Nerve Impulses Summary Worksheets A-level Biology

Nerve Impulses (AQA Section 6) summary worksheets for A-level Biology.

3 worksheets:

• The action potential
• Refractory period + propagation of a nerve impulse along a non-myelinated neurone.
• Factors which affect speed of conduction (temperature, axon diameter, myelination).

Since introducing these visual summary worksheets, I have seen improvements across all abilities.

Download includes differentiated versions for the second two worksheets (one scaffolded ‘fill in the blank’ style worksheet, and one with blank answer spaces).
Full answer sheets are included, which could also be used as a handout.

The action potential worksheet is available as a fully completed version, to be used as a revision sheet or a version with the just the diagram and graph, for students to add their own text to. This leaves teachers free to explain each section of the graph as they prefer (i.e. some teachers prefer to include the term ‘voltage-gated’ ion channels, some don’t).

Encourage students to add colour to the worksheets to aid formation of visual memories.

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