task boxes
Order the steps
Discussion Exercise
Comprehension questions
Handout sheet exercise
Meiosis vs mitosis comparison
Includes assessment for learning (AFL). 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, The last task assumes that students have already covered mitosis. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B1c (Reproduction). 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 B1a (Cells) and B1b (Body Systems)
Adolescence and puberty
Male and female reproductive systems
Fertilisation, implantation and development of a fetus
The menstrual cycle
Flowers and pollination
Fertilisation, germination and seed dispersal
All tasks an optional self-assessment slide where needed. This presentation is fully editable.
Lesson bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-year-7-reproduction-b1c-biology-12659868
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B2c (Adaptation and Inheritance). 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:
Variation, competition and adaptation
Continuous and discontinuous variation
Inheritance
Natural selection and extinction
Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12769058
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on inherited disorders for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses.
Content Covered:
-Cystic Fibrosis (recessive)
-Polydactyly (domainant)
-Interpreting family trees
-Bioethics of embryo selection
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on breathing. 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
-Group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords activity
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Discussion activity
-Note taking slide
-Next lesson is the Skeleton https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12652523
All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on seed dispersal. In this lesson students will learn how to describe how seed dispersal happens in plants and how to explain wind dispersal, explosive dispersal, water dispersal and animal dispersal.
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
-Group reading task
-Keywords task (vocabulary: dispersal, internal, external and nutrients)
-Task boxes
-Handout worksheet
-True or false task
-Put the steps of external animal dispersal in order
-Discussion task
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson (topic revision) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12659853
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Deforestation and Land Use. In this lesson pupils will give some examples of different types of land use and explain the consequences of deforestation. 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
-Discussion exercise
-Task boxes
-Note taking 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 Biomass https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857063
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Metabolism.
In this lesson pupils will define the word metabolism and give some examples of metabolic reactions. They will explain the role of enzymes in metabolism and describe how metabolic processes produce waste products and how these waste products are dealt with. 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
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet task
-Recall questions
-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 Aerobic Respiration https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954699
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on exchanging substances in biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Leads on to Active Transport: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/active-transport-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12335738
Content Covered:
Surface area to volume ratio
Gas exchange in the lungs
Nutrient uptake in the small intestine
Gas exchange in leaves
Gas exchange in gills
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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New! Exchanging substances lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12832416
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on biodiversity and waste management 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 Decay and Biogas (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12646900)
Content Covered:
-Biodiversity meaning and importance
-Recap of interdependence
-Effect of human activity on biodiversity
-Population increase
-Air pollution
-Land pollution
-Water pollution
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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Full lessons for biology B1c for key stage 3 year 7 students. Answers included for all tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-Adolescence
-Reproductive Systems
-Fertilisation and Implantation
-Development of a Fetus
-The Menstrual Cycle
-Flowers and Pollination
-Fertilisation and Germination
-Seed Dispersal
-Revision Lesson
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on fossils and classification 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 Speciation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12635041
Content Covered:
-Linnaean classification system
-Changes in the classification system over time
-The three domain system
-How fossils form
-The origin of life theories
-The binomial system
-How to use evolutionary trees
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 the role of bacteria and enzymes in digestion. In this lesson students will learn about what an enzyme is and why they are needed for digestion. They will also discuss the role of bacteria in digestion.
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 (immune system, enzyme, digestive juices, catalyst and bile)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Drugs https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12762660
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Full lessons for biology B2c for key stage 3 year 8 students. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
Competition
Adapting to Change
Variation
Continuous and Discontinuous Variation
Inheritance
Natural Selection
Extinction
Revision Lesson
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Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Cloning. In this lesson pupils will describe what a clone is, give some examples of natural clones and discuss the uses of cloning technology.
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 (sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, clone, natural clones and cutting)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Biotechnology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824634
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Key stage 4 ~ GCSE ~ complete revision package for AQA topic 1 (cell biology and exchange surfaces). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and 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. There is enough content to split across more than one lesson.
In this lesson students will revise:
-Cell structure
-Microscopy
-Differentiation and specialised cells
-Stem cells
-Mitosis
-Binary fission and culturing bacteria
-Diffusion, osmosis and active transport
-Exchange surfaces
-Differentiated worksheet package for homework and practice
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12829058
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on ecosystems. In this lesson students will identify niches within an ecosystem, describe how organisms coexist within an ecosystem and practice using key vocabulary.
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 (vocabulary: population, community, habitat, ecosystem, niche and coexist)
-Task boxes
-Consolidation questions
-Handout sheet task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12768583
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Full lessons for chemistry C1a for key stage 3 year 7 students. Answers included for all tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
Particle model
States of matter
Melting and freezing
Boiling and condensing
Evaporation and sublimation
Diffusion
Gas pressure
End of topic revision
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B2a (Health and Lifestyle). 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:
-Nutrients
-Food Tests
-The Digestive System
-The Role of Bacteria and Enzymes in Digestion
-Drugs
-Smoking and Alcohol
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12760784
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