Go to the blog link for some photos of how leaf angle changes during the day. can be used to stimulate discussion as to why?

This picture is of a hazel shrub with flowering catkins on 11th Jan 2014! There are links to my blog with further pictures and also pictures of summer flowers also in flower in January. Could be used for post-16 Biology. The Salters-Nuffield has a section on phenology for example in topic 5 at A level. Could be used generally in tutor time to think about Global warming and possible local effects. Is this Global warming or is it just that in the SW we have had a mild winter so far?

Students have to work out which children have cystic fibrosis and how they have inherited it from the symptoms and other information given on the sheet. Could be used as an assessment of student's understanding.

For AS SNAB Biology. Follow up to a group practical by the class on the effect of temperature on the diffusion of dye from beetroot. Main aim was to evaluate the data and consolidate knowledge and application of terms accuracy and reliability( reproducibility as well?) There are questions to answer on the power point. Eventually this AS class will need to evaluate their own practical coursework at A2.

This power-point contains information and questions to revise about two-thirds of topic 4. It follows the checklist for Topic 4 and is unfinished. I will try to get it finished and put the rest of it up - but it should be useful for most of topic 4 if anyone wishes to try it

Intended originally for old BTEC Certificate Biology. Fairly simple worksheet aimed at pass level with more 'how science works' questions at the end.

Data interpretation questions about rise in heart rate before and after a roller coaster ride.

This is a great way to teach respiration. Colourful and thought-provoking.

This was written as a leveled assessment task for low ability Year 8's. The students enjoyed doing the tasks on the sheet and as they wanted to do it they read the tasks! It could be adapted for higher ability - it goes to level 6 anyway.

Innovative and fun way for students to show their knowledge of antigens, antibodies and phagocytosis. Students use i-pads to make a film. More description of activity and a short video of one of the results are in the blog. Was a great success!

You can use these to: shuffle and ask pupils to sort them into pros and cons. ask pupils to rank them in order of importance. string a 'washing line' between 2 clampstands and get pupils to position them in rank order of importance/ reasons for and against. Use pegs.

Here is information about the Brazil nut Tree, how it is pollinated and the brazil nut seeds ditributed. It is a great starter to illustrate how important biodiversity is to the survival of species.

This resource is for KS3 Science (Biology). It is intended to ask students to summarise the digestion and absorption of food. The power point pictures are given letters and students must number them in order to sequence the processes. They can also briefly describe each process. Alternatively you can make cards from the word document and ask the students to place the cards in sequence.

This resource contains instructions on how to set up this tropism demo and a bit of background on how the plant makes it work. Suitable for GCSE Biology. The students were intrigued and it works extremely well.

Good outdoor activity for primary age. Have done this with Year 4 students in the context of teaching about flowers and pollination.

This is a spotter sheet with pictures and descriptions to help children identify wildflowers. Suitable for primary age from 7 to early secondary 12-13 years. KS2 science curriculum requires children to identify some common plants. Mostly this is an activity children can do with parents and carers to increase their knowledge of the natural world.

Good for a primary school outdoor activity. KS2 Science Year 3 requires children to be able to name some common plants. Primary teachers, please help our children gain a better knowledge of their environment, by spotting what is outdoors.

Activity for “outdoor classroom”. This spotter sheet has information and pictures on it to help identify 5 common wild flowers that bloom in November!

This worksheet was written for AQA GCSE Trilogy, Biology section on Ecology. It is aimed at low ability to get them to think around some of the key terms used, habitat, population, community, abiotic, biotic and ecosystem.

This is a compendium of practical work that works to show all aspects of photosynthesis. It includes some results data that students can analyse. There is nothing startlingly new, ( although there is one practical - fluorescence that I used for the first time this year!), but it is useful as it brings ideas together. It is ideal for non-specialists and teachers new to teaching biology and maybe even for some more experienced teachers looking for different angles. There are a few pages here, as it is a distilled version of over 30 years experience so there is a useful page index. I would appreciate some feedback please.