Suited towards KS3 students (yrs 11-14)
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify ways that organisms adapt to change.
Describe what is meant by predator-prey relationships.
Explain why organisms change through the seasons.
Created for BTEC Applied Science Nationals - Unit 4 Assignment A.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify hazards within a school lab.
Describe how these hazards are controlled.
Explain why these precautions are necessary.
Created for BTEC Applied Science Nationals - Unit 4 Assignment A.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identifiy similarities and differences between a school lab and professional lab.
Describe the uses of specialist equipment: Centrifuge and analyser.
Explain why computer systems are used in professional laboratories.
Suited towards KS3 students (yrs 11-14)
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify types of variation
Compare continuous and discontinuous variation.
Create graphs to show continuous and discontinuous variation.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify parts of the autonomic nervous system.
Describe how the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system help the body.
Explain why chemoreceptors and baroreceptors are needed by the body.
Explain why Dementia with Lewy Bodies and Guillain-Barre syndrome affect the body.
By the end of the lesson I will be able to:
Identify the moving parts of the respiratory system.
Describe how the breathing mechanism works.
Create a model of the respiratory system.
Lessons created to complement the activate 3 unit of work - Detection in biology.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State the meanings of the terms: Magnification and resolution.
Compare an electron and light microscope.
Justify why electron and light microscopes are used for forensic evidence.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the steps of cheese and yogurt production.
Describe the role of bacteria in fermentation.
Compare the production of cheese and yogurt.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should work with PowerPoint, but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the key characteristics of fossils of the oldest primate.
Describe the process of peer review.
Explain how a recent fossil find makes scientists question earlier explanations about evolution.
The entire unit of work for turning points in Biology in the activate 3 SoW.
Files have been used to great impact on google slides. All features should still work on microsoft powerpoint.
All answers are included and is suitable to be delivered by a non-subect specialist.
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons iBTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Consists of 52 slides
Slides were designed on Powerpoint and includes minor guidance on how to structure their coursework.
Success criteria:
To recall that cancer is the formation of malignant cells which reproduce uncontrollably.
To describe the physiological cause of cancer.
To justify why cancer is difficult to treat.
Resource designed to use when delivering the Pearsons iBTEC Applied Science:
Unit 5: Principles and Applications of Biology II
Learning aim A: Understand biological molecules and pathways and their effect on the body
Consists of 6 slides
Slides were designed on Powerpoint and includes minor guidance on how to structure their coursework.
Success criteria:
I can identify where carbohyrates are found and their structure.
I can describe how some carbohydrates are different to each other.
I can Explain why carbohydrates are needed by the body.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the reactants and products of photosynthesis.
Describe how a leaf is adapted for its function.
Explain why the leaf requires guard cells.
Compare root cells and cells of a plant’s leaf.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify substances that are present in the soil.
Describe how a plant intakes these substances.
Compare osmosis and active transport.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify substances that are transported in the xylem and phloem.
Describe how a plant transports sucrose and water.
Explain why the phloem and xylem are good at their roles of transport.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the factor that increases risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Describe how a person can be tested to be at risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
Explain the importance of controlling and reversing diabetes type 2.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the main components of the heart.
Describe the journey of blood through the heart.
Describe how to calculate cardiac output.
Explain the importance of valves in the heart.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
List the names and order the stages of the cell cycle including mitosis.
Describe what happens in each stage of the cell cycle, including mitosis.
Describe how mitosis produces genetically identical, diploid cells.
Explain why mitosis is important.
Includes an entire slow animation of the entire mitosis process (60 slides)
Includes scaffolded questions to allow access for all learners - 74 slides in total.
Suitable for KS3 and KS4.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify a parasite.
Identify a host.
Describe parasitism and mutualism.
Explain why organisms choose mutualism.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify biotic factors within an ecosystem.
Describe how biotic factors can affect an ecosystem.
Describe what will happen if the number of prey increases.
Explain why it is important for the population of predators to remain below a certain threshold.