I have been teaching Biology for 20 years and I have struggled to find concise and engaging resources for teaching Biology, which is why I have set about creating my own.
I hope that my resources are enjoyed by your pupils and of course support their learning of such an interesting and great subject.
I have been teaching Biology for 20 years and I have struggled to find concise and engaging resources for teaching Biology, which is why I have set about creating my own.
I hope that my resources are enjoyed by your pupils and of course support their learning of such an interesting and great subject.
A visual summary of the 4 main biochemical/food tests for students to complete.
Tests covered are for starch, reducing sugar, protein and lipids. Answers are provided for the teacher.
An A4 poster of the Carbon Cycle for GCSE Biology students to label and learn the key parts of the carbon cycle. This is a free taster of one of the worksheet/posters available from a premium resource I have available for sale on the Carbon Cycle (link below). I have included the answer sheet too for the teacher. If you like my resources please do leave a review, thank you :)
A visually appealing worksheet/placemat for GCSE students on the Nervous System, focusing on the structure and role of neurones. Perfect for use when both teaching the topic area and also when revising. The worksheet will help students learn about the structure and function of neurones in the nervous system and also familiarise themselves with key words. It should take approximately 10-15 minutes to complete the activities, which pupils can independently work through. As a suggestion the resource could be laminated and completed by students using OHP pens and then cleaned off for future use with other pupils. The worksheet could even be used as a progress test with students too.
This is part of a worksheet pack available on the nervous system. The pack also covers reflex actions and synapses and all worksheets are accompanied by an answer sheet. Follow the link below to view:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-biology-the-nervous-system-worksheet-pack-updated-11245346
A free taster of one of the Year 3 Science Plant topic worksheets.
This worksheet is part of a comprehensive collection of Science worksheets focusing on the plant topic for Year 3 pupils.
The worksheets are designed to be visually appealing for primary school children and can be coloured in too. The worksheets encourage independent learning as the pupils can work through them following the clear instructions given on the sheet.
The Worksheets are useful when learning the topic, revising the topic and/or assessing your pupils' knowledge and understanding of the topic. The worksheets are useful to project on the board too as you teach the topic and can be filled in using a smart board if desired.
The Year 3 plant topic worksheet pack for sale covers the following:
1.) Parts of a flowering plant and the role of the parts
2.) Requirements of plants to live and grow
3.) Parts of a flower and the role of the flower parts
4.) Pollination
5.) Seed dispersal
6.) Plant topic summary crossword
All worksheets come with a completed answer sheet, very useful for the non-specialist teaching Science.
A worksheet featuring key questions for pupils to answer about the coronavirus. ** Answers now included**
This could be used in a biology lesson as part of the topic on infectious diseases or even during a PSHE lesson, as many pupils are interested in this topic and want to know more.
Research could be carried out using the internet, there are plenty of excellent websites, such as the BBC and the WHO, where the answers to the questions can be sought.
With the exam period rapidly approaching this A3 wall planner will help your students plan and prepare for their exams.
The revision planning pack includes:
- An A3 wall planner, covering from the 11th April through to the end of June
- an A4 guidance sheet with advice on how to make the most of the planner
- An A3 exemplar wall planner for students to refer to if needed
- 6 x A4 two week view revision planners for students to use if they wish to include more detail about their revision sessions- starts from 11th April and runs through to the end of June
I hope these resources are useful to your students, please do take a minute to review if you download and use, thank you :)
A free sample of a worksheet from the GCSE revision pack, targeted at students aiming for grade 5, produced in collaboration with a subject lead for Maths. Each worksheet contains nine questions clearly laid out and with space for the student’s response.
The topics covered by the revision pack include:
Exact values of trigonometric functions
Standard form
Area and perimeter of semi and quarter circles
Solving linear equations
Right angled trigonometry
Expanding brackets
Volume and surface area of a cylinder
Error intervals
Compound and simple interest
All answers are included on a separate sheet for the teacher.
This resource is perfect for use in revision sessions or set as a homework task to complete. The answer sheets make it easy for self or peer marking to take place in the classroom too.
This is a 25-30 minute lesson plan I have put together for anti-bullying week 2017.
The theme is about not being a bystander when bullying takes place.
I hope this may be if use to you in your own school.
It includes a lesson plan to support the presentation.
This is primarily aimed at Year 7 and 8 students; I have a slightly different version for Year 9 students and above using an alternative video clip - this is also available on TES
This A4 introductory sheet on genetic crosses is a sample from my premium resource pack on inheritance and genetic crosses.
The resources are designed to be engaging and visually appealing for GCSE Biology students, please do leave a review and view the full resource pack if you like the sample sheet :)
The Biology CIE IGCSE Classification and Cell Biology Multiple Choice Pack has forty multiple choice questions covering the following topics from the specification:
1 Characteristics and classification of living organsims
2 Organisation of living organisms
3 Movement into and out of cells
Uses of the Question Pack:
As a class exercise: students work through the question pack as individuals or in small groups with a competitive timed element and see which individual/team can get the most correct in the time allocated - this works well during revision sessions.
As a homework task for students to complete - there is an student answer document provided for students to write their answers into for marking.
As a formative assessment to identify topics covered by the questions that students may need to revisit.
As a summative assessment at the end of teaching the topics covered by the questions.
Or another way I have used the packs is to print off several copies and place in a labelled document wallet. During general exam preparation sessions, these are provided alongside other topic MCQ packs (I will be adding more topic packs soon as a bundle). Students can pick and choose which topic packs to attempt, but they don’t write on the question paper so it can be reused. Answers can be recorded in a printed copy of the student answer table. You can also print off a few of the mark schemes for pupils, and place in the folder too, so they can mark their own answers or peer mark.
There is two formats provided for the answers:
A table of correct answers which can be displayed or printed with all answers shown at the same time.
A PDF copy of the questions, marked up with the correct answers, this is great for displaying on an interactive board for discussion of the questions and their answers
These sheets provide a useful structure for students when investigating the Vitamin C content of different fruit juices.
When carrying out this investigation with Year 9 students we used 0.5ml of DCPIP in a boiling tube with 0.5ml of the fruit juice added at a time, until decolourisation occurred. We had a cut-off point of half way up the boiling tube in case the juice being investigated was particularly low in Vitamin C.
This is a free sample of the first worksheet from the osmosis investigation worksheet pack. If you would like to find out more or download the complete pack, please click on the below link:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-biology-osmosis-investigation-12256171
A free sample from a pack of 5 visually appealing and clearly laid out worksheets for primary school pupils, aimed at building confidence when telling the time.
Each worksheet is entitled ‘What time is it Mr Wolf?’ and features a cute wolf character to appeal to younger pupils. The wolf character can be coloured in for those pupils who complete the sheet early. There are 12 problems to answer on each sheet.
The worksheet includes the following:
1.) On the hour
2.) Half past the hour
3.) Quarter past the hour
4.) Quarter to the hour
5.) A mixture of all of the above
The worksheets could be used in the classroom for teaching and/or assessment or alternatively set as a homework task.
The Three Course Lesson Plan is designed to help teachers plan the structure and content of their lessons in a simple and quick way.
This free resource pack contains:
- An introductory info sheet
- An ideas sheet to help with the structure and content of lessons
- An exemplar to see the lesson plan in use (GCSE Heart structure and function)
- A blank copy for the teacher's own use when planning lessons
A free sample from a pack of 5 visually appealing and clearly laid out worksheets for primary school pupils, aimed at familiarising pupils with the value of the different coins currently used in the UK.
There are 12 problems to answer on each sheet.
The worksheets could be used in the classroom for teaching and/or assessment or alternatively set as a homework task.
A video that covers the Carbon cycle and is designed to be visually appealing for students (with accompanying audio). There is an accompanying worksheet available for pupils to complete on this topic (please see my other resources for download)
A free sheet for pupils to design their own Russian doll and colour in. This could be used to encourage a design competition either within the classroom or the whole school.
A free sheet for pupils to design their own rubber ducky and colour in. This could be used to encourage a design competition either within the classroom or the whole school.
A graph-labelling activity aimed at A level Biology students. This worksheet is designed to help students to get to grips with the action potential graph, its key stages and what causes the changes in charge across the neurone membrane in terms of ion movement.
An answer sheet is provided with full detail too.
A set of two colouring posters, to encourage the idea of what STEM is in primary schools. These posters could be used to encourage a colouring competition either within a science lesson or in the whole school.