By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the hormones that increase and decrease blood glucose concentrations. Describe how blood sugar levels change after a person has consumed a meal. Explain why these separate hormones are needed whilst eating and during a marathon.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the roles of luteinising hormone and follicle stimulating hormone. Describe how IVF and hormone treatments aid pregnancy. Explain what would happen if hormone levels changed.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the factor that increases risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Describe how a person can be tested to be at risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Explain the importance of controlling and reversing diabetes type 2.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the main components of the heart. Describe the journey of blood through the heart. Describe how to calculate cardiac output. Explain the importance of valves in the heart.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the contents of an ecosystem. Describe how organisms can be interdependent. Describe how herbivores and carnivores interact. Explain how to calculate the abundance of a population.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: List the names and order the stages of the cell cycle including mitosis. Describe what happens in each stage of the cell cycle, including mitosis. Describe how mitosis produces genetically identical, diploid cells. Explain why mitosis is important. Includes an entire slow animation of the entire mitosis process (60 slides) Includes scaffolded questions to allow access for all learners - 74 slides in total. Suitable for KS3 and KS4.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: STATE what stem cells are and where they are found. Describe some potential uses of stem cells in medicine. Discuss the ethical considerations of using stem cells considering the benefits and risks. Suitable for KS4.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the key phases of the water cycle. Describe how water is important for our bodies. Explain why water can be dangerous to drink. Analyse whether water is safe to drink or not.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify factors that reduce biodiversity. Describe the effect of deforestation and extensive farming. Describe the effect of reforestation and zoos. Explain why humans are making an effort to preserve biodiversity.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify a parasite. Identify a host. Describe parasitism and mutualism. Explain why organisms choose mutualism.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify abiotic factors. Describe how to use a belt transect. Describe the effect of pollutants. Explain the importance of wildlife monitoring.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify biotic factors within an ecosystem. Describe how biotic factors can affect an ecosystem. Describe what will happen if the number of prey increases. Explain why it is important for the population of predators to remain below a certain threshold.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify where Nitrogen can be stored. Describe how Nitrogen is used in the body. Explain why farmers encourage the amount of nitrates in their soil.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Recall the meaning of the term chemosynthesis. Describe the process of chemosynthesis. Explain why chemosynthesis is necessary for some organisms.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the reactants and products of respiration. Describe the process of aerobic respiration. Explain why the body uses aerobic respiration.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Recall the minerals a plant needs Describe the effect of a lack of these on a plant Explain why plants require some nutrients.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the contents of a food chain / food web. Describe what a biomass pyramid shows. Explain why numbers pyramids do not appear as pyramids.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the reactants and products of anaerobic respiration. Describe the process of anaerobic respiration. Explain why the body uses anaerobic respiration.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the 7 life processes. Describe how to use a microscope. Explain why microscopes are sometimes needed to confirm if a substance is alive or not.

By the end of the lesson learners should be able to: Identify the contents of animal and plant cells. Describe the function of organelles. Explain why animal cells need to consume food while plant cells do not.