PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the endocrine system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Related topic Adrenaline and Thyroxine: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12368302 Content Covered: Glands of the endocrine system (pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries and testes) Hormone vs. nervous responses Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on cloning for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Evolution. (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498) Next topic Genetic Engineering: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12633773 Content Covered: -Revision of meristems and therapeutic cloning from previous topics -Tissue culture cloning -Cuttings -Artificial twinning -Cloning adult animals -Bioethics of cloning Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food security and farming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Pyramids of Biomass (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627) Content Covered: -Definition of food security -Factors affecting food security -Population increase -Diet and importing food -Impact of war on food security -Environmental change -New pests and pathogens -Cost of farming -Sustainable farming and efficient food production -Bioethics: restricting the movement of farm animals for more efficient production of food Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant cell organisation for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Leads on to Transpiration and Translocation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/transpiration-and-translocation-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12342331 Content Covered: Plant cell organisation Leaf tissues (epidermal, mesophyll, xylem and phloem) Meristems Plant cell structure Specialist plant cells Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo NEW: Plant cell organisation lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12863539 Plant cell organisation revision lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903755 Photosynthesis lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953622 Rate of photosynthesis lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954106

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on aerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn about the reactants and products of aerobic respiration and their transport around the body. They will learn about why we respire and how out bodies respond to increased rate of respiration. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: aerobic, respiration, haemoglobin, plasma and exhale) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Order the steps -Optional handout sheet task recapping the breathing mechanics from year 7 -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Anaerobic Respiration https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12766949 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on anaerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn the word equations for anaerobic respiration in humans and yeast, explain the differences between anaerobic and aerobic respiration, discuss some uses for anaerobic respiration and explain what is meant by ‘oxygen debt.’ Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: anaerobic, fermentation, oxygen debt, lactic acid and yeast) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Sorting task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Ecosystems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12768066 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on deforestation, land use and protecting ecosystems for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. Content Covered: -Uses for land -Deforestation meaning -Loss of biodiversity from deforestation and draining peat bogs -Release of carbon from deforestation and draining peat bogs -Habitat protection -Waste reduction -Preventing global warming -Breeding programmes -Economic cost of protecting biodiversity -Biodiversity and food security Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo New! Deforestation and land use lesson GCSE biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12856543

Two full lessons; one on Time of Death and one on Pathology. These lessons focus on the ecology of decomposition and testing methodology. Human remains are not featured in these lessons. 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 Activate 3 KS3 course. Time of Death In this lesson pupils will describe how forensic scientists work out time of death, explain some complicating factors, look at the role of decomposition in ecosystems and factors affecting the rate of decomposition. -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: decomposition, decomposers, scavengers, fungi and faeces) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Numeracy questions -Handout sheet task -Answer slides included for self-assessment Pathology In this lesson pupils will describe what a pathologist is, describe how dental records can be used to solve crimes and give some examples of pathology testing in hospitals to diagnose diseases. -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: pathologist, post-mortem, dental, oral, aural) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12828647 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 full lesson on the topic of Genetics. In this lesson pupils will describe dominant and recessive alleles of genes and use a Punnett square to show what happens in a genetic cross. 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 Activate 3 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: gene, characteristic, alleles, dominant, recessive and expressed) -Task boxes -Handout task -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Genetic Engineering https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12983206 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Enzymes in Industry. In this lesson pupils will describe the effect of temperature on enzymes, discuss denaturation and give some examples of uses for enzymes in the food industry. 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 Activate 3 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: protein, enzyme, catalyst, denaturation and biological washing powder) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824989 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ Complete lesson on DNA. In this lesson pupils will describe the structure of DNA, learn what a DNA base is and describe how scientists built on each other’s work to develop our understanding of genetic material. 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 Activate 3 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Charles Darwin https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12826098 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on The Lungs. In this lesson pupils will name the parts of the respiratory system, explain how the alveoli are adapted for gas exchange and calculate breathing rate. 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 -Handout sheet task -Order the steps -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Numeracy 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. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Circulatory System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12866975

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ introductory lesson to Aerobic Respiration. In this lesson pupils will describe aerobic respiration and write a word equation for it, list some uses for the energy transferred by respiration and recap how the reactants for respiration reach respiring tissues. This lesson links respiration to earlier course content (Topic 1 - Cells, and Topic 2 - Organisation). 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. Note: Oxygen Debt is a separate lesson (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12960421) and is not included in this one. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Comprehension questions -Numeracy task (basic) -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 apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Anaerobic Respiration https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12954911

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on xylem and phloem for A-Level biology for teaching and revision. Key points from GCSE are recapped in the presentation. Content Covered: Xylem and phloem Transpiration Cohesion-Tension theory Rate of transpiration Potometers Translocation Mass flow hypothesis Autoradiography Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on X and Y chromosomes for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Content covered: X chromosomes and Y chromosomes Meiosis and fertilisation Introduction to genetic diagrams using X and Y chromosomes as an example Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on diffusion. In this lesson students will learn how to describe how particles spread out by diffusion, explain the factors which affect how quickly diffusion happens and give some examples of diffusion. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -A group reading task (literacy) -Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: fluid, concentration, diffusion, collide and oxygen) -A task box exercise -A handout sheet task -Note taking from an experiment to show how particle size affects diffusion rate -Answer slides included -Next lesson Gas Pressure https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676255 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo