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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Adrenaline and Thyroxine. In this lesson, students will describe what each hormone does, explain how the release of hormones is affected by negative feedback and interpret graph data about thyroxine levels. 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
Discussion Exercise
Comprehension questions
Data Task
Extension data task comparing the thyroxine graphs to other negative feedback graphs
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. It does assume that students have already covered the rest of the human endocrine system. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
Next lesson Plant Hormones https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13039382
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant diseases and defences 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. Related topic Photosynthesis: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12359219
Content Covered:
Symptoms of plant diseases
Diagnosing plant diseases
Barrier, mechanical and chemical defences
Mineral deficiencies
Pests
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New! Lessons on Plant Disease for GCSE Biology
Plant disease and defences: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12949241
Revision lesson topics 1-4 Rose black Spot Case Study: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953529
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant hormones 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. Related topic Plant Disease: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12357901
Content Covered:
Ethene
Gibberellin
Auxins
Phototropism and geotropism
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the endocrine 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. Related topic Adrenaline and Thyroxine: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12368302
Content Covered:
Glands of the endocrine system (pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries and testes)
Hormone vs. nervous responses
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on competition and adaptation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Competition for resources
-Structural adaptation
-Behavioural adaptation
-Functional adaptation
-Adaptation of microorganisms
-Interdependence
-Stable communities
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on biotechnology 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 Food Security and Farming (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627)
Content Covered:
-Genetically engineering bacteria to produce human insulin
-Genetically engineering crops
-Producing meat substitutes from fungi (mycoprotein)
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New! Biotechnology lesson GCSE biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857082
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the skeleton. 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 (fact file)
-Matching task
-Bonus: mixed recall questions covering all biology topics so far
-Next lesson Joints https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653249
All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
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Full lessons for biology B1b for key stage 3 year 7 students. Answers included for all tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
Levels of Organisation
Gas Exchange
Breathing
Skeleton
Joints
Muscles
End of Topic Revision Lesson
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Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ Complete lesson on the work of Charles Darwin. In this lesson pupils will describe the evidence Darwin gathered to develop his theory of natural selection, give examples of evidence to support Darwin’s theory and explain the peer review process using his work with Alfred Wallace as an example.
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)
-Who? What? Where?
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions (Darwin’s finch studies)
-Peer review questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Preventing Extinction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12826158
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Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ full lesson on Blood Typing. In this lesson pupils will describe what is meant by a blood group, explain why blood typing is necessary in medicine and describe the main components of blood with their function.
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: plasma, platelets, blood group, antigen and blood transfusion)
-Discussion exercise
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Time of Death and Pathology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12983590
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Microscopes. In this lesson pupils will name the parts of a microscope, describe the procedure for preparing and viewing microscope slides and use the formula for magnification calculations. 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
-Numeracy Task
-Extension numeracy task
-Handout sheet task
-Order the steps
-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 Specialised Cells https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12829988
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Stem Cells. In this lesson pupils will describe what a stem cell is, explain some uses for stem cells and discuss the ethics of stem cell use. 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
-Debate exercise
-Comprehension questions
-Plant stem cells walkthrough 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 Mitosis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830872
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on global warming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-What is global warming?
-Sea levels rising
-More frequent extreme weather
-Loss of biodiversity
-Changes in species distribution
-Natural greenhouse effect
-Climate change caused by human activity
-Carbon dioxide and methane
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on speciation 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)
Content Covered:
-Definition of a species
-Isolated populations
-Geographical isolation
-The work of Alfred Russel Wallace
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on antibiotic resistance 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)
Content Covered:
-Emergence of resistant strains by mutation
-Population growth of antibiotic resistant bacteria through natural selection
-Misuse of antibiotics
-Development of new antibiotics
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on fertilisation and implantation. In this lesson students will learn how to explain the process of how sexual intercourse occurs, describe how gametes are able to perform their function and to describe the process of fertilisation and implantation.
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: fertilisation, ejaculation, gametes, implantation and cilia)
-Putting the stages of sexual intercourse in order
-Multiple choice consolidation task
-Draw and Label the diagram (fertilisation and embryo division)
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable.
-Next lesson fetus development https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12977275
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the carbon cycle for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Forms of carbon in living organisms
-Recap of photosynthesis
-Carbon movement through the food chain
-Carbon release by respiration
-Carbon release by decomposers
-Carbon release by combustion
-Overview of the carbon cycle
-Guide to identifying processes in carbon cycle diagrams
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ A short lesson on Fingerprinting and a full lesson on DNA Fingerprinting.
Fingerprinting
In this lesson pupils will describe how fingerprints are made and explain how forensic scientists match fingerprints to solve crimes.
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Comprehension questions
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
DNA Fingerprinting
In this lesson pupils will explain what is meant by DNA fingerprinting, describe how it works and discuss some uses for it.
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: DNA fingerprinting, agarose gel, well, extracted and analysis)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Order the steps
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
Next lesson Blood Typing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12828014
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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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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant cell organisation 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 Transpiration and Translocation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/transpiration-and-translocation-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12342331
Content Covered:
Plant cell organisation
Leaf tissues (epidermal, mesophyll, xylem and phloem)
Meristems
Plant cell structure
Specialist plant cells
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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NEW:
Plant cell organisation lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12863539
Plant cell organisation revision lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903755
Photosynthesis lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953622
Rate of photosynthesis lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954106