Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. Email febolearning@gmail.com
Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. Email febolearning@gmail.com
Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on plant minerals. In this lesson students will explain the role of nitrates, phosphates, potassium and magnesium in healthy growth. They will describe where plants get their minerals from and explain why farmers use fertilisers.
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
-Comprehension questions
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Chemosynthesis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765651
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on DNA, protein synthesis and mutations 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 Reproduction: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12376794
Content Covered:
DNA structure
Protein synthesis
Human genome mapping
Mutations (insertions, deletions and substitutions)
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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 food security and farming 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 Pyramids of Biomass (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627)
Content Covered:
-Definition of food security
-Factors affecting food security
-Population increase
-Diet and importing food
-Impact of war on food security
-Environmental change
-New pests and pathogens
-Cost of farming
-Sustainable farming and efficient food production
-Bioethics: restricting the movement of farm animals for more efficient production of food
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on the digestive system. In this lesson students will identify the major organs of the digestive system, discuss their functions and describe the digestive process.
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 (digestive system, digestion, oesophagus, absorb and villi)
-Handout sheet task
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Bacteria and Enzymes in Digestion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12762591
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on competition. In this lesson students will describe how adaptations help plants and animals to compete for different resources.
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: competition, adaptation, mates and resources)
-Task boxes
-Matching exercise
-Handout sheet task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Adapting to Change https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12981293
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ introductory lesson on the Nervous system. In this lesson pupils will describe different parts of the nervous system, explain how synapses connect neurons and explain response co-ordination from stimulus to response. 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.
There is a free revision lesson for the Reaction Times Required Practical available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12963365
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Comprehension questions
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Order the steps
-Handout sheet task
-Identification task
Extension 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 Reflexes https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12967732
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on adolescence. In this lesson students will learn how to explain the difference between adolescence and puberty and to identify physical changes which happen in male and female bodies.
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: adolescence, puberty, hormones, ovaries and testes)
-Task boxes
-True or False task
-Sorting task
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson Reproductive Systems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12656038
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on stem cells 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. Leads on to Microscopy: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/microscopy-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12332237
Content Covered:
Embryonic and adult stem cells
Plant stem cells
Bioethics
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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New! Stem cells lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830214
Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on leaves. In this lesson students will describe the structure of a leaf, explain why stomata are found at the bottom and why photosynthesis mainly happens at the top and suggest reasons for adaptations in different leaves.
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 (adaptation, chlorophyll, surface area and pigment)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet task
-Note taking extension on xylem and phloem
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Plant Minerals https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765305
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on natural selection. In this lesson students will describe the process of natural selection and explain how it leads to the evolution of species over time.
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: fitness, evolution, natural selection, artificial selection and fossil)
-Task boxes
-Order the steps
-Handout sheet task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Extinction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12981439
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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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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on pyramids of biomass and biomass transfer for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Why food chains are short
-Loss of biomass between trophic levels
-Loss of energy between trophic levels
-Pyramids of biomass and pyramids of numbers
-Calculating biomass loss between levels
-Calculating efficiency of biomass transfer between levels
-Drawing pyramids of biomass to scale
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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New! Biomass Lesson GCSE Biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857063
Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on aerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn about the reactants and products of aerobic respiration and their transport around the body. They will learn about why we respire and how out bodies respond to increased rate of respiration.
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: aerobic, respiration, haemoglobin, plasma and exhale)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Order the steps
-Optional handout sheet task recapping the breathing mechanics from year 7
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Anaerobic Respiration https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12766949
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Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Enzymes in Industry. In this lesson pupils will describe the effect of temperature on enzymes, discuss denaturation and give some examples of uses for enzymes in the food industry.
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 (vocabulary: protein, enzyme, catalyst, denaturation and biological washing powder)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824989
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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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Full lessons for biology B3b (Turning Points in Biology) for key stage 3 year 9 students. Includes free lessons for content preview. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-Vaccines Part 1 and 2
-Antibiotics Part 1 and 2
-DNA
-Charles Darwin
-Preventing Extinction
-Revision
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Biotechnology. In this lesson pupils will describe what mycoprotein is, explain in more detail how bacteria can be genetically engineered to produce human insulin and discuss genetic modification of crops. 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
-Note taking exercise
-Order the steps
-Walk through exercise
-Handout sheet
-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.
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12858914
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on The Circulatory System. In this lesson pupils will identify arteries and veins and describe their features, calculate the rate of blood flow and name the parts of the heart. 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)
-Artery or Vein?
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Handout sheet task
-Comprehension questions
-Numeracy 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 Blood https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12867496