Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.6.1.3 - Control of heart rate. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.

Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 40 - Variation in a Species. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 3.31 - Understand how random fertilization produces genetic variation of offspring. Specification Point 3.32 - Know that in human cells the diploid number of chromosomes is 46 and the haploid number is 23. Specification Point 3.33 - Understand that variation within a species can be genetic, environmental, or a combination of both. Specification Point 3.34 - Understand that mutation is a rare, random change in genetic material that can be inherited. Complete set of Chapter 5 Worksheets are available.

Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 49 - Ecosystems. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 4.1 - Understand the terms population, community, habitat and ecosystem. Specification Point 4.2 - Practical: investigate the population size of an organism in two different areas using quadrats. Complete set of Chapter 6 Worksheets are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.8.2.2 - Regulation of transcription and translation. Complete set of Chapter 8 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.7.1 - Inheritance. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.34 - Understand how the process of respiration produces ATP in living organisms. Specification Point 2.35 - Know that ATP provides energy for cells. Specification Point 2.36 - Describe the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration. Specification Point 2.37 - Know the word equation and the balanced chemical symbol equation for aerobic respiration in living organisms. Specification Point 2.38 - Know the word equation for anaerobic respiration in plants and in animals. Specification Point 2.39 - Practical: investigate the evolution of carbon dioxide and heat from respiring seeds or other suitable living organisms. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.9 - Practical: Investigate food samples for the presence of glucose, starch, protein and fat. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.22 - Understand that most phenotypic features are the result of polygenic inheritance rather than single genes. Specification Point 3.23 - Describe patterns of monohybrid inheritance using a genetic diagram. Specification Point 3.24 - Understand how to interpret family pedigrees. Specification Point 3.25 - Predict probabilities of outcomes from monohybrid crosses. Specification Point 3.26 - Understand how the sex of a person is controlled by one pair of chromosomes, XX in a female and XY in a male. Specification Point 3.27 - Describe the determination of the sex of offspring at fertilisation, using a genetic diagram. Complete set of Chapter 5 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.3.2.1 - Producing monoclonal antibodies. Specification Point 4.3.2.2 - Uses of monoclonal antibodies. Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.

Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 1 - Characteristics of Living Organisms.. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Covers the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.1 - Understand how living organisms share certain characteristics. Complete set of Chapter 1 Worksheets are available.

Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 6 - Food Tests. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 2.9 - Practical: Investigate food samples for the presence of glucose, starch, protein and fat. Complete set of Chapter 1 Worksheets are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.2.1 - Principles of organisation. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.

Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 61 - Genetic Modification. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 5.12 - Understand how restriction enzymes are used to cut DNA at specific sites and ligase enzymes are used to join pieces of DNA together. Specification Point 5.13 - Understand how plasmids and viruses can act as vectors, which take up pieces of DNA, and then insert this recombinant DNA into other cells. Specification Point 5.14 - Understand how large amounts of human insulin can be manufactured from genetically modified bacteria that are grown in a fermenter. Specification Point 5.15 - Understand how genetically modified plants can be used to improve food production. Specification Point 5.16 - Understand that the term transgenic means the transfer of genetic material from one species to a different species. Complete set of Chapter 7 Worksheets are available.

Companion PDF worksheet for Edexcel IGCSE Biology Lecture 59 - Fish Farming. Contains short answer questions, an activity requiring lateral thinking and exam-style questions. Specification Point 5.9B - Understand the methods used to farm large numbers of fish to provide a source of protein, including maintaining water quality, controlling intraspecific and interspecific predation, controlling disease, removing waste products, controlling the quality and frequency of feeding, and selective breeding. Complete set of Chapter 7 Worksheets are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 2.55B -Understand how water is absorbed by root hair cells. Specification Point 2.56B -Understand that transpiration is the evaporation of water from the surface of a plant. Specification Point 2.57B -Understand how the rate of transpiration is affected by changes in humidity, wind speed, temperature and light intensity. Specification Point 2.58B - Practical: investigate the role of environmental factors in determining the rate of transpiration from a leafy shoot. Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 1.1 - Understand how living organisms share certain characteristics. Complete set of Chapter 1 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 4.11B - Describe the stages in the nitrogen cycle, including the roles of nitrogen fixing bacteria, decomposers, nitrifying bacteria and denitrifying bacteria. Complete set of Chapter 6 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 5.17B - Describe the process of micropropagation (tissue culture) in which explants are grown in vitro. Specification Point 5.18B - Understand how micropropagation can be used to produce commercial quantities of genetically identical plants with desirable characteristics. Specification Point 5.19B - Describe the stages in the production of cloned mammals involving the introduction of a diploid nucleus from a mature cell into an enucleated egg cell, illustrated by Dolly the sheep. Complete set of Chapter 7 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.2.3 - Transport across cell membranes. Complete set of Chapter 2 Lectures are available.

Powerpoint lecture covering the following in a modern, concise format: Specification Point 3.3.4.1 - Mass transport in animals. Complete set of Chapter 3 Lectures are available.