This lesson starts by revisiting the microscope; the start task focuses students on a labelling task to recall microscope parts. The main body of the lesson, reviews plant and animal structure before introducing the concept of being able to view them under the microscope. Worksheets are provided as guidance on the procedure to extract cheek and onion cells. These sheets can be printed or displayed on the whiteboard. Students finish off by drawing labelled cell diagrams with a focus on scale and magnification - a preliminary to the next lesson which is about calculating maginification.

This lesson revisits the basic concepts of osmosis and then progresses to application of it’s principles in plant and animal cells. The lesson starter has a focus on explaining the results of an investigation. In the main body of the lesson, students discover the role of water in plants and the importance of water balance in the blood. Students learn about plasmolysis in plant cells, and crenation and lysis in blood cells. The lesson concludes with a choice of two plenary activities. Also included are CIE specific exam questions and mark scheme on the whole topic.

The lesson starts by consolidating learning on diffusion and then introduces the concept of diffusing water. The osmosis investigation in potato chips leads learners through the planning of a trustworthy investigation through to a thorough evaluation in terms of reliability, accuracy and precision. There are particle diagrams for visualisation of moving water particles and keywords needed for explanation of the results. The lesson concludes with a plenary activity, comparing diffusion with osmosis. The next lesson in which looks at the importance of osmosis in living systems is supplied with CIE specific exam questions and mark schemes.

This final lesson on cell transport starts with a review of osmosis with an exam style question and bulleted answers. The main body of the lesson explores active transport as a concept and the looks at the importance of maintaining root pressure in plants and absorption of nutrients from the gut.

This lesson starts with a KS3 recall task on basic plant and animal cell structure. Students are then introduced to mitochondria and ribosome organelles, with a short summary task for each one. The lesson then progresses into organism organisation from cells through to the complete organism in plants and animals with a cut and sticking activity for them to complete. The final learning activity is looking at three organ systems; students are given some resource material which they should analyse in order for them to understand the organisation of the three systems. Some of the PPT slides have been taken from other sources and adjusted for the purposes of the CIE syllabus. A CIE specific assessment is also provided with mark scheme.

This lesson starts with a recall of the names of some specialised cells taught at KS3. The lesson then progresses into a research activity where they are given a visual worksheet with the cells already drawn. Students need to research the individual adaptations of each cells and then explain how their adaptation allow them to do their function. Resources are included in the PPT. An additional assessment sheet is provided which students can be given as a homework task.

This lesson identifies and describes the functions of the reproductive organs of insect and wind pollinated flowers. Students then identify differences between wind and insect pollinated flowers and distinguishes between two different types of pollen grain and describes the process of pollination. The lesson then progresses to look at the differences between cross pollination and self-pollination. Fully resourced.

This lesson starts with a recall of the differences between cross pollination and self-pollination and then the process of fertilisation. The lesson then covers the effects of cross and self-pollination. Fully resourced.

In this lesson students recall the process of mitosis and learn how it works. Students then learn how meiosis results in the formation of haploid cells. The lesson then progresses to explain how mitosis and meiosis are used in the formation of an embryo. Fully resourced. Exam questions included.

In this lesson, students identify the reproductive organs and describe their roles in fertilisation. They then progress to describe and explain the features of the gametes, finishing with outlining stages of fertilisation and the formation of a zygote. Videos and exam questions included.

This lesson starts with a review the meaning of the term ‘species’ and then students learn of the three domains: Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya. The lesson progresses to look at the characteristics of the four Eukarya Kingdoms, finishing off with an outline how viruses are classified.

This lesson covers the principles of selective breeding using examples: Disease resistance in rice and wheat; Strong maize; Increased milk yield in dairy cattle.

This lesson starts with a review of different classes of drugs and thenwhat antibiotics are used for. The lesson then explains how they work with an analysis of how antibiotic resistance can occur and how we can stop the spread of antibiotic resistance. Fully resources with videos and exam questions.

This lesson starts with KS3 recall of the similarities and differences between asexual and sexual reproduction. It progresses to describe the advantages and disadvantages for both types and how some organisms can reproduce using both methods. The lesson uses a YouTube video link for students to summarise into bullet notes. The transcript is also provided for EAL learners.

This lessons cover the explanation of the causes of phenotypic variation and the differences between discontinuous and continuation in terms of genetics. The lesson covers the T-Test to compare two difference samples of variation including worked examples.

This lesson covers the factors that can affect the size of populations and the causes of natural selection.

This lesson covers the environmental factors can act as stabilising, disruptive and directional forces of natural selection and how selection, the founder effect, genetic drift and the bottleneck effect may affect allele frequencies in populations.

This lesson covers how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics as an example of natural selection.

This lesson teaches the principle to calculate allele and genotype frequencies in populations.

Lesson covers the following diseases in terms of genes, the proteins they encode, and the phenotype expressed: Albinism; Sickle Cell Anaemia; Haemophilia; Huntingdon’s Disease. The lesson also cover the role of gibberellin in plants and effects of the two alleles that code for it’s functional enzyme.