OCR Gateway GCSE Biology A Paper 1 REVISION (Topics B1 - B3)

This is a highly-detailed revision resource which has been designed to be used over a number of lessons and allows teachers to dip in and out of the material as fits to the requirements of their classes and students. The resource consists of an engaging and detailed powerpoint (148 slides) and worksheets which have been differentiated to allow students of differing abilities to be challenged whilst accessing the work. The lesson consists of a wide range of activities which will engage and motivate the students and includes exam questions, quiz competitions and quick tasks and mathematical skills are challenged throughout.

The lesson has been designed to cover as many of the sub-topics within topics 1, 2 and 3 of the OCR Gateway GCSE Biology A specification but the following sub-topics have been given particular attention:

Topic B1: Cell-level systems

• Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
• Respiration
• Functions of the organelles of animal and plant cells
• Microscopy and calculating size

Topic B2: Scaling up

• The functions of the components of blood
• Specialised cells
• Osmosis
• Mitosis and the cell cycle
• The heart and blood vessels

Topic B3: Organism-level systems

• The nervous system
• The structures and functions of the eye
• IVF

This revision resource can be used in the lead up to mocks or the actual GCSE exams and due to its size, it could be repeatably used to ensure that students develop a deep understanding of these topics.