Students arrive prior to the lesson have completed their pre reading
Students then complete a circus of activities.
You will need to get a copy of the Wellcome Trust Big Picture: Influenza to accompany this lesson
Prior to the lesson students need to have completed the pre reading sheet
Starter - Word fill based on previous lesson
Main - Students translate DNA to determine the mutation, then they translate the protein to see the effect on the protein and write a brief statement which is then compared to a pre-prepared brief statement.
Plenary - Exam Questions with Mark Scheme
Pre reading completed before the lesson.
Students have a RNA sheet to fill in as they enter to check their knowledge.
Students then play Splat to check keyword knowledge
Students then work in groups to achieve 100% on the 6 exam questions (approx 40 marks)
Finish off with a Kahoot online quiz.
Students complete their notes using the flipped worksheet to guide them.
Instructions in the PowerPoint to guide you to deliver this lesson. Covers 2 topics in the book, but covered in one lesson.
Support and extension materials throughout.
Starter - Looking at some questions addressing the previous lessons content
Main - Intro to content then a market place activity. All instructions and minimum requirements are included, you just need to provide the materials for them to find the information. Textbooks will have everything, but you could add websites too.
Plenary - Exam question with markscheme
Revision sheets for Unit 2 of the Biology AQA GCSE course. Covering:
B10 - The Human Nervous System
B11 - Hormonal Coordination
B12 - Homeostasis in Action (GCSE Biology Only)
B13 - Reproduction
B14 - Variation and Evolution
B15 - Genetics and Evolution
B16 - Adaptations, Interdependence and Competition
B17 - Organising an Ecosystem
B18 - Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Starter - Cut and stick on what you already know (worksheet is at the back of the powerpoint)
Main - Go through all the organs, and what they do. Start to compare the functions of the nervous system and the endocrine system
Plenary - 5 mark compare question
All answers are included in the powerpoint
Starts by introducing the difference between a conscious and a reflex response, students have several activities to complete on a worksheet (all answers are on the slides) and then finishing with how to answer a compare question, and then one for the students to complete.
There is also an optional points to prove task which could be set as pre-reading, homework, or cover.
Starter - Pupils exploring the blind spot
Main - Labelling of the eye, discussion of what happens to the pupil in light and dark, then exploring how it does that. Dissection of the eye.
Plenary - Levelled exam questions with markscheme