Module 4.1.1: Communicable diseases, disease prevention and the immune system (OCR A-level Biology A)

This lesson bundle contains 8 detailed lesson PowerPoints and their accompanying resources and all of them have been planned at length to engage and motivate the students whilst covering the biological content of module 4.1.1 of the OCR A-level Biology A specification. The wide range of tasks which are contained with each of these lessons cover the following specification points:

• The different types of pathogen that can cause communicable diseases in plants and animals
• The means of transmission of animal and plant communicable pathogens
• The primary non-specific defences against pathogens in animals
• The structure and mode of action of phagocytes
• The structure, different roles and modes of action of B and T lymphocytes in the specific immune response
• The primary and secondary immune responses
• The structure and general functions of antibodies
• An outline of the action of opsonins, agglutinins and anti-toxins
• The difference between active and passive immunity, and between natural and artificial immunity
• Autoimmune diseases
• The principles of vaccination and the role of vaccination programmes in the prevention of epidemics

If you would like to sample the quality of the lessons in this bundle, then download the “Transmission of animal and plant pathogens” and “immunity & vaccinations” lessons as these have been uploaded for free