Hello! Welcome to my shop. Please take a moment to browse. You’ll find high quality biology resources that are fun, engaging and pupil-led. As a teacher I've implemented the things I've always wanted in my lessons, into my resources. That is, resources of excellent quality that truly impact learning. As we know, efficiency is paramount therefore my full-lessons incorporate mark-schemes too, all ready to go! Leaving you with more time to focus on being present for your students.
Hello! Welcome to my shop. Please take a moment to browse. You’ll find high quality biology resources that are fun, engaging and pupil-led. As a teacher I've implemented the things I've always wanted in my lessons, into my resources. That is, resources of excellent quality that truly impact learning. As we know, efficiency is paramount therefore my full-lessons incorporate mark-schemes too, all ready to go! Leaving you with more time to focus on being present for your students.
Lesson plan (Presentation) and activities to achieve the following learning objectives:
1) Describe enzymes as biological catalysts
2) Demonstrate an understanding that enzymes catalyse chemical reactions occurring inside and outside living cells, including:
a) DNA replication
b) protein synthesis
c) digestion
Answers to the exam questions are included in the powerpoint for peer/self-assessment
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology.
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap at the previous lesson.
There a 7 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in.
The lessons included are:
1) Tissues and organs
2) The human digestive system
3) The chemistry of food
4) Catalysts and enzymes
5) Factors affecting enzyme action
6) How the digestive system works
7) Making digestion efficient
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology.
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap at the previous lesson.
There a 6 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the corresponding word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in (for self/peer assessment).
The topics included are:
1) Viral diseases
2) Bacterial diseases
3) Diseases callused by fungi and protists
4) Human defence responses
5) More about plant diseases
6) Plant defence responses
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology.
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap at the previous lesson.
There a 4 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the corresponding word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in (for self/peer assessment).
The topics included are:
1) The blood
2) The blood vessels
3) The heart
4) Helping the heart
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology.
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap the previous lesson.
There a 30 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the corresponding word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in (for self/peer assessment).
This is a whole lesson with PowerPoint and integrated activities with answers to achieve the following learning objective:
1) How your body responds to the increased demands for energy during exercise.
Activities included: Crack the code; information and discussion slides; investigating exercise role play and practical; table to complete (differentiation); calculations of percentage increase with worked example; questions from the practical (with fully integrated answers); plenary matching task; alternative plenary crossword (with word bank for differentiation).
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology. It includes Chapters: B5 Communicable Diseases; B6 Preventing and Treating Disease; B7 Non-communicable Diseases; B8 Photosynthesis; B9 Respiration
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap the previous lesson.
There a 30 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the corresponding word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in (for self/peer assessment).
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology.
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap at the previous lesson.
There are 4 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the corresponding word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in (for self/peer assessment).
The topics included are:
1) Aerobic respiration
2) The response to exercise
3) Anaerobic respiration
4) Metabolism and the liver
This compilation of crosswords are for the new AQA GCSE specification in biology.
These can be used as a plenary, a short revision task or as a starter to recap at the previous lesson.
There are 4 crosswords in total. There are 3 files for each crossword: 1) the crossword and clues at the bottom of the page; 2) the crossword with the corresponding word bank included (for differentiation); 3) the crossword completed with the answers filled in (for self/peer assessment).
The topics included are:
1) Photosynthesis
2) The rate of photosynthesis
3) How plants use glucose
4) Making the most of photosynthesis
For the NEW GCSE Biology specification.
This includes all PowerPoints and fully integrated activities (with answers) for a complete four lessons on:
9.1 Aerobic respiration
9.2 The response to exercise
9.3 Anaerobic respiration
9.4 Metabolism and the liver
A complete six lessons on homeostasis created for the NEW GCSE Biology specification.
Lessons included:
10.1 Principles of Homeostasis
10.2 The Structure and the Function of the Nervous System
10.3 Reflex Actions
10.4 The Brain
10.5 The Eye
10.6 Common Problems with the Eye
These twenty seven slides (two full lessons) are for the NEW AQA TRIPLE GCSE Biology specification. The PowerPoint presentation has engaging activities, integrated worksheets (for printing), and each activity has fully integrated answers to achieve the following learning objectives:
The main parts of the human eye and how the structures are related to their functions
How the eye focuses light
How the eye focuses on near and distant objects
What happens in short sightedness and long sightedness and how these problems can be solved.
For the NEW AQA GCSE specification in Biology.
Worksheets (and answers) to meet the following learning objectives for each lesson identified below:
8.2 Rates of Photosynthesis (worksheet)
- which factors limit the rate of photosynthesis in plants
- identify correlations
- analyse and interpret scientific data
9.1 Aerobic Respiration (worksheets plus answers)
The chemistry of what aerobic respiration is
Why cellular respiration is so important
9.3 Anaerobic Respiration (worksheet plus answers)
- Why less energy is transferred by anaerobic respiration than by aerobic respiration
- What is meant by oxygen debt (Higher only)
9.4 Metabolism and the liver (worksheet plus answers)
- That metabolism is the sum of all the reactions in a cell or the body of an organism
- How the liver is involved in repaying the oxygen debt (higher)
10.1 Principles of homeostasis (worksheet plus answers)
- Why it is important to control your internal environment
- The key elements of control systems
10.2 Structure and function of the nervous system (Required practical investigation worksheet plus answers)
- Why you need a nervous system
- How the structure of the nervous system is adapted to its function
- How receptors enable you to respond to changes in your surroundings
10.4 The brain (practical investigation worksheet plus answers)
- How to measure learning
- How scientists find out about the structure and functions of the brain
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach this lesson on Treating Diabetes in order to achieve the following learning objectives:
To describe the differences in the way type 1 and type 2 diabetes are treated
To interpret the results of the Benedict’s test for glucose
To explain why blood glucose concentration changes with exercise or after a meal
There are a variety of differentiated exercises from a practical activity (testing urine for glucose); follow-up practical questions (with integrated answers); cloze activity (with answers) and printing option for a mini-plenary for medium to low ability; an activity sheet on blood glucose concentration graphs (with integrated answers in the PowerPoint) with a printing option and differentiated tasks; and exam questions (including answers).
Practical and interactive activities to achieve the following learning objectives:
State the limiting factors of photosynthesis
Identify correlations in data
Analyse and interpret data
Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE biology specification.
GCSE Biology lesson plan/PowerPoint presentation contains all the activities and resources (in one file!) to achieve the following learning objectives:
Recall that there are two types of reproduction (Grade 4) - information slides provided; identify a series of examples as being either sexual or asexual forms of reproduction
Compare the main differences between asexual and sexual reproduction (Grade 6) - complete table to compare sexual and asexual reproduction characteristics; watch video on sexual and asexual reproduction
Explain how the type of reproduction affects variety in the offspring (Grade 8) - information slides provided; explain the difference task with word bank to help lower ability pupils and extension/challenge question
Describe how cells divide by meiosis to form gametes (Grade 4) - information slides provided; sorting task to put the stages of mitosis in the correct order
Explain how meiosis halves the number of chromosomes in gametes and fertilisation restores the full number (Grade 6) - information slides provided; task to compare mitosis and meiosis - table provided
Compare the processes in sexual reproduction that give rise to variation (Grade 8) - information slides provided; Exam-style questions to complete.
All activities, sorting tasks; mini-plenary; exam-style questions, include the answers for peer or self-assessment.
Worksheets for either learning new content or consolidating understanding on the topics of The Brain and The Eye.
Answer sheets provided.
Simple wording is used for lower ability students to easily access information.
The worksheets can be used to provide students with a summary of the information they need to know without students having to write too much - good for lower ability groups.
They also help to revise the topics of The Brain and The Eye covering the structure of both organs, the function of each part of the organ, how accommodation works to change the shape of the lens to focus on near or far objects.
This resource focuses on the following lesson objectives for exam boards AQA/OCR:
Describe anaerobic respiration
Develop practical skills to investigate anaerobic respiration
Explain observations from an investigation
It uses a series of three different experiments that are simple but effective investigations looking at anaerobic respiration in yeast. Each experiment can be set up by one pair or group of students and then students can move around the room and view the set up of the other experiments and make their own predictions and observations for each.
The entire lesson with all activities, crib sheets/mark schemes is contained within one file (ready for printing), however I have included separate pdf files if you prefer to print the worksheets and resources from single files. The Equipment Help Cards, Questions to Consider and Sentence Starters and Endings all lend themselves to supporting lower ability students to complete the activities to the best of their ability. Extension activities are included as well as a choice of Exam practice questions that could be used as homework tasks.
GCSE biology Grade 1-9. This resource provides all the material you need to teach these two lessons and has options for use with either lower ability or top sets. The resources are all contained within one file however for those that prefer to print from single files I have included some of the activities as a separate file too. It covers the following learning objectives (1-3) and the many activities associated with each objective which you can pick and choose from:
describe the process of evolution by natural selection (aiming for grade 4):
Starter - True and false statements
Discussion - Points on the evolution of mobile phones
Story - The evolution of the peppered moth
Task - Number the statements in order to describe the important events in the story of the evolution of the peppered moth
describe how organisms evolve over time (aiming for grade 6):
Story - The evolution of the peppered moth
Application - Six mark exam question to correct (SPAG)
Extension - Writing an improved answer
AfL - Comparing answer to the mark scheme (self-/peer-assessment)
present explanations of data as evidence for evolution (aiming for grade 8):
Video - The evidence for evolution
AfL - Correct main pieces of evidence from the mark scheme provided
Reading and comprehension - task followed by questions and answers
Plenary - Crossword with mark scheme provided
Homework - Exam Question on Evolution
All activities have the mark scheme included for peer-/self-assessment. All activities have options for extension and differentiation included.
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