'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 GCSE Bioenergetics work-booklet that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Biology specification in the cells section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Photosynthesis
Rate of photosynthesis
Uses of glucose from photosynthesis.
Respiration – aerobic and anaerobic
Response to exercise
Metabolism
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content. In particular there are lots of data analysis activities to help prepare students for the increase in maths content within the exams.
Also included to accompany this work booklet is a revision lesson with a range of activities which will help students fill it out.
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This resource is a GCSE Cells work-booklet that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Biology specification in the cells section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Cell structure
Cell jobs
Diffusion
Active transport
Osmosis
Cell types
The cell cycle & mitosis
Growing microbe
Stem cells
Magnification
Making slides
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
Also included to accompany this work booklet is a revision lesson with a range of activities which will help students fill it out.
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This resource is a set of lessons to help students work through the required practicals in the 2015 AQA Physics specification. Each lesson includes some background information or practical skill task, how to carry the practical out, how to record results, the variables in the practical when appropriate and a 6 mark AFL question. The practicals covered in this resource are:
1: SHC
2: Insulation
3: Density
4: Resistance
5: I-V Charecteristics
6: Insulation
7: Light
8: Radiation & absorption
9: Force & stretching
10: Acceleration
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This resource is a revision lesson with activities designed to cover the infection & response content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
A power point to lead students through the lesson
An immune system snakes & ladders game
A vaccination spag activity
A key information dice game
A drug development literacy game
A marking a 6 mark question activity
A construct a mark scheme for a 6 mark question on monoclonal antibodies activity
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This resource is a GCSE Cells work-booklet that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Biology specification in the infection & response section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Communicable (infectious) diseases
viral diseases
bacterial diseases
fungal diseases
protest diseases eg. malaria
human defence systems
vaccination / antibiotics and painkillers / discovery and development of drugs.
Producing and using monoclonal antibodies.
Detection and identification of plant diseases
plant defence responses.
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
Also included to accompany this work booklet is a revision lesson with a range of activities which will help students fill it out.
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This resource is a GCSE Cells work-booklet that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Biology specification in the biological organisation section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Animal tissues
organs and organ systems
human digestive system
heart and blood vessels
blood
coronary heart disease
health issues
life style and non-communicable diseases / cancer.
Plant tissues and organ systems.
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
Also included to accompany this work booklet is a revision lesson with a range of activities which will help students fill it out.
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This resource is a GCSE energy changes revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Chemistry specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Energy level diagrams
Endo & exothermic reactions
Collision theory
Bond energy calculations
Batteries
Hydrogen fuel cells
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a GCSE biological organisation revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Biology specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Animal tissues
organs and organ systems
human digestive system
heart and blood vessels
blood
coronary heart disease
health issues
life style and non-communicable diseases / cancer.
Plant tissues and organ systems.
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a A Level Biology, neuronal communication revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the A Level Biology 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Nerves & neurones
Generator potential
Resting potentials
Action potentials
Propagation of an action potential
Synapses
Structure of the nervous system
The brain
Reflexes
Muscles
Sliding filament model
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a bundle of 4 GCSE Physics paper 1 work-booklets that will help enable students to revise the 4 sections in the first Physics paper. The workbooks in this resource cover:
1: Atomic structure
2: Electricity
3: Energy
4: Particle model of matter
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This resource is a bundle of 5 GCSE Chemistry paper 2 work-booklets that will help enable students to revise the 5 sections in the second Biology paper. The workbooks in this resource cover:
1: Chemical analysis
2: Organic chemistry
3: Rate of reaction
4: The atmosphere
5: Using resources
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This resource is a GCSE Chemistry, chemical analysis revision workbook that will help enable students to revise this topic and has been written to cover all of the key points in the GCSE Chemistry 2015 specification in this section. The main areas covered in this work booklet are:
Purity
Chromatography
Flame tests
Testing for sulphides
Testing for carbonates
Testing for metal ions
Instrumental analysis
Within the booklet are a range of different activities for students to work through to help them remember the content.
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This resource is a bundle of 4 GCSE Physics paper 2 work-booklets that will help enable students to revise the 5 sections in the second Biology paper. The workbooks in this resource cover:
1: Forces
2: Magnets & electromagnetism
3: Space
4: Waves
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This resource is a whole lesson on static electricity covering what is required by the 2015 AQA Physics spec. This lesson includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An information hunt
3: A dice AFL game
4: A literacy activity
5: A series of suggested demos
6: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson and activities covering the negative feedback section of the new 2016 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: An AFL dice game
3: An information sheet
4: A literacy questioning activity
5: A card sort activity
6: A reading for purpose activity
7: A starter game on negative feedback
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 stem cells content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point with activities to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter game
3: A key information literacy activity
4: A uses of stem cells discussion activity
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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 reaction time required practical content of the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A literacy starter activity
3: A reaction time conversion table
4: A booklet for students to work through while working through the investigation
5: A 6 mark plenary question
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This resource is a lesson with activities covering the kidney failure content in the 2015 AQA Biology specification. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: A key information starter game
3: A reading for meaning activity
4: 2 modeling activities
5: 2 videos showing how to carry out the modeling activities
6: A 6 mark AFL question
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This resource is a lesson with activities based to the effect of adrenaline on cells. This resource includes:
1: A power point to lead students through the lesson
2: An adrenaline literacy activity
3: An assessment dice game
4: A student sheet
5: An adrenaline action modeling activity
6: A set of 3 plenary questions
7: A video showing how the modeling activity is run
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 set of 23 A Level Biology games that can be used to help get students describing different concepts within different topics either as part of normal lessons or as revision.
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