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.
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.
Class notes to accompany the PowerPoints available on TES for this topic. Contains gap fill questions, images, past exam questions and more. Marking guidelines also included!
Like all the PowerPoints available on TES, this is designed to complement the class notes for this topic.
This includes introduction to and questions on mycorrhizae, the phosphorous cycle and finally the nitrogen cycle.
This takes approximately 2.5 - 3 hours to deliver (in total) as each stage of the nitrogen cycle is covered in considerable detail so they can then attempt to apply their new knowledge, which historically they find especially challenging in the examinations.
Included in this purchase is an A3 handout with cards for students to arrange so they get familiar with the nitrogen cycle. The instructions and answers for this activity are on the final slide in the presentation.
This has taken about 8-10 hours to produce and develop (and when used properly it works brilliantly) hence the price!
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.
Class notes to accompany the PowerPoints available on TES for this topic. These will save you hours and hours of preparation! Contains gap fill paragraphs, questions, images, past exam questions and more. Marking guidelines also included.
Student notes / work booklet to accompany eight lessons on the topic of Cell structure. Contains several application activities and exam style questions
Marking guidelines, card sort (for differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells) and images of organelles are also included.
This bundle contains pre-work, PowerPoints, bespoke class notes, additional resources and a marks scheme for the Year 2 Biology topic of Respiration (AQA).
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 2 (Lowrie & Smith) for independent study.
The pre-work contains links to websites and videos, but also requires students’ to complete a topic glossary and label an image in the the folder dividers - a multi-purpose resource available on TES (not included in this bundle). The pre-work should be completed prior to the lessons because students’ are then tested on their understanding of the material in the pre-work as the topic is taught.
The PowerPoints and bespoke class notes are designed to maximise lesson time so students’ can quickly grasp factual content before moving on to the application of their knowledge through problem solving activities that demand processing of information (contained in the class notes). The PowerPoints are animated and contain as little text as possible, so the necessary factual information is more obvious to the learner. The PowerPoints provide ample opportunity to test the students’ recall and understanding of the pre-work.
The ‘Topic overview’ sheet is the relevant section of the specification, re-written as a check list. Students’ can write up their notes after the topic has been taught in a format they feel most comfortable with (i.e. flashcards, posters, A4 notes). I instruct my students’ to handwrite their topic overview, unless they have access arrangements in examinations. An exemplar student topic overview is included in the Biological molecule bundle.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
Student notes / work booklet to cover (approximately) eight 1.5 hour lessons on topic 13: Energy and ecosystems (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.
Class notes to accompany the PowerPoints available on TES for this topic. These will save you hours and hours and hours of preparation! Contains gap fill paragraphs, questions, images, past exam questions and more. Marking guidelines also included.
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.
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 54 pages long and contains gap fill paragraphs, questions, images for students to label, past exam questions and much more. Marking guidelines also included, along with a separate booklet of exam questions (and marks scheme) associated with this topic.
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.
For those sitting Paper 3, writing a synoptic essay, under timed exam conditions can be daunting! I have put this resource together over the past few years, but have recently updated it so it is inline with the recent guidelines about the essay and revised criteria for marking the essay. It provides the students with a bit of background, how the essay is (generally) marked and a few tips and tricks to try and help them consider how they can write a good essay. Although the price might seem initially a tad steep, it has taken hours and hours and hours to prepare, has been trialled, amended and can be spread over about 6-7 hours of teaching. Instructions below.
A few lessons after working through 'The Essay' PPT/handout, I use the session 1 resources, where students review two handwritten essays marked by senior examiners. Each essay has 10-12 electric tags (containing [very] small numbers) at various points that refer to a comment from a senior examiner, displayed on the PowerPoint. Students are tasked to match the examiners comments to the electric tags, and, using the tick grid in 'The Essay' handout, award the essays a mark.
In session 2 (which I usually do a week later), the students are given one of two handouts, which contain two essays that have been typed for ease of reading (the plans have been included), but also contain numbered tags that refer to a comment from a senior examiner. Every student reviews essay number 5 and then use the comments from the PowerPoint to match the examiners comments, and give the essay a mark using the marking guidelines (in 'The Essay' handout). However, the second essay is different (essay no. 1 or no. 8) and I tend to give out alternate essays to students sat next to one another. Students are then given a small slip of paper containing the first 7-9 examiners comments - the final 3-4 they have to attempt to determine what the comment might be about and use their intuition to then give the essay a mark. I then usually ask the students to talk about what was good about the essay and why they awarded it the mark they did. If you are not too pushed for time, this could obviously be taken further!
The other document, 'practice essay plans' contains a 15 essay titles and space for students to practice planning. I usually set these as starters, but in my experience I would strongly recommend the students complete the plans under timed conditions. While first attempting essay plans, I offer the option for students to use 'The Essay' handout, as this contains a list of all topic areas in the specification as some might not be able to recall topic areas relevant to the essay title. After a few (5-6) attempts at planning, I tend to remove this as an option and the students plan under timed exam conditions, with a particular focus on how they will consider the sequence of paragraphs, so there are links between paragraphs, and how they might focus the essay on the title.
Complete set of pre-work, PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for four 1.5 hour lessons covering the AS / Year 1 Biology, topic 2: Nucleic acids.
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 will be included shortly. I task my students to assess at least one exemplar topic overview 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.
Complete set of PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for (approximately) six 1.5 hour lessons covering Year topic no. 8 DNA, Genes & Protein synthesis.
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 and perfecting 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 (Lowrie & Smith) for some independent study.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
Complete set of PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for (approximately) four 1.5 hour lessons covering Year 1 topic no. 9 genetic diversity.
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 and perfecting 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 AS Level Biology Student Book (Lowrie & Smith) for some independent study.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
Complete set of pre-work, PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for four 1.5 hour lessons covering Year 2 topic no. 19: Populations.
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 2 (Lowrie & Smith) for some independent study.
The pre-work contains links to websites and 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 and an exemplar topic overview has been included in this bundle.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
Complete set of pre-work, PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for four 1.5 hour lessons covering Year 2 topic no. 11: Photosynthesis.
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 2 (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.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
These materials have been trialed & refined this academic year. Last year on the old spec, these resources helped my classes to achieve ALPS scores of 1 and 2.
Complete set of PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for (approximately) 7 1.5 hour lessons covering Year 2 topic no. 17 Homeostasis.
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 2 (Lowrie & Smith) for some independent study.
If upon purchasing these resources, you need any support, I'll do my utmost to help.
Complete set of pre-work, PowerPoints, bespoke student class notes, any additional resources and marks schemes for nine 1.5 hour lessons covering the AS / Year 1 Biology topic of Biological molecules, including enzymes (AQA). The Student notes are available to download separately, so you can view these in their entirety.
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.
