<p>This Booklet on Smoking and Vaping teaches clearly the diseases linked and the effects they cause.<br /> It goes into great detail starting with the Substances that are found in Cigarettes including Tar, Carbon monoxide and Nicotine.<br /> The booklet then explain the effects of Tar on the gaseous exchange system.<br /> Diseases that are explained in great detail are :<br /> Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease<br /> Chronic Bronchitis<br /> Emphysema<br /> Lung cancer<br /> Each disease is explained how Tar and smoking is the cause then further explaining Consequences, Symptoms and treatment.<br /> The Booklet then explains the effect of Nicotine and Carbon monoxide passing into the blood and causing changes in circulation. leading to Cardiovascular Disease.<br /> The three most significant Cardiovascular diseases are the explained<br /> Atherosclerosis<br /> Coronary heart disease<br /> Stroke<br /> The booklet then explains how Cardiovascular disease can be prevented the risk factors associated with it.<br /> The last section educates on the new trend of vaporised Nicotine . Users inhale vapor through the mouth from a usually battery-operated electronic device (such as an electronic cigarette). This section explains all of the substances found in vapes and their effects on the body.</p>

<p>This worksheet goes into and covers Diabetes Mellitus and its treatment</p> <p>First of all explaining the cause and reasons for the disease<br /> secondly explaining Type 1 Diabetes the cause, effects, symptoms and treatment.<br /> Then lastly explaining Type 2 Diabetes cause, effects, symptoms and treatment. Including risk factors</p>

<p>This detailed resources on food spoilage and microorganisms covers a wide range of issues including : why microorganisms spoil our food<br /> preventing food spoilage covering:<br /> preventing food spoilage at low temperatures e.g fridge, freezers and freeze dried food, the science behind how it stops microorganism growth.<br /> Preventing food spoilage with low water potential solutions such as salting and with jams etc<br /> Preventing food spoilage with solutions with low pH such as pickling<br /> Preventing food spoilage with heat treatment ovens and pasteurised milk<br /> Preventing food spoilage with Irradiation in canning and plastic wrapping</p>

<p>This power-point can go with the Booklet or on its own. It covers a whole lesson on the mechanisms that control gene expression in eukaryotes and prokaryotes. These include<br /> Transcription control e.g Chromatin remodelling and histone modifcation<br /> Post -transcriptional control e.g RNA processing and editing<br /> Translational control e.g Inhibitory proteins and initiation factors<br /> Post -translational control e.g phosphate groups and protein shortening</p>

<p>A level -Biology -Plant responses Topic -Lesson on Plant responses to Herbivory<br /> This includes<br /> An introduction to Herbivory what it is and the cost to the producer<br /> The types of defences plant use including<br /> Mechanical defences -spikes, hairs, barbs etc<br /> Moving defences -specifically Mimosa Pudica<br /> Chemical defence - Alkaloids with examples<br /> Chemical defence - Phenols with examples<br /> Chemical defence - Terpenoids with examples<br /> Phenological defences - Volatile Organic compounds and Pheromones with examples<br /> links to videos on the internet and a summary</p>

<p>This lesson focuses on coronary heart disease and its components of diet that increase its risk:<br /> Obesity<br /> salt<br /> Fats<br /> Cholesterol make up of High dentisty Lipoproteins (HDLs) and Low density Lipoproteins (LDLs)</p>

<p>This introduction to the key components needed for a balanced diet and what they do for the body</p>

<p>This booklet cover key methods that farmers are using to improve food production for the Human population.<br /> The booklet covers :<br /> Methods of making food production more efficient<br /> In plans using selective breeding, chemical fertilisers, pesticides, herbicides etc<br /> in animals using selective breeding and the use of antibiotics</p>

<p>This OCR Biology A level resource on Biotechnology and how Microorganisms make food:<br /> This resource cover the production of:<br /> Yogurt<br /> Bread<br /> Cheese<br /> Wine and beer<br /> Single cell protein (Quorn)</p>

<p>This OCR A level Biology Resource on Gene therapy is a full lesson of learning the past, present and future of Gene therapy.<br /> It covers :<br /> The process of gene delivery and their main mechanisms<br /> vectors for gene delivery and their advantages/disadvantages<br /> Some key Trials that took place in the past their results and set backs<br /> It covers the key difference between Somatic cell gene therapy and Germ line gene therapy and what their future challenges are.</p>

<p>Having learned about this in my Biochemistry degree. It has now been included in the OCR A level Biology A H420 Syllabus as a kind of introduction into cellular control.<br /> Having taught this for several years I have had to make my own resource as there is very little material out on it that is relevant to A level students and the textbooks don’t explain the Biochemistry fully.<br /> The resource is a Booklet gap fill with diagrams and the teacher telling them all about the various different mechanisms that control gene expression in organisms.<br /> It covers<br /> -Gene regulation-Transcriptional control : chromatin remodelling/Histone modification / Lac operon/cAMP-Post-Transcriptional control: RNA Processing /RNA editing-Translational control : protein kinases/inhibitory proteins/inititaion factors-Post-Translational control : phosphates/amino acid modification/folding proteins/cAMP modification</p>

<p>This Biotechnology booklet<br /> Introduces some key terms regarding Biotechnology and the many different uses of microorganisms in Biotechnology.<br /> The introduction of Primary and secondary metabolites and when they are produced in the microbial growth curve.<br /> There are some deep level thinking questions to challenge learners.<br /> The booklet then goes on to explain some key Biotechnological processes and the microbes involved covering :<br /> The production of food, pharmaceutical drugs, commercial enzymes and Bioremediation.<br /> The booklet then introduces industrial scale fermenters and the key factors that can affect microbial growth.<br /> The booklet contains picture of a standard fermenter and a power point resource that pupils can use to label and learn the key parts.<br /> The Booklet then briefly compares Batch and Continuous culture and the key differences between them.<br /> The last page contains the key terms of aseptic technique, asepsis and Contaminants and the results of what happens if contaminants enter in the fermenter and why asepsis is key to pure culture.<br /> Lastly the challenges faced when scaling up small scale fermenters to industrial scale.</p>

<p>This full lesson Booklet is the perfect resource to inform and educate students in the most latest developments of Biology in the 21st century.<br /> The Booklet begins introducing what the advancements in DNA sequencing have done and how they have produced a large amount of processed data and information and that this has resulted in the development of a brand new are n Biology called Bioinformatics.<br /> The booklet then explains as a result of all the information gathered comparison studies have been used to look at the firstly the genome size of different organisms and the number of functional genes they possess.<br /> The booklet then demonstrates an inter species comparison study looking at Beta haemoglobin and how a single mutation can lead to disease such as sickle cell anaemia and how Bioinformatics can compare all the different species data and find similarities are closely related to each other.<br /> The resource then touches on more complex disease such as cancer and the BRCA gene.<br /> The Booklet then explains how pharmaceutical companies are using Bioinformatics to focus on SNPs and using them to make new drugs.<br /> This then follows on into the NHS current project the 100,000 genome project and how Bioinformatics will be used.<br /> The booklet finishes on two exciting future developments using Bioinformatics synthetic Biology and Proteomics.</p>

<p>This A level Biology OCR booklet on the three types of muscles<br /> It includes:<br /> The structural and functional differences in :<br /> Involuntary/smooth muscle<br /> Cardiac muscle<br /> Voluntary/Skeletal muscle<br /> A full detailed summary table that helps with Revision</p>

<p>This Biology OCR A level teaching resource is a great method of teaching and revising specifically plant cloning at A level<br /> It covers:<br /> Natural Clones<br /> advantages and disadvantages of asexual reproduction<br /> Vegetative Propagation<br /> advantages and disadvantages of Vegetative Propagation<br /> Artificial Clones<br /> Grafting<br /> Cuttings<br /> Micropropagation (tissue culture)<br /> advantages and disadvantages of tissue culture<br /> Plant cloning questions</p>

<p>A full booklet to teach the difficult topic of the Kidneys osmoregulation</p>

<p>This is a Booklet resource with answers and allows students to understand functions of the Liver by filling in the Booklet and using the diagrams provided. This can be activity can be done independently or teacher led. It can last the whole lesson and would be ideal with looking at Liver tissue or modeling out the Ornithine cycle</p>

<p>This revision booklet goes through the key aspects of the Neuromuscular junction key part of animal responses for OCR A level Biology.<br /> The booklet includes:<br /> Photomicrograph of the junction<br /> Key structures such as the sarcoplasmic reticulum<br /> The sequence of events at the Neuromuscular junction<br /> How a nerve impulse causes a muscle contraction<br /> compare and contrasting the neuromuscular junction and synapses</p>

<p>This extremely challenging content is easily explained in the OCR Biology A level Sliding Filament Theory Booklet<br /> It includes :<br /> Skeletal muscle Histology<br /> The structure of the myofibril<br /> The structure of a sarcomere<br /> How the muscle contracts -sliding filament theory<br /> How contractions change the pattern of banding<br /> Maintenance of ATP</p>

<p>This essential booklet covers the key aspects of organisation of the nervous system which includes:<br /> The central nervous system<br /> recap of a relay neurone<br /> Diagrammatic section of a reflex arc<br /> The Peripheral Nervous system<br /> Somatic Nervous system<br /> Autonomic Nervous system<br /> How the nervous system is organised<br /> The motor pathways for the autonomic and Somatic nervous systems<br /> The sympathetic subsystems<br /> The Parasympathetic subsystems<br /> Consolidation questions</p>

<p>This Booklet covering the main four structures and levels of proteins from the primary level with Amino acids structure and properties to the Quaternary level with Collagen and Heamoglobin</p>