I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
I am passionate about educational learning games in all year groups including A level. Learning should be fun and games in lessons stimulate the students' motivation and engagement, their creativity and their team spirit. Games encourage discussions with one another and learning from each other. I hope my resources help students to be "game to learn".
A crossword on 9 human hormones (FSH, LH, oestrogen, progesterone, testosterone, insulin, glucagon, ADH, adrenaline), their function and place of production
Includes solutions and anagram
Great as starter / plenary or for revision
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
Loop Game on Fertilisation including acrosome reaction, cortical reaction
(designed for Edexcel SNAB Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome).
16 cards per set
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity.
Card Sort on cell cycle and mitosis
(designed for Edexcel SNAB Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome).
36 cards per set
Match keyword, image and descriptions
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity.
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
Crossword puzzle on gamets (including acrosome, follicle cells, corticle granules, etc)
Includes anagram and solutions
Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 3 (Voice of the Genome)
Great as starter, plenary or revision activity
How Science Works (HSW) Loop Game to practise experimental design using CORMS acronym.
Great as starter/ plenary or revision activity.
26 cards per set.
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 Carbohyrdate names and structures (including a glucose, beta glucose, lactose, sucrose, polysaccharides, amylose, amylopectin, cellulose, glycogen, glycosidic bond, condensation reaction etc)
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 1 but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
30 cards per set
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 rocky shore molluscs for Biology Ecology Field trip.
Includes toothed topshells, purple topshells, grey topshells, edible periwinkles, rough periwinkles, dogwhelks, limpets, barnacles etc
Great for learning species names and identification of species.
18 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).
fun card game on rocky shore molluscs for Biology Ecology Field trip.
Includes toothed topshells, purple topshells, grey topshells, edible periwinkles, rough periwinkles, dogwhelks, limpets, barnacles, puffins, guillimots, etc
Great fun and good for learning species names and identification of species.
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.
31 cards with 31 different symbols
Salters-Nuffield AS Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 – Lifestyle, health & risk, Lesson 1 (Mass flow systems)
including:
Powerpoint (32 slides) (Keywords: circulatory system, open & closed circulation, single & double circulation, systemic & pulmonary circulation), including suggested starter and plenary activities, Font: Calibri light
Worksheet (4 pages)
Circulatory systems - Loop Game (14 cards per set)
Loop Game on steps of atherosclerosis and thrombosis.
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 1 but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
24 cards per set
Salters-Nuffield AS Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 – Lifestyle, health and risk, Lesson 00 (Introduction)
includes:
Powerpoint (16 slides) - font Calibri-light
Worksheet (1 page)
Topic 1 Keywords (125 cards)
Also suggested as resource for this lesson but not included:
Topic 1 Card Game
SNAB Activity 1.1
Crossword puzzle on Lipids (including solutions and anagram)
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 1 but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
Keywords include:
triglyceride
glycerol
fatty acid
saturated
unsaturated
phospholipid
wax
glycerol
hydrophobic
ester bond
hydrolysis
condensation reaction
glycolipid