KS3 Biotechnology lesson with focus on yeast and how bread and alcoholic drinks are made. Designed for a mid to low ability group.

Attached is a complete lesson on Energy dissipation for KS3 Energy Transfers topic. It covers energy dissipation, energy transfers and efficiency calculations. For high ability students you could get them to have a go at creating Sankey diagrams on wasted and useful energy. I have created a step by step narrative on Efficiency calculations that can be used as an activity with the students. You may find that the high ability students do not need this extra support. Hope you find this complete lesson with resources helpful. Please leave a review.

Attached are 5 lessons and worksheets for a very low ability Year 7 class on Electricity. Lessons are designed to go along with the worksheets. Practical activities need to be run alongside the lessons to support the learning. I can’t take credit for the worksheets as they were made by someone else. They were given to me by another teacher so I don’t know who made them to give them the credit. If you like the lessons, then please leave a review and view my other lessons and resources.

Here is a lesson I used with a top set year 8 class over a period of two lessons. the first lesson focused on what are moments, levers, pivots and turning forces with a practical to help students understand how the forces work. There are two different practicals, one for lower ability and one for higher ability. Following this, pupils can self assess on how they feel about moments and calculating them and then complete the releveant worksheet, self assess using the markscheme and then move onto the next level. This independent differentiated task allows for focus on helping those who are struggling more. The presentation is sectioned off so sections that aren’t needed in the lesson (e.g. LA in HA group) can be hidden by highlighting slides, right clicking and select Hide Slides. Hope this differentiated lesson and resources is helpful when teaching turning moments. Any feedback would be great and also check out any other resources. Thanks.

Differentiated questions for each lesson in the B7 Non-Communicable Diseases topic for AQA GCSE Biology and answers to go with them. These structure strips are designed to be printed off and glued into students books down the margin and then either used throughout the lesson, or as a task after covering theory, the students work their way through the questions. Not all students will be expected to complete the entire structure strip as it depends on target grades. The questions link directly to the learning objectives and ensure the content is covered and allows students to stretch themselves. They could also be given as homework for consolidation or used for targeted revision. Students find these a great way to ensure they have met their objectives and it makes marking books easier. The questions are split into three main groups: Bronze (Red) questions are targeted at Grade 4 Silver (Amber) questions are targeted at Grade 6 Gold (Green) questions are targeted at Grade 8 Star questions are challenge questions. Structure strips are included for the following lessons; Non-Communicable diseases Cancer Smoking and the risk of disease Diet, exercise and disease Alcohol and other carcinogens Answers are included as a powerpoint presentation for all structure strip questions to allow self or peer assessment by students. If you like this resource, please check out my other resources as I will be uploading more structure strips for both KS3 and KS4 topics and please leave a quick review for my resource. Thanks

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on Proteins and Chemical Testing. This is one of three lessons on proteins to meet the specification points for 2.1.2 Biological Molecules. Objectives for this lesson: Describe the general structure of an amino acid. Test qualitatively for the presence of proteins and interpret results. Explain the synthesis and breakdown of dipeptides and polypeptides due to peptide bonds. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included).

OCR A Level Biology A specification linked lesson on Key Concepts of Biological Molecules. This lesson also covers the inorganic ions section of the topic for the specification. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included).

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on Fatty Acids and Triglycerides. This is one of two lessons on lipids to meet the specification points for 2.1.2 Biological Molecules. Objectives for this lesson: Give the structure of a triglyceride and a phospholipid. Describe the synthesis and breakdown of triglycerides due to ester bonds. Explain how the properties of triglyceride, phospholipid and cholesterol molecules relate to their functions in living organisms. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included).

Complete lesson on the Ear and Hearing, designed for the new Activate Scheme but can be used for another syllabus’ as well. Includes various tasks and discussions around how hearing can be damaged. All answers are provided on the slides so students can self/peer assess. This lesson includes link to a videos to support learning. There is a differentiated worksheet on the structure of the ear and what each structure does. There is a low ability and high ability set of information sheets that can be printed on A3 and placed around the room for the students to use to fill in their worksheet. The lower ability information sheets are best printed in colour and have basic information on them needed to complete the diagram label and part and function match up. In contrast, the higher ability worksheet requires students to read a more detailed information sheet and extract the key information to include themselves when annotating the diagram. Check out my other resources and if you like this lesson, please leave a review.

Attached is two resources, the first is the marking sticker. The second is a reference handout for students to use to help them when responding to marking and completing the tasks necessary to fill the gaps in their learning. This is designed for the start of the forces topic, focusing on what are forces and the different types of forces. On the marking sticker, then colour code the different learning outcomes when marking their books as either red, amber or green to make it simple for the pupils to see which outcomes they need to focus on and which they are fine with. Or these stickers could be altered by adding an additional column and using WWW and EBI instead. Both are effective methods of providing feedback for pupils. The bottom two boxes allow for tasks to be set and any more generalised feedback to be provided by ticking any relevant boxes. The second attachment is the resources to be used by the pupils in a feedback lesson (DIRT lesson). I print the slides off two to a page, back-to-back with one between two for pupils. This provides them with the tasks necessary to meet the learning objectives and close any gaps in learning. I find these tasks much easier for pupils to use than simply directing them to textbook pages. Some of the pictures and questions taken from other resources and compiled here. Hope these resources help with your marking and feedback, if so please leave a review and feel free to view other resources I have.

Digestive System Interactive Notebook is an alternative method to simply labeling the digestive system in lesson. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.I have often found students often struggle to retain knowledge from simply sticking a diagram in their book and labeling it, so I created this as a more hands on approach to the human digestive system. There are 2 versions of the sheet for differentiation; one unlabeled, the other with the organs already labeled. The sheet is printed off and folded along the vertical fold line. The student then cuts along each of the horizontal lines to the fold line. They can then glue the sheet into their books and now have a flap based digestive system. The students then label the parts, find information on the organs and write this information under each of the relevant flaps. The final part is to colour in the different organs. Hope you like this resource, please leave a review and take a look at some of my other resources. Thanks

Knowledge Organiser with all the key information for both Combined and Triple Science (with Triple clearly labelled in purple boxes). This is for Topic 3 Biology Genetics. Any feedback would be great and check out my other resources.

Knowledge Organiser for both Combined and Triple (with triple content clearly set out in purple boxes). This is for the Edexcel Biology Topic 4 Natural Selection.

OCR A Level Biology A specification linked lesson on Complex Carbohydrates. This is one lesson of three on carbohydrates for the specification. Lesson Objectives covered: Recall the ring structure and properties of glucose. Describe the structure of starch, glycogen and cellulose molecules. Explain how the structures and properties of glucose, starch, glycogen and cellulose relates to their functions in living organisms. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included).

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on PAG 9 DNA Purification. This is one of seven lessons to meet the specification points for 2.1.3 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids. Objectives for this lesson: Recall the structure of DNA. Purify DNA by precipitation. Explain the purpose of different stages in the purification of DNA Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included). Please leave a review.

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on Additional Factors in Enzyme Action. This is one of eight lessons to meet the specification points for 2.1.4 Enzymes. Objectives for this lesson: • Describe the difference between a cofactor and coenzyme. • Explain the role of prosthetic groups in some enzyme-controlled reactions. • Explain the need for coenzymes, cofactors and prosthetic groups in some enzyme-controlled reactions using named examples. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included). Please leave a review.

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on PAG 4. Rates of Enzyme Controlled Reactions – Substrate Concentration. This is one of eight lessons to meet the specification points for 2.1.4 Enzymes. Objectives for this lesson: • Recall the effect of substrate concentration on the rate of enzyme activity. • Describe a method for investigating the effect of substrate concentration on enzyme activity. • Explain how to carry out a serial dilution, showing any calculations used. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included). Please leave a review.

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on The Effect of pH & Temperature on Enzyme Action. This is one of eight lessons to meet the specification points for 2.1.4 Enzymes. Objectives for this lesson: • Describe the effect of pH on enzyme activity. • Explain the effect of temperature on enzyme activity. • Calculate the temperature coefficient (Q10) Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included). Please leave a review.

OCR A Level Biology A lesson on Theories on DNA. This is one of seven lessons to meet the specification points for 2.1.3 Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids. Objectives for this lesson: Recall the process of DNA replication. Know the importance of replication in conserving genetic information in accuracy and describe how random, spontaneous mutations can occur during replication. Evaluate experimental evidence for DNA. Check out my other lessons and the accompanying workbook with exam questions (and answer booklet included). Please leave a review.

This is the first lesson in the Edexcel Combined Biology Topic 8 on Exchange and Transport in Animals. This lesson covers Specification points 8.1, 8.2 and 8.3. There are practice questions and examples on SA:V calculations and a knowledge recall plenary with answers.