A 24 piece jigsaw on the topic of cell differentiation print on A4 cut pieces up students reassemble [top tip - print a class set on different coloured paper, laminate, then chop - it will last for years] [top tip - you can create differentiated versions - once printed on different coloured card, take the inner core of one jigsaw and swap with another jigsaw that’s a different colour. You now have 2 ‘easier’ jigsaws with different coloured inner and outer cores to aid matching I’ve found this useful for lower ability students]

26 x domino game for carriage of oxygen and CO2. There are different ways to play this game but I tend to: print, chop once down the middle, then left to right to create the 26 dominoes. the question (of the right of the domino) matches to the answers (on the left of another domino). Once completed the game forms a complete loop [top tip: print a class set on different coloured paper, laminate, then cut. The set will last for years!]

a straight forward keyword-definition matching game for brain structure and function

A lac operon jigsaw puzzle, specific to OCR. 16 pieces open the jigsaw with ‘tarsia’ (free software) print, chop, shuffle students assemble - the completed jigsaw is a big triangle! [top tip - print a class set on different coloured paper and laminate - it will last for years. [top tip 2 - once printed on different coloured paper/card, swap over the 6 central core pieces with a different set, there for created differentiated puzzles for your lower ability students]

Random inheritance matching game. Students can do this individually, but i prefer this game in pairs or three’s: cut all cards up and shuffle. students in pairs/three’s. Deal all cards One player puts down a white card. The appropriate person with the matching black card lays it. repeat [tip tip - print a class set on different coloured card/paper and laminate. It will keep for years]

26 dominoes for Proteins and Carbohydrates. Many different ways to play, but here’s what I do: 1.Print & trim edge 2. Chop down the middle, then left to right 3. the question is on the right of a domino and matches the answer which is on the left of another domino. 4. Once complete the game forms and entire loop

28 mini white board questions, that the students lead. Each student gets three ‘lives’ on their whiteboard Give one question to each student Students take turns to readout the question, whilst the others write answers on their boards Student sthen show answers to the questioner, who checks If student gets anwser correct they keep their life. If incorrect they lose a life. Last man standing wins

a 24 piece jigsaw puzzle for codons and their corrosponding amino acids Opens with tarsia (free software) - click on ‘output’ to print, then chop up and play. (students will require access to a lookup codon table)

a 24 piece jigsaw puzzle for codons and their corrosponding amion acids. opens with tarsia (free software) - click on ‘output’ to print, then chop up and play. (students will require access to a lookup codon table)

A differentiated game - do either the 28 or 34 card version dependent upon your learners. Print and chop pieces Each black card get surrpounded by white cards - the number of white cards depends on the shape of the black card (a triangle will get 3 white cards, a square will get 4, a pentagon will get 5 etc)

A 36 domino set that coveres water, lipids and nucleic acids There are seeral ways to play but here what I do: print and trim edges cut once down the middle, then left to right for all The Question on the right hand side of one dominoe matches to the left hand side of another. If all correct, it will form a complete loop

A 44 piece matching game on protein structure Print, chop up into pieces and play! Each black card gets surrounded by white cards. The number of white cards depends on the number of sides of the back card (eg a triangular balck card will match with three white cards, a square shaped black card will match to four white cards, a pentagon to 5 and a hexagon to 6)

26 x Enzyme dominoes including graphs and gradients print, chop once down the middle, then left to right to create the dominoes the question on the right of one domino matches to the answer on the left of another domino the completed game forms a closed loop [tip - print a class set on different coloured card,(or paper & laminate) It will last for years!]

set of 26 dominoes for enzymes (includes rate of reation & limiting factors) print, chop once down the centre, then left to right The question of the right of one domino matches to an answer on the left of another domino. once completed, the dominoes for a complete loop [top tip - print a class set on different coloured card (or paper and laminate) it will last for years]

A set of 24 Ecological keyword/technique cards, with 24 matching definitions. Covered include: Species richness & eveness, ACFOR, Transects, Simpsons diversity, Random sampling, EIA, [top tip - print a class set on difference coloured card (or paper, then laminate) It will last for years]

A domino game that should be played mid-year in A2. It recaps on a variety of topics including respiration, prokaryotes, organelles and enzymes. It has always served me as a good “oh yeah, we did that” fto the students as they remember the topics previous taught (and forgotten!?!?) Several ways to play this, but I prefer to: Print, chop left to right, shuffle The question (on the right of a domino) matches to the answer (on the left of another one). The completed game will form an entire loop. [top tip - print a class set on different coloured card (or paper & laminate) It will last for years!]

There are different ways to play this game, personally I: print, cut down the middle length-ways (once), then cut all cards left to right. Shuffle. The question is on the right of the domino, the matching answer on the left of a separate one. Students have to link them all together. Once finished it makes a complete loop.

Straightforward 32 card matching game - 16 keyword cards and 16 definition cards. Simply print single sided, cut up the cards

matching activity to compare Bacteria, Viruses and Eukaryotes. Print the game, chop the cards, each black card has 8 white cards

An “epistasis” jigsaw with 18 pieces. You can print the complete doc on A3 and chop, or open the proper version using ‘tarsia’ (free software). Print the document, chop, then students compete the jigsaw. The finished version is a large triangle