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:
Identify the contents of an ecosystem.
Describe how organisms can be interdependent.
Describe how herbivores and carnivores interact.
Explain how to calculate the abundance of a population.
By the end of this lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the characteristics of growth.
Describe the role of differentiation
Describe how to read a percentile graph.
Explain the uses of a percentile graph.
Suitable for KS4.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify factors that reduce biodiversity.
Describe the effect of deforestation and extensive farming.
Describe the effect of reforestation and zoos.
Explain why humans are making an effort to preserve biodiversity.
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 abiotic factors.
Describe how to use a belt transect.
Describe the effect of pollutants.
Explain the importance of wildlife monitoring.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the meaning of the term chemosynthesis.
Describe the process of chemosynthesis.
Explain why chemosynthesis is necessary for some organisms.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the reactants and products of respiration.
Describe the process of aerobic respiration.
Explain why the body uses aerobic respiration.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the minerals a plant needs
Describe the effect of a lack of these on a plant
Explain why plants require some nutrients.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the contents of a food chain / food web.
Describe what a biomass pyramid shows.
Explain why numbers pyramids do not appear as pyramids.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the reactants and products of anaerobic respiration.
Describe the process of anaerobic respiration.
Explain why the body uses anaerobic respiration.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the 7 life processes.
Describe how to use a microscope.
Explain why microscopes are sometimes needed to confirm if a substance is alive or not.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the contents of animal and plant cells.
Describe the function of organelles.
Explain why animal cells need to consume food while plant cells do not.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify 2 methods of pest control.
Describe how the 2 methods work in reducing the amount of crop loss.
Explain why people choose one method of control over the other.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify specialised cells.
Describe the function of some specialised cells.
Explain why some specialised cells contain particular features.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different parts of the digestive system
Describe how food changes as it travels through the digestive system.
Explain why each step of the digestion process is important.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the contents of a prokaryotic cell.
Describe the digestion of starch, protein and lipids.
Explain why larger molecules must be digested to be useful.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify key parts of the nervous system.
Describe the path of a reflex arc.
Explain why impulses need to be automatic and quick.