Comparing Nerves and Hormones Lesson GCSE Biology

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Comparing Nerves and Hormones. In this lesson pupils will recap some of what they have learned in previous lessons about nerves and hormones, compare their similarities and differences and decide whether different examples are nerves or hormones. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.

This lesson includes:

• Title slide with learning objectives
• A starter activity
• Group reading (literacy)
• Discussion exercise
• Nerves or hormones
• Task boxes
• Comprehension questions
• Handout sheet task
• Answer slides included for self-assessment
• Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
• Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It does assume that students have already covered the basics of the nervous (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960383) and endocrine systems (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13027931). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
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