Previously a Subject Leader and Science SLE with bags of experience with all things KS4 and A level Biology.
I am currently teaching and creating resources for:
OCR A Level Biology,
AQA Trilogy, Synergy and Triple
Edexcel iGCSE coming soon
KS3 ( looking at the AQA 2 year course) including Biomimicry
If there is anything specific that you would like, please send me a message.
Previously a Subject Leader and Science SLE with bags of experience with all things KS4 and A level Biology.
I am currently teaching and creating resources for:
OCR A Level Biology,
AQA Trilogy, Synergy and Triple
Edexcel iGCSE coming soon
KS3 ( looking at the AQA 2 year course) including Biomimicry
If there is anything specific that you would like, please send me a message.
Approximately 11 lessons depending on ability and time constraints. All referenced to the OCR A level specification and with objectives and summary questions for each lesson.
Plant responses to the environment
Controlling plant growth
Investigating tropisms
Commercial uses of plant hormones
Mammalian nervous system
The brain
Reflex actions
Coordinating responses
Controlling heart rate
Muscles
Muscle contraction
For the new OCR Biology course.
A power point containing 7 lessons depending on your pace.
The second power point is a hand out that I give to my students with all the diagrams and some useful questions.
My teaching order is:
1. Habitats and intro to sampling
2. Sampling
3. Species richness, evenness and Simpson’s index
4. Genetic diversity
5. Factors affecting biodiversity
6. Importance of maintaining biodiversity
7. Conservation agreements
Created using AQA Biology GCSE specification.
This resource contains 2 slides of activities, tailored to the specification.
Top ways to use this resource:
• Print off as a booklet and use alongside teaching
• Set as homework
• Revision lessons for tests and exams
• Print off on card to create active recall flashcards – questions on the front, answers on the back
Please note, this does not come with answers as it is meant to be an independent task using notes and revision guides to aid learning.
All other topics available for Chemistry, Physics, Trilogy and Synergy available.
For the new spec OCR Biology A 6.1.2 Patterns of Inheritance
Fast recall and some diagrams from CGP / Pearson
I usually print the handout ppt as a colour booklet for students to annotate
The power point contains 13-14 lessons depending on your pace and activities
1.Environmental and genetic factors
2. Recap meiosis
3. Monogenetic, co-dominance, dihybrid crosses
4.Multiple alleles and practice Qs
5. Sex linkage, autosomal genes and epistasis
6.Summary
7.Chi-squared
8.Factors affecting evolution - types of selection
9.Genetic drift, Bottlenecks and Founder effect
10.H-W Principle
11.Speciation
12. Artificial selection
13. Revision (Past paper questions from legacy papers)
Separate revision grids that follow the spec are also available to buy with QR codes with OCR MCQs, Seneca tasks and you tube clips
This includes a power point with extension work, homework and periodic table cards
The lesson involved modelling with lego.
for the plenary stendents were given a piece of coloured card and then grouped together to form certain elements and compounds
For my lesson two sets periodic table cards were cut up and laminated. One set was given out to the students and I kept the other and for that lesson students were picked at random for questioning using their element symbol. Their element then became their homework - research their element.
Whole topic ppt.
The embryo cards were used as a card sort activity
The DNA strips were cut out and each student make up ther own to demo DNA hybridization
For the new OCR A level Biology course
The power point contains the content for 9 lessons depending on your pace and there is a hand out to go along with it with diagrams to annotate and questions to complete.
My teaching order is:
1. Classification
2. Evidence for classification
3. Phylogeny
4. Theory of Evolution
5. Types of variation
6. Spearman’s Rank
6. Standard deviation
7. Adaptations
8. Natural selection
9. Revision using study mind questions - QR codes
A comprehensive ppt of 8 lessons with hand out to supplement.
I print the hand out in colour and students write their notes into it. The homework questions refer to the summary questions in the Oxford University Press textbook ’ A level Biology for OCR’ A
The order of teaching was dur to not having a lab for some lessons. You may wish to alter this!
Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes
Ultrastructure of Eukaryotes
Protein synthesis and the role of the cytoskeleton
PAG 1 Preparing slides and drawing specimens
Microscopes research
Magnification and resolution
Using an eyepiece graticule and stage micrometer
Revision questions and QR codes to study mind Qs
Contains revision sheets for the second Chemistry paper of AQA trilogy
C6 The rate and extent of chemical change
C7 Organic chemistry
C8 Chemical analysis
C9 Chemistry of the atmosphere
C10 Using resources
Made using the new OCR specification. Lessons are spec referenced and include objectives.
Working booklet included
Lessons included:
1. Transport systems in plants
2. Structure and function of the vascular system (PAG 2 could be separate lesson here)
3. Transpiration
4. Measuring transpiration rates
5. Movement of water through a plant 1
6. Movement of water through a plant 2
7. Xerophytes and Hydrophytes
8. Translocation
Made using the AQA Trilogy specification.
Contains 1 slide of activities to complete for the P6 Waves topic
I give these out at the end of each topic and also before holidays for exam preparation.
I have made the boxes equal sizes so that they can be blown up onto A3 card to create revision cards for intervention/ starters/ plenaries
Maths skills and RPAs are incorporated when appropriate
More of these on the way for all AQA units, RPAs and maths skills. Feedback welcome
Contains revision resources for all physics units of the AQA trilogy course.
With RPAs and Maths skills included
P1 Energy
P2 Electricity
P3 Particle model
P4 Atomic structure
P5 Forces and their interactions
P6 Waves
P7 Magnetism and electromagnetism
Made for the OCR A level Biology course including some hand drawn diagrams, custom animations using morph transitions. There are specification links scattered throughout.
PAG instructions taken from the OCR website for the practical lessons PAG group 4 - please note you do not have to complete all of these. I like to do two of them during this topic
My resources are kept within one long power point, split into sections for lessons. This is to allow for flexibility in teaching but also means you can flip back and forth to link parts of the topic together with ease during the lessons - 2.1.4 is 175 slides!
Includes a 48 page handout that can be printed as a booklet with diagrams, questions, glossary and a few spare pages to allow for flexibility
1a The role of enzymes
1b Mechanisms of enzyme action
2. Factors affecting enzyme activity pH, Temperature and Q10
3. Factors affecting enzyme activity enzyme and substrate concentration
4a,b+c Enzyme investigation PAG 4.1 key skills serial dilution and standard deviation
5a+b Enzyme investigation PAG 4.2 key skills serial dilution
6a,b+c Enzyme investigation PAG 4.3 key skills planning
7 PAG style questions
8. Coenzymes, cofactors and prosthetic groups
9. The effects of inhibitors
10. the effect of drugs and poisons
11. Revision - exam questions and podcast activity
I huge amount of work has gone into my resources with some hand drawn and custom animations. Your feedback is really valued.
Created using AQA Biology GCSE specification.
This resource contains 2 slides of activities, tailored to the specification.
Top ways to use this resource:
• Print off as a booklet and use alongside teaching
• Set as homework
• Revision lessons for tests and exams
• Print off on card to create active recall flashcards – questions on the front, answers on the back
Please note, this does not come with answers as it is meant to be an independent task using notes and revision guides to aid learning.
All other topics available for Chemistry, Physics, Trilogy and Synergy available.
Created using AQA Biology GCSE specification.
This resource contains 3 slides of activities, tailored to the specification.
Top ways to use this resource:
• Print off as a booklet and use alongside teaching
• Set as homework
• Revision lessons for tests and exams
• Print off on card to create active recall flashcards – questions on the front, answers on the back
Please note, this does not come with answers as it is meant to be an independent task using notes and revision guides to aid learning.
All other topics available for Chemistry, Physics, Trilogy and Synergy available.
For the AQA Specification suitable for Trilogy students
Student booklet included 36 pages (includes 3 pages of lined paper for flexibility in activity
The digestive system
RPA test for CHO, proteins and lipids
Enzymes theory
RPA the effect of pH on amylase
Blood and blood vessels
The heart -New 3D models with morph transition
Coronary heart disease
Health issues and the effect of lifestyle
Cancer research
Structure of a leaf - New 3D model with morph transition
Transpiration
Summary lesson with revision quiz and 34 minute podcast
Lots of other lessons available , all units for triple and trilogy and revision grids for mocks and exam revision. A huge amount of effort has been put into these resources, I hope you find them useful and your feedback is really appreciated.
Contains, lessons and resources for the following:
B1 - Cell biology
B2 - Organisation
B3 - Infection and response
B4 - Bioenergetics
Revision booklet for B1-4
Checkpoints for each topic