Food webs for land-based, salt water and fesh water ecology.

Hydraulic/Pneumatic poster with symbols for... * Basic components (Accumulators, reservoirs and filters) * Valves (Check Control, Gate, Flow Control, Adjustable Flow Control, Pressure Relief, Shuttle) * Cylinders (Single Acting, S/A - Return Spring, Double Acting, D/A - Adjustable Cushion and D/A - Double Ended) * Controls (Push Bitton, Lever, Foot Pedal, Solenoid, Pilot Operation) * Directional Control Valves (2 Port-2 Position, 3 Port-2 Position,4 Port-2 Position, 4 Port-3 Position) * Pumps/Motors/Instruments (Fixed Displacement , Flow Meter)

This poster represents a mixed collection of images of different life forms. It can be used for a large number of different classroom activities. e.g. Find the names of the living things in the poster. Connect the pictures to form food webs. Select all the creatures that live in fresh water. Select all the animals that are native to Africa. Find all the predators on the poster.

Poster displaying the metamorphosis of frog spawn, to tadpoles to frogs. The graphics show six stages of development. The poster also features Lenia the Alien.

This group of resources contains all you need for a lesson or set of lessons on food webs; presentation, activities sheet with multiple activities, information fact file and assessment. The presentation is suitable for KS3 looking at food webs. The presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Presentation Learning Objective(s): Identify how matter flows through food webs. Identify how energy flows through food webs. Main Skills: Extract information, interpret diagrams, demonstrate understanding and apply knowledge. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 18 slides covering: • Interconnected Food Chains • Food Webs • Interrelationships • Food Chain and Food Web Stability • Energy Flow and Food Webs • The Recycling of Energy • The Greenhouse Effect and Global Warming ****************************** Activity Learning Objective(s): Describe producer/consumer, predator/prey and parasite/host relationships in freshwater, marine and terrestrial ecosystems. Main Skills: Research, extract information, interpret written text, apply knowledge and present information. Duration: Approximately 45 mins The Activities Sheet provides a range of activities for students to enhance their knowledge of food webs by putting it into practice. The activities cover: • Terrestrial Ecosystem Food Web • Marine Ecosystem Food Web • Fresh Water Ecosystem Food Web • Food Web Research ****************************** Assessment Sheet - Word Document based assessment includes questions that students should be able to answer directly from the presentation, or by applying the information from the presentation. The Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to the activities and questions in the assessment.

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at scientific theories. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the difference between hypotheses and theories. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 23 slides covering: • From Hypothesis to Theory • Development of Scientific Theories • Example 1: Cold Fusion • Example 2: The Expanding Universe

A presentation most suitable for KS4 looking at diet. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the roles of different nutrients. Explore how diet can affect health and well-being. See how to determine the energy value of food. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 40 slides covering: • Nutrition • Carbohydrates • Lipids • Proteins • Vitamins • Minerals • Dietary Fibre • Water • Balanced Diet • Recommended Intake • Food Labels • Energy • Malnutrition • Obesity • Starvation • Body Mass Index (BMI) • Balanced Diet

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at transport systems in plants. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore transport systems in plants. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 24 slides covering: • Vascular Tissue • Roots • Xylem • Tracheids • Vessel Elements • The Phloem • Leaves • Movement of Water • Movement of Sugars

A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at reproduction in flowering plants. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore reproduction in flowering plants. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 60 mins 52 slides covering: • Flower Structure - The Perianth • Flower Structure - The Calyx and Corolla • Male Reproductive Organs • Female Reproductive Organs • The Ovary • The Nectaries • Categorising Flowering Plants • The Production of Pollen Grains • The Flowering Plant Male Gametophyte • The Structure of the Ovule • The Embryo Sac as a Spore • Pollination • Pollination - Anthers • Dioecious and Monoecious Plants • Protandry and Protogyny • Self-incompatibility • Special Floral Structure Arrangements • Wind Pollination • Wind Pollination Versus Insect Pollination • Fertilization • Pollen Germination • Development of the Seed and Fruit

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at protein in food. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the structure and properties of protein. Investigate a test for protein. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 40 slides covering: • What is Protein? • Amino Acids • Peptide Bonds • Polypeptides and Proteins • Protein Structure • Protein Properties • Protein Classification • Importance of Protein in Food • Sources of Protein • Testing Foods: Biuret Test • Positive and Negative Results • What can go Wrong • Regulating Foods • Allergy Information

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at the human digestive system. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the structure of the human digestive system. Explore the function of components of the human digestive system. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 42 slides covering: • Holozoic Nutrition • GI Tract • Mastication • Swallowing • The Stomach • Duodenum • The Liver • Pancreas • Small Intestine • Carbohydrate Digestion • How Enzymes Work • Digestion in the Small Intestine • Secretion Control • Large Intestine

A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at photosynthesis. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the biochemistry of photosynthesis. Investigate the factors that can limit the rate of photosynthesis. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams, understand chemical formulas. Duration: Approximately 60 mins 57 slides covering: • Plants as Energy Converters • The Photosynthesis Equation • Where Does Photosynthesis Occur? • Structure of a Chloroplast • Photosynthesis as Two Groups of Reactions • How the Energy is Used • Light Harvesting • The Chloroplast Pigments • How the Pigments Work Together • The Photosystems • The Two Stages of Photosynthesis • The Hill Reaction • The Calvin Cycle • The Light Dependent Reaction • Photophosphorylation • Thylakoids and ATP Synthase • Cyclic Photophosphorylation • Non-cyclic Photophosphorylation • The Products of Water Splitting • The Light Independent Stage • The Most Abundant Enzyme in the World! • Using ATP and NADPH • The Fate of Triose Phosphate • Limiting Factors of Photosynthesis • Light as a Limiting Factor • Carbon Dioxide as a Limiting Factor • Temperature as a Limiting Factor

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at sugar in food. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Identify the structure and properties of sugars. Investigate methods that are commonly used to test foods for sugar. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 42 slides covering: • Sugars • Regulating Foods • Sugar Consumption and Health • Diabetes • Added Sugar • Checking Food Labels • Naming Sugars • Glucose • Sucrose • The Benedict’s Test for Sugar • Testing for Reducing Sugars • Testing Foods for Reducing Sugars • Testing Foods for Non-Reducing Sugars • Positive and Negative Results • What can go Wrong?

A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at plant growth. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the different ways that plants respond to stimuli. Investigate plant growth. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 60 mins 43 slides covering: • Tropisms • Plant Growth Substances • Plant Growth Substances Versus Hormones • Categories of Plant Growth Substances • Auxins • Went’s Experiment • Auxin and Cell Elongation • Removing the Apical Meristem • Synthetic Auxins • Positive Geotropism • The Role of Auxins in Positive Geotropism • Using a Clinostat • Gibberellins • Cytokinins • Abscisic Acid • ABA and Plant Stress • ABA and Cold Hardening • Ethene

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at starch in food. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore the structure and properties of starch. Explore the iodine test for starch. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 27 slides covering: • What is Starch? • Glucose in Starch • Starch in Plants • Starch as a Food Source • Modified Starch • The Iodine Starch Test • What can go Wrong? • Regulating Foods

A presentation most suitable for KS5 looking at fat in food. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Recognise reasons for testing foods for fats and oils. Investigate two methods commonly used for testing foods for fats and oils. Explore how fat and oil food tests work. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 29 slides covering: • Lipids • Grease Spot Test • Distinguishing Lipids from Other Liquids • Water Spots • The Emulsion Test • Positive and Negative Results • Regulating Foods • The Food Industry

A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at nutrients. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate the nutrients required by plants. Explore the effect of mineral deficiencies on plant growth. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 22 slides covering: • Essential Elements • Trace Elements • Nutritional Balance in Plants • Nutrient Deficiency Diseases • Nitrogen • Phosphorous • Potassium • Manganese • Copper • Zinc

A presentation suitable for KS5 looking at osmosis. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Investigate the process of osmosis. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 60 mins 45 slides covering: • Diffusion • Osmosis Defined • Visking Tubing • Water Potential in Plants • Water Potential and Kinetic Energy • The Net Movement of Water Molecules • The Symbol and Units of Water Potential • Osmosis Defined in Terms of Water Potential • The Water Potential Gradient • The Effects of Solutes on Water Potential • Solute Potential Defined • Pressure Potential • Pressure Potential in Plants • Osmosis and Plant Cells • Plasmolysis • Incipient Plasmolysis • Water, Solute and Pressure Potential • Reversing Plasmolysis • Turgidity • Full Turgidity • Alternative Terminology • Osmosis in Animal Cells • Osmoregulation

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at response in plants. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Explore common stimuli in plants. Explore how plants respond to stimuli. Main Skills: Interpret written text and diagrams. Duration: Approximately 45 mins 29 slides covering: • Survival, Stimuli and Surroundings • Stimuli and Plant Movement • Stimuli • Tropisms • Phototropism • Hydrotropism • Geotropism • Chemotropism • Nastic Responses • Thrigmotropism • Venus Fly Trap • Mimosa

A presentation suitable for KS4 looking at ecological pyramids. Presentation includes multi-choice questions to engage students and get them thinking about the subject throughout the presentation. Learning Objective(s): Identify how ecological pyramids show the amount of organisms, biomass or energy in each trophic level of a food chain. Main Skills: Interpret written text. Duration: Approximately 30 mins 27 slides covering: • The Origin of Energy • Solar Energy and Producers • Ecological Pyramids • Number Pyramids • Biomass Pyramids • Energy Pyramids Assessment Sheet - Word Document based assessment includes questions that students should be able to answer directly from the presentation, or by applying the information from the presentation. The Assessment Sheet Teachers Guide provides the correct answers and solutions to questions in the assessment.