AQA As Biology 2011. Some content was taken from another TES user (thank you!). The questions in the student textbook are with regards to the Nelson Thornes for AQA As Biology. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

NEW KS3 Plant organs and plant minerals - Based on the Activate SoL - This lesson covers: - The main organs of a plant - The function of each of the plant organs - The role of each of the main nutrients in plant health This lesson includes: - Powerpoint file (whole lesson) - Poster circus activity (based on another resource) - Home learning activity (adapted from another resource)

NEW GCSE 2016 Coronary Heart Disease (previously Artificial or Real) - Based on the AQA Specification - this lesson covers: - when artificial hearts, valves, stents and blood are used. - how artificial aids can prolong life. - evaluating the use of artificial aids to circulation to prolong life. This lesson includes: - Home learning activity - Starter activity and worksheets (adapted from a creative commons free resource on TES, thank you!)

Orginally designed for a high ability year 8 group to cut and stick the organisms, drawing lines to show the feeding relationships. The blank card was left for the pupils to draw the sun, but this could be taken out/sun drawn on for the pupils depending on ability. This activity was also used with an SEN year 9 class for revision. The cards were laminated and cut out for them, as were the arrows. Pupils then sorted the cards into simple food chains and expanded as they wished - these were then noted down in their books.

Designed for a second set year 10 class as an introduction to genetic engineering. This was run as a cut and stick activity, but if it was printed in colour it could be done as a card sorting activity, also. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

Year 7 lesson as an introduction to the concepts of tissues & organs. Students watch the video about the F1 pitstop team as an introduction. Students then copy down the diagram and complete the CLOZE passage. Students are introduced to the location of some of the major organs of the body by completing a cut and stick exercise. I also used a model of the human body to help illustrate this. As a plenary, students vote of true/false questions - could also be done with red/green cards. Please rate é comment as appropriate.

NEW GCSE 2016 Diffusion - This lesson is based on the AQA Specification - This lesson covers: - The definition of diffusion - Relating diffusion to surface area - Why diffusion is important to cells This lesson contains: - Powerpoint file (whole lesson) Questions are from the new Kerboodle GCSE 1-9 textbook.

NEW GCSE 2016 Activate transport - Based on the AQA Specification - this lesson covers: - The definition of active transport - The differences between active transport, diffusion and osmosis This lesson contains: -Powerpoint (whole lesson - based on the legacy course) - Exam questions and markscheme

Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.1 Plant adaptations. Any page references are for OUPs 'AQA GCSE Science&' book - ISBN 978-0-19-913583-7.

Lesson plan and activities based around dinosaur extinction theories. Students look at a number of theories, summarise them and then prepare an argument as to which theory they believe to hold the most weighting. Allows students to develop skills in scientific explanations (in particular justification).

Lesson plan and activities for year 8 food webs and feeding relationships. Contains a cut and stick activity which could be used for display purposes and/or peer assessment.

The lesson involves students recapping knowledge on cells and specialised cells from the first part of the unit. They then make plasticine models of the reproductive organs and label diagrams of the reproductive organs. Students can then be given the opportunity to improve their models. The lesson ends with a mini-whiteboard plenary. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.1 Diet & Health. Any page references are for OUPs 'AQA GCSE Science&' book - ISBN 978-0-19-913583-7.

The idea of cell division is discussed as a starter. Students then look at pre-prepared slides of cells at different stages of division and try to determine the correct order. There is a slide with cells at different stages of division also, if pre-prepared slides are not available. Students attempt to determine the order. The lesson ends with a discussion of the big question. Please rate & comment as appropriate.

Lesson and activities for AQAs AS Biology 9.1 Genetic variation & the founder effect. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.

Scheme of Work, adapted from the AQA ELC spec and cross-referenced against the Spec for AQA science A core. Designed for a SEN class with MLD to cover science core over 2 years.

NEW KS3 Variation - Based on the Activate SoL - This lesson covers: - Environmental and inherited (genetic) variation This lesson contains: -Powerpoint file (whole lesson - adapted from another resource) - Worksheet -EAL/SEN worksheet

Lesson plan and activities for year 7 on pregnanacy. Lesson covers stages of development in the foetus as well as new key words and diagrams. Includes an AfL plenary task.

AQA As Biology 2011. Students copy down definitions as part of a starter activity. The cardiac cycle is then explained and discussed with the students, as well as pressure and volume changes in the heart (these are marked on the graphs with a red vertical line). The flipchart exercise was taken from TES from another user (thank you!!). Students also completed a 3-part description of the events of the cardiac cycle (attached). The practice exam questions were also taken from another TES user (many thanks!) Please rate & comment as appropriate.

Pupils are provided with examples of organisms and their environments. Pupils must then match up the correct organism with the corrext environment, by writing the organism's name in the table. Designed for an SEN year 9 class to use for revision, but could be adapted to be used for years 7 and 8, also.