Hello! Welcome to my shop. Please take a moment to browse. You’ll find high quality biology resources that are fun, engaging and pupil-led. As a teacher I've implemented the things I've always wanted in my lessons, into my resources. That is, resources of excellent quality that truly impact learning. As we know, efficiency is paramount therefore my full-lessons incorporate mark-schemes too, all ready to go! Leaving you with more time to focus on being present for your students.
Hello! Welcome to my shop. Please take a moment to browse. You’ll find high quality biology resources that are fun, engaging and pupil-led. As a teacher I've implemented the things I've always wanted in my lessons, into my resources. That is, resources of excellent quality that truly impact learning. As we know, efficiency is paramount therefore my full-lessons incorporate mark-schemes too, all ready to go! Leaving you with more time to focus on being present for your students.
This bundle includes the first 5 lessons of the unit on mass transport:
7.1 Haemoglobin
7.2 Transport of oxygen by haemoglobin
7.3 Circulatory system of a mammal
7.4 The structure of the heart
7.5 The cardiac cycle
Each PowerPoint is detailed, of excellent quality and has fully integrated pupil-led activities with answers - so there is no need for you to prepare answers/mark schemes as they are all there.
Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE biology specification.
GCSE Biology lesson plan/PowerPoint presentation contains all the activities and resources (in one file!) to achieve the following learning objectives:
To describe different methods of hormonal and non-hormonal contraception - information slides followed by Linking Activity (link the hormone-based contraceptive to the active ingredient and its function); Exam Questions (just print the slide) with fully integrated mark scheme.
To explain how methods prevent pregnancy - quick quiz starter to recap roles of hormones in the menstrual cycle; information slides and Linking Activity.
To analyse scenarios and decide on the most appropriate method of contraception - Sorting task to identify the benefits and drawbacks of using condoms; Family Planning Clinic - a game type activity where pupils take on the role of the Healthcare Professional or the Client and determine what advice should be followed (all cards for the game are included - just print!)
There are a series of mini-plenary and AfL tasks throughout the lesson and each includes fully integrated answers (mark scheme) for peer or self-assessment.
A complete set of 10 lessons for the entire chapter on Hormonal Coordination including Higher Tier content:
11.1 Principles of Hormonal Control
11.2 Control of Blood Glucose
11.3 Treating Diabetes
11.4 Role of Negative Feedback
11.5 Human Reproduction
11.6 Hormones in the Menstrual Cycle
11.7 Artificial Control of Fertility
11.8 Infertility Treatments
11.9 Plant Hormones
11.10 Using Plant Hormones
Includes a variety of activities for different learning styles.
Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE biology specification.
GCSE Biology lesson plan/PowerPoint presentation contains all the activities and resources (in one file!) to achieve the following learning objectives:
Recall that there are two types of reproduction (Grade 4) - information slides provided; identify a series of examples as being either sexual or asexual forms of reproduction
Compare the main differences between asexual and sexual reproduction (Grade 6) - complete table to compare sexual and asexual reproduction characteristics; watch video on sexual and asexual reproduction
Explain how the type of reproduction affects variety in the offspring (Grade 8) - information slides provided; explain the difference task with word bank to help lower ability pupils and extension/challenge question
Describe how cells divide by meiosis to form gametes (Grade 4) - information slides provided; sorting task to put the stages of mitosis in the correct order
Explain how meiosis halves the number of chromosomes in gametes and fertilisation restores the full number (Grade 6) - information slides provided; task to compare mitosis and meiosis - table provided
Compare the processes in sexual reproduction that give rise to variation (Grade 8) - information slides provided; Exam-style questions to complete.
All activities, sorting tasks; mini-plenary; exam-style questions, include the answers for peer or self-assessment.
This resource focuses on the following lesson objectives for exam boards AQA/OCR:
Describe anaerobic respiration
Develop practical skills to investigate anaerobic respiration
Explain observations from an investigation
It uses a series of three different experiments that are simple but effective investigations looking at anaerobic respiration in yeast. Each experiment can be set up by one pair or group of students and then students can move around the room and view the set up of the other experiments and make their own predictions and observations for each.
The entire lesson with all activities, crib sheets/mark schemes is contained within one file (ready for printing), however I have included separate pdf files if you prefer to print the worksheets and resources from single files. The Equipment Help Cards, Questions to Consider and Sentence Starters and Endings all lend themselves to supporting lower ability students to complete the activities to the best of their ability. Extension activities are included as well as a choice of Exam practice questions that could be used as homework tasks.
GCSE biology Grade 1-9. This resource provides all the material you need to teach these two lessons and has options for use with either lower ability or top sets. The resources are all contained within one file however for those that prefer to print from single files I have included some of the activities as a separate file too. It covers the following learning objectives (1-3) and the many activities associated with each objective which you can pick and choose from:
describe the process of evolution by natural selection (aiming for grade 4):
Starter - True and false statements
Discussion - Points on the evolution of mobile phones
Story - The evolution of the peppered moth
Task - Number the statements in order to describe the important events in the story of the evolution of the peppered moth
describe how organisms evolve over time (aiming for grade 6):
Story - The evolution of the peppered moth
Application - Six mark exam question to correct (SPAG)
Extension - Writing an improved answer
AfL - Comparing answer to the mark scheme (self-/peer-assessment)
present explanations of data as evidence for evolution (aiming for grade 8):
Video - The evidence for evolution
AfL - Correct main pieces of evidence from the mark scheme provided
Reading and comprehension - task followed by questions and answers
Plenary - Crossword with mark scheme provided
Homework - Exam Question on Evolution
All activities have the mark scheme included for peer-/self-assessment. All activities have options for extension and differentiation included.
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Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE biology specification.
This lesson plan and PowerPoint presentation contains all of the activities (in one file!) to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) To describe the effect of diet and exercise on the development of obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes
2) To describe how alcohol affects the liver, the brain, unborn babies
3) To identify carcinogens
There are a range of activities to choose from: video, sorting tasks, exam questions, data analysis and comprehension questions. There is too much material to cover in one lesson - you will have to select what is better suited for your class. There are several challenge questions and differentiated tasks scattered throughout.
Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE biology only (TRIPLE GCSE) specification.
This GCSE Biology lesson plan/PowerPoint presentation may take up to two lessons to complete and contains all the activities and resources (in one file!) to achieve the following learning objectives:
Recall that plants produce hormones to coordinate and control growth, and responses to light and gravity - watch video then answer corresponding questions (integrated answers included); information on tropisms; mini-plenary discussion activity; worksheet on plant hormones and tropisms (integrated answers included).
Describe how unequal distributions of auxins cause unequal growth rates in plant shoots and roots - information on auxins; mini plenary - gap fill activity (integrated answers); worksheet as above.
Required practical - the effect of light and gravity on the growth of germinating seedlings
– Planning and Results sheet (integrated answers included in the PowerPoint); – Analysis and Interpretation of Results sheet (integrated answers included); information slides on how to set up the practical; an example of the expected results is modelled through use of a photograph.
AfL: mini plenaries and activities throughout this lesson make it pupil-led. Answers are included for peer or self-assessment of each and every task.
I have now included some of the activities as separate worksheets in pdf form so you can easily print from separate files. The mark schemes are also embedded into the PowerPoint presentation for easy peer or self-assessment by students.
Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE Biology specification.
35 slides of fun and engaging activities within this high quality PowerPoint presentation which contains all the resources (in one file!) for two complete lessons. To achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Why it is important to control your internal environment - set of assorted homeostasis cards where pupils take turns to discuss with their partner how their body conditions might change with respect to the images on the cards
2) The key elements of control systems - starter task to match the sense to the sense organ; complete the table: sense, sense organ, stimuli; worksheet (print slide A4 for students to complete (could be used as a potential homework dependent on timing) on homeostasis; plenary - choose the correct meaning for each of the terms.
3) Why you need a nervous system - gap fill exercise with extension task to illustrate how the nervous system detects a change and reacts to it.
4) How the structure of the nervous system is adapted to its function - starter task to sort parts of the body into sense organs, effectors, coordinators; information slides on the structure of the nervous system (CNS, peripheral nervous system).
5) How receptors enable you to respond to changes in your surroundings - information slides on how the nervous system works and the different types of neurons, AfL in gap fill and extension illustration task.
6) How Science Works - Required practical instructions, planning sheet and analysis worksheet with table to complete (print slides A4 for practical write-up), graph to plot results and follow up questions.
All activities come complete with fully integrated answers in the PowerPoint for peer/self assessment.
This is an entire lesson series for the Chapter: Populations and Sustainability for the NEW OCR A-level specification. There are a total of 111 PowerPoint presentation slides partitioned into individual lessons with identifiable lesson objectives. This scheme of work has been developed to engage your students through an array of different learning activities and will form the basis for the entire lesson series. It comes complete with answers to activities and questions so you don’t need to spend the time hunting for answers.
It includes accurate and high quality information slides interspersed with pupil activities for the following topics within the Chapter Populations and Sustainability:
What determines population size?
Interactions between populations
Conservation and preservation
Sustainable management
Balancing the conflict between conservation and human needs
Controlling the effects of human activities
This revision resource is designed for OCR A-level Biology but is equally suitable for other boards. This resource contains:
a worksheet for the topic on Transport in Animals and Haemoglobin
model answers for the worksheet
information cards
exam questions
mark scheme.
This resource is easily differentiated by students choosing to use the information cards or completing the worksheet independently. The model answer sheet/key is included for either peer/self assessment. Students that finish early can be looking to extend their understanding by completing the exam questions with mark schemes.
The worksheet and information slides are very detailed therefore it is recommended that they be printed in A3 for use. I have included pdf versions in addition to the powerpoint files as powerpoint, opened in different versions, can cause some formatting issues. The powerpoint files are there so that you can edit the resources, if you wish to do so.
Topics include: Protein Structure; Haemoglobin is a globular protein; Haemoglobin’s Affinity for Oxygen; Changes in Partial Pressure of Oxygen; The Need for a Transport System; Features of a Good Transport System; Single versus Double Circulatory Systems; Open versus Closed Circulatory Systems
Other individual worksheets and exam questions are available to complete this series of lessons on Mass Transport. There is also a Bundle that includes all 5 worksheets with corresponding information sheets and exam questions.
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A lesson sequence for the NEW AQA GCSE Biology specification on Preventing and Treating disease. Lessons included are:
6.1 Vaccination
6.2 Antibiotics and painkillers
6.3 Discovering drugs
6.4 Developing drugs
6.5 Making monoclonal antibodies
6.6 Using monoclonal antibodies
All PowerPoint presentations include pupil activities to achieve each learning objective and fully integrated answers so you do not have to spend the time to develop your own mark schemes/answers to each task.
Edited resource August 2020.
This lesson plan/presentation provides you with a high quality lesson that includes all the necessary activities for the following learning objectives:
Explain the principles of magnification and resolution - engaging starter video on the orders of magnitude, where pupils write down as many of the units of measurement as they can - answers provided in the presentation. Pupils then copy and complete a table where they familiarise themselves with units and conversions. Finally there is a magnification worksheet (Magnification sheet.pdf) and answers are provided in the presentation.
Describe what cell fractionation is - pupils complete a reading (AQA A level textbook p.59) and summarising task, sharing their summaries with the rest of the class. There are further questions (p.60) however these could be substituted with your own questions if you are using a different textbook and an extension activity.
Explain how ultracentrifugation works - pupils are given an information sheet/worksheet (hidden slide - just print!) on the process of ultracentrifugation. They use the options given in the powerpoint to label the diagram. Answers provided in the presentation.
Lesson plan (presentation) with activities to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe the process of genetic engineering
2) Describe case studies of GMOs (e.g. golden rice and insulin)
3) Explain the ethical considerations of GMOs
Lesson plan and presentation with activities included to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe embryonic stem cells as undifferentiated cells - interactive mini-white board starter; definitions of totipotency and pluripotency
2) Identify the advantages, disadvantages and risks of cloning mammals - activity to use revision guide/textbook to identify applications of the technology, extension activity to describe the ethical issues involved for each
3) Evaluate the risks in adult and embryonic stem cell research - for versus against task where pupils must argue their reasoning
Plenary task is a gap fill (slide in powerpoint - just print!) with a word bank that encompasses all three learning objectives above. Answers are provided in the presentation.
Lesson plan (PowerPoint) and activities to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe the events that take place during DNA replication
2) Describe the formation of a new polynucleotide strand
3) Explain the semi-conservative process of DNA replication
This lesson plan/presentation includes all the activities (including student worksheets/mark schemes/homework tasks and assessment guidance) required to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe the nature of an oxygen dissociation curve - Activity 1: to complete key definitions using a link to a video resource that will support students to complete the definitions; Activity 2: competition to be completed in groups to collect as much information as possible within a 60 second period (resource provided in the PowerPoint for printing); Activity 3: annotation of the pupil worksheet (resource provided in the PowerPoint for printing) aims to consolidate the information from Activity 2; Exam Question with Mark Scheme (provided in the PowerPoint)
2) Explain the effect of carbon dioxide concentration on the curve and the reasons why - Activity 4: identifying the % saturation of oxygen in the tissues and in the lung on a graph (resource provided in the PowerPoint for printing); Exam Question with Mark Scheme (provided in the PowerPoint); an idea for a student homework activity looks to have students discuss the factors that affect the oxygen disassociation curve (pH, CO2 concentration, exercise and temperature) is outlined (information for assessing homework is provided in the PowerPoint).
3) Explain how the properties of the haemoglobins in different organisms relate to the environment and way of life of the organism concerned - Starter task: probes questions on the structure of haemoglobin in different species then puts this into context by considering the lugworm, the llama and small organisms (mice) with a higher metabolic rate.
This Powerpoint presentation provides a series of different student activities interspersed by information slides to keep learning active. All questions have a corresponding mark scheme included. It provides a complete lesson for the delivery of the following graded lesson objectives:
Describe the different interaction between populations
Explain the competitive exclusion principle
Compare the findings between investigations conducted in the laboratory and in the wild
Students are then able to use the the graded lesson objectives provided to reflect on their learning at the end of the lesson.
This resource is sold as a single lesson and provides an example of the content and quality of my resources for GCSE and A Level biology, many of which are sold as a much larger series of lessons.
Your feedback is much appreciated.
B2.2 Inside bacteria Year 11 Edexcel GCSE Additional Science - Biology
This lesson includes a powerpoint with activities to deliver the following learning objectives:
1) Describe the function of components a bacterial cell including chromosomal DNA, plasmid DNA, flagella and cell wall
2) Demonstrate an understanding of how changes in microscope technology have enabled us to see cells with more clarity and detail than in the past, including simple magnification calculations
Activity list
1) An illustrative starter activity to label a microscope - the worksheet for this is included in the powerpoint as a hidden slide - just print! Choose whether you will include the word bank or not.
2) Magnification calculation exercise (table 1 in powerpoint) using objective and eyepiece lens magnifications
3) Calculations of the magnification of specimens under the microscope - differentiated task with more difficult calculations using different units that must be converted.
4) Series of questions with extension question included. All answers to questions provided in the powerpoint. All questions are also provided in the worksheet with space for pupils to write answers - just print! (B2.2 Inside Bacteria ws.doc)
5) Cloze activity (provided in the powerpoint) to explain the importance of the electron microscope.
This lesson provides a powerpoint style lesson plan for introducing Carbohydrates, Monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides and the practical for testing reducing sugars (Benedict's test).
It covers the following lesson objectives:
Objectives:
1) Describe how carbohydrates are constructed - pupils make simple drawings of mono - one; di - two; tri - three
2) Describe the structure of monosaccharides - spot the difference activity; drawing molecular arrangements; writing chemical formula for alpha and beta glucose
3) Describe how to carry out the Benedict’s test for reducing and non-reducing sugars - the theory for the test is simply explained with diagrams; the method for the test is explained; a summary check is given in the form of a table (answers included in the powerpoint) to see that pupils can understand the colour changes from the Benedict's test; further detailed practical instructions are provided for pupils to perform the semi-quantitative test for reducing sugars using Benedict's Solution. This is accompanied by practical questions and a table for the recording of results.