By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the 3 famous fossils of human ancestors.
Describe how the features of these fossils represented their lifestyles.
Explain why tools are useful indicators of organism intelligence.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify 4 possible pathogens.
Describe the effects of these pathogens on the body.
Compare and give examples of each pathogen.
Suited towards KS3 students (yrs 11-14)
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify types of variation
Compare continuous and discontinuous variation.
Create graphs to show continuous and discontinuous variation.
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By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the key characteristics of fossils of the oldest primate.
Describe the process of peer review.
Explain how a recent fossil find makes scientists question earlier explanations about evolution.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify variables that will affect the rate of photosynthesis.
Describe how light intensity can affect the rate of photosynthesis.
Explain the inverse square law for intensity.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the limiting factors for photosynthesis.
Describe how a limiting factor can affect photosynthesis.
Explain why these limiting factors have the effect that they do.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify substances that are present in the soil.
Describe how a plant intakes these substances.
Compare osmosis and active transport.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the main components of the heart.
Describe the journey of blood through the heart.
Describe how to calculate cardiac output.
Explain the importance of valves in the heart.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the key phases of the water cycle.
Describe how water is important for our bodies.
Explain why water can be dangerous to drink.
Analyse whether water is safe to drink or not.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what’s meant by biodiversity.
Describe how biodiversity can be increased / decreased.
Describe what non-indigenous / alien species can do to biodiversity.
Explain why there is a limit on how much fertiliser a person can buy.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify biotic factors within an ecosystem.
Describe how biotic factors can affect an ecosystem.
Describe what will happen if the number of prey increases.
Explain why it is important for the population of predators to remain below a certain threshold.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify where Nitrogen can be stored.
Describe how Nitrogen is used in the body.
Explain why farmers encourage the amount of nitrates in their soil.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different parts of the digestive system
Describe how food changes as it travels through the digestive system.
Explain why each step of the digestion process is important.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify an enzyme-substrate complex.
Describe how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity.
Explain why enzyme activity changes with pH and temperature.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the parts that make up the ear.
Describe how the ear manipulates sound.
Explain why people can experience hearing loss / damage.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify changes that occur during puberty.
Describe how testosterone and oestrogen affect the body.
Compare the changes that occur in girls to boys.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify what food contains.
Describe how to measure the energy content of food.
Explain how to make this a fair test.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by a drug.
Compare medicinal and recreational drugs.
Explain why some drugs are made illegal.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify parts of a seed.
Describe how the pollen grain fertilises the ovule.
Explain why seeds will only germinate when exposed to water.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by a fossil.
Describe how fossils are formed.
Explain why the fossil record is evidence for evolution.