AQA As Biology 2011.
A set of lungs will have to be requested before the lesson if you wish to carry out the demo (although it is not necessary to the lesson). I also use a cauliflower and cut it up as a model for the alveoli. Students could also critique this model to develop their HSW skills.
This lesson is designed as one half of a double lesson.
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Students develop their HSW skills during the lesson by creating a dichotomous key. Students also recap prior knowledge of animal and plant cell structure and are introduced to a number of specialised cells. Students are encouraged to cut out and sort the cells as they draw their diagrams, as a visual and kinaesthetic activity. The plenary involves students identifying key features of a cell to try and determine its function.
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Lesson and activities for AQAs 1.3 Lifestyle and health. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.
A year 7 introduction to reproduction. Students are asked to write any words they know associated with reproduction - this is a good point to discuss what is slang and which words will be acceptable to use in science. Students are then asked to come up with their own rules for how to behave in the lessons on reproduction. Students also came up with consequences for breaking these rules. Students then share any previous knowledge by completing the table. The lesson ends with an anonymous question-answering session.
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Lesson and activities for AQAs AS Biology 4.3 Gas exchange in the lungs. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.
Lesson and activities for AQAs A2 Biology 1.3 Variation in population size. Any reference to questions and/or pages from the book refer to Nelson Thorne's AQA A2 Biology student book, ISBN 978-0748798131.
Year 8 revision lesson on 'How living things interact&' - covers food webs, food chains, pyramids of number, pyramids of biomass etc. Activities include describing game, key words bingo and multiple choice quiz.
Lesson and activities for AQAs AS Biology 6.1 Defence mechanisms. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.
AQA As Biology 2011.
The starter is students looking at their agar plates from prev. lesson and answering the questions to elicit a response regarding optimum conditions for growth.
Students apply this knowledge to work out sites of entry for pathogens. They post-its to label one another, then present their findings to the rest of the group.
The 'some' outcome is discussed as a group, then students then write an answer.
The final slide was printed and given to the students so that they could annotate it as it was discussed.
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Lesson and activities for AQAs AS Biology 4.4 Pulmonary Tuberculosis. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.
Lesson plan and activities based around natural defences and the usefulness of handwashing against microbes. Includes a practical activity with instructions.
Lesson and activities for AQAs 1.2 Data and disease. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.