I use this resource to teach the basics for paper 5 for 9700 Biology A Level. I teach this over 3 full hour lessons or a bit more. It includes:
Lesson 1 (slides 1-10): students learn how to plan an investigation.
Lesson 2 (slides 11-24): students learn about independent, dependent and controlled variables, describing the steps in an investigation, assessing risks and start the basic math skills for evaluating data by using statistics to include mean, range, interval…
Lesson 3 (slides 25-end): more statistics to include standard deviation, standard error and confidence intervals, error bars, t-test and tips to best evaluate their evidence and state a relevant conclusion.
The slides include some activities so that students can practice these skills.
I hope you find it useful.
Everything you need to deliver 9 Science practical activities in Year 8. Three Biology practicals, three Chemistry practicals and 3 for Physics. Easily adaptable and suitable for Year 7 and 9. Some would also be suitable in GCSE. The slides for each activity include the apparatus needed, method and results. I have been using most of these activities in KS3 for several courses now and they work very well, they are one hour long approximately. They can also be performed as demonstrations.
Proper use of the microscope.
Growing bacteria. This is one of my favourite activities because they enjoy it a lot.
Virtual experiment on disease transmission. This simply follows a video in the Cambridge Hub where you can find many others that can be used for distance learning or if labs are not available.
Temperature and solubility. Investigation on how temperature affects the solubility of salt in water.
Investigating water. The students work out the amount of salt in two different water samples.
Chromatography of ink
Testing insulation. Investigation on which is the best material for insulating walls.
Conduction star. Investigation on which metal is the best heat conductor.
Cooling wax activity to study the freezing point of wax.
Coincides with Exploring Science textbook/scheme of work, but can be used alongside any other SOW.
Technician notes and basic risk assessment are included for all practical activities in an excel document and two word docs.
All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website.
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This resource includes two presentations in power point to teach a lesson that covers:
Introduction to Biology alternative practical paper for students to know the skills they need to achieve to face this paper
Some activities to cover the basics of several skills such as:
Calculating magnification
Biological drawing
Plan an experiment
Chemical test (DCPIP)
Plot a graph
It includes the answers for students to be able to mark their work.
I hope it is helpful
Everything you need to deliver the unit “Pathogens and immunity” for GCSE Biology in power point slides (more than 35 slides with easy navigation). It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) for 2023-2025 and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones Third edition, but it is easily adaptable to others. A Checklist slide is included for students to use for their revision.
The topic is divided in 2 parts:
Transmission of pathogens
The immune system
**Progress check: ** 2 slides contain revision activities.
A separate power point and pdf include an outline for the defences activity.
The slides have been prepared in power point . All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website, power point or mines. The power point is very easy to navigate for students to be able to use it for revision.
Everything you need to deliver the unit “Biotechnology and gene modification” for GCSE Biology in power point slides with easy navigation. It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) for 2023-2025 and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones, but it is easily adaptable to others. A Checklist slide is included for students to use for their revision.
Key Features:
Biotechnology: including definition and examples as the use of anaerobic respiration in yeast, using enzymes and penicillin.
Gene modification: including an outline of the process, GM crops as example and pros and cons.
Also included: Blank Slides for students to fill it in and a printable version.
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Complete revision guide for two units following the Biology GCSE CIE Cambridge syllabus 0970/0610 for 2023-25 but can be used for others.
The units included are:
Plant Nutrition: photosynthesis and related experiments
Plant transport: xylem structure and function, cross sections, transpiration pull and translocation
You will find 2 files per unit: one editable and one printable (pdf).
This guide is used by my students to prepare for the official exams and I also use them for my lessons.
If you find something missing/wrong let me know so that I can fix it.
Everything you need to deliver the unit of movement across the cell GCSE Biology (39 slides). It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610) and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones Third edition but it is easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in 5 parts:
Introduction
Diffusion.
Osmosis
Active transport
End of unit questions.
Progress check: some slides contain revision activities for the different parts of the topic, some are based on the textbook.
The slides have been prepared in power point. All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website. The power point is very easy to navigate for students to be able to used it for revision.
A pdf is included with a worksheet for students to prepare a Venn diagram for the 3 mechanisms of transport. The editable version in power point is included.
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Constructive feedback would be much appreciated.
Everything you need to deliver the unit “Reproduction in plants” for GCSE Biology in power point slides with easy navigation. It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) for 2023-2025 and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones Third edition, but it is easily adaptable to others. A Checklist slide is included for students to use for their revision.
Key Features:
Asexual and sexual reproduction
Reproduction in plants: includes flower parts, pollination and fertilisation.
Comparison between types of reproduction.
**Progress check: ** 2 short revision activities.
Bonus: You will also receive a separate PowerPoint version designed for students to complete with your guidance. This hands-on approach ensures active participation and solidifies knowledge retention.
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I designed these 4 worksheets to help my GCSE students in their revision for the unit of human reproduction.
The worksheets contain blank diagrams for them to fully label the structures and add the functions to encourage active learning and reinforce their knowledge.
It includes:
Female and male reproductive system.
2 The menstrual cycle.
Pregnancy to label placenta, umbilical cord, amniotic sac amd fluid
Gametes.
The editable version is also included so you can easily add or remove items according to your needs.
This resource is designed to enhance Biology students skills in simple and serial dilutions.
Mastering dilution techniques is fundamental for paper 3, practical exam for CIE and these slides provide several examples for students to practice the most common ones.
They also gain hands-on experience through these slides as I provide them with the material needed to prepare the dilutions after working out the numbers.
I use this presentation in combination with “Practical skills booklet” so that they can also practice past paper questions and other required skills such as graphs and planning investigations.
I hope you find it helpful.
Power point slides I currently use to deliver fully the unit “Immunity” for AS Biology. The slides follow Cambridge syllabus (9700) but they are easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in:
Defence against disease: external and internal defence system described.
Cells of the immune system: B-cells, T-cells and phagocytes described.
Active and passive immunity: includes vaccines and mabs.
Some activities to check student’s understanding also included at the end with some past paper multiple choice questions
Notes in word document and cornell notes example.
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This power point covers the Biology Unit for “Classification” following the Exploring Science Textbook for Year 7. Some of the terms covered are: classification, variation, hybrids, animal kingdom and plant kingdom.
Everything you need to deliver the unit “Enzymes” of GCSE Biology in power point slides. It follows Cambridge syllabus (0610/0970) and Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book by Jones and Jones Third edition, but it is easily adaptable to others. The topic is divided in 3 parts:
Biological catalysts
Factors that affect enzymes: including temperature and pH
End of unit questions
Progress check: 2 slides contain revision activities for the different parts of the topic.
The slides have been prepared in power point . All pictures have been sourced from the creative commons website. The power point is very easy to navigate for students to be able to use it for revision.
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These slides include slides to teach a revision lesson for the topics about ecology and human impacts on ecosystems following iGCSE Cambridge Biology syllabus (0973-0654) for students to practice before their official exams.
The slides show the most important information to revise with students and revision notes are also included for printing
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Everything you need to deliver a unit about the cardiovascular system in KS3. Easily adaptable and suitable for KS4. Each unit part includes a slide with the main learning objectives.
The topic is divided in 6 parts:
The human circulatory system: includes a starter slide + slide for a full lesson + plenary slide.
The heart: structure and function. It includes a starter slide + slide for a full lesson + plenary slide and a related video.
Blood components: lesson slides + exit ticket plenary.
Blood vessels: lesson slides + plenary activities.
End of unit questions with 4 activities.
Revision: 35 minutes of revision activities + slides to check the proper answers. It can be used as a revision or assessment.
Coincides with Cambridge Checkpoint textbook/scheme of work, but can be used alongside others.
There are 5 more files:
• Word document for the exit ticket based on an Instagram post
• Power point with the unit targets for students to revise + printable version in pdf
• Power point with some of the diagrams used in the slides.
• Excel spreadsheet with the material needed for a heart dissection practical.
Pictures have been sourced from creative commons or drawn by me.
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This is a revision guide that covers the key ideas for Biology KS3 students. I use them to guide revision sessions in year 8 and I also give them to students to help them revise independently.
It includes these topics:
Plants: photosynthesis, leaves, roots and transport.
Food and digestion: nutrients, balanced diet, digestive system and teeth
Circulatory system: heart, blood and vessels.
Respiration: respiratory system, gas exchange, fitness and smoking.
4 files are included:
Power point with the revision guide (fully editable to meet your needs) and a pdf to print it.
Power point with the revision guide without colours (fully editable) and a pdf to print it in a more environmentally friendly way.
Feel free to contact me if you have any doubt. Constructive feedback will be much appreciated.
These are the slides I currently use to teach AS level Biology ENZYMES (56 slides)
It follows Cambridge syllabus (9700) but it is easily adaptable to others.
The topic is divided in 8 parts:
Intro: starter activity to refresh GCSE knowledge
What are enzymes?
Modes of action: lock and key, induced fit
Investigating an enzyme-catalysed reaction
Factors affecting enzymes.
Enzyme affinity; Vmax and Km
Inhibitors: competitive and non-competitive.
Immobilising enzymes
Some slides contain notes for extra guidance when teaching, some slides contain activities for students to practice for their exams,
Please, DM me if you have any doubt. Constructive feedback would be much appreciated.
I am currently using these slides to deliver the unit about drugs in Yr11. It is based on videos.
The topic is divided in:
• What is a drug?.
• Medicinal drugs: antibiotics.
• Misuse of drugs: heroin, alcohol and tobacco
• Smoking and lung cancer correlation
• Revision questions
The presentation follows Cambridge IGCSE endorsed book Jones and Jones Third edition, but it is editable to meet your needs.
Please, DM me if you have any doubt or you would like me to share some assessments.
Constructive feedback would be much appreciated.
Booklet that combines the most important skills required for AS Biology students. Three crucial areas included:
Serial and simple dilutions
Graphs practice
The theory behind the practicals
You will find a compilation of activities for students to fill that also includes some math skills and planning investigations so that they have in this booklet everything they need for their official exams (except plan diagrams).
I use this booklet in combination with the “Dilutions for AS Biology” power point so that I can explain the method before they complete the activities.
Worksheet to complete while teaching cellular respiration to include:
Structure of mitochondrion
Stages of cellular respiration
Adaptations of mitochondrion
ATP conversion
ATP synthase