A pdf worksheet focusing on the cascade of events which leads to the formation of fibrin. There are a series of exam-style questions to check understanding.
Can be used in addition to class notes or as a formative assessment.
Answer sheet included.
A level Biology / higher GCSE
A PDF worksheet on the carbon cycle, focusing on the different processes that occur within the cycle. There are also exam questions focusing on the idea of carbon sinks and how the carbon is recycled.
Suitable for an independent learning activity or to complement a teaching lesson.
Answer sheet included.
A PDF worksheet with the processes of protein synthesis split into transcription and translation. Students label the diagram and describe the process. There are keywords for prompting students.
Perfect for A level or higher GCSE biology
An answer sheet is included.
In this practical, students will investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis in pondweed or another suitable aquatic plant. The oxygen is collected and measured to allow a calculation of the rate of photosynthesis. Light intensity is varied by moving a lamp closer to the plant.
The worksheet contains equipment, method, table of results, graph and focused questions.
This activity is designed to promote independent learning, allowing teacher to circulate room and support students who need guidance.
A PDF worksheet with a copy of the cardiac cycle graph. Students label the opening and closing of the valves. There are also exam-style questions to check students’ understanding. Can be used as a formative assessment task or indeoendent learning task.
Answer sheet included.
An A3 PDF worksheet with diagrams of the kidney and nephron to label plus exam-style questions to check student understanding. Can be completed as an assessment task.
There is an answer sheet included.
A PDF worksheet focusing on the A level Biology content for photosynthesis.
The worksheet features the chloroplast to label and describe the role of the structures; the pigments found in chlorophyll; the absorption spectrum; Engelmann´s experiment regarding the action spectrum.
Useful for class notes or as a formative assessment.
Markscheme included.
These student worksheets provides support for the core practical on osmosis in potato strips. In the osmosis practical, students collect results for one potato strip in each solution but I would recommend collating results and allowing students to calculate the mean values if they have time.
Students perform the experiment and record their results in table and graph provided. They need to calculate the percentage change in mass.
Students write a conclusion to explain what their results show. Students use graph to estimate the salt concentration inside the cells.
A pdf worksheet highlighting the different routes taken by carbon dioxide in the blood (dissolved in plasma or carried in red blood cells). Useful as an independent learning task.
There are also focused questions to ensure students understand the process.
An answer sheet is included.
A worksheet with the villus that students can label independently or with teacher guidance. The diagram can be colored to highlight different tissues.
There are guided questions to highlight the main adaptations for absorption of nutrients.
There is an answer sheet included.
The ONLINE Asylum escape room focuses on movement of substances in and out of cells.
It matches the IGCSE Edexcel specification but can be used with any specification focusing on the following specification points:
understand the processes of diffusion, osmosis and active transport by which
substances move into and out of cells
understand how factors affect the rate of movement of substances into and out of cells, including the effects of surface area to volume ratio and concentration gradient
practical: investigate diffusion and osmosis using living and non-living systems
Digital Escape rooms are an interactive activity which promote both individual learning and peer collaboration through problem solving.
Each escape room has a range of activities to challenge the students whilst also covering the specification.
The escape room focuses on the IGCSE specification. This means they are an excellent resource to use a revision tool. All the activities are online, eliminating the need for printing materials.
Students will be given a link to access the digital escape room. There is a timer included in the challenge but can be ignored as it has no effect on the outcome.
You do not need to provide an email address or have a google account to access the material. Escape rooms can be completed on laptops, tablets
and mobile phones so they can be set as homework or used in cover lessons.
Students enjoy working through the challenges with a partner but they can be completed alone.
Students will need to look closely at the images on the link. Once clicked, the image links to a clue or activity which needs to be completed in the lock form.
The lock form aids the student by providing direction as to which images to click.
Answers should be written in CAPITAL letters and no spaces between the numbers.
There is a teacher answer sheet provided if you need to guide students.
The ONLINE Jack the Ripper Escape Room focuses on enzymes.
It matches the IGCSE Edexcel specification but can be used with any specification focusing on the following specification points:
understand the role of enzymes as biological catalysts in metabolic reactions
understand how temperature changes can affect enzyme function, including changes to the shape of active site
practical: investigate how enzyme activity can be affected by changes in temperature
understand how enzyme function can be affected by changes in pH altering the active
Digital Escape rooms are an interactive activity which promote both individual learning and peer collaboration through problem solving.
Each escape room has a range of activities to challenge the students whilst also covering the specification.
The escape room focuses on the IGCSE specification. This means they are an excellent resource to use a revision tool. All the activities are online, eliminating the need for printing materials.
Students will be given a link to access the digital escape room. There is a timer included in the challenge but can be ignored as it has no effect on the outcome.
You do not need to provide an email address or have a google account to access the material. Escape rooms can be completed on laptops, tablets
and mobile phones so they can be set as homework or used in cover lessons.
Students enjoy working through the challenges with a partner but they can be completed alone.
Students will need to look closely at the images on the link. Once clicked, the image links to a clue or activity which needs to be completed in the lock form.
The lock form aids the student by providing direction as to which images to click.
Answers should be written in lowercase letters and no spaces between the numbers.
There is a teacher answer sheet provided if you need to guide students.
The ONLINE find the exam Escape Room focuses on gas exchange and respiration in humans.
It matches the IGCSE Edexcel specification but can be used with any specification focusing on the following specification points:
Describe the differences between aerobic and anaerobic respiration
Know the word equation and the balanced chemical symbol equation for aerobic respiration in living organisms
Know the word equation for anaerobic respiration in plants and in animals
Practical: investigate the evolution of carbon dioxide and heat from respiring seeds or other suitable living organisms
Describe the structure of the thorax, including the ribs, intercostal muscles,
diaphragm, trachea, bronchi, bronchioles, alveoli and pleural membranes
Understand the role of the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm in ventilation
Explain how alveoli are adapted for gas exchange by diffusion between air in the lungs and blood in capillaries
Understand the biological consequences of smoking in relation to the lungs and the circulatory system, including coronary heart disease
Digital Escape rooms are an interactive activity which promote both individual learning and peer collaboration through problem solving.
Each escape room has a range of activities to challenge the students whilst also covering the specification.
The escape room focuses on the IGCSE specification. This means they are an excellent resource to use a revision tool. All the activities are online, eliminating the need for printing materials.
Students will be given a link to access the digital escape room. There is a timer included in the challenge but can be ignored as it has no effect on the outcome.
You do not need to provide an email address or have a google account to access the material. Escape rooms can be completed on laptops, tablets
and mobile phones so they can be set as homework or used in cover lessons.
Students enjoy working through the challenges with a partner but they can be completed alone.
Students will need to look closely at the images on the link. Once clicked, the image links to a clue or activity which needs to be completed in the lock form.
The lock form aids the student by providing direction as to which images to click.
Answers should be written in lowercase letters and no spaces between the numbers.
There is a teacher answer sheet provided if you need to guide students.
A PDF worksheet focusing on the separation of pigments using chlorophyll. Students calculate the Rf value for different pigments. There are exam-style questions with answers included.
Suitable as an independent learning task.
A PDF worksheet with the experiment of varying concentrations of sodium chloride and onion cells.
Exam-style questions focusing on variables, graph skills and analysis.
Answer sheet included.
Useful as a formative assessment task.
A PDF worksheet on the greenhouse effect focusing on key terms weather, climate change and global warming.
Suitable for independent learning activity or formative assessment.
Markscheme included
A PDF worksheet focusing on biotic and abiotic factors which affect an ecosystem.
These are exam-style questions to check understanding.
Useful as a formative assessment or independent learning activity.
Answer sheet included.
A PDF worksheet focusing on the concepts of density-dependent and density-independent factors that can affect an ecosystem. It also focuses on inter and intra-specific competition. Answer sheet included.
A useful addition to a lesson, independent learning task or formative assessment.
The ONLINE Tower of London escape room focuses on Human Transport.
It matches the IGCSE Edexcel specification but can be used with any specification focusing on the following specification points:
describe the composition of the blood: red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets and plasma
understand the role of plasma in the transport of carbon dioxide, digested food, urea, hormones and heat energy
understand how adaptations of red blood cells make them suitable for the transport of oxygen, including shape, the absence of a nucleus and the presence of haemoglobin
understand how the immune system responds to disease using white blood cells, illustrated by phagocytes ingesting pathogens and lymphocytes releasing antibodies specific to the pathogen
understand how vaccination results in the manufacture of memory cells,
which enable future antibody production to the pathogen to occur sooner,
faster and in greater quantity
understand how platelets are involved in blood clotting, which prevents
blood loss and the entry of micro-organisms
describe the structure of the heart and how it functions
understand how the structure of arteries, veins and capillaries relate to their function
Digital Escape rooms are an interactive activity which promote both individual learning and peer collaboration through problem solving.
Each escape room has a range of activities to challenge the students whilst also covering the specification.
The escape room focuses on the IGCSE specification. This means they are an excellent resource to use a revision tool. All the activities are online, eliminating the need for printing materials.
Students will be given a link to access the digital escape room. There is a timer included in the challenge but can be ignored as it has no effect on the outcome.
You do not need to provide an email address or have a google account to access the material. Escape rooms can be completed on laptops, tablets
and mobile phones so they can be set as homework or used in cover lessons.
Students enjoy working through the challenges with a partner but they can be completed alone.
Students will need to look closely at the images on the link. Once clicked, the image links to a clue or activity which needs to be completed in the lock form.
The lock form aids the student by providing direction as to which images to click.
Answers should be written in lowercase and no spaces between the numbers.
There is a teacher answer sheet provided if you need to guide students.
Today´s research shows that retrieval of memory produces a better long-term retention of material than simple restudy of material (rereading notes or highlighting information). For this reason, I have been using it in my classroom to help my students perform better in examinations (I teach A level and GCSE classes).
Retrieval practice helps my students recall information they have learned, but more importantly, it highlights material that they have not learned well or have not understood.
Retrieval practice is easy to implement in the classroom, and it can be presented in many forms from a simple question and answer session, a quiz or a brain dump.
I have spent the last two years working on different resources so students are not bored with the activity. It also sets a bit more of a challenge.
When using these resources, I frequently use them as again a month or two after completing a topic as this spacing ensures material is not being “forgotten”. My students see the benefit of this, especially as we have exams in January and May so it keeps the content fresh.
Resources in this pack:
Links activity - students must find a connection between the two words in a grid. This isn´t always easy to do and it helps students really think about the topic they are studying.
Total recall - is similar to a brain dump but the page is divided into sections with keywords to focus students knowledge recall.
Wordsearch - students search for words related to the topic they have studied. The number of words is given but not the word itself. Once students find the word, they must define it.
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