'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 broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on fractional distillation
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on muscle contraction
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on the menstrual cycle.
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This resource is a broken down practice exam question to help improve exam technique when answering exam questions on synapses
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This resource is a set of multiple choice questions to help students revise A Level Biology questions on cells
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This resource is a A Level Biology, pathogens & immunity workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Plant & animal diseases
Types of pathogen
Disease transmission
Plant defences
Non specific immunity
Antibodies
Humoral immunity
Acquired immunity
Phagocytosis
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This resource is a A Level Biology, genetics of living systems workbook that will help enable students to work through and revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. This workbook contains:
Notes for each section
Activities for students to work through
Exam style questions to aid with revision
A revision plan for students to use
The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Mutations
Lac operon
The control of genetics
Body plans & homeobox genes
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the natural selection & evolution content in the new 2015 OCR AS Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A natural selection card sort activity
3: A selection information hunt activity
4: An examples of natural selection group activity
5: A student sheet for them to fill out during the lesson
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This resource is a lesson with activities that covers the autoimmune disease 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 type 1 diabetes activity
4: A presentation activity
5: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
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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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Homeostasis
• Glucose control
• Water control
• Temperature control
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Multi choice plenary questions
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark water control question
10: A glucose control literacy activity
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• The nervous system and nerves
• Synapses
• Reflexes
• Reaction time required prac
• The eye
• The brain
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: Student modeling activities
6: Links to the specification
7: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
8: A 6 mark reaction time and synapse question
9: An eye game
10: A muti choice question activity
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Introducing the perfect solution for students to ace their AQA GCSE Science exams! This resource comes with a PowerPoint presentation that introduces the content gradually, along with plenty of opportunities to check their understanding and apply their knowledge in exam questions. This resource covers:
• Variation
• Cloning
• Genetic engineering
• Evolution
• Speciation
• Evidence of evolution
The lessons provided are appropriate for the following specifications:
• Trilogy
• Synergy
• Separate Science Biology
This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A set of notes for students to use
3: A version of the lesson that can be used just from the front of the room
4: Instructions to help students make their own notes
5: A genetic engineering diagram for students to annotate
6: A fossils literacy activity
7: Links to the specification
8: Plenty of practice exam style questions throughout
9: A 6 mark genetic engineering question
10: A cloning spag activity
11: A muti choice question activity
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the farming techniques content in the 2015 AQA GCSE Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information literacy starter activity
3: Information on organic and intensive farming
4: An organic farming activity
5: An intensively farming chickens 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 that covers the protein structure content in the 2015 OCR A Level Biology specification. This resource contains:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An amino acid structure starter activity
3: A student modelling activity
4: A range of exam style questions throughout
5: A sheet for students to work through during the lesson
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 quick fire set of plenary questions
9: An optional teacher modelling activity
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on water treatment. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on water filters
4: A question on desalination
5: Questions on water treatment
6: A data analysis question on sewage
7: A question on sewage treatment
8: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
9: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on digestion & enzymes. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A questions on the lock and key mechanism
4: A questions on amylase action
5: A question on the break down of proteins
6: A questions on where enzymes are found in the digestive system
7: A questions on enzymes produced by the pancreas
8: A questions on the small intestines
9: A questions on the enzymes required practical
10: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
11: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on Biology required practicals. For each required practical there is an explanation of how to carry it out, a long answer question looking at getting students to write methods, a diagram / model to help students write a method and an answer to each question. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A slide on key vocabulary to do with practicals
4: A question looking at the osmosis required practical
5: A question looking at the photosynthesis required practical
6: A question looking at the sampling required practical
7: A question looking at the growing microbes required practical
8: A question looking at the plant tropisms required practical
9: A question looking at the reaction time required practical
10: A question looking at the plant tropisms required practical
11: A question looking at the decay required practical
12: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
13: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on pathogens & immunity. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question about Semmelweiss
4: A question on gonorrhoea
5: A question on Salmonella
6: A question on viral diseases
7: A question on fungal disease
8: A question on immunity
9: A question on vaccination
10: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
11: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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This resource is a lesson focused on improving students exam technique when answering questions on group 1, 7 & 0 elements. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: 4 slides on how to generally improve Science exam technique
3: A question on the function of the endocrine system
4: A question comparing the nervous & endocrine system
5: A question on the control of blood glucose
6: Questions on reproductive hormones
7: A question on the menstrual cycle
8: A question on contraception
9: A question on treating infertility
10: A question on TSH & negative feedback
11: A set of questions for students to work through during the lesson
12: A version of the power point for students to use
This lesson is designed to take 1 hour. After taking to students generally about exam technique the lesson has been designed to go through content, get students to complete exam style questions then go through the answers with students which are integrated into the power point.
This resource can be used with individual classes or if you have a hall free to use, for intervention sessions with large groups of students. The structure of the lesson has been designed to enable students to work at a fast pace and reflect on their own progress throughout as well as giving the teacher the opportunity to spot any gaps in students knowledge
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