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.
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 which focuses on the structure and function of bloode vessels. Students can label the diagram and answer exam-style questions related to the topic.
Can be used as a independent learning task or for a formative assessment.
Suitable for A level or higher GCSE.
Answer sheet 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 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.
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 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.
2 worksheets to support student’s observation of cheek and onion cells.
Includes apparatus, method, observations and questions to prompt understanding of the activity.
Practical activity in the lab.
A pdf worksheet which supports students learn the excretion and function of the kidney. Students label the diagram and describe the function of the parts in the table.
This resource is great for:
In-class worksheet
Pre/post-test
Homework assignment
Support work
A PDF worksheet focusing on the sigmoidal curve due to oxygen interaction with haemoglobin. There are a series of exam-style questions focusing on the changing affinity haemoglobin has for oxygen at different partial pressures.
Suitable for formative assessment.
Answer sheet included.
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.
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.
2 worksheets that focus on the structure and function of blood cells. Higher worksheet - independent learning as students can research information. Lower worksheet - cloze exercise where students are more supported in the information they need to find.
This task has an answer sheet.
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.
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 Doctor Who escape room focuses on photosynthesis.
It matches the IGCSE Edexcel specification but can be used with any specification focusing on the following specification points:
understand the process of photosynthesis and its importance in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy
know the word equation and the balanced chemical symbol equation for
photosynthesis
understand how varying carbon dioxide concentration, light intensity and temperature affect the rate of photosynthesis
describe the structure of the leaf and explain how it is adapted for photosynthesis
understand that plants require mineral ions for growth, and that magnesium ions are needed for chlorophyll and nitrate ions are needed for amino acids
practical: investigate photosynthesis, showing the evolution of oxygen from a water plant, the production of starch and the requirements of light, carbon dioxide and chlorophyll
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.
The ONLINE Scooby Doo escape room focuses on Biological Molecules.
It matches the A level Edexcel specification but can be used with any specification focusing on the following specification points:
understand the importance of water as a solvent in transport, including its
dipole nature
know the difference between monosaccharides, disaccharides and
polysaccharides, including glycogen and starch (amylose and amylopectin)
be able to relate the structures of monosaccharides, disaccharides and
polysaccharides to their roles in providing and storing energy
Use a semi-quantitative method with Benedict’s reagent to estimate the
concentrations of reducing sugars
know how monosaccharides (glucose, fructose and galactose) join together to form disaccharides (maltose, sucrose and lactose) and polysaccharides (glycogen, amylose and amylopectin) through condensation reactions forming glycosidic bonds, and how these can be split through hydrolysis reactions
know how a triglyceride is synthesised by the formation of ester bonds during
condensation reactions between glycerol and three fatty acids
know the differences between saturated and unsaturated lipids
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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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.