PAPER 1 REVISION (AQA A-level biology)

This lesson will support students with their revision in the build up to the AQA A-level biology PAPER 1 mocks or final assessments. The lesson includes a wide variety of tasks and activities which will engage and motivate students whilst challenging their knowledge and understanding of the content of topics 1 - 4, allowing them to identify any gaps so they can be addressed before the assessments. These tasks include exam-style questions and understanding checks and all answers are embedded into the PowerPoint. Several of these questions challenge their mathematical skills, to prepare them for the volume of marks that will be assigned to this aspect of the course. There are also quick quiz rounds and guided discussion periods to allow students to support each other, and some of the accompanying resources have been differentiated to allow access to the content for all.

The following content is directly covered by this revision lesson:

The nature of the genetic code
Classification hierarchy
The structure of proteins
Cardiac output
The roles of enzymes in DNA replication
The events of meiosis which contribute to genetic variation
The relationship between structure and function in plant polysaccharides
The structure and function of organelles
Cell fractionation
Calculating the size of an object under an optical microscope
Using the image = actual x magnification formula
Types of immunity
Understanding whether data is significantly different or not
The role of macrophages in the immune response
The evolution of antibiotic resistance

The lesson finishes with a round of BLOCKBUSTERS, where students are challenged to recognise 17 key terms from across topics 1 - 4, which weren’t directly covered by the earlier part of the lesson.

If you are happy with the quality of this revision lesson, a lesson challenging content from topics 5 - 8 for PAPER 2 has also been uploaded.