I have been teaching IB MYP Science and IBDP Biology for over 20 years in a variety of international schools around the world. I am an IB examiner and I mark IB Biology Extended Essays and IB Biology SL Paper 2 examinations. I have made many resources to aid teaching and learning for the IB Diploma Biology and IB MYP Science courses. Now I am sharing these resources with you.
I believe in that Science allows students to understand the world around them and take meaningful action for the future.
I have been teaching IB MYP Science and IBDP Biology for over 20 years in a variety of international schools around the world. I am an IB examiner and I mark IB Biology Extended Essays and IB Biology SL Paper 2 examinations. I have made many resources to aid teaching and learning for the IB Diploma Biology and IB MYP Science courses. Now I am sharing these resources with you.
I believe in that Science allows students to understand the world around them and take meaningful action for the future.
28 NO-PREP two-minute Brain Breaks you can use as back to school ice breakers, energizers, mindfulness breaks, movement breaks etc. in Middle School and High School, or Upper Elementary. Project the PowerPoint and click on the built-in spinner to select a random Brain Break. Help students refocus and relax, as well as get to know each other and have fun! Great as a classroom management tool and a way to build community, as well as increase student wellbeing.
Use in any class, for any subject - the Brain Breaks contain a range of activities linked to many subjects. When your students appear tired and lacking in focus, just take a two-minute break to get them ready to learn again.
These brain breaks are tried-and-tested by my Middle School and High School students. They love them - perfect when students just need a quick mental break or a chance to take a breather. You can even use them with adults to wake them up during meetings!
The PowerPoint is editable so you can replace some slides if you wish.
You must use this slideshow with PowerPoint - the spinner does not work on Google Slides. Be sure to click ‘slide show’ and then the play/pause button on the spinner
What’s Included:
28 Brain Break Slides (each with Home button to return to spinner)
Spinner/Randomizer Slide
Simple, short instructions on each slide (no pages and pages of text to read!)
Varied types: movement breaks, mindfulness, art, writing, games, drama, math and more!
Mix of co-operative activities and individual activities
Tried-and-tested brain breaks that aren’t ‘cringe’ (according to my MS and HS students)
I have used these almost daily with my students from Grade 6 to Grade 12. They are always a hit!
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Topic 9.4 Reproduction in Plants to your HL IB Diploma students. This 44-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 9: Plant Biology.
Features:
44 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Topic 9.1 Transport in the Xylem of Plants to your HL IB Diploma students. This 52-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 9: Plant Biology.
Features:
52 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Topic 9.3 Growth in Plants to your HL IB Diploma students. This 35-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 9: Plant Biology.
Features:
35 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 2.3 Carbohydrates and Lipids to your SL and HL IB Diploma students. This 48-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 2: Molecular Biology
Features:
48 Slides
Links to interactive 3D models of biologically important molecules
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 2.7 DNA Replication, Transcription and Translation to your SL and HL IB Diploma students. This 47-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 2: Molecular Biology. My presentation for the Additional Higher Level (AHL) content on 7.1 DNA Structure and Replication is also available on my TeachersPayTeachers store.
Features:
47 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 3.2 Chromosomes to your HL and SL IB Diploma students. This 49-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 3: Genetics
Features:
49 Slides
Guide to using OMIM chromosome database
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 3.3 Meiosis to your HL and SL IB Diploma students. This 55-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 3: Genetics
Features:
55 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 7.2 Transcription and Gene Expression to your HL IB Diploma students. This 37-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 7: Nucleic Acids which extends the content covered in the Core Topics of 2.7 DNA Replication, Transcription and Translation.
Features:
37 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Topic 8.3 Photosynthesis to your HL IB Diploma students. This 47-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 8: Metabolism, Respiration and Photosynthesis
Features:
47 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 7.1 DNA Structure and Replication to your HL IB Diploma students. This 42-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 7: Nucleic Acids which extends the content covered in the Core Topics of 2.6 DNA and RNA Structure and 2.7 DNA Replication, Transcription and Translation.
Features:
42 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 7.3 Translation to your HL IB Diploma students. This 44 -slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 7: Nucleic Acids which extends the content covered in the Core Topic of 2.7 DNA Replication, Transcription and Translation.
Features:
44 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson presentation has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 2.1 Molecules to Metabolism. This 44-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 2: Molecular Biology
Features:
44 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 2.2 Water to your SL and HL IB Diploma students. This 30-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 2: Molecular Biology
Features:
30 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Relevant IB exam practice question
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Complete IB Biology lesson resource - everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 1.4 Membrane Transport. Created by an IB Assistant Examiner. This 35-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and online/virtually, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! This resource is informed by my more than two decades of IB Bio experience, so you can be sure you are teaching the correct information.
This is a subtopic of Topic 1: Cell Biology.
Features:
35 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos and animations
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide), GIF Animations, and Images
Links to websites for further inquiry
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Exam review questions from past IB Exams, plus mark scheme
IB Required Practical
Official IB understandings and guidance
Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson resource has everything you need to teach IBDP Biology 1.3 Membrane Structure. This 29-slide Google Slides Presentation can be used both in-person and online/virtually, added to your Google Classroom, or downloaded as a PowerPoint presentation.
This is a subtopic of IB Bio Topic 1: Cell Biology.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. This full subtopic resource is informed by my more than two decades experience with IB Bio, so you can be sure you are teaching the correct information.
Features:
29 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos and guided online quizzes.
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide), GIF Animations, and Images
Links to websites for further inquiry
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Exam review questions from past IB Exams, plus mark scheme
Official IB understandings and guidance
Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
As an IBDP Assistant Examiner with 27 years experience teaching IB Diploma Biology and IB MYP Science, I have created multiple resources which I am uploading to TES now.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Option C.5 Population Ecology to your HL IB Diploma students. This 41-slide Google PowerPoint Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, or added to your Google Classroom
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a Higher Level subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Option C - Ecology and Conservation
Features:
41 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Topic 11.1 Antibody Production and Vaccination to your HL IB Diploma students. This 53-slide PowerPoint Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, or added to your Google Classroom
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Topic 11: Animal Physiology
**Features:
**
53 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson slideshow has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Option C.3 Impacts of Humans on Ecosystems to your SL and HL IB Diploma students. This 36-slide PowerPoint Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, or added to your Google Classroom.
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Option C - Ecology and Conservation
Features:
36 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.
Created by an IB Assistant Examiner, this complete IB Biology lesson PowerPoint has everything you need to teach IBDP Higher Level Biology Option C.4 Conservation of Biodiversity to your SL and HL IB Diploma students. This 43-slide PowerPoint Presentation can be used both in-person and for online learning, and added to your Google Classroom
Save yourself time - don’t recreate the wheel. Ready to use as-is with no effort needed from you! All my resources are informed by over two decades of IB DP Bio teaching experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB DP Biology content.
This is a subtopic of IB Diploma Biology, Option C - Ecology and Conservation
Features:
43 Slides
Multimedia links such as videos
Highly visual, with clear definitions (helpful for EAL/ESL students)
Clear bullet points (not too much text on each slide) and images
Use of IB Command terms for tasks (state, discuss, explain, etc).
Student tasks
Official IB understandings and guidance
Easy to use, and organised to be used as-is
Introduction and Review slides
Also suitable for other curriculum programs - any kind of High School Biology course that focuses on scientific inquiry, such as AP Biology or Honors Biology.