I've been teaching A-level biology for years and have spent several hours developing resources to the highest possible standard.
They are designed to maximise class time - spending less time on learning facts, with a focus on application and the processing of information.
I've been teaching A-level biology for years and have spent several hours developing resources to the highest possible standard.
They are designed to maximise class time - spending less time on learning facts, with a focus on application and the processing of information.
Complete set of pre-work, PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for eight 1.5 hour lessons covering AS / Year 1 topic no. 3: Cell structure.
These resources have taken several hours to develop and are offered here for a bargain, considering the amount of work that has gone into producing them.
In this bundle, the class notes, PowerPoints and all other resources are fully editable to suit your style of teaching. They make reference to, and may require students to access both the Toole & Toole and AQA A Level Biology Student Book 1 (Lowrie & Smith) for some independent study.
The pre-work contains links to websites, videos and some images in the folder dividers. The pre-work also requires students to complete a topic glossary (in the folder dividers), which are also available on TES, along with accompanying images. It is important students complete the pre-work prior to the lessons because they are then tested on their understanding of the pre-work throughout the topic.
The topic overview sheet is for students to write up their notes after the topic has been taught. An exemplar student topic overview is included, which I tasked my students to assess prior to them completing their first topic overview.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
These materials have been trialed & refined last year and played a central role in enabling my classes (sizes of 20+) to achieve ALPS scores of 2.
PowerPoint on electron microscopes. Contains a quiz for students to 'guess the electron micrograph' and includes a video of the Cordyceps fungi that invades the body of an insect to grow and diminish the insect population.
Student notes / work booklet to cover seven 1.5 hour lessons on topic 19: Populations (AQA), plus some independent study.
Marking guidelines for the questions interspersed throughout, and at the end of the booklet are also included.
The PowerPoints to accompany these notes can be purchased separately or as part of the bundle.
Lengthy PowerPoint introducing this lesson - should be used with the class notes for the topic. Very lengthy, so obviously not all of it should be shown to your classes, but for teacher use as you work through activities.
PowerPoint introducing this lesson - should be used with the class notes for the topic and I would advise that you do not purchase this, unless you are going to purchase the bundle for this topic.
PowerPoint introducing this lesson - should be used with the class notes for the topic and I would advise that you do not purchase this, unless you are going to purchase the bundle for this topic.
Topic overview check sheet for use when peer-marking student overview of this topic. Included is an example of an highly successful Biology student's topic overview!
I ask my students to practice marking this mock overview prior to them completing their first overview.
Please vie the resource titled 'AS / A-level Biology Moodle quiz - 1. Biological molecules (sample)' before downloading and attempting to use with your Moodle platform.
This contains detailed information about the quizzes and a sample, so you can check compatibility, quality, etc.
Upon downloading, you will need to amend the file extension from .doc to .mbz before restoring to your Moodle platform.
Please vie the resource titled 'AS / A-level Biology Moodle quiz - 1. Biological molecules (sample)' contains general information about the quizzes and a sample quiz, so you can check compatibility, quality, etc.
This quiz contains 49 questions and a maximum mark of 70. Some of the questions are from previous quizzes to help develop the 'big picture' of biology, but there are of course a number of new questions.
Upon downloading, you will need to amend the file extension from .doc to .mbz before restoring to your Moodle platform.
Please vie the resource titled 'AS / A-level Biology Moodle quiz - 1. Biological molecules (sample)' contains general information about the quizzes and a sample quiz, so you can check compatibility, quality, etc.
This quiz contains 23 questions and a maximum mark of 39. Some of the questions are from the Biological Molecules quiz to help develop a little synopticity, but there are of course a number of new questions.
Upon downloading, you will need to amend the file extension from .doc to .mbz before restoring to your Moodle platform.
PowerPoint and activity introducing 'The principles of feedback mechanisms' and ' Control of the oestrous cycle'.
Students often find this especially challenging and it took me a while to come up with an effective lesson that helped students remember the interaction between the hormones involved in the control of the oestrous cycle. This resource takes about 2.5-3 hours to work through, but some of the activities can be done independently.
The PPT begins introducing positive and negative feedback, with a few examples of milk let down and birth.
Then, there is a card sort activity, which is supported with matching the cards with various sections on the graphs.
There's a few exam questions and an application activity about 'The oestrous cycle in pigs' near the end.
This resource also comes with a fully editable version of the accompanying student notes, which contains another application type activity and a selection of past examination (AQA) questions & marks scheme.
Class notes to accompany the PowerPoints available on TES for this topic. This will save you hours and hours and hours and hours of preparation! The booklet is 44 pages long and contains gap fill paragraphs, questions, images for students to label, (20 pages of) past exam questions and much more. Marking guidelines also included.
PowerPoint on water and its functions. Contains a few video clips, which help to illustrate some of the key ideas. Designed to complement the class notes on this topic.
Also included in this resource, is a new specification exam style question on water and marking guidelines.
PPT for lessons on cell organelles. This can be a bit of a dull lesson to deliver, as there's so much factual content to cover. So in here you'll find a variety of inventive methods to cover the structure and function of the organelles, a video clip to introduce the fateful encounter hypothesis, other video clips to help stimulate student interest, an application activity on protein synthesis and a few other bits n pieces that begin to draw on students' prior knowledge of year 1 biology.
It will probably take about 2 hours to deliver this material if the class is participating through the problem solving activities.
