By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the key ingredients used during DNA extraction.
Describe the uses of:
Salt,
Detergent,
Protease,
Ethanol,
Explain why scientists need to extract DNA.
A comprehension lesson that teaches students about the carbon cycle, how carbon is found and moved throughout the ecosystem. Links here to the impact of increased carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the forest fires experienced in Australia.
Support sheets are also included to guide students should it be needed.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks are present after each success criteria
Past paper questions from the exam boards: WJEC, Edexcel international and UK including marking schemes.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Evaluate the stages of the carbon cycle and make links between different processes and the movement of Carbon.
Success criteria:
I can describe 4 ways in which living organisms relate to Carbon.
I can create a flow diagram to show the flow of Carbon.
I can evaluate how sections of the Carbon cycle will be impacted by external factors.
Powerpoint contains 20 slides and a lesson plan is also attached.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the ions present surrounding nerve axons.
Describe how a resting potential is achieved in the nerve cell membrane.
Explain why Potassium ion channels are needed in nerve cell membranes.
A fast paced escape room containing 12 different challenges! - set at 5 minute intervals will easily fill your entire lesson with the students working to crack the code.
Each challenge is set at 3 different levels - these can be switched as needed for any challenge i.e. if you’ve covered the periodic table recently you might want your class to attempt the level 2 or 3 version of the challenge.
The challenges cover topics such as:
The Periodic Table,
Acids and Alkalis,
Circuits,
Motion graphs (Distance-time and Velocity-time),
Food tests,
Animal and plant cells,
Food chains / webs,
Radioactivity Half-life,
Reflection - pathway of light through many mirrors.
Separating techniques - filtration, crystallisation and distillation.
Moments / Turning forces
DNA triplet code reading
Slides can be printed to give out to students or projected on the board - not necessary to print.
An answer sheet for each student can also be printed.
The final slide contains the correct answers in the correct order.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the steps of cheese and yogurt production.
Describe the role of bacteria in fermentation.
Compare the production of cheese and yogurt.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall what is an antibody and antigen.
Describe how a person develops immunity.
Evaluate the use of vaccines.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the contents of a vaccine.
Describe the role of vaccines in fighting disease.
Justify whether it was ethical for Jenner to develop the Smallpox vaccine.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with
PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the different methods of cloning.
Describe what is meant by a clone.
Evaluate the uses of clones.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify physical and chemical barriers.
Describe how the body protects against infection.
Explain why antibiotics must be used carefully.
A revision session containing a mind map (with guidance and without).
A Powerpoint containing a quiz session (10 questions) - excellent for a starter / plenary.
Answers to each section of the mind map within the Powerpoint.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the stages of drug development.
Describe how drugs are tested for efficacy.
Explain why drug testing is needed.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify parts of the autonomic nervous system.
Describe how the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system help the body.
Explain why chemoreceptors and baroreceptors are needed by the body.
Explain why Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Guillain-Barre syndrome affect the body.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State the main components of the respiratory system.
Describe the function of the alveoli.
Explain why alveoli are specialised for gas exchange.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify independent and dependent variables.
Describe the effect of sucrose concentration on % change in mass
Explain why there is a change in mass in the potatoes.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall what’s meant by a synapse.
Describe how to measure reaction times.
Explain why reaction tests need to be made fair.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the main components of the circulatory system.
Describe the various blood vessels in the circulatory system.
Describe the components of blood.
Explain the use of the double circulatory system to help humans in life.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify variation between organisms.
Compare continuous and discontinuous variation.
Explain the link between continuous variation and environmental factors.
Explain the link between discontinuous variation and genetic factors.
Defnyddais google slides are gyfer addysgu’r wers hon. Ddylai bod o’n gweithio yn yr un modd drwy Microsoft PowerPoint ond efallai fydd angen ailosod rhai agweddau.
Erbyn diwedd y wers ddylech fod yn gallu:
Adnabod y cynnwys o gelloedd anifail a phlanhigyn.
Disgrifio swydd pob organyn.
Esbonio pam nad yw planhigion angen bwyd.
Defnyddais google slides are gyfer addysgu’r wers hon. Ddylai bod o’n gweithio yn yr un modd drwy Microsoft PowerPoint ond efallai fydd angen ailosod rhai agweddau.
Erbyn diwedd y wers ddylech fod yn gallu:
Adnabod y 7 proses byw.
Disgrifiwch sut i ddefnyddio microsgop
Esboniwch pam fod angen defnyddio microsgop i adnabod os yw sampl yn fyw neu beidio.
Includes a risk assessment for the practical for the students to complete, a method and class results.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the equipment needed to measure volume.
Describe how to carry out an experiment to measure the volume of product produced.
Compare how temperature affects the activity of enzymes.