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Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Adaptations
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Types of Adaptations (Structural, behavioural & functional)
Adaptations in animals (Polar bear, artic fox, camels)
Adaptations in plants (Marram grass, cactus)
Extremophiles (Bacteria in deep sea vents and other examples)
Exam Practise
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1 - Intro to Ecology
2 - Ada
3 - Food Chains & Predator Prey Cycles
4 - Trophic Levels & Pyramids of Biomass
5 - Quadrats & Transects
6 - The Carbon & Water Cycles
7 - Decay
8 - Biodiveristy & Waste Management
9 - Land Use & Deforestation
10 - Global Warming & Maintaining Biodiveristy
11 - Food Security, Farming & Fishing
12 - Biotechnology
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Communicable Diseases
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Different types of pathogens
How diseases are spread and prevented
Viral Diseases (HIV, Measels & TMV)
Bacterial Diseases (Salmonella & Gonorrhoea)
Funal Diseases (Rose Black Spot)
Protist Diseases (Malaria)
Exam Practise
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1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Nervous System & The Brain
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Structure of the Nervous System
CNS vs. PNS
The role of motor, relay and sensory neurones
Electrical nerve impulses
Synapses & Neurotransmitters
Reflexes and Reflex Arcs
Understand the structure of the brain
* The Cerebral Cortex
* The Cerebellum
* The Medulla Oblongata
* The Hypothalamus
* The Pituitary gland
Learn how to study the brain using various techniques
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Inheritance
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Chromosomes, genes and alleles
Inheritance key words
Genetic crosses and punnet squares
The work of Gregor Mendel & the history of Genetics
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Genetic Disorders & Sex Determination
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
X & Y chromsomes and sex determination
Sex determination using punnet sqaures
Inherited Disorders
* Polydactly
* Cystic Fibrosis
How to intepret family trees / pedigrees
Screening for genetic disoders
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Evolution, Variation & Speciation
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Variation (Genetics vs. Environment)
Evolution: Lamarck & Early Ideas
Evolution: Charles Darwin and Natural Selection
Evolution: Accepting Darwin’s Ideas and Alfred Russel Wallace’s Contribution
Speciation
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Endocrine System and Negative Feedback
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is the endocrine system?
Location of main glands in the human body and the hormones they produce
The endocrine system vs. the nervous system
The Pituitary Gland & hormones it releases
The role of adrenaline in increasing heart rate
The role of thyroxine in metabolism and the concept of negative feedback
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Control of Blood Glucose Levels
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
How glucose enters the body
The role of Insulin in lowering blood glucose levels
The role of Glucagon in raising blood glucose levels (Higher Tier)
The concept of negative feedback
Diabetes
* Type I
* Type II
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Menstrual Cycle
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Human reproduction & secondary sex characteristics
The role of testosterone in sperm production
Female reproduction and the menstrual cycle
The role of FSH, LH, oestrogen and progesterone in the control of the menstrual cycle
Exam questions with answers
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Contraception & Treating Infertility
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Hormonal contraception
* Oral Contraceptives
* Injection, implant or skin patch
* Intrauterine devices
Non-hormonal contraception
* Barrier methods
* Intrauterine devices
* Spermicidal agents
* Abstinence
* Surgical methods of sterilisation
Infertility
Treating Infertility
* Fertility Drug
* In-vitro Fertilisation
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Plant Hormones
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
The role of auxin in phototropisms & gravitropisms
The role of gibberlines and ethene
The uses of plant hormones
* Auxin - killing weeds, growing from cuttings, promoting growth in cultures
* Gibberellin - controlling dormancy, promoting flowering, increasing fruitsize
* Ethene - control ripening of fruit during storage and transport
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Selective Breeding
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is selective breeding
How is Selective Breeding carried out?
Selective breeding in animals (why is done? for which characteristics? examples of cattle and dogs)
Selective breeding in plants (why is done? for which characteristics? examples of wild brassica)
Problems with Selective Breeding (Inbreeding, inherited defects & new diseases)
Multiple choice questions & Exam Questions
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Genetic Engineering
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Genetic Engineering and examples of it use in agriculture, medicine, fight diseases and treating inherited disorders
Stages of Genetic Engineering
GM Crops and concerns surrounding their use
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Cloning
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
What is Cloning?
Types of cloning
* Cuttings
* Tissue Cultures
* Embryo Cloning
* Adult Cell Cloning
Risks and benefits of cloning
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Fossils
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Fossil Formation (the 3 ways fossils can form)
Using fossils to explain evolution (identifying how organisms have and haven’t changed over time e.g. horses vs. sharks)
Why the fossil record is incomplete
Extinction
Factors causing extinction
* New Diseases
* New Predators
* New Competitors
* Physical Factors (Ice Age, Drought, Flooding)
* Catastrophic Events
Exam Questions
A lesson / revision PowerPoint covering all information needed and containing informative slides and practise questions
Required Practical 6 -Investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis using an aquatic organism such as pondweed
This powerpoint covers AT 1 (use appropriate apparatus to record the rate of production of oxygen gas produced; and to measure and control the temperature of water in a large beaker that acts as a ‘heat shield’), AT 2 (use a thermometer to measure and control temperature of water bath), AT 3 (use appropriate apparatus and techniques to observe and measure the process of oxygen gas production), AT 4 (safe and ethical use and disposal of living pondweed to measure physiological functions and responses to light), AT 5 (measuring rate of reaction by oxygen gas production) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required.
The powerpoint covers:
Background on how the rate of photosynthesis is affected by light intensity & wavelength, temperature, CO2 concentration and the amount of chlorophyll
Aim of the practical
Required apparatus
A suitable method
A look at results
A suitable results table to record data
Details of the Inverse Square Law
Practise calculations of Light Intensity
Safety concerns & improvements
Past paper exam questions on
Summary
A lesson / revision PowerPoint covering all information needed for Required Practical 4 containing informative slides and practise questions
Required Practical 4 -Use qualitative reagents to test for a range of carbohydrates, lipids and proteins to include: Benedict’s test for sugars; iodine test for starch; emulsion test for lipids; and Biuret reagent for protein.
This powerpoint covers AT 2 (safe use of a Bunsen burner and a boiling water bath), AT 8 (use of qualitative reagents to identify biological molecules) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required.
The powerpoint covers:
Background on Digestion and food tests
Aim of the practical
Required apparatus
A suitable method for each test
Explanation of the Biology behind the experiment
A suitable results table to record data
Safety concerns
Past paper exam questions
Concise summary table of each food test
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on The Eye & Vision Defects
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Parts of the eye and their function
The role of the iris in adjusting for bright and dim light
Accommodation and the role of suspensory ligaments and ciliary muscles
Short & Long sightedness (Myopia vs. Hyperopia) and how classes correct these defects
Contact lenses, laser eye surgery and replacement lens surgery
Past paper questions throughout
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Required Practical 5 - Investigate the effect of pH on the rate of reaction of amylase enzyme
This powerpoint covers AT 1 (use appropriate apparatus to record mass and time), AT 2 (safe use of a water bath or electric heater), AT 5 (measure the rate of osmosis by water uptake), AT 8 (use of qualitative iodine reagent to identify starch by continuous sampling) and includes all practical and mathmatical skills required at GCSE
The powerpoint covers:
Background on Amylase & Enzymes
Aim of the practical
Required apparatus
A suitable method
Explanation of the Biology behind the experiment
A suitable results table to record data
How to draw graphs and analyse the data collected
Consideration of variables
How to calculate rate of reaction
Safety concerns & possible improvements
Past paper exam questions on Required Practical #5
Full GCSE Biology Lesson / Revision Powerpoint on Plant Disease & Defence
A carefully laid out powerpoint covering the main content in easy to understand slides, including exam practise and answers as well as a summary page of all the main revision points included. Workbook available for purchase to go alongside powerpoint.
Includes:
Plant Diseases (TMV, Rose Black Spot, Aphids)
Plant Ion Deficiencies (nitrate & magenesium)
Signs of plant disease and identifying plant disease
Plant Defence Systems
* Physical
* Chemical
* Mechanical
Practise Questions
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1 - Communicable Diseases
2 - The Immune System
3 - Vaccines
4 - Antibiotics & Drugs
5 - Monoclonal Antibodies
6 - Plant Disease & Defence
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Unit 1 - Cell Biology
Unit 2 - Organization
Unit 3 - Infection & Response
Unit 4 - Bioenergetics
Unit 5 - Homeostasis & Response
Unit 6 - Inheritance, Variation & Evolution
Unit 7 - Ecology