I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
Loop Game on adaptive immune responses (including B cell, T helper cell, antibody, antigen, T killer cell, primary and secondary immune response, TCR, BCR, CD co-receptor, etc)
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
21 cards per set
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 6 but also suitable for other exam boards
Loop game on the steps of an action potential / nerve impulse (including depolarisation, repolarisation, hyperpolaristaion, membrane potential, resting membrane, Sodium / potassium pump etc)
Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 8 but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
21 cards per set / 2 sets in 2 different colours included
Bundle with 5x great starter / plenary or revision activities
• Carbohydrates - Card Sort on polysaccharides: amylose, amylopectin, cellulose and glycogen (structure, bonds, funcction, composition, chemical properties etc), 32 cards per set
• Carbhydrates - Loop Game on Carbohyrdate names and structures (including a glucose, beta glucose, lactose, sucrose, polysaccharides, amylose, amylopectin, cellulose, glycogen, glycosidic bond, condensation reaction etc), 30 cards per set
• Carbohydrates - Word Search - find keywords (with solutions)
• Carbohydrates - Crossword (with solutions and anagram)
• Carbohydrates - Tarsia (24 cards, 30 names, diagrams, etc to match up)
(designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 1 Lifestyle, Health and Risk, but also suitable for other exam boards)
Powerpoint presentation and Worksheet on DNA replication
PPT: 23 slides - font: Calibri light
includes suggestions for starter and plenary activities including video links
(DNA replication images made by myself)
WS: 2 pages
Other resources working alongside this lesson:
DNA replication - Card Sort
DNA replication - Loop Game
Tarsia puzzle on 5 kingdoms, vertebrates and invertebrates.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
30 element names and symbols
24 cards per set.
includes solution and student version (jumbled)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
Tarsia puzzle on the structures of the heart and their function.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 names and structures to match up)
includes solution and student version (jumbled)
Print ( A3 for larger triangles), cut up triangles, play
Tarsia game on temperature homeostasis, including hyperthermia, hypothermia, vasodilation, vasoconstriction, heat loss by radiation, evaporation, convection, sweating, hair, shivering, etc
30 element names and symbols
24 cards per set.
includes solution and jumbled student version
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Digital activity where students create a pond food web with the information provided.
Digital drag and drop activity which is done by students on computer / iPad using the Powerpoint or Keynote App without the need for printing.
Open file in “Normal View” mode and move around labels.
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity during homeschooling or online teaching
A fun review / revision activity.
You can obtain all my Nutrition and Digestion games and activities in a variety of Bundles.
Also check out my other Crossword puzzles. You can buy 20 of them in a Bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/biology-14x-crossword-bundle-11772388
Card sort on changes that occur during puberty.
Great as starter to new topic to gage how much students know already.
32 cards per set.
Aim: sort cards into Girls only, Boys only or this happens in Boys & Girls.
Print, laminate, chop up, play!
Check out also my related resources: Menstrual Cycle Crossword, Menstrual Cycle Loop Game and Menstrual Hormones Loop Game
Loop game on the structures of the digestive system and its functions
24 cards per set
suitable as starter, plenary or revision activity
includes shuffled version and solution
Tarsia puzzle on food groups, food sources, food tests, deficiency diseases.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 names/ descriptions/ images to match up)
Includes shuffled version for students and solution.
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Tarsia puzzle on enzymes in the digestive system (function, place of action and production, parts of digestive system)
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
24 cards per set (with 30 keywords, definitions and structures to match up)
Print on A3 for larger triangles.
Jumbled up student version included.
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A challenging loop game on food webs and pyramid of numbers.
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity
19 cards per set
includes solution and jumbled up student version
Bundle with 12x activities on the structure of the flower and reproduction in flowering plants
Flower - Jigsaw Puzzle (35 parts)
Flower - Card Sort / Pair Game
Flower - Loop Game
Flower - Craft Activity
Flower - Tarsia
Flower - Crossword
Flower - Hidden Pictures Search
Flower - Word Search
Insect- and wind-pollinated flowers - Card sort
Reproduction in flowering plants - Tarsia
Plant reproduction: from pollen to new apple tree - Card sort
Flower and plant reproduction - Bingo
Bundle with 14x games and activities on topic of enzymes and digestion (amylase, lipase, protease, bile, emulsification, etc)
Resources for printing:
Enzymes and digestion - Worksheet
Enzymes and digestion - Loop Game
Enzymes and digestion - Card sort
Enzymes and digestion - Word search
Enzymes and digestion - Tarsia
Enzymes and digestion - Crossword
Enzymes and digestion - Plenary Cubes
Enzymes and digestion - Learning Wall
Digestive system - Learning Wall
Digital resources for E-learning:
Open on computer or tablet in PPT/Keynote (normal view) to move pieces around.
Enzymes and digestion - Digital Tarsia
Enzymes and digestion - Digital Loop Game
Enzymes and digestion - Digital Card Sort
Enzymes and digestion - Digital Learning Wall
Enzymes and enzyme Action - Digital Loop Game
Tarsia game on the structure of the flower and the function of its parts
24 cards per set (with 30 names and structures to match up)
Print ( A3 for larger triangles), cut up triangles, play
includes solution and jumbled up student version
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity
Loop Game on levels of organisation (atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organisms)
21 cards per set,
includes solution and jumbled up student version.
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity.
Card sort of level of organisation (atom, molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organisms)
40 cards per set (plus 5 extension cards on macromolecules)
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity.
giant whole topic Tarsia
excellent revision activity to review keywords and images from the entire topic
32 cards per set with 40 pairs to match up
print out, laminate, cut up, play! (for larger triangles print or copy to A3)
Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 - Lifestyle, Health and Risk - Loop Game
