Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. febolearning@gmail.com
Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. febolearning@gmail.com
Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Biotechnology. In this lesson pupils will describe how fermentation is used in the food industry (bread and alcohol from yeast fermentation, cheese and yoghurt from bacteria fermentation), complete flowcharts showing some biotechnology processes and explain what the term biotechnology means.
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 (biotechnology, fermentation, pasteurisation, probiotic and antibiotic)
-Task boxes
-Order the steps (making alcoholic drinks)
-Handout sheet task (making cheese and yoghurt)
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Enzymes in Industry https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824810
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Decay and Biogas. In this lesson pupils will explain the factors affecting the rate of decay, describe the role of decomposers in the carbon cycle and describe how biogas is produced and how it is used. 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
-Matching task
-Comprehension questions
-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 Global Warming https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12856519
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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 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the development of a fetus. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the structures found in the uterus during pregnancy and explain what happens during gestation and birth.
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
-Keywords task (vocabulary: reproduction, egg cell, sperm cell and urethra)
-Handout sheet task
-Task boxes
-Putting the stages of labour into order
-Recall questions for the unit so far
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson The Menstrual Cycle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12977268
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the brain 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. Next topic The Eye: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12362148
Content Covered:
Brain structure and function
Studying the brain
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the nervous system 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. Next topic The Brain: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12361785
Content Covered:
Parts of the nervous system
Neurons
Synapses
Reflexes
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New! Nervous system lesson GCSE Biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960383
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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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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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 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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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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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on anaerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn the word equations for anaerobic respiration in humans and yeast, explain the differences between anaerobic and aerobic respiration, discuss some uses for anaerobic respiration and explain what is meant by ‘oxygen debt.’
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: anaerobic, fermentation, oxygen debt, lactic acid and yeast)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension questions
-Sorting task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Ecosystems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12768066
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Mitosis. In this lesson pupils will describe chromosomes, identify different stages of the cell cycle and explain the stages of cell division by mitosis. 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
-Mitosis 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.
-Bacteria Reproduction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831346
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Two full lessons; one on Time of Death and one on Pathology. These lessons focus on the ecology of decomposition and testing methodology. Human remains are not featured in these lessons. 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.
Time of Death
In this lesson pupils will describe how forensic scientists work out time of death, explain some complicating factors, look at the role of decomposition in ecosystems and factors affecting the rate of decomposition.
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: decomposition, decomposers, scavengers, fungi and faeces)
-Task boxes
-Order the steps
-Numeracy questions
-Handout sheet task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
Pathology
In this lesson pupils will describe what a pathologist is, describe how dental records can be used to solve crimes and give some examples of pathology testing in hospitals to diagnose diseases.
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: pathologist, post-mortem, dental, oral, aural)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12828647
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on The Eye. In this lesson pupils will identify the structures of the eye and describe what they do. They also will explain how the iris reflex responds to bright and dim light. 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: correcting vision defects is covered in a separate lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13025883
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: light intensity, refract, contract and diameter).
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Order the steps
-Discussion exercises
-Comprehension 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. It does assume that the nervous system and reflexes have already been introduced. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B1b (Structure and Function of Body Systems). 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)
The levels of organisation in multicellular organisms
Gas exchange
Breathing in and out
The role of the skeleton
The role of joints in movement
The role of muscles in movement
All tasks, including the worksheet, have an optional self-assessment slide where needed. This presentation is fully editable.
Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12652335
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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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Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ Complete lesson on DNA. In this lesson pupils will describe the structure of DNA, learn what a DNA base is and describe how scientists built on each other’s work to develop our understanding of genetic material.
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)
-Task boxes
-Order the steps
-Handout sheet task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Charles Darwin https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12826098
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the menstrual cycle. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the menstrual cycle, explain what contraception is and give examples.
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
-Keywords task (vocabulary: periods, menstrual cycle, hormones, ovulation and contraception)
-Order the steps of the menstrual cycle
-Task boxes
-Note copying task
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson Flowers and Pollination https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12656944
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on diffusion. In this lesson students will learn how to describe how particles spread out by diffusion, explain the factors which affect how quickly diffusion happens and give some examples 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.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: fluid, concentration, diffusion, collide and oxygen)
-A task box exercise
-A handout sheet task
-Note taking from an experiment to show how particle size affects diffusion rate
-Answer slides included
-Next lesson Gas Pressure https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676255
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