A RAG list/ lesson check list for the Brain and Neuropsychology topic for the new AQA GCSE Psychology spec. I use this to stick in the front of exercise books and is a good starter/plenary to summarise each lesson title.

Can be used for your schemes of work/ revision checklist.

30 minute exam questions for biopsychology. Students can also self-mark using the mark scheme. Good for revision and homework. Or when you have finished the unit.

Personal learning checklist I like to give my students at the beginning of the topic. Usually good to have at the beginning of their topic folders.

Whole lesson for early brain development from the new GCSE AQA Psychology spec (first teach 2017). Lesson covers the structures and functions of the brain and the roles of nature and nurture in early brain development.

How to write a 9 mark answer for the new GCSE AQA Psychology (9-1). Includes planning sheets allocated with AO1/AO2/AO3 marks for 9 mark questions with and without a scenarious given. Also includes a powerpoint with a model question and answer showing marking breakdowns. Can be used for any topics across the Psychology course.

Introducing Piaget’s theory of cognitive development. Focussing on the ideas of assimilation, accommodation and schemas. For the new specification of AQA GCSE Psychology (first exams from Summer 2019) This includes a full lesson powerpoint with a worksheet

Simple and straightforward lesson on Tulving’s ‘gold’ memory study (a key study) from the new GCSE AQA Psychology spec. Includes an exam question starter activity and a key study diamond (foldable activity) to fill in the study. Does require the use of pages 164-165 of the AQA GCSE Psychologt textbook. (A handout of the study which includes the aims/methodology/results/conclusion/evaluation will do however).

Whole lesson on neuropsychology and brain scan techniques for the new spec of AQA GCSE Psychology. Includes worksheets and exam questions.

Whole lesson on correlation studies - suitable for AQA GCSE Psychology new specification (9-1). Includes two worksheets also.

Whole lesson on Penfield’s study of the interpretive cortex. From the AQA GCSE Psychology new spec (9-1). Does involve use of the AQA Psychology textbook from p158-159, as I intended for the whole class to read this together (a sentence each). Also includes a comic strip to display the study too. Also includes exam questions on localisation of brain function with answers.

Full lesson for the explanations for non-verbal behaviour from the AQA GCSE Psychology new spec (9-1). Covers: Darwin’s evolutionary theory that NVC as evolved and adaptive. Evidence that non-verbal behaviour is innate e.g. in neonates and sensory deprived. Evidence that non-verbal behaviour is learned. Yuki’s key study of emoticons Also includes some exam style questions with answers too. To be used alongside OUP GCSE Psychology Textbook.

Lessons for the Biopsychology unit for AQA A Level Psychology - year 2. Complete lessons (about 1-2 hours of content), including powerpoint, videos, workbook, and exam questions. Can be used for in-person or remote learning. Covering the following specification points: Split Brain Research

Planning sheet for writing 16 markers in A Level Psychology

Lessons for the Biopsychology unit for AQA A Level Psychology - year 2. Complete lesson (about 1 or 2 hours), including powerpoint, videos, workbook, and exam questions. Can be used for in-person, remote and cover learning. Covering the following specification points: Biological Rhythms - Endogenous Pacemakers and Exogenous Zeitgebers

Lessons for the Biopsychology unit for AQA A Level Psychology - year 2. Complete lessons (about 1-2 hours of content), including powerpoint, videos, and exam questions with mark schemes. Can be used for in-person or remote learning. Covering the following specification points: Ways of investigating the brain. This lesson incorporates independent tasks such as group presentations or individual academic style posters.

Lessons for the Biopsychology unit for AQA A Level Psychology - year 2. Complete lesson (about 1), including powerpoint, videos, workbook, and exam questions. Can be used for in-person, remote and cover learning. Covering the following specification points: Biological Rhythms - Circadian. (Ultradian and Infradian are a separate lesson in my shop).

Lessons for the Biopsychology unit for AQA A Level Psychology - year 2. Complete lesson (about 1 or 2 hours), including powerpoint, videos, workbook, and exam questions. Can be used for in-person, remote and cover learning. Covering the following specification points: Biological Rhythms - Ultradian and Infradian (circadian rhythms are a separate lesson in my shop).

Revision checklist for the new AQA GCSE Psychology (9-1) spec. Separated onto paper 1 and paper 2 content.

Complete lesson on the relationship between language and thought. Presentation and work sheets covering Piaget’s theory of language depending on thought and the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of thinking depending on language. Also covers the evaluation of both. Also includes exam style questions and mark schemes. This should cover about 1 hours worth of content.