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 fun starter / plenary / revision activity to revise keywords and definition of the Carbon Cycle
18 keywords + anagram; solutions to Crossword included
7x large A3 concept maps on
• Genetics
• Heart, respiratory system & respiration
• Microorganisms & Immune system
• Food & digestion
• Human Hormones
• Homeostasis
• Ecology
• Photosynthesis and plant nutrition
These are great revision activities for GCSE with 50+ keywords each (duration around 20-30 min) summarising whole topics and visualising how keywords and concepts fit together
Students can complete this with or without keyword list.
For each concept maps there are 3 pages including:
- blank concept map for students (print A3)
- completed concept map
- set of keywords (2 sets per A4 page)
Card sort according to size of all things Biology - organisms, organelles, microbes, molecules, etc
Great to get students thinking about sizes of Biological things.
Activity can be done in various ways:
sort cards under 3 headings (visible to naked eye, visible under light microscope, visible under electron microscope)
sort cards in order of size
card match with actual size
includes correct answers
Salters-Nuffield AS Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 – Lifestyle, health & risk, Lesson 6 (Atherosclerosis and thrombosis)
Powerpoint (28 slides) - font = Calibri Light , not animated yet
Worksheet (3 pages)
Additional resources suggested for this lesson (not included)
Atherosclerosis and thrombosis - Loop Game (KS5)
Atherosclerosis and thrombosis - Card Sort (KS5)
Salters-Nuffield AS Biology Edexcel, Topic 1 – Lifestyle, health & risk, Lesson 5 (The Cardiac Cycle)
Powerpoint (29 slides) – font: Calibri light
Worksheet (4 pages)
Additional resources suggested for this lesson (not included)
Steps of the Cardiac cycle – Loop Game (KS5)
Steps of the Cardiac cycle – Card Sort (KS5)
A fun but challenging loop game to solve genetic fingerprinting problems.
Great as starter or plenary activity.
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 6, but also suitable for other exam boards.
16 cards per set
A quick (10 min) starter / assessment activity with around 10-15 questions / marks to test vocabulary and knowledge of transport including diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport, endocytosis, exocytosis, osmosis
designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 2 (Genes and Health)
includes feedback boxes and Mark scheme.
A quick (10 min) starter / assessment activity with 14 questions to test vocabulary and understanding of the Calvin cycle (including CO2 fixation, RuBP, RuBisCO, GP, GALP, reduction, glucose, ATP, NADPH, stroma)
designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 5 (On the wild side)includes feedback boxes and Mark scheme.
A quick (10 min) starter / assessment activity with 12 questions to test vocabulary and understanding of blood vessels including arteries, veins, capillaries, their structure and function, etc
designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 1 (Lifestyle, health and risk)
includes feedback boxes and Mark scheme.
Loop game on the steps of an action potential / nerve impulse (including depolarisation, repolarisation, hyperpolaristaion, membrane potential, resting membrane, Sodium / potassium pump etc)
Designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 8 but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
21 cards per set / 2 sets in 2 different colours included
Bundle with 5x Games and Activities
Polysaccharides - Card Sort
Carbohydrates - Loop Game
Carbohydrates - Crossword
Carbohydrates - Tarsia
Carbohydrates - Word Search
Loop Game on Nervous system (including neurones, nerve, reflex arc, motor neurone, sensory neurone, interneurone, CNS, brain, spinal cord, axon, dendrite, myelin sheath, etc)
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
28 cards per set (7 sets in different colours included)
Card sort on steps of aerobic respiration (glycolysis, pyruvate, link reaction, actyl CoA, Krebs cycle, electron transport chain, chemiosmosis, ATP synthase etc)
Designed for SNAB Biology Topic 7 (Run for your life) but also suitable for other exam boards
great as starter / plenary or revision activity
26 cards per set (4 sets in different colours)
Loop Game on function of synapses in nervous systems and steps of neurotransmitters crossing synapse
Great as starter / plenary or revision activity.
14 cards per set (7 sets in different colours included)
Bundle with 5x great starter / plenary or revision activities
• Carbohydrates - Card Sort on polysaccharides: amylose, amylopectin, cellulose and glycogen (structure, bonds, funcction, composition, chemical properties etc), 32 cards per set
• Carbhydrates - Loop Game on Carbohyrdate names and structures (including a glucose, beta glucose, lactose, sucrose, polysaccharides, amylose, amylopectin, cellulose, glycogen, glycosidic bond, condensation reaction etc), 30 cards per set
• Carbohydrates - Word Search - find keywords (with solutions)
• Carbohydrates - Crossword (with solutions and anagram)
• Carbohydrates - Tarsia (24 cards, 30 names, diagrams, etc to match up)
(designed for Edexcel SNAB Biology Topic 1 Lifestyle, Health and Risk, but also suitable for other exam boards)
