Carbohydrates A Level AQA

AQA A level Biology unit 1 - Biological Molecules specification points 3.1.2 Carbohydrates - Monosaccharides & disaccharides. Lesson 2 of Biological molecules.

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Designed for teachers to deliver (specialist and non-specialists) but I have found more & more students need to access resources independently so my lessons are structured in a way that students can navigate for remote learning or to catch up on missed content. Can also be used for a flipped learning approach.

This fun lesson continues the unit ‘Biological molecules’ in a fun way to ease the transition to A’level. I find that students often struggle with this unit so have change my approach over time to better engage (and retain) everyone.

Lesson contains:
Concise learning objectives - referred to through the lesson to check learning has occurred.
Emphasis on structure of glucose - I use molymods to model alpha and beta glucose but the lesson will work without these if you don’t have them.
Learn the three monosaccharides specified in the spec.
A range of different challenges to develop understanding and familiarity with the content.
Understanding the formation of glycosidic bonds and move onto the formation of disaccharides.
Final activity is a question to give students the opportunity to apply there learning from the lesson.

Includes detailed answers to all tasks, plus notes to support non-specialists.
Teaching time approx 1hour.

Contains:
A PowerPoint - fun and interactive with a range of tasks to keep students engaged following the traditional starter, main, plenary format.
1 x worksheet - structured to support the students note taking highlighting the important points.

Students will learn new content and will have opportunity to practise exam and data analysis skills as per the specification.
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