A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about DNA replication, the enzymes responsible and how the semi-conservative hypothesis supports this. This lesson was designed to fit needs of the AQA a-level biology course
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Evaluate the roles of enzymes in DNA replication
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
I can identify the enzymes and proteins present during DNA replication.
I can describe the process of DNA replication.
I can explain what is meant by the semi conservative hypothesis.
Powerpoint contains 10 slides.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
A Powerpoint detailing examples of how to revise to students - a useful way to get them started with revision techniques and finding which techniques work for them.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify different ways of revising
Describe how to revise.
Evaluate which method works best for you.
Resource was intended for BTEC Applied Science Unit 1 Biology.
The resource was designed on google slides and should work fine on powerpoint, it might just need some rearranging.
Past paper questions are included with the relevant mark scheme answers following.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the ions present surrounding nerve axons.
Describe how a resting potential is achieved in the nerve cell membrane.
Explain why Potassium ion channels are needed in nerve cell membranes.
Lessons created to complement the activate 3 unit of work - Detection in biology.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify parts of the skin that contribute towards a fingerprint.
Describe how fingerprints are formed.
Justify if fingerprints are a good means for police to solve crimes.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify the waves of the EM spectrum.
Describe how frequency and wavelength change throughout the EM spectrum.
Explain why radio waves can be used safely.
A comprehensive Powerpoint which will allows for students to learn about luminous and non-luminous objects, opaque, transparent and translucent objects and how thickness of a translucent object affects the amount of light traveling through.
I personally use this as an introductory lesson to the light topic.
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Progress checks take place after each success criteria to measure the progress of learners.
By the end of the lesson students should be able to:
Learning objective: Develop an understanding of how objects interact with light.
Success criteria:
-Identify luminous and non-luminous materials.
-Describe how light interacts with a translucent material.
-Explain why the thickness of a translucent material affects the light.
This lesson contains 17 slides.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
State what is meant by kinetic and gravitational energy.
Describe how to calculate kinetic and gravitational energy.
Explain why pendulums within a closed system will remain swinging at a fixed height.
A bundle of Lessons aimed toward the Activate 3 scheme of work detection in Physics.
Lessons are all ready to use without the need for preparation - suitable for use with cover teachers.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students Newton’s laws of motion from simple separate scenarios. Lesson is tailored towards the AQA A-level physics specification - Mechanics
Learning objective: I can apply Newton’s laws to scenarios.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Describe how Newton’s first law applies to objects in motion.
SC2: Explain why mass affects an object’s acceleration.
SC3: Evaluate why a reaction force is present.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons. There is also a guide attached with written walkthroughs of how to reach the final answer, even for those tricky 1 mark questions.
Powerpoint contains 27 slides and 7 past paper questions.
This is a lesson I used myself to teach the Transport across membranes concept of unit 2 cells - a level biology, AQA specification.
Learning objective: To evaluate different modes of transport across membranes.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
SC1: Describe membrane structure.
SC2: Explain the importance of different modes of transport.
SC3: Evaluate which mode of transport is suitable for specific molecules.
Contains past paper questions that target this topic, some questions require knowledge from prior lessons.
Powerpoint contains 16 slides and 6 past paper questions.
Resource was intended for BTEC Applied Science Unit 1 Biology.
The resource was designed on google slides and should work fine on powerpoint, it might just need some rearranging.
Blank diagrams are included for students to label.
Past paper questions are included with the relevant mark scheme answers following.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall what is meant by eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
Describe the contents of prokaryotic cells.
Compare gram positive and gram negative bacteria.
Lessons created to match the activate 3 scheme of work.
All features work when used with google slides. All features should all work with powerpoint but might need some rearranging.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Identify the size of nanoparticles.
Describe the properties of nanoparticles
Explain why nanoparticles are useful.
Targeted towards Pearsons BTEC Applied Science Unit 2 - Assignment A.
By the end of the lesson learners will be able to:
Describe how substances treat light.
Describe how to calibrate a colorimeter.
Deduce the concentration of an unknown solution using an absorbance / concentration plot.
Resource was intended for BTEC Applied Science Unit 1 Biology.
The resource was designed on google slides and should work fine on powerpoint, it might just need some rearranging.
Past paper questions are included with the relevant mark scheme answers following.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Recall the types of muscle tissue: Skeletal, smooth and cardiac.
Describe the adaptations of skeletal muscle fibres.
Compare slow and fast twitch muscle fibres.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by standard deviation.
Describe how to calculate standard deviation.
Create error bars from data and place correctly on a graph.
A comprehensive lesson which teaches students about how IV graphs appear for fixed resistors, filament bulbs and diodes. The lesson also delves into the reasoning behind why these trends arise.
Progress checks are available following each success criteria
Tasks are differentiated to suit the needs of each learner.
Learning objective: Use Ohm’s law to justify the trends seen in IV graphs for a fixed resistor, filament bulb and LED.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Success criteria:
-Identify generally what happens to current as voltage increases.
-Describe how to calculate resistance from a voltage-current graph.
-Compare how the resistance changes with load in: fixed resistors, filament bulbs and diodes.
Powerpoint contains 22 slides and a collection of past paper questions including the marking scheme.
A collection of revision resources for Pearsons combined science 9-1 edexcel specification: Biology paper 1.
The resources were originally produced on google slides, therefore, please open them using google slides in order to avoid alignment issues on powerpoint.
Included in this collection are:
Blank revision posters for the students to fill and consolidate their knowledge.
Answer keys for the revision posters OR revision slides to complement the blank revision posters.
Topics covered are:
Section 1 - Key Concepts in Biology
Section 2 - Cell division and the nervous system.
Section 3 - Genetics
Section 4 - Evolution
Section 5 - Health and Disease
The entire resource contains 96 slides.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
Identify amino acid structure and the primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure of proteins.
Describe the arrangement of amino acids and proteins.
Explain the importance of these structures.
Includes past paper questions targeted towards the content delivered in lesson - correct answers are included.
24 slides in total. Answer key included for all questions.
By the end of the lesson learners should be able to:
State what is meant by a disease.
Compare communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Explain why masks and washing hands reduces the spread of communicable disease.