Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. Email febolearning@gmail.com
Premium primary and secondary science resources for KS2, KS3, GCSE and A-level. Biology, chemistry and physics for teaching and revision. Email febolearning@gmail.com
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on competition and adaptation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Competition for resources
-Structural adaptation
-Behavioural adaptation
-Functional adaptation
-Adaptation of microorganisms
-Interdependence
-Stable communities
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food chains and trophic levels for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Food chains and food webs
-Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers
-Biomass
-Predators and prey
-Trophic levels
-Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
-Apex predators
-Predator/prey cycles
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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.
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the circulatory 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. Leads on to Health and Disease: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/health-and-disease-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12337857 and Cardiovascular Disease: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cardiovascular-disease-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12344623
Content Covered:
Double circulatory system
Arteries, veins and capillaries
Calculating rate of blood flow
Red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets
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New! Circulatory system lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12866975
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on mitosis 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. Leads on to Binary Fission: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/binary-fission-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12318380
Content Covered:
Chromosomes
The cell cycle
Mitosis
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New! Mitosis lesson: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830872
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on sexual and asexual reproduction 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:
Sexual and asexual reproduction
Gametes
Flowering plants
Asexual reproduction in plants (runners, tubers and bulbs)
Malaria and fungi
Pros and cons of sexual reproduction
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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
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on pyramids of biomass and biomass transfer for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Why food chains are short
-Loss of biomass between trophic levels
-Loss of energy between trophic levels
-Pyramids of biomass and pyramids of numbers
-Calculating biomass loss between levels
-Calculating efficiency of biomass transfer between levels
-Drawing pyramids of biomass to scale
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
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New! Biomass Lesson GCSE Biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857063
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on decay and biogas for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Decomposers and scavengers
-Fertiliser production
-Rate of decay
-The effect of water availability, temperature, oxygen availability and decay organisms on rate of decomposition
-Examples of biomes and their impact on decomposition
-Aerobic and anaerobic decay
-Methane as a biofuel
-Generators (aka fermenters or digestors)
-Batch biogas generators and continuous biogas generators
-Inlets and outlets
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on biotechnology 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 Food Security and Farming (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627)
Content Covered:
-Genetically engineering bacteria to produce human insulin
-Genetically engineering crops
-Producing meat substitutes from fungi (mycoprotein)
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New! Biotechnology lesson GCSE biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857082
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on stem cells 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. Leads on to Microscopy: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/microscopy-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12332237
Content Covered:
Embryonic and adult stem cells
Plant stem cells
Bioethics
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New! Stem cells lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12830214
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on enzymes 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. Leads on to Digestive Enzymes: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/digestive-enzymes-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12336629
Content Covered:
Enzymes overview
Active sites and substrates
Lock and key model vs. induced fit model
Effect of pH and temperature
Denaturation
Calculating reaction rate
Digestive enzymes are covered in a separate resource which can be downloaded for free here: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/digestive-enzymes-with-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12336629
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Enzymes lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12842558
Enzymes revision lesson (theory) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903132
Enzymes revision lesson (practical) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12844622
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on genetic engineering 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 Cloning. (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625511) Next topic Fossils and Classification https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12634123
COVER IMAGE: Ingrid Moen (et al) Gene expression in tumor cells and stroma in dsRed 4T1 tumors in eGFP-expressing mice with and without enhanced oxygenation. BMC Cancer. 2012
Content Covered:
-Uses for genetic engineering
-GM crops
-Pros and cons of genetic modification
-Gene therapy
-Genetic engineering method overview
-Insulin producing bacteria
-Genetic modification of multicellular organisms
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on evolution for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. Next topic Cloning: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625511
Content Covered:
Variation
Competition between animals
Competition between plants
Darwin and Lamarck
Antibiotic resistant bacteria as an example
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on fossils and classification 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 Speciation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12635041
Content Covered:
-Linnaean classification system
-Changes in the classification system over time
-The three domain system
-How fossils form
-The origin of life theories
-The binomial system
-How to use evolutionary trees
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Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Using Keys
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Learning Objectives
Use keys to identify organisms from their features
Use branched keys
Practice using science vocabulary linked to living things
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Vertebrates
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Learning Objectives
List the five groups of vertebrates (mammal, fish, bird, reptile and amphibian)
Describe the features of the five groups
Decide which group example organisms belong to
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Seeds.
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Learning Objectives
Describe what happens to a flower after pollination and fertilisation
Explain why plants need to disperse their seeds
Compare three different methods of seed dispersal
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Group reading (literacy)
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Revision Tools for Plants. The content can be split over two lessons. For a single lesson we suggest selecting two or three teach-check-practice cycles to focus on.
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Content Covered
Parts of a plant
Plant growth
Water transport in plants
Flower structure
Pollination and fertilisation
Seed dispersal
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Group reading to review vocabulary (focusing on words which will come up in multiple science topics like produce, reproduction and organ)
Plants and Growth (reteach-check-practice cycle 1)
Flower Parts (cycle 2)
Pollination (cycle 3)
Fertilisation (cycle 4)
Seed dispersal (cycle 5)
Plant revision practice sheet
Plant revision challenge sheet
English link (find the verbs, creative writing, group reading)
Math link (calculations on the topic’s theme)
Opportunities to develop vocabulary, literacy and oracy
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence. Challenge questions are included for high ability students.
Primary Key Stage 2 - Full biology lesson on Pollination and Fertilisation.
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Learning Objectives
Describe the difference between pollination and fertilisation
Explain what happens during pollination
Compare insect and wind pollination
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Lesson Includes
Starter activity (retrieval practice/recall)
Warm-up activity
Introduction to the keywords
Teach/Check/Practice (I do/We do/You do) cycles with tasks that demonstrate that the learning objectives have been met in student books
Opportunities for assessment for learning
Challenge extension work for higher ability students
Worksheet (optional)
Challenge worksheet (optional)
SEND adaptations: the lesson is chunked to avoid working memory overload, blue background for Irlens, word banks are provided, text is broken up for dyslexia and a consistent format is followed for ASD. Group reading is differentiated in difficulty and keywords from previous lessons are reinforced. Learning from previous lessons is interlinked to help students catch up after absence.
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Next lesson Seeds https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13084573
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This lesson is suitable for supply teaching and home learning (remote, distance or online). It is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Printed sheets are optional extras; the core lesson can be delivered without any printing or additional preparation. Opportunities are provided for students to develop their vocabulary, literacy and oracy skills.