Epigenetics A-level summary worksheet covering the epigenetic mechanisms of methylation and acetylation. Suitable for any exam board which covers the epigenetics topic. Includes differentiated versions - one scaffolded ‘fill in the word’ style worksheet for less confident students and a less scaffolded version for more confident students. Also includes an answer sheet (which could be used as a handout). Designed for colour to be added by each individual student, to aid the formation of visual memories. Useful as a revision or homework exercise to check understanding. Completed worksheets can then form part of the student’s revision notes. Similar style worksheets available for: Respiration Photosynthesis Protein synthesis Tissue fluid Inheritance

Percentage change calculation worksheet for A-level Biology. Part of a growing bundle of worksheets aimed at improving maths skill confidence for A-level Biologists. Includes basic percentage change calculations, plus percentage change calculations requiring interpretation of graphs and the use of standard form. 19 marks in total. Great for a homework exercise to assess student’s abilities or for student’s to use for self-assessment. Includes full mark scheme. Also available: Mixed maths/statistics question assessment booklet Serial dilution calculation worksheet Logarithm & order of magnitude worksheet Hardy-Weinberg worksheet

Hardy-Weinberg calculation worksheet for A-level Biology. Part of a growing bundle of worksheets aimed at improving maths skill confidence for A-level Biologists. 21 marks in total. Great for a homework exercise to assess student’s abilities or for student’s to use for self-assessment. Includes full mark scheme. Mixed maths/statistics question assessment booklet also available, along with a serial dilution calculation worksheet and percentage change calculation worksheet.

Activity designed for sections 3.7.2 and 3.7.3 of the AQA specification (however would also work well for other exam boards). 16 tasks divided into 4 themed stations (2 on population genetics, 1 on the different types of natural selection and 1 on speciation). Designed as a group revision activity. PDF includes task card sheets to be printed, cut out (and laminated). Also includes student answer sheets (which correspond to the task card layout), along with full teacher answers. PDF is black and white only - I printed each station on a different coloured card/paper before laminating.

AQA A-level Biology Spaced Repetition Timetable for Year 13 2024-2025 The timetable has 5 repetitions of each topic scheduled (efforts have been made to group together topics that are often linked in synoptic questions at least once). Includes instructions for use and a list of essays that students should try and complete from December onwards (2 essays per month). Please note no mark schemes are included for the essays, the essay list is included to encourage spaced practice of a broad-range of essay titles. A blank version of the timetable is also included (with only topics and dates completed) in case students wish to plan their own timings for repetitions. This timetable can also be purchased as part of the Ultimate AQA A-level Biology Revision Bundle, which includes: Section 1-8 Flashcards Required practical revision sheets Practical skill flashcards Year 13 spaced repetition timetable

This is always a popular lesson with my students. Great as a revison / consolidation task. All relevant to OCR, with the exception of the virus diagram. 14 diagrams for students to label: Biological molecules Bonds Animal cell Plant cell Prokaryotic cell Virus Stages of mitosis Antibody structure Heart Chloroplast Mitochondria Action potential graph Sarcomere Nephron Download includes: PDF with A4 sized diagrams and A4 answers for each diagram (I use this as a presentation) Student answer sheet with 4 diagrams per A4 page. If you don’t have time to dedicate an entire lesson to this task, you could set the A4 sized diagram file as a revision homework task or go through one diagram at random as a lesson starter.

My students love completing these visually appealing worksheets, which break topics down into manageable chunks. Useful as a revision exercise or as a quick assessment. All worksheets are black and white to allow students to add colour to the diagrams, a process which is thought to aid the formation of visual memories. Includes 2 worksheets covering: control of blood glucose concentration by insulin & glucagon (two versions included, one with blank boxes for students to fill in or another ‘cut & stick’ option.) control of insulin secretion (OCR only) (blank option for more confident students or a ‘gap fill’ version. Completed versions of both worksheets are included which can be used as a handout or for students to self-mark (or great for a cover teacher to use!). *Similar style worksheets also available for: Cell structure Protein synthesis Tissue fluid formation CO2 transport Immune Response Respiration Energy transfers Nutrient cycles Photosynthesis Respiration Inheritance Kidney Receptors Nervous Impulses Succession Epigenetics In vivo and in vitro cloning If you find these worksheets useful I would really appreciate a positive review. Equally, any constructive feedback would be gratefully received and changes can be made accordingly!

Cell structure summary worksheets for A-level Biology. What is included? 4 label & colour worksheets: Animal cell (includes one version with centrioles and one without) Plant cell Prokaryotic cell (includes one version with pili & mesosomes, and one without) Viruses (not a cell, I know! However comparisons between eukaryotic cells/prokaryotic cells/viruses are a common exam question) Full answer sheets are included, which could also be used as a handout. Please note - the coloured animal cell shown on the preview is just an example of how students could colour in the cells, this coloured version is not included - all cells are black and white in the download. Encourage students to add colour to the worksheets to aid formation of visual memories. If you find these worksheets useful, I would really appreciate a review. Any feedback is also gratefully received and changes will be made accordingly! Similar worksheets available for: Immune response Protein synthesis Respiration Photosynthesis Protein synthesis Inheritance Epigenetics Carbon dioxide transport Tissue fluid formation The Kidney Energy transfers Nutrient cycles Receptors Nerve impulses In vivo and in vitro cloning

Photosynthesis consolidation / understanding check questions. Designed for the AQA specification, but relevant to other exam boards. 3 pages / 28 questions (plus 3 synoptic questions). Full answers included. Useful for homework / cover work / revision prior to end of topic assessment.

Condensed revision notes for Section 1 Biological Molecules of the AQA A-level Biology specification. Blurting is one of the best revison techniques for A-level Biology. Students should write down everything they can remember about a particular topic on a scrap piece of paper. Then use their notes to fill in any missed points. However, blurting is only going to be effective if students are using notes with the correct content & key terms to check the information that they’ve written down from memory. I designed these sheets for my own students to use. They divide the specification into A4 page topics, each of which is the right length to be covered in one ‘blurting’ session. Download includes 9 pages of notes: Monomers & polymers, inorganic ions Carbohydrates Lipids Proteins Enzymes Nucleic acids DNA replication ATP Water If you find these notes useful and would like me to upload similar notes for the other AQA topics, please leave a positive review!

These worksheets cover primary and secondary succession. Also included is a page showing the diagrams used in the worksheets in colour . To accommodate all exam boards, one version of one of the worksheets includes the terms ‘deflected succession’ and ‘plagioclimax’, the other version does not. Full answer sheets are included, which could alternatively be used as handouts/revision sheets. My students love completing these visually appealing worksheets, which break topics down into manageable chunks. Useful as a revision exercise or as a quick assessment. All worksheets are black and white to allow students to add colour to the diagrams, a process which is thought to aid the formation of visual memories. Similar worksheets available on: Cell structure Immune response Carbon dioxide transport Tissue fluid formation Protein synthesis Photosynthesis Respiration Nutrient Cycles Energy transfers Protein synthesis Epigenetics Inheritance The kidney Receptors Nerve Impulses In vivo and in vitro cloning If you find these worksheets useful I would really appreciate a positive review. Equally, any constructive feedback would be gratefully received and changes can be made accordingly!

Logarithm and order of magnitude worksheet for A-level Biology. Part of a growing bundle of worksheets aimed at improving maths skill confidence for A-level Biologists. Includes questions requiring the log10 / 10^x button and reading values from logarithmic graph paper. 30 marks in total. Includes full mark scheme. Great for a homework exercise to assess student’s abilities or for students to use for self-assessment. Other maths worksheets available include: Mixed maths/statistics question assessment booklet Serial dilution calculation worksheet Percentage change calculation worksheet Hardy-Weinberg calculation worksheet

Ensure your students understand how to interpret cardiac cycle pressure change graphs with this worksheet. Includes differentiated versions (one worksheet with blank boxes to explain the opening & closing of valves on the cardiac pressure graph & one gap-fill worksheet to help less confident students). Tests knowledge of why the atrioventricular and semilunar valves open and close during the cardiac cycle. how to calculate heart rate using a pressure change graph. the cardiac output equation. differences in pressure between atria & ventricles. Many other similar style worksheets available for other A-level Biology topics, including: tissue fluid formation transport of carbon dioxide protein synthesis photosynthesis respiration the kidney inheritance epigenetic modifications

If you find yourself needing to cover a KS3 chemistry lesson, this bundle of no-prep activities will keep your class engaged in your absence. All your class will need is access to a periodic table, access to the internet (only for 1 of the worksheets) and a print-out of the desired activities. What’s included? A student-information sheet on the periodic table with a worksheet to complete (includes an extension task). A ‘research an element’ worksheet. Either let students pick their own element or who ever is covering the lesson could use a random-word generator to assign each student a different element (students will need access to the internet for this activity). A ‘mystery element’ quiz worksheet - solve the periodic table-based clues to find the mystery element. A 10-question powerpoint periodic table quiz. Divide the class into pairs / small groups. Who can name an element named after a planet? Who knows an element which is magnetic? Any idea which country is named after silver?? (please note - in order to avoid formatting issues, the powerpoint slides are NOT editable) All of these activities are suitable for a cover lesson as full answers are included. Activities can be mixed and matched based on lesson length / class ability / prior knowledge of this topic.

Detailed worksheet covering (virtually all) possible autosomal linkage exam questions. Could be used as homework or as an assessment (due to the low number of past exam questions on this particular topic). Includes a chi-squared question and links to/revision of meiosis Made with AQA in mind, but the specifications for OCR and Edexcel are pretty similar for this topic, so would be beneficial to those specifications as well. Mark scheme included.

30 flashcards covering content from the KS3 Cells and Organisation topic. Designed so that answers print on the back of each question, so no sticking required - just print and cut out each flashcard. Use for revision lessons or for early finishers.

40 marks of exam-style questions covering the A-level Biology topic of meiosis. Written for the AQA specification, but the majority of the questions are relevant to all exam boards. Non-disjunction has intentionally been set as the last question, allowing it to be easily removed for those exam boards which don’t include this sub-topic. Questions have been designed with the intention of covering as many permutations as possible with regards to meiosis exam questions, but without repetition. Useful as a homework / self-assessment / revision task before an end-of-topic test. Includes full mark scheme.

30 flashcards designed to test A-level students on their knowledge of meiosis in an engaging & productive way. Designed for the AQA specification, but these cards would be useful for all exam boards (the final 3 flashcards are on the topic of non-disjunction, which is not relevant to all other exam boards). I use this resource as a consolidation task prior to the end-of-topic assessment. Great task for encouraging active recall, so students learn by retrieving information from their brain (as opposed to trying to put information into their brain). What does this resource include? 30 flashcards, to be printed double-sided on 3 sheets of A4 card or paper. Includes one version with the answers completed, & another version with the answer side blank for students to complete. How to use? Provide students with a set of the ‘blank answer’ flashcards and ask them to complete the answers as a homework or revision task. Print & laminate the completed flashcards to use as an activity for early finishers. Use as a class revision exercise. Also available as part of a meiosis bundle, which includes a meiosis worksheet and a foldable visual worksheet outlining the stages of meiosis.

Meiosis summary worksheets for AS / A-level Biology (process has been simplified to include only two pairs of homologous chromosomes). Students can cut out each worksheet around the dotted edge and glue/tape the sheets together to produce a large summary sheet covering the entire process of meiosis. PDF includes two versions: 3 page version which includes details on individual stages of Meiosis I and II. 2 page version (more suitable for AQA) that provides an overview of Meiosis I and II and does not go into details regarding the individual stages. I have included diagrams representing the chromosomal content of cells during interphase (both prior to, and after DNA replication). I have drawn the chromosomes in interphase in the same way as the chromosomes during the meiosis (even though in interphase, the chromosomes have not yet condensed), this is just so students can clearly see what is happening to the number of chromosomes. Both versions are designed for students to colour the chromosomes to represent maternal and paternal chromosomes (and also the results of crossing-over). Versions with completed text are included, if you are short of time and would like to provide the sheets as handouts instead. However, please note, students would still need to colour the chromosomes to represent the maternal/paternal chromosomes and the outcome of crossing-over. An example of completed colouring is included on the last page of the PDF. Also available as part of a meiosis bundle which included meiosis exam-style question worksheet & active recall meiosis flashcard activity.

I’ve been using the ‘past paper’ method for years with my students. Students complete a past paper, mark and analyse their results using MARCKS and then write SMART targets to plan targeted revision sessions. If they don’t comfortably acheive their target grade in the first attempt, they are encouraged to repeat the past paper 2-3 days later (after having completed targeted revision). I’ve found that giving students access to this editable spreadsheet has massively increased motivation to actually use the method properly and stick with it. Students can select from drop down boxes to input their current grade for Biology, Chemistry & Physics. Then they input their target grade. Everytime they complete a past paper, they can input their mark, percentage & grade. The spreadsheet has space for 3 attempts at each paper. Finally at the end of each row, students can select whether they have achieved their target grade for that past paper or not. This is designed for students studying separate sciences, a spreadsheet for trilogy students will be made available ASAP. If you need to clear the text from a cell with a drop down box - DO NOT DELETE IT as this will delete the formatting for the cell. Just select ‘none’ from the drop down box. Available as .numbers or .xlsx download. This spreadsheet does NOT seem to work on iPads I’m afraid, but I have tested it on an iMac, macbook & a laptop running excel and the formatting appears to work properly.