Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ second of a two part lesson on Cardiovascular Disease. Part 1 is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12869212. In this lesson pupils will compare heart transplants with artificial hearts, describe valves, pacemakers and artificial blood and explain the difference between heart failure and a heart attack. 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) -Handout sheet task -Artificial blood walk through -Artificial hearts walk through -Task boxes -Guided long answer question writing -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.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ short lesson on Blood. In this lesson pupils will name the four main components of blood, describe the different types of specialised cells found in blood and how they are adapted to their function. 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) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Note taking exercise -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 Cardiovascular Disease https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12869212

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Risk Factors for Communicable Disease. In this lesson pupils will state what a risk factor is, give some examples of risk factors for disease and look at how correlation can be used to identify risk factors. 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 -Comprehension questions -Handout sheet task -Discussion exercise -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Smoking while pregnant -Numeracy task (correlation) -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 Cancer https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12902474

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ First of a two-part lesson on Antibiotics. Click here for part 1: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12825733. In this lesson pupils will learn about how antibiotic resistant bacteria develop and methods of preventing the spread of bacterial infection. 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: mutation, antibiotic resistance, superbug, MRSA and sterile) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Handout sheet -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson DNA https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12826042 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Inherited Disorders. In this lesson pupils will use Punnett Squares to calculate the probability of a person having an inheritable condition and explain what is meant by a genetically inherited disorder. 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) -Discussion exercise -Keywords (vocabulary: genetically inherited disorder, carrier, cystic fibrosis, polydactyly and digit) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Selective Breeding https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12823218 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on malnutrition. In this lesson students will learn about energy consumption in kilojoules (kJ), what happens when you consume too much or too little and vitamin and mineral deficiency. 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 (consume, malnutrition, obese, deficiency and rickets) -Task boxes -Numeracy task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Digestive System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12762232 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ Second of a two-part lesson on Vaccines. Click here for part 1: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12825427. In this lesson pupils will explain why we have vaccines and describe different ways that vaccines can be administered. They will learn about the work of Edward Jenner; an English doctor who helped to develop smallpox vaccination and to make the practice mainstream. 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: immune system, white blood cell, immunity, pathogen and antibodies) -Discussion exercise -Order the steps -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Antibiotics https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825733 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ First of a two-part lesson on Antibiotics. Click here for part 2 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825790. In this lesson pupils will learn about the work of Alexander Fleming, state which pathogens antibiotics work on and which they don’t and describe an experiment to show the effectiveness of different antibiotics. 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: bacteria, antibiotic, penicillin, agar plate and virus) -Discussion exercise -Task boxes -Handout sheet -Challenge questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Antibiotics 2 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12825790 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Discussion exercise on assisted reproduction for teaching and revision. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Related topic The Menstrual Cycle: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12366008 Content Covered: Hormone therapy (LH and FSH) In vitro fertilisation (IVF) Intra-cytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI) Bioethics Please note that this only covers the science and is not intended as a PSHE resource. 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 inherited disorders 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. Content Covered: -Cystic Fibrosis (recessive) -Polydactyly (domainant) -Interpreting family trees -Bioethics of embryo selection 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 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

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the carbon cycle for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. Content Covered: -Forms of carbon in living organisms -Recap of photosynthesis -Carbon movement through the food chain -Carbon release by respiration -Carbon release by decomposers -Carbon release by combustion -Overview of the carbon cycle -Guide to identifying processes in carbon cycle diagrams 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 the water cycle for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. Content Covered: -Evaporation and transpiration -Condensation and cloud formation -Precipitation -Overview of the water cycle 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 global warming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. Content Covered: -What is global warming? -Sea levels rising -More frequent extreme weather -Loss of biodiversity -Changes in species distribution -Natural greenhouse effect -Climate change caused by human activity -Carbon dioxide and methane 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 abiotic and biotic factors 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 Competition and Adaptation (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12635825) Content Covered: -Types of abiotic factors -Adaptation to abiotic factors -Effect of changes in abiotic factors -Effect of abiotic factors on plants -Changes in biotic factors and the effect on an ecosystem -Examples of cane toads and grey squirrels 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 environmental change 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 Chains and Trophic Levels (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12636420) Content Covered: -Meaning of distribution of organisms -Environmental changes causing distribution changes -Types of environmental changes -Examples of how temperature, soil composition, pollution and water availability can lead to distribution changes -Seasonal factors, geographic factors and human activity Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation on metabolism and homeostasis 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. Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo New! Homeostasis lesson GCSE biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960089

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the brain 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. Next topic The Eye: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12362148 Content Covered: Brain structure and function Studying the brain 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 the eye 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. Next topic Body Temperature: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12362801 Content Covered: Parts of the eye The iris reflex Accommodation (near and distant objects) Short- and long-sightedness Convex and concave lenses Other methods of vision correction 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 DNA, protein synthesis and mutations 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. Next topic Reproduction: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12376794 Content Covered: DNA structure Protein synthesis Human genome mapping Mutations (insertions, deletions and substitutions) Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo