Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on the Menstrual Cycle. In this lesson, students will describe the stages of the menstrual cycle and how it is controlled by four main hormones. Pupils will then explain how LH, FSH, oestrogen and progesteron interact with each other. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Group reading Stage Matching Task boxes Handout sheet task Comprehension questions Exam style questions Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment Suitable for remote, online, distance learning Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. Next lesson Controlling Fertility https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13038611 A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/menstrual-cycle-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12366008

Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Grouping Living Things … Learning Objectives Place organisms in the three main groups (animals, plants and micro-organisms) Group animals into vertebrate and invertebrate Group plants into flowering and non-flowering … Lesson Includes Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall) Warm-up activity Introduction to the keywords Group reading (literacy) Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books Opportunities for assessment for learning Challenge extension work for higher ability students Worksheet (optional) Challenge worksheet (optional) SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence. … Next lesson Vertebrates: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13093027 … This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on the Kidneys. In this lesson pupils will describe the role of the kidneys in cleaning the blood, explain how hormones control the function of the kidneys and state the different types of treatment for kidney failure. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. Note: this lesson does not discuss in detail how the two treatment methods work- this will be covered in a separate lesson. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Discussion exercise Handout sheet task Group reading (literacy) Keywords (vocabulary: urine, urea, excretion, filter and anti-diuretic hormone ADH) Task boxes Order the steps Comprehension questions Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment Suitable for remote, online, distance learning Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. Next lesson Kidney Failure Lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13036969 A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/kidneys-and-dialysis-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12364592

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ first of a two part lesson on Cardiovascular Disease. The second part is available here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12870772. In this lesson pupils will state what cardiovascular disease and coronary heard disease are, explain how stents and statins can be used to treat CHD and compare stents to statins for the treatment of heart disease. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Statins walk through -Advantage or disadvantage sorting task -Guided long answer question writing -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson cardiovascular disease part 2 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cardiovascular-disease-lesson-2-gcse-biology-12870772 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cardiovascular-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12344623

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ short lesson on the Food Tests Practical designed to be used with a practical session or as year 11 pre-exam revision of the required practical. In this lesson pupils will describe an experiment to investigate the nutrient content of different foods. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Recall questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Enzymes and Digestion Lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/enzymes-and-digestion-lesson-gcse-biology-13178041

Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Flower Structure … Learning Objectives Identify the male and female parts of a flower Describe the function of different parts of a flower … Lesson Includes Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall) Warm-up activity Introduction to the keywords Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books Opportunities for assessment for learning Label Parts of a Flower Sheet (optional) Worksheet (optional) Challenge worksheet (optional) SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence. … Next lesson Pollination and Fertilisation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13083833 … This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.

Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Parts of a Plant. … Learning Objectives Identify the four main parts of a plant (flowers, leaves, stem and roots) Say which job each part of the plant does and describe the features that help it to do it Define the keywords: reproduction, nutrition and support … Lesson Includes Warm-up activity Introduction to the keywords Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books Opportunities for assessment for learning Challenge extension work for higher ability students Worksheet (optional) Challenge worksheet (optional) SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD … Next lesson Plant Growth https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13081119 … This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on Antibiotic Resistance. In this lesson, students will describe how antibiotic resistant bacterial strains arise, explain why antibiotic resistance is becoming more common and revise how to test for antibiotic resistance by culturing microorganisms. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Group reading (literacy) Keywords (vocabulary: antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, strain and superbugs) Task boxes Order the steps Discussion exercise Comprehension questions Handout sheet task Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment Suitable for remote, online, distance learning Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/antibiotic-resistance-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12974541

Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Plant Growth. … Learning Objectives Describe what plants need (light, water, air, minerals and room to grow) Explain why plants need these things and how they get them Discuss what will happen if a plant does not get enough of these things … Lesson Includes Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall) Warm-up activity Introduction to the keywords Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books Opportunities for assessment for learning Challenge extension work for higher ability students Worksheet (optional) Challenge worksheet (optional) SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence. … Next lesson Water Transport in Plants https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13082724 … This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ short lesson on Communicable Disease Control. In this lesson pupils will describe how pathogens spread from one organism to another and give some examples of ways we can prevent pathogens from spreading. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Communicable Disease Examples https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12943788 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/communicable-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12346614

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Fertility. In this lesson, students will describe which hormones can be used to control fertility and describe other contraceptive methods. They will also explain how fertility can be increased using hormones and reproductive technologies like IVF and ICSI. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Group reading Keywords (vocabulary: contraception, mucus, spermicide, abstinence and sterilisation) Task boxes Handout sheet task Comprehension questions Discussion exercise Order the steps Recall questions Discussion notes Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment Suitable for remote, online, distance learning Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. Next lesson Adrenaline and Thyroxine https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13039042 Supplementary resources designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects are available for Contraception https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/contraception-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12366000 and for Infertility Treatment https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/infertility-treatment-supplementary-slides-gcse-biology-aqa-12974229

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ Complete lesson on the work of Preventing Extinction. In this lesson pupils will describe how plants and animals become extinct and discuss what steps we can take to prevent this. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: extinct, fossil record, endangered species, conservation, captive breeding and seed bank) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12826398

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ short lesson on Pathogens. In this lesson pupils will state what a pathogen is, explain the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases and describe some different types of pathogen. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: communicable disease, pathogen, hyphae and toxins) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Spread of and Prevention https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12922886 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/communicable-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12346614

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Health and Disease. In this lesson pupils will state the difference between communicable and non-communicable disease, explain how different types of disease can interact and discuss factors which affect health and the cost of ill health. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Comprehension questions -Other factors which affect health -Sorting task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Risk factors https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12877772 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/health-and-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12337857

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ short lesson on Communicable Disease Examples. Third of three lessons on communicable disease (click here for Types of Pathogens https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12910846 and here for Spread and Prevention https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12922886). In this lesson pupils will describe the symptoms of the examples of communicable diseases for this course, state which pathogens cause them and discuss how they are passed on and how they can be controlled. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Immune System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12945455 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/communicable-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12346614

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on malnutrition. In this lesson students will learn about energy consumption in kilojoules (kJ), what happens when you consume too much or too little and vitamin and mineral deficiency. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (consume, malnutrition, obese, deficiency and rickets) -Task boxes -Numeracy task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Digestive System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12762232

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on Active Transport. Pupils will describe some examples of active transport and explain the difference between diffusion and active transport. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Comprehension questions -Order the steps -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Exchanging Substances https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12832416 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/active-transport-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12335738

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free revision lesson using malaria as a case study. In this lesson pupils will link knowledge from topics 1-3 including cell structure, specialised cells, the circulatory system and communicable disease. Case study lessons improve understanding and recall by linking together different parts of the course. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Identify the subcellular structures -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Recall questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Plant diseases revision lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953529

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on medicinal Drugs. In this lesson pupils will explain the difference between drugs which target symptoms and drugs which cure the underlying problem. They will describe the problem of antibiotic resistance and the steps involved in drug development. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Comprehension questions -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Discussion exercises -Comprehension questions -Clinical trials walk through -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Monoclonal Antibodies https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12949047 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/drugs-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12972452

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ second of a two part lesson on Cardiovascular Disease. Part 1 is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12869212. In this lesson pupils will compare heart transplants with artificial hearts, describe valves, pacemakers and artificial blood and explain the difference between heart failure and a heart attack. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Handout sheet task -Artificial blood walk through -Artificial hearts walk through -Task boxes -Guided long answer question writing -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson health and disease https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/health-and-disease-lesson-gcse-biology-12873200 -A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cardiovascular-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12344623