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A lesson / revision powerpoint covering all information needed for Required Practical 3 for GCSE Biology
Required Practical 3 - Investigate the effect of a range of concentrations of salt or sugar solutions on the mass of plant tissue
This powerpoint covers AT 1 (use appropriate apparatus to record mass and time), AT 3 (use appropriate apparatus and techniques to observe and measure the process of osmosis), AT 5 (measure the rate of osmosis by water uptake) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required at GCSE
As always there is a walkthough of past paper practise questions at the end to test your knowledge
2 summary pages for rod & cone cells
Detailed summary of all the information needed for AQA A-Level Biology exam
Includes content on how the sensitivity to light, sensitivity to colour and visual acuity are explained by differences in the optical pigments of rods and cones and the connections rods and cones make in the optic nerve
Easy to understand descriptions and diagrams help students to fully understand the importance of rod and cone cells and all the information needed for the exam
A powerpoint outlining all the key details of the 3.3.3 section of the AQA A-Level Biology specification for Digestion & Absorption. Includes keywords, diagrams, recap questions, exam questions and further thinkning questions.
Structure of Digestive System
* Different parts and their functions
Digestion
* Carbohydrates (amylases and membrane-bound disacharidases)
* Proteins (endo-/exo-peptidases & dipeptidases)
* Lipids (lipases & action of bile salts)
Absoprtion
* Monosacharides & Amino Acids via co-transport in ileum
* Triglycerides and the role of micelles and chylomicrons
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Communicable Diseases
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Different types of pathogens
How diseases are spread and prevented
Viral Diseases (HIV, Measels & TMV)
Bacterial Diseases (Salmonella & Gonorrhoea)
Funal Diseases (Rose Black Spot)
Protist Diseases (Malaria)
Exam Practise
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1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
A carefully laid out and concise lesson / revision resource on Natural Hazards & Tectonic Plates from the Tectonic Hazards topic for AQA
Download includes a Powerpoint, Activity Sheet & Worksheet
Powerpoint includes:
Concept of hazards and the main groups of hazards
Difference between a hazard and a natural event
Hazard Risk and factors affecting it
Structure of the Earth
Oceanic vs. Continental Plates
Tectonic plates & plate margins
Convection currents, slab pull and ridge push
Global distribution of Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Activity explanation, practise questions and exam questions
Summary slide
The activity sheet is a Five-A-Side activity, designed to help students recall key terms in groups of 3. Full instructions on how to use included. Estimated to take 10 minutes
The worksheet covers key concepts from the lesson displayed in an engaing format. Estimated to take 10-15 minutes.
This is the first lesson in the Tectonic Hazards topic. The other lessons can be found below:
2. Plate Boundaries
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Evolution, Variation & Speciation
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Variation (Genetics vs. Environment)
Evolution: Lamarck & Early Ideas
Evolution: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
Evolution: Accepting Darwin’s Ideas and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Contribution
Speciation
A carefully laid out and concise lesson / revision resource on Natural Hazard Case Studies (Italy & Nepal) from the Tectonic Hazards topic for AQA
Download includes a Powerpoint, Activity Sheet & Worksheet
Powerpoint includes:
Primary & Secondary effects of natrual hazards
Primary & Secondary responses of natrual hazards
Case study information
Gorkha, Nepal Earthquake 2015 (LIC)
L’Aquila, italy Earthquake 2009 (HIC)
Why effects and responses are different between LICs and HICs
Activity explanation, practise questions and exam questions
Summary slide
The activity sheet is a case study revision sheet / recall activity, designed to help students recall key facts individually or in small group. Full instructions on how to use included. Estimated to take 15-20 minutes
The 2 page worksheet covers key concepts from the lesson displayed in an engaing format. Estimated to take 10-15 minutes.
This is the third lesson in the Tectonic Hazards topic. The other lessons can be found below:
1. Natural Hazards & Plate Tectonics
2. Plate Boundaries
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Intro to Ecology (Communities, Competition and Biotic & Abiotic Factors)
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes
Ecology Key Terms
Ecosystems, Communities and Competition
What is interdependence?
Stable communities
Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Food webs
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1 - Intro to Ecology
2 - Adaptations
3 - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles
4 - Trophic Levels & Pyramids of Biomass
5 - Quadrats & Transects
6 - The Carbon & Water Cycles
7 - Decay
8 - Biodiveristy & Waste Management
9 - Land Use & Deforestation
10 - Global Warming & Maintaining Biodiveristy
11 - Food Security, Farming & Fishing
12 - Biotechnology
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
A complete no-prep powerpoint teaching about kinetic energy with walk-through calculations and a 2 page worksheet with answers included.
The powerpoint contains:
What is kinetic energy?
The Ek = ½ m V2 equation
How to calculate kinetic energy with worked examples
How to rearrange the equation to calculate mass and velocity with worked examples
Summary slide
The worksheet is 2 pages containing a gap fill exercise on kinetic energy stores, a recall question on the equation and many practise questions for using the equation and rearranging it too.
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Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Homeostasis & Body Temperature
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
An introduction to homeostasis
Hormonal vs. Neuronal control
Concept of stimulus --> receptors --> coordinators --> effectors --> response
Effectors (Glands & Muscles)
Controlling body temperature
* The role of the brain
* Vasoconstriction & Vasodilation
* Sweating
* Hairs on skin
* Shivering
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Plant Disease & Defence
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Plant Diseases (TMV, Rose Black Spot, Aphids)
Plant Ion Deficiencies (nitrate & magenesium)
Signs of plant disease and identifying plant disease
Plant Defence Systems
* Physical
* Chemical
* Mechanical
Practise Questions
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1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
A 2 page worksheet designed for AQA GCSE Biology
Worksheet is designed to accompany my lesson / revision powerpoint on this topic available for purchase here and here
Worksheet is designed to take 10-15 minutes and be suitable for all abilities
Contains questions on:
Leaf structures and their function
Identifying leaf structures from a diagram
Plant organs and tissue
Xylem and Phlome
Stomata and guard cells
Potometers
Transpiration
Factors affecting the rate of transpiration
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Plant Hormones
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
The role of auxin in phototropisms & gravitropisms
The role of gibberlines and ethene
The uses of plant hormones
* Auxin - killing weeds, growing from cuttings, promoting growth in cultures
* Gibberellin - controlling dormancy, promoting flowering, increasing fruitsize
* Ethene - control ripening of fruit during storage and transport
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Antibiotic Resistance
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What are antibiotics?
Why antibiotics don’t work against viruses
How antibitoic resistance arises
MRSA
How to reduce the rate of development of antibiotic resistant strains
Exam Practise with model answers
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Global Warming and Maintaining Biodiversity
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Greenhouse Gases
Concept of Global Warming & Cliamte Change
Human impact on greenhoue gas emissions
Why climate change is a complex topic to study
Biological Consequences of Global Warming (loss of habitat, changes in distribution, changes in migration, reduced biodiversity, changes in weather)
Ways to maintain biodiversity in the face of change (breeding programmes, protection of rare habitats, reintroduction of hedgerows, reduction of deforestation and carbon dioxide emissions, recycling resources rather than dumping waste in landfill)
Exam pracise questions
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Biotechnology
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is Biotechnology?
GM Crops (Golden Rice)
Producing Mycoprotein (Fusarium)
Producing insulin to treat diabetes
Exam Practise
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1 - Intro to Ecology
2 - Adaptations
3 - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles
4 - Trophic Levels & Pyramids of Biomass
5 - Quadrats & Transects
6 - The Carbon & Water Cycles
7 - Decay
8 - Biodiveristy & Waste Management
9 - Land Use & Deforestation
10 - Global Warming & Maintaining Biodiveristy
11 - Food Security, Farming & Fishing
12 - Biotechnology
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
All revision notes for GCSE Biology Unit 7 - Ecology Biology including:
1 - Intro to Ecology
2 - Adaptations
3 - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles
4 - Trophic Levels & Pyramids of Biomass
5 - Quadrats & Transects
6 - The Carbon & Water Cycles
7 - Decay
8 - Biodiveristy & Waste Management
9 - Land Use & Deforestation
10 - Global Warming & Maintaining Biodiveristy
11 - Food Security, Farming & Fishing
12 - Biotechnology
Powerpoint have detailed notes covering all content from the topic including key practical and maths skills. Each powerpoint has practise exam questions and a summary page
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
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A huge list of over 125 quick questions to test knowledge of the Cell Biology topic
This includes the topics of:
Cell Structure (prokaryotes, eukaryotes, organelles etc.)
Cell Specialisation (specialzied cells, muscle cells, sperm cells, nerve cells, root hair cells, xylem & phloem)
Microscopy (parts of a microscope, magnification vs. resolution, light microscopes, SEM vs. TEM, magnification calculations, convering units)
Culturing Microorganisms (bacterial cell divison, agar plants, aseptic techniques, calculating mean division time of bacteria)
Mitosis & Cell Cycle (genes, alleles, chromatids, haploid vs. diploid, cell cycle, mitosis, interphase, mitotic index, cancer)
**Stem Cells **(embryonic vs. adult stem cells, meristem cells, therapeutic cloning, uses of stem cells)
Diffusion (definitions, concentration gradients, ways molecules cross membranes, examples of adaptations for diffusion in small intestine, alveloi, gills of fish, leaves and root hair cells of plants)
Osmosis (definitions, dilute vs. concentrated solutions, solute vs. solvent sports drinks)
Active Transport (using energy, against concentration gradients, examples in plants and animals)
Need lessons for Cell Biology? See lessons available for download below:
1 - Cell Structure
2 - Cell Specialisation & Differentiation
3 - Microscopy
4 - Culturing Mircoorganisms
5 - Chromosomes, Mitosis & Cell Cycle
6 - Stem Cells
7 - Transport in cells #1 - Diffusion
8 - Transport in cells #2 - Osmosis & Active Transport
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
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Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Cell Structure
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Prokaryotes vs. Eukaryotes
Structure of animal cells
Structure of plant cells
Structure of bacterial cells
Comparrison table between all three