Topic 1: Lifestyle, health and risk (Edexcel A-level Biology A)

As the 1st topic on the Pearson Edexcel A-level Biology A (Salters Nuffield) course, the Lifestyle, health and risk topic is extremely important to introduce the students to the detail needed for success in this subject. Extensive planning has gone into all 10 lessons included in this bundle to motivate and engage the students whilst covering the following specification points:

• The importance of water
• The structure and function of blood vessels
• The cardiac cycle and the relationship between the structure and operation of the heart to its function
• The course of events that lead to atherosclerosis
• The blood clotting process
• The differences between monosaccharides, disaccharides and polysaccharides
• The structure and role of the monosaccharides
• Understand how monosaccharides join to form disaccharides and polysaccharides through condensation reactions and are split through hydrolysis reactions
• The relationship between the structure and roles of the polysaccharides
• The synthesis of a triglyceride by the formation of ester bonds between glycerol and fatty acids
• The difference between saturated and unsaturated lipids

The PowerPoints and accompanying resources contain a wide variety of tasks which include exam-style questions with mark schemes, guided discussion points and quick quiz competitions.