Hello! Welcome to my shop. Please take a moment to browse. You’ll find high quality biology resources that are fun, engaging and pupil-led. As a teacher I've implemented the things I've always wanted in my lessons, into my resources. That is, resources of excellent quality that truly impact learning. As we know, efficiency is paramount therefore my full-lessons incorporate mark-schemes too, all ready to go! Leaving you with more time to focus on being present for your students.
Hello! Welcome to my shop. Please take a moment to browse. You’ll find high quality biology resources that are fun, engaging and pupil-led. As a teacher I've implemented the things I've always wanted in my lessons, into my resources. That is, resources of excellent quality that truly impact learning. As we know, efficiency is paramount therefore my full-lessons incorporate mark-schemes too, all ready to go! Leaving you with more time to focus on being present for your students.
Section 2. Cells. 3.2 The Electron Microscope Year 12 AQA Biology
This lesson plan/presentation provides you with a high quality lesson that includes all the necessary activities and resources for the following learning objectives:
1) Explain how electron microscopes work - engaging starter activity where pupils are shown a series of images and they must decide if each image is taken using a light or electron microscope. Extension is to identify what the micrograph is - answers provided in the presentation.
2) Explain the differences between a transmission electron microscope and a scanning electron microscope - information slides are provided on the early microscopes of Leeuwenhoek and Hooke and what are compound microscopes - activity to label the Compound microscope - the labelling diagram is prepared for you as a hidden slide - just print! Answers provided in the powerpoint for peer or self review (AfL).
3) Describe the limitation of the transmission and the scanning electron microscopes - pupils are given an information sheets spread around the room on the compound microscope, transmission and scanning electron microscopes (hidden slides - just print!) and hunt the answers to complete their table on comparing each type of microscope. Answers provided in presentation.
The lesson finishes with a self-evaluation where pupils can reflect on their learning objectives and identify their corresponding level.
This resource is a free sample to give you an idea of the quality of my teaching resources.
The resource contains 17 PowerPoint slides that alternate between student activity and teacher delivery which creates a whole lesson that is student focused. There are a variety of activities all included in the PowerPoint and it all easily exists in one file but in case you prefer printing activities from separate files I have included them as individual pdfs. The PowerPoint has all the answers/mark schemes imbedded within, allowing pupils (and teachers!) to easily refer to the answers for either peer or self-assessment. The resource is applicable to both the AQA and OCR exam boards for AS level biology.
The resource will enable students to achieve the following learning objectives:
Recall the role of haemoglobin in transporting oxygen & carbon dioxide
Describe the changes in the dissociation curve at different carbon dioxide concentrations
Explain the effect that an increasing concentration of carbon dioxide has on haemoglobin (Bohr effect)
I hope you get some use out of it. Your feedback is greatly appreciated!
This PowerPoint includes all the activities (in one file) required to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Explain how the structure of the ileum is adapted for the function of absorption (C grade)
2) Explain how monosaccharides and amino acids are absorbed (B grade)
3) Explain how triglycerides are absorbed (A/A* grade)
All answers to the activities are included and fully integrated into the PowerPoint.
This resource is designed for the new AQA GCSE (Grade 1-9) Biology specification. Everything you need is within the powerpoint - just print the worksheets from there, but I’ve also included the activities as pdf files in case you prefer to print from individual files.
It includes several different activities to cover the following learning objectives:
Recall that DNA is the material of inheritance (Grade 4)
Describe what a genome is (Grade 6)
Explain applications for genetics (Grade 8)
There are extension activities included and all activities come with a mark scheme/crib sheet or marking guidance for self or peer assessment.
Content is for the NEW AQA A-level biology specification.
AQA Year 12 Biology - Section 4. Genetic information, variation and relationships between organisms - Topic: Genetic Diversity - Lesson 9.1 Gene Mutation.
This lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation includes all the student led activities (all in one file!) required to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe gene mutations
2) Explain how deletion and substitution of bases result in different amino acid sequences in polypeptides
3) Explain why some mutations do not result in a changed amino acid sequence
4) Describe what chromosome mutations are
The lesson includes: integrated progress checks and integrated answers in the PowerPoint; there are information slides with keywords for learning identified clearly; activity questions with differentiation - answers included for peer or self-assessment; exam questions (in a printable format) with integrated answers in the PowerPoint.
New AQA specification for Year 12 biology.
This lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation includes all the integrated pupil led activities and integrated answers to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe why meiosis is necessary
2) Describe the process of meiosis
3) Explain how meiosis creates genetic variation
This bundle includes the first 5 lessons of the unit on mass transport:
7.1 Haemoglobin
7.2 Transport of oxygen by haemoglobin
7.3 Circulatory system of a mammal
7.4 The structure of the heart
7.5 The cardiac cycle
Each PowerPoint is detailed, of excellent quality and has fully integrated pupil-led activities with answers - so there is no need for you to prepare answers/mark schemes as they are all there.
This section of the A-level biology course lends itself to student led activities as it is focuses on three case studies: The Terai region, Maasai Mara and Peat bogs.
This Powerpoint presentation provides everything you need to run a student led lesson of research and class presentations complete with information cards for printing and laminating and also a question sheet to complete. There are a set of cards included to provide each student with a specified role within their working group so that all students contribute equally to the task.
The lesson is structured towards the following graded lesson objectives:
Describe using examples effective conservation programs
Explain the effects of human activities on environmental resources
Explain how management of an ecosystem can provide resources in a sustainable way
The students are then able to use these to reflect on their learning at the end of the lesson.
This resource is sold as a single lesson and provides an example of the content and quality of my resources for GCSE and A-level biology, many of which are sold as a series of lessons.
Your feedback is much appreciated.
This revision resource is designed for OCR A-level Biology but is equally suitable for other boards. This resource contains:
a worksheet for the topic on Transport in Animals and Haemoglobin
model answers for the worksheet
information cards
exam questions
mark scheme.
This resource is easily differentiated by students choosing to use the information cards or completing the worksheet independently. The model answer sheet/key is included for either peer/self assessment. Students that finish early can be looking to extend their understanding by completing the exam questions with mark schemes.
The worksheet and information slides are very detailed therefore it is recommended that they be printed in A3 for use. I have included pdf versions in addition to the powerpoint files as powerpoint, opened in different versions, can cause some formatting issues. The powerpoint files are there so that you can edit the resources, if you wish to do so.
Topics include: Protein Structure; Haemoglobin is a globular protein; Haemoglobin’s Affinity for Oxygen; Changes in Partial Pressure of Oxygen; The Need for a Transport System; Features of a Good Transport System; Single versus Double Circulatory Systems; Open versus Closed Circulatory Systems
Other individual worksheets and exam questions are available to complete this series of lessons on Mass Transport. There is also a Bundle that includes all 5 worksheets with corresponding information sheets and exam questions.
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Thank you.
11.10 Using Plant Hormones GCSE (Grade 1-9) Biology only TRIPLE SCIENCE Plant hormones is a biology only topic for your triple science group. A complete lesson with a variety of pupil-led activities to achieve the following learning objectives:
Describe different commercial uses of auxins (grade 4)
Explain how auxins / gibberellins cause these effects in that use (grade 6)
Analyse the effect of plant hormones on plant growth data (grade 8)
This PowerPoint includes all the activities (in one file) required to achieve the following learning objectives:
Describe the stages of the cardiac cycle (C grade)
Explain how valves control the flow of blood through the heart (B grade)
Explain the volume and pressure changes which take place in the heart during the cardiac cycle (A grade)
All activities and the answers are included and fully integrated into the PowerPoint.
This PowerPoint includes all the activities (in one file) to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe how plants limit water loss
2) Explain how xerophytes conserve water
3) Compare/contrast the conservation of water in plants and insects
The activities included are: starter sorting activity to link terminology of plants with their descriptor (integrated answers in PowerPoint); think pair share activity on the theory of water potential (integrated answers in PowerPoint); information cards for pupil-led activity to complete information in a table on features and adaptations of xerophytes (integrated answers in PowerPoint); exam questions (integrated answers in PowerPoint).
Lesson plan and activities to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Explain how to calibrate an eyepiece graticule
2) Explain how to measure cell size using an eyepiece graticule
3) Calculate the size of a specimen and magnification from drawings and photographs
This 45-slide PowerPoint includes all the activities (in one file) required to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe the stimuli that plants respond to
2) Describe plant growth factors such as IAA
3) Explain phototropism in flowering plants
4) Explain gravitropism in flowering plants
All answers to the activities are included and fully integrated into the PowerPoint.
2 x Hexagonal Kaleidocycles. One for fun (!) and one for summarising everything you need to know about the eye including:
1) Structure of the eye
2) Accommodation
3) Myopia
4) Hyperopia
Once made pupils can be instructed to talk about each hexagonal face of the kaleidocycle and teach each other about the eye.
Lesson plan and presentation with activities included to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Outline the structure of triglycerides and phospholipids - drawing condensation and hydrolysis reactions
2) Link the structure of triglycerides and phospholipids to their functional properties - exam questions with answers included in the powerpoint for peer/self-assessment
3) Accurately plan and investigate the test for the presence of lipids - information on how to test for lipids in food
This bundle contains all the lessons for Module 6 (OCR exam board) - Genetics, Evolution and Ecosystems. Student activities, worksheets and practice exam questions with answers/crib sheets are included. This is your year planned! This bundle will provide you with everything you need to deliver high quality lessons to your Year 13 classes.
Each chapter is partitioned into individual lessons with identifiable learning objectives. Each PowerPoint presentation is equivalent to 1-2 lessons and contains a series of different learning activities interspersed with high quality information slides that can be printed for students to add their own notes.
Why don’t you visit my shop to have a look at some of my resources sold singularly to have an idea of the quality and content of my bundled resources.
This is a 5-part lesson series of PowerPoint presentations (over 100 slides) covering the entire topic of Cellular Control. It is written to the NEW OCR A-level specification.
It includes accurate and high quality information slides and pupil activities for the following lessons within Cellular Control:
1) Gene Mutations
2) The effect of Gene Mutations on Protein Production and Function
3) Regulatory Mechanisms (The lac operon, oestrogen, transcriptional, post-transcriptional and post-translational control)
4) Genetic Control of Body Plan Development (Homeobox genes)
5) Importance of Mitosis and Apoptosis in Controlling Development
These PowerPoint can be used to form the basis for the entire series of lessons on Cellular Control.
A lesson sequence for the NEW AQA GCSE Biology specification on Preventing and Treating disease. Lessons included are:
6.1 Vaccination
6.2 Antibiotics and painkillers
6.3 Discovering drugs
6.4 Developing drugs
6.5 Making monoclonal antibodies
6.6 Using monoclonal antibodies
All PowerPoint presentations include pupil activities to achieve each learning objective and fully integrated answers so you do not have to spend the time to develop your own mark schemes/answers to each task.