PowerPoint, worksheet and model answer sheet covering OCR Biology A 5.1.2 Excretion as an example of homeostatic control (b) (i) the structure and functions of the mammalian liver

PowerPoint, worksheet and model answer sheet covering OCR Biology A 5.1.2 Excretion as an example of homeostatic control (d) the control of the water potential of the blood

PowerPoint, worksheet and model answer sheet covering OCR Biology A 5.1.2 Excretion as an example of homeostatic control (e) the effects of kidney failure and its potential treatments

PowerPoint, worksheet and model answer sheet covering OCR Biology A 5.2.1 Photosynthesis (e) the fixation of carbon dioxide and the light independent stage of photosynthesis

This PowerPoint provides an easy-to-use visual aid for introducing echoes, ultrasounds and echolocations. The resource includes short activities and links to useful websites relating to the topic.

This easy to use resource provides a useful visual aid and series of activities to help students understand the levels of organisation in multicellular organisms.

This creative resource introduces the structure and function of the lungs. It includes useful activities that are engaging for students and helps them master the topic.

This resources provides a useful and easy to use visual aid for introducing human taxonomy, the features that we share with our closest living relatives and the features that make us unique. It introduces a couple of the key hominid fossils that have enabled scientists to understand more about our evolution and includes links to a great online resource on the topic.

This resources provides a useful and easy to use visual aid for a big questions in evolution lesson. It includes two graphs for students to interpret, links to videos, and questions to initiate discussion and research on the topic.

This resource provides an easy to use visual aid for a lesson introducing muscles, joints and antagonistic muscles.

This resource provides an easy-to-use introduction to the three states of matter and the particle model. By the end of the lesson, students should be able to confidently compare the properties of solids, liquids and gases, using the particle model.

This easy-to-use resource provides a fun and creative introduction to the Periodic Table. It includes a series of activities that build knowledge and understanding about the chemical elements.

This easy-to-use PowerPoint resource introduces sound and how it travels. It links well to the particle model, solids, liquids and gases, and also includes a 6 mark question that requires students to use the speed, distance, time equation.

This resource introduces reactions between metals and water and the reactivity series.

This resource introduces reactions between metal and acids, word and symbol equations, as well as the squeeky pop test.

This resource introduces circuit symbols and scientific diagrams of electrical circuits. It includes a series of short activities to test student knowledge and understanding of the topic.

This PowerPoint provides a useful visual aid for a lesson on series and parallel circuits. Before the lesson starts, I set up four electrical circuits in the classroom (these are shown on slide 3). Students begin by recapping how they draw electrical diagrams before being introduced to the idea of series and parallel circuits. Students then perform a series of very simple experiments to help them compare current and voltage in series and parallel. After completing the experiments and feeding back their findings to the class, the students complete two fun and easy assessment for learning activities. One is a back-to-back diagram drawing activity and the final activity uses dice and encourages students to reflect on what they have learned.

This resource introduces moments as the turning effect of a force, the equation for calculating moments, and the law of moments. It includes several questions for students to complete, to help ensure a secure understanding of the knowledge.

This resource provides a really clear introduction to magnets and magnetic fields. I like to begin with a short demonstration of magnetic field lines using iron filings, before providing my students with a bar magnet and a mini compass to carry out a few investigations of their own. The lesson includes interesting links to how snow foxes using magnetic field lines and the earth’s magnetic field, and finishes with a short true-false quiz.

This resource introduces synthetic and natural polymers, it challenges students to interpret data about different polymers, use information to decide which jobs different polymers could be used for, plot a graph based on scientific data, and research different types of polymers.