starter / plenary / revision activity on chemicals in cigarettes and associated health problems (lung cancer, emphysema, stroke, etc) including solutions and anagram

Huge mind map on Food groups + tests, digestive system, enzymes, nutrition • this is a great revision activity for GCSE • students can complete this with or without keyword list 3 pages including: - blank concept map for students (print A3) - completed concept map - set of keywords

Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel, Topic 2 - Genes and Health - card game excellent revision activity to review keywords, images from the entire topic 43 cards with 7 symbols each play in groups of 3-4 There is only one symbol that two cards have in common and it’s different for every card pair - can students find it and name it? Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players' top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner. print out, laminate, cut up, play!

Fun and quick card game with symbols and images from Microbes / immune system / pathogen / vaccination topics Great for practising use of keywords and recognising images / structures in a fun way. 30 cards for 3-4 players per set There is only one symbol that two cards have in common and it’s different for every card pair - can students spot it and name it? print, laminate, cut up, play!

a good starter / plenary / revision activity on 5 kingdoms, vertebrate groups, invertebrate groups, 40 cards (pairs of image + name) can be played as card sort or as matching pair / memory game

board game on Transcription and Translation designed for KS4 (suitable for new Edexcel IGCSE spec) great as revision activity contains game board, 52 tRNA cards, mRNA cards, 12 action and 30 question cards

Loop Game on Genetic Crosses - great (and challenging) starter / plenary or revision activity standard monohybrid crosses (dominant / recessive) including some on gender inheritance 14 cards per game

Aerobic Respiration - Loop Game (KS5) keywords and images on aerobic respiration, glycolysis, chemiosmosis, electron transfer chain, link reaction, Krebs cycle designed for Edexcel SNAB Topic 7 (Run for your life) 24 cards per set

Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 - Lifestyle, health and risk 125 keyword cards excellent revision activity to review keywords, definitions. We use these cards for an Articulate like game (students explain as many keywords as they can in 30 sec, others guess) print out, laminate, cut up, use!

Cardiac Cycle card sort to review events in atrial systole, ventricular systole and diastole (including pressure, heart valves, ECG, heart sound, etc) Suitable for Edexcel SNAB Topic 1 and Topic 7 and also other exam boards. 33 cards per set

Fun card game on Feelings with Emoticons / Emojis. A quick and fun starter / plenary game e.g. for a PSHCE lesson on emotions or Biology lesson on hormones. 30 square cards per set with 6 symbols each, suitable for 3-4 players print, laminate, cut up, play! Cards are distributed between players. One card is placed in the middle. Players hold their cards as a pile with the top card showing symbols. The player who can first find the matching symbol between his top card and the card in the middle calls out that symbol and places his top card in the middle. Now the matching symbol of that card with the players’ top cards has to be found. The player who manages to get rid of all his cards first is the winner.

Giant mind map including over 90 keywords from Topic 7 (muscles, joints, muscle contraction, aerobic respiration, anaerobic respiration, breathing and heart rate, thermoregulation, overtraining, performance enhancing drugs etc). Great as whole topic revision activity (takes around 30 min to complete) 3 pages including: - blank concept map for students to fill in (print A3) - solutions - completed concept map - set of keywords Salters-Nuffield AS/A2 Biology Edexcel, Topic 7 Run for your life

Salters-Nuffield Edexcel Biology - Scientific Article 2018 (Food cravings, microbes, control etc) For Question 7 of Edexcel Biology Paper 3: General and Practical Applications in Biology (BN0/03) Includes: • Student worksheet with 48 Questions and space to write answers (11 pages) • Teacher Markscheme

Loop Game on various cloning techniques including micropropagation, cuttings, reproductive cloning, embryo splitting, asexual reproduction, etc. 21 cards per set Print, laminate, chop up, play!

Crossword puzzle on prokaryotic organelles (including pili, flagellum, peptidoglycan, mesosome, plasmid, capsule, etc) Includes anagram and solutions Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome) Great as starter, plenary or revision activity

Wordsearch on eukaryotic organelles (including Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi, centrioles, lysosomes, etc) 2 difficulty levels: just search for word from list or identify organelles from images and search for names… Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome) Great as starter, plenary or revision activity

Crossword on protein synthesis suitable for new Edexcel IGCSE spec or as intro to KS5 great as starter / plenary or revision activity (includes anagram and solutions)

Card sort o n polysaccharides: amylose, amylopectin, cellulose and glycogen (structure, bonds, funcction, composition, chemical properties etc) Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 1 but also suitable for other exam boards great as starter / plenary or revision activity 32 cards per set This resource is also part of my 4x Carbohydrates activities bundle:

Loop game on Lipid names, structures and function (including triglycerides, phospholipids, fat, oil, wax, cholesterol, condensation reaction etc) Designed for SNAB Edexcel Biology Topic 1 but also suitable for other exam boards great as starter / plenary or revision activity 24 cards per set

Loop Game on risk factors for Cardiovascular disease / CHD / heart attack / stroke and reasons why these are risk factors. 21 cards per set. This is a challenging activity for A-Level students - great as starter / plenary or revision activity. Designed for SNAB Edexcel Biology Topic 1, but also suitable for other exam boards. (I have also included a longer Loop Game which includes treatment and prevention to decrease CVD risk included, 28 cards).