'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
'If you keep trying the same old things, you'll keep getting the same old results'. Imaginative teaching ideas help stimulate students and improve student retention. I don't claim to be an expert but I hope that some of my ideas will help other teachers.
This resource is a lesson with activities covering the organisation of the nervous system content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: Key information covering the autonomic and somatic nervous system
4: A nervous system questioning activity
5: A set of notes for students to use
6: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
7: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the transport systems in plants content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill in
3: An information hunt starter activity
4: A key information sheet
5: Transpirations & translocation activities
6: A vascular tissue activity
7: A group discussion activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the stem cells and their uses content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A literacy activity
4: A uses of stem cells activity
5: A use of stem cells to treat diabetes activity
6: A set of notes for students to use
7: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
8: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the mitosis content in most A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A mitosis stage activity with sheet for students to fill in
4: A mitotic index activity
5: An assessment question
6: A video showing how mitosis can be modelled
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson & activities covering the cell cycle content in A Level specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A cell cycle activity with student sheet
4: A dice assessment activity
5: A control of cell cycle activity
6: An assessment question
7: A set of notes for students to use
8: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
9: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the translocation in plants content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill out during the lesson
3: A key information starter game
4: A key information literacy activity
5: A translocation model activity
6: A group presentation activity
7: A series of short assessment questions
8: A slide that can be used for flipped learning
9: A set of notes for students to use
10: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
11: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering plant adaptations to water availability content in A Level Biology specifications. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A sheet for students to fill in during the lesson
3: A key information starter game
4: An adaptation to low water activity
5: An adaptation to living in water activity
6: A key information analysis activity
7: A group presentation activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the transpiration content of the 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource contains
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A transpiration literacy activity
3: A card sort activity
4: A stomata presentation activity
5: Transpiration stage cards
6: Factors affecting transpiration activity
7: A cohesion / adhesion of water activity
8: A set of notes for students to use
9: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
10: A link to a bespoke video that goes through the lesson that can be used for remote learning
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This resource is a series of lessons covering the immunity & communicable diseases content in the OCR A Level Biology specification. This bundle includes lessons covering:
1: Antibodies & antitoxins
2: Non specific immunity
3: Phagocytosis
4: Pathogens
5: Plant defences
6: Vaccination
7: Cell mediated immunity
8: Humoral immunity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the basics of glucose regulation within the body. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A worksheet for students to work through
3: A control of blood glucose modeling activity
4: A video showing how to carry out the modeling activity
5: A student set of notes
6: A modeling activity
7: A key information identification activity
8: A 6 mark plenary question
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This set of 4 lessons include content covering mutations & variation, body plans, the control of gene expression and the Lac Operon. Also included is a student workbook on the genetics of living systems.
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
Description
This set of 4 lessons include content covering natural selection & evolution, types of variation, the evidence for evolution, classification and the 5 kingdoms. Also included is a student workbook on evolution & classification.
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
Description
This set of 4 lessons include content covering an introduction to gas exchange surfaces, gas exchange in insects and gas exchange in fish. Also included is a student workbook on gas exchange systems.
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This set of 4 lessons include content covering:
Action Potentials
Resting Potentials
Organisation of the nervous system
Neurones & nerve cells
Reflexes
Sensory receptors
Synapses
The brain
Also included are a set of summary notes, a workbook and a interactive note book
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This set of 4 lessons include content covering the cell cycle, mitosis, meiosis and stem cells. There is also a work book and revision flash cards included
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 4 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This set of 5 lessons include content covering:
Blood vessels
Blood, tissue fluid & lymph
Types of circulation
The heart
Transport of oxygen & carbon dioxide
There is also a work book included
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 5 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This set of 5 lessons include content covering:
Transport in plants
Plant adaptations
Translocation
Transpiration
Water movement in plants
There is also a work book and a set of flash card design instructions included
General Lesson Design:
Some of the general content that all 5 lessons contain is:
A power point containing notes for students
A power point with activities to use with students
A range of model ideas to use with students
Activity sheets for students to use
Links to bespoke videos
Terms of Use
This resource was created by David Chalk, all rights reserved. It may be used by the original purchaser for single class use only. Teachers may distribute this product in email, through google classroom or over the Internet to their students (and parents) as long as the site is password protected. In other words, you may distribute it to your own students, but may not put it on the Internet where it could be publicly found and downloaded.
This resource is a series of well resourced lessons covering the bioenergetics section of the 2016 AQA Biology specification. These lessons fit in with the SOW released by AQA.
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