The Structure of a Leaf is Adapted for Photosynthesis Outstanding Lesson AQA GCSE Biology New 9-1

This is lesson 3 in the new Bioenergetics topic for AQA new 9-1 Trilogy and Biology specification. Written by an experienced teacher, writer and examiner, for teachers to teach a whole lesson at KS4.

This lesson contains all elements for an outstanding lesson, with maximum student involvement and minimal teacher consolidation (just the chalk and talk that is necessary). Teaches how the structure of a leaf is adapted for photosynthesis.

Learning intention: To explain how the structure of a leaf is adapted for photosynthesis.

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Free lesson 1 Learning intention: To explain photosynthesis with an equation, naming reactant and products.
Paid for lesson 2 Learning intention: To describe how plants use the glucose they produce in photosynthesis.
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Includes a tool for the demonstration of progress, activities for the students, mini plenaries to ensure students are understanding as you go along, a modelling activity that you can keep to remind students in future lessons, printable support mats to have available in the room (fantastic if you don’t have any or enough text books) which double up as revision cards to give the students to take away and revise with (the revision cards are available to purchase as whole topics), or read ahead before the lesson.