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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 54 - The Nitrogen Cycle
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 54 - The Nitrogen Cycle

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.11B - Describe the stages in the nitrogen cycle, including the roles of nitrogen fixing bacteria, decomposers, nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 6 - Food Tests
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 6 - Food Tests

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.9 - Practical: Investigate food samples for the presence of glucose, starch, protein and fat. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 60 - Selective Breeding
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 60 - Selective Breeding

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 5.10 - Understand how selective breeding can develop plants with desired characteristics. Specification Point 5.11 - Understand how selective breeding can develop animals with desired characteristics. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 36 - Reproduction
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 36 - Reproduction

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.1 - Understand the differences between sexual and asexual reproduction. Specification Point 3.2 - Understand that fertilization involves the fusion of a male and female gamete to produce a zygote that undergoes cell division and develops into an embryo. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 40 - Pregnancy and Puberty
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 40 - Pregnancy and Puberty

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.11 - Describe the role of the placenta in the nutrition of the developing embryo. Specification Point 3.12 - Understand how the developing embryo is protected by amniotic fluid. Specification Point 3.13 - Understand the roles of oestrogen and testosterone in the development of secondary sexual characteristics. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 42 - Nucleic Acids
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 42 - Nucleic Acids

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.16B - Describe a DNA molecule as two strands coiled to form a double helix, the strands being linked by a series of paired bases: adenine (A) with thymine (T), and cytosine © with guanine (G). Specification Point 3.17B - Understand that an RNA molecule is single stranded and contains uracil (U) instead of thymine (T). Specification Point 3.18B - Describe the stages of protein synthesis including transcription and translation, including the role of mRNA, ribosomes, tRNA, codons and anticodons. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 43 - Inheritance and Codominance
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 43 - Inheritance and Codominance

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.19 - Understand how genes exist in alternative forms called alleles which give rise to differences in inherited characteristics. Specification Point 3.20 - Understand the meaning of the terms: dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, phenotype, and genotype. Specification Point 3.21B - Understand the meaning of the term codominance. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 45 - Cell Division
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 45 - Cell Division

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.28 - Understand how division of a diploid cell by mitosis produces two cells that contain identical sets of chromosomes. Specification Point 3.29 - Understand that mitosis occurs during growth, repair, cloning and asexual reproduction. Specification Point 3.30 - Understand how division of a cell by meiosis produces four cells, each with half the number of chromosomes, and that this results in the formation of genetically different haploid gametes. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 56 - Deforestation
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 56 - Deforestation

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.18B - Understand the effects of deforestation, including leaching, soil erosion, disturbance of evapotranspiration and the carbon cycle, and the balance of atmospheric gases. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 11 - The Leaf
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 11 - The Leaf

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.21 - Describe the structure of the leaf and explain how it is adapted for photosynthesis. Specification Point 2.22 - Understand that plants require mineral ions for growth, and that magnesium ions are needed for chlorophyll and nitrate ions are needed for amino acids. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 10 - Nutrition in Plants
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 10 - Nutrition in Plants

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.18 - Understand the process of photosynthesis and its importance to the conversion of light energy into chemical energy. Specification Point 2.19 - Know the word equation and balanced chemical symbol equation for photosynthesis. Specification Point 2.20 - Understand how varying carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and temperature affect the rate of photosynthesis. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 12 - Investigating Photosynthesis
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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 12 - Investigating Photosynthesis

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.23 - Practical: Investigate photosynthesis, showing the evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 14 - Metallic Bonding
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 14 - Metallic Bonding

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.52C - Know how to represent a metallic lattice by a 2-D diagram. Specification Point 1.53C - Understand metallic bonding in terms of electrostatic attractions. Specification Point 1.54C - Explain typical physical properties of metals, including electrical conductivity and malleability. Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 16 - Group 1 Elements
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 16 - Group 1 Elements

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.1 - Understand how the similarities in the reactions of the group 1 elements with water provide evidence for their recognition as a family of elements. Specification Point 2.2 - Understand how the differences between the reactions of the alkali metals with air and water provide evidence for the trend in reactivity in group 1. Specification Point 2.3 - Use knowledge of trends in group 1 to predict the properties of other alkali metals. Specification Point 2.4C - Explain the trend in reactivity in group 1 in terms of electronic configurations. Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 20 - The Uses of Metals
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 20 - The Uses of Metals

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.22C - Know that most metals are extracted from ores found in the Earth’s crust and that unreactive metals are often found as the uncombined element. Specification Point 2.23C - Explain how the method of extraction of a metal is related to its position in the reactivity series, illustrated by carbon extraction for iron and electrolysis for aluminium. Specification Point 2.24C - Be able to comment on a metal extraction process, given appropriate information. Specification Point 2.25C - Explain the uses of aluminium, copper, iron and steel in terms of their properties. Specification Point 2.26C - Know that an alloy is a mixture of a metal and one or more elements, usually other metals or carbon. Specification Point 2.27C - Explain why alloys are harder than pure metals. Complete set of Chapter 4 Lectures are available.
Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 9 - Formulae and Calculations
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Edexcel IGCSE Chemistry Lecture 9 - Formulae and Calculations

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Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.25 - Understand how to write word equations and balanced chemical equations (including state symbols). Specification Point 1.26 - Calculate relative formula masses (including relative molecular masses) from relative atomic masses. Specification Point 1.27 - Know that the mole is the unit for the amount of a substance. Specification Point 1.28 - Understand how to carry out calculations involving amount of substance, relative atomic mass and relative formula mass. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.