Revision sheet for AS biology for the core practicals, including summary of method, expected results and possible evaluation issues. This is for the old 2008 Edexcel biology A level course but it will still be relevant in part to the new Edexcel Biology A course

Summary for all of the practicals for Edexcel A2 biology This is for the old 2008 Edexcel biology A level course but it will still be relevant in part to the new Edexcel Biology A course

a booklet that I have constructed to give to year 10 (and 11) for support in the ISA. We add in a copy of the definitions from AQA as well

A task to get students to re-enact (sort of!) what Dr John Snow did in terms of identifying the causes of an outbreak of cholera in london. finding the real cause - story of Snow finding the real cause graph - a gridded version of the map of London where Snow did his work finding the real cause graph data - points to plot on the graph showing the water pumps and the cases (fictional) of cholera students then have to assess their graph and decide what it tells them and then what they shoudl do next

mark scheme for an essay on blood and circulation to help train students in referencing etc as it matches those aspects of the EDEXCEL coursework.

mark scheme for an essay on water to help train students in referencing etc as it matches those aspects of the EDEXCEL coursework.

These tasks each focus on a different part of the additional science investigation (or the core science data analysis) and can be used as practices to get students used to the format. Each contains a mark scheme and some have parts that can be given as homework to train students in researching for these tasks!

an analogy that I have written to help students to understand the basic process for protein synthesis. Students seem to really like it and understand from the analogy.

co-ordinates and basic map for students to plot, (in different colours) earthquakes and volcanoes. The aim is for them to see that the majority occur near the edges of the plates. adapted from an old Hodder B KS3 science resource

worksheet looking at characterisitics in 5 cows and 5 bulls. Student answer the questions by selecting the correct pair from their description.

A good homework activity. Simple comprehension on penicillin and its discovery. Good how science works.

I have used this sheet only with a practice ISA to help students to learn how to research their topic. It can be edited for whichever hypothesis you want and we got the students to use this in the computer room to research their ISA planning sheet. They then use the full information to write their ISA notes sheet. This also means that they can keep this sheet for revision to revise from before their tests and to help them to remember what their notes sheet means. For the real thing, they will create their own.

mark scheme for an essay on DNA profiling

mark scheme for an essay on CVD to help train students in referencing etc as it matches those aspects of the EDEXCEL coursework.

a good plenary or starter

hand drawn (and scanned) cartoon showing a simple nitrogen and a simple carbon cycle

a simple comprehension task on smallpox and immunisation

mark scheme for an essay on antibiotics and C.difficile and MRSA to help train students in referencing

use the idea of a record producer to get students to write a song about food and digestion. split the class into 4 groups, each has a different character with a different music style. They have to create a song for their musical character. The pdf is an image for the IWB

A summary sheet for students to help them to revise for the core practicals in the AQA GCSE Trilogy biology part of the course. The sheet provides independent, dependent variables (where relevant), controls, equipment list, summary method and key evaluation points for each practical to enable students to review the practicals that they have completed.