This resource covers the control of blood sugar and what happens if you are unable to produce enough insulin. It includes useful links to animations on blood glucose control and questions for students to answer.

This resource helps students draw conclusions about the number of electrons and electron shells in atoms as you go down groups and across periods of the periodic table.

This resource introduces the speed, distance, time equation, distance-time graphs and speed-time graphs. It includes a series of questions for students to answer and graphs for students to draw. It also introduces how average speed is calculated and plotted on a graph.

This resource, provides an easy to use, simple visual for an introductory lesson on mitosis and the cell cycle. The resources includes a couple of useful links to videos as well as a true false quiz on the topic.

This resource provides useful images and links to videos to help stimulate discussion on genetic modification and CRISPR. It also includes a list of questions for students to answer on the topic of genetic engineering and biotechnology.

This resources is best used after a lesson, or series of lessons, on fossils and how they provide evidence for evolution. This resource provides a visual aid for introducing some of the other forms of evidence for evolution and invites students to create a presentation to deliver to the class on one piece of evidence. The resource concludes with a big question that can be answered in class or as a longer homework assignment.

This resources includes the key terms for the rock cycle topic. I encourage students to cut out the key terms and stick them onto their rock cycle posters, as a revision activity at the end of the module. I also use this resource to play games, such as “this is the answer, what is the question?” It is a simple and easy to use resource.

This graph drawing resource functions as both a checklist and marking framework for students. At the start of my graph drawing activity, I hand students a copy of the marking framework and remind the students how to draw a scientific graph. Students then use the checklist as they draw their graphs to ensure they have included everything they need for full marks. Students then either hand in their graphs or swap graphs with their peers and the marking framework is used to give students a grade for their graphs.

This easy to use, simple resources provides a useful visual for introducing the law of conservation of energy and energy stores. I use it to initiate discussion on the topic and to test initial understanding of the different types of energy stores.

This simple and easy to use PowerPoint resource provides a useful visual stimulus for discussions on energy efficiency and how the loss of energy can be detrimental to the environment. After discussing dissipation of heat energy, I then introduce the practical investigation. Students are provided with two different light bulbs, a ruler, white piece of paper and a thermometer. Students test to see who of the light bulbs causes the greatest increase in temperature in the thermometer. This light bulb gives out the most heat energy and is therefore the least efficient. This result guides students through planning, recording, analysing and evaluating their experiments.

This resource provides a useful and easy to use visual for introducing Mendelian Genetics and Punnet Squares. It includes useful links to videos and a key word list. I begin the lesson by introducing some of the subject specific terms, such as dominant and recessive traits, genotype and phenotype, and homozygosity and heterozgosity. I then briefly introduce Mendel and punnet squares before handing over to the students to complete a few activities on the topic.

This fun, creative and easy-to-use resource introduces the equation for density and includes practice questions for students to answer. It also includes a useful visual to help students understand why some objects float whilst others sink and invites students to carry out their own research on Archimedes.

This creative, fun and easy-to-use resource introduces risks and hazards in the science laboratory. It introduces ten of the most common hazard symbols and their meanings and encourages students to test their knowledge using a fun ‘pictionary’ plenary activity, where students take it in turn to draw a hazard symbol whilst their peers have to race to correctly name the symbol being drawn.

This creative and easy-to-use resource introduces mechanical waves, the key features of waves, and the main differences between longitudinal and transverse waves. It includes links to useful videos on the topic, short activities, and a plenary. Slide 10 of the PowerPoint is the worksheet I hand out to my students, either to fill in as we go through the material or as a revision activity afterwards.

This resource introduces the electromagnetic spectrum, electromagnetic waves and the equation for wave speed. It includes a series of practice questions as well as a fun ‘unscrabble the words’ plenary activity.

Worksheets and model answer sheets covering OCR Biology A 3.1.1 Exchange surfaces (a) the need for specialised exchange surfaces.

Worksheets and model answer sheets covering OCR Biology A 3.1.1 Exchange surfaces - Measuring Lung Volumes

This high quality and easy-to-use resource covers the tissues in the gaseous exchange system and is specifically designed for students studying OCR A-Level Biology. It includes information about the structures and functions of the components of the mammalian gaseous exchange system. Students should begin by watching my video tutorial, which is freely available on YouTube (Channel: BiologyWithNewhouse - I have included a link to my video tutorial in the note taking framework). Students should then use information from the video tutorial to help them complete the note taking framework. This can be done entirely independently or with teacher support.

This high quality and easy-to-use resource on ‘plant responses to the environment’ is specifically designed for students studying OCR A-Level Biology. It includes information about photoperiodism and phytochromes in plants. Students should begin by watching my video tutorial on this topic, which is freely available via my YouTube channel: BiologyWithNewhouse. I have included a link to the video tutorial in the activity sheet. Students should then use information from the video tutorial and the PowerPoint slides to help them complete the activity sheet. This can be done entirely independently, as a flip-learning exercise, or with teacher support.

PowerPoint, worksheet and model answer sheet covering OCR Biology A 5.2.1 Photosynthesis (e) the fixation of carbon dioxide and the light independent stage of photosynthesis