KS3 Chromatography.
Designed for a lesson observation, which was graded outstanding.
Includes:
- Powerpoint which sets the scenario for students (classroom pet kidnapped; ransom note left behind; three suspects)
- Learning objective checklist- can be used as a starter/mini-plenary/plenary
- Evidence cards of the 'suspects'
- Method tick list
- Police report for students to fill in with their results
OCR A2 Biology Module 5 (New specification). All answers to exam practice questions included in presentation.
***Video links are included in the notes section now (if the embedded video does not work)***
Presentation includes:
- lesson objectives
- engaging starter- reviewing 'fight or flight' response & introducing hormonal control of heart rate
- embedded video to review AS knowledge of electrical control of the heart
- concept map about chemoreceptors & baroreceptors; exam practice questions (print & enlarge to A3) for students to fill in
- OCR past exam paper question & answer included
- maths skills in Biology exam practice questions & answers included.
C2 1.1 (Activate 2 Textbook) Metals & Non-metals lesson: includes activity on sorting properties of metals & non-metals; video on metalloids; introduction to how acid rain is formed.
New specification OCR Biology A. Linked with Oxford Press Year 2 Biology A Textbook.
Powerpoint lesson includes: practical activities investigating reflex actions; exam practice questions & answers; mark scheme.
Used for an interview lesson observation which was graded outstanding.
12 page booklet with exam practice questions (differentiated into green/amber/red) on genetic diagrams involving codominance &sex-linked characteristics. Glossary of key terms included in booklet.
Presentation includes: million pound sweet drop live game; answers for all questions in the booklet.
Exam Practice questions from the ecology section on module 6; difference between intraspecific & interspecific competition; competitive exclusion principle; past paper exam questions for students to complete which are differentiated into green/amber/red (mark schemes included); plenary: word taboo.
Note: I print the green/amber/red questions in packs which students work together in groups to answer within a time limit. Then rotate questions with another group to correct/annotate before marking.
Introduction to biomolecules (module 2) with an independent learning tasks on researching the definitions of ionic bonds, covalent bonds, hydrogen bonds, ions (anions & cations) monomers and polymers. ; practical activities investigating the properties of water; plenary: multiple choice quiz
Exam questions & mark schemes for all 3 ecosystems.
Jigsaw group task: Each group has a different assigned ecosystem
(Masai Mara/Terai region/Peat bogs); concept maps to fill in for each ecosystem included in the powerpoint.