A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
A Science teacher by trade, I've also been known to be found teaching Maths and PE! However, strange as it may seem, my real love is designing resources that can be used by other teachers to maximise the experience of the students. I am constantly thinking of new ways to engage a student with a topic and try to implement that in the design of the lessons.
This lesson explains how the structure of the Bowman’s capsule leads to the formation of glomerular filtrate by ultrafiltration. The PowerPoint and accompanying resource are part of the 1st lesson in a series of two lessons which have been planned to cover the content of points (6 and 7) of topic 14.1 of the CIE A-level Biology specification (for assessment in 2025-27)
The lesson provides students with the opportunity to gauge a deep understanding of ultrafiltration and be able to explain how the mechanisms found in the glomerulus and the Bowman’s capsule control the movement of small molecules out of the blood plasma. Key terminology is used throughout and students will learn how the combination of the capillary endothelium and the podocytes creates filtration slits that allow glucose, water, urea and ions through into the Bowman’s capsule but ensure that blood cells and plasma proteins remain in the bloodstream. A number of quiz competitions are used to introduce key terms and values in a fun and memorable way whilst understanding and prior knowledge checks allow the students to assess their understanding of the current topic and to challenge themselves to make links to earlier topics. The final task of the lesson challenges the students to apply their knowledge by recognising substances found in a urine sample that shouldn’t be present and to explain why this would cause a problem
The 2nd lesson in this series covers selective reabsorption.
This bundle contains 7 fully-resourced and detailed lessons that have been designed to cover the content of topic 14.1 of the CIE A-level Biology specification (for assessment in 2025-27) which concerns homeostasis in mammals. The wide range of activities included in each lesson will engage the students whilst the detailed content is covered and the understanding and previous knowledge checks allow them to assess their progress on the current topic as well as challenging them to make links to other related topics. Many of the tasks are differentiated to allow differing abilities to access the work and be challenged.
Specification points 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are covered by these lessons
If you want to see the quality of the lessons before purchasing then the lesson on osmoregulation is a free resource to download
This bundle of 9 lessons describes homeostasis in mammals and plants, explaining the content using real-world examples including osmoregulation and the control of blood glucose and the opening and closing of the stomatal apertures.
The lessons have been planned at length and are filled with a wide variety of tasks which will engage and motivate the students whilst checking on their understanding of the following points from topic 14 of the CIE A-level biology specification (for assessment in 2025-27):
14.1: 1 - 10
14.2: 1 - 4 (ALL)
The quality of the lessons can be experienced through the download of the osmoregulation lesson as this has been shared for free.
