This lesson starts by revisiting the location of the endocrine glands and then focuses on the pancreas and recalling it’s role. The PPT takes students through the release of insulin and glucagon from the liver, and the breakdown of glycogen in the liver. A quiz and review activity before introducing the concept of negative feedback. The plenary reviews the treatments of types 1 and 2 diabetes. Also included is a CIE specific assessment with mark scheme.

This lesson starts by comparing the nervous and endocrine systems. The students are then given a body outline of the endocrine system for which they need to research to identify each gland. The progress into researching the roles of each gland. The lesson concludes with a multiple choice quiz. Also supplied is a CIE specific assessment with mark scheme.

This lesson starts with a research task to find out the role of the fovea, then explores how long and short vision is accommodated for by the eye with diagrams for students to label. The final part of the lesson is on the potision of rods and cones and what they do. A true/false quiz for the plenary. Also included is a CIE assessment with B-A* questions and mark scheme.

This lesson starts with the students labeling all the structures of the eye, leading into a research task to discover the functions. There are consolidation tasks and reviews. The third part of the lesson looks at the pupil reflex and revisits concepts of antagonistic muscles linking to circular and radial muscles of the iris. The lesson concludes with a true/false quiz

This lesson concludes the bundle of lesson on co-ordination and control. The starter activity requires students to recall the position and names of the dendrites and synaptic knobs on the neurone. This is used to later explain that this is the junction of a synapse. Students are given a diagram of the synapse to label, suing information from the PPT. The lesson concludes with a comprehension task to explain why impulses travel in one direction only. Answers are provided. This lesson also includes a CIE specific assessment, with mark scheme for assessmenet of the whole topic.

This lesson outlines the reflex arc in detail. The starts with a revisit to the three main types of neurones and students are then asked to investigate reflex actions, using torches (eye), and rulers on the knee and ankles. This leads to a discussion about how reflex actions are fast responses to stimuli and how this leads to survival in terms of evolution. The PPT shows the stages of the reflex arc and in the resources section there are alternative / additional activities that can be used depending on the learning styles of the class. For example, there are word cards that can be printed and students are given a word and they have to arrange themselves in the correct order of the reflex arc. There is also a cut and stick activity, if required. The lesson concludes with a revisit to the stages and students need to outline the stages of the reflex in the leg.

This lesson explores the components of the CNS, the types of neurones and how electrical impulses are generated at the receptor site and then move to the brain or spinal chord and back to generate a response. Students need to identify differences between all three types of neurone and the lesson provides activities for the to research them. There is YouTube video to embed learning. The details of the reflex are covered in the next lesson. The plenary is an identification task of all three neurone types.

This lesson introduces the idea that sense organs have receptor cells that connect to the nervous system. Students investigate the location of receptor cells on the surface of the skin. The CNS and peripheral nerves are then introduced and progresses into discovering the sequence of events during a nervous response. A short written tack identifying the stimulus, detector, response and effector included. The lesson concludes with a quiz.

This lesson concludes learning on plant nutrition. There are several starter activities that necessitate recall of previous learning and can be adapted as consolidation activities throughout the lesson. The main body of learning it to label, describe and explain all the cells/tissues/organelles of the cross section of a leaf. There are several slides which then review their research. The plenary is a matching up exercise. Also included is an assessment and mark scheme using CIE specific exam questions.

This lesson concludes the bundle on photosynthesis. It starts with a visual for students to analyse and decide if plants with photosynthesize and/or respire in the light and/or dark. This leads onto a discussion about plants not photosynthesizing in the dark because sunlight is a key factor. The are a series of slides demonstrating the classic graphs associated with each of the limiting factors with descriptions and explanations for the graphs. The lesson concludes with an assessment. The CIE exam questions are included in a separate document. Mark scheme is included.

This lesson provides the opportunity for students to test for chlorophyll, sunlight and CO2. The lesson contains YouTube video to demonstrate each test, alternatively the PPT incorporates instructions for class practical activity. There is also an additional slide to show how to test for oxygen production. The lesson concludes with a CIE exam question. MArk scheme included.

This lesson starts by revisiting the components of macromolecules as covered in Biological Molecules and recaps how proteins have nitrogen in them. The students research using their laptops to find out the use of magnesium and nitrates, progressing onto observations of mineral deficiencies. The lesson concludes with summary questions. CIE specific exam questions are provided for assessment.

This lesson is a research based activity to discover the use of glucose in plants. Students are asked to research then provided with consolidation on the PPT. The lesson concludes with a multiple choice quiz.

This is the first lesson in the bundle that recalls photosynthesis as a chemical reaction and introduces the chloroplast and chlorophyll as the site of the reaction. The starter activity introduces Audrey from the Little House of Horrors as a man eating plant to generate discussion about how plants really source their own food. There are a few cloze tasks and slides on generating the word and chemical equations for photosynthesis. The plenary is a summary cloze task.

This lesson starts with a practical activity to recall the iodine food test and then discover the effect of different temperatures of amylase. Students write up their results and conclude with graph interpretation, using key terms. The lesson progresses into the effects of pH, with a YouTube video to embed the effects of temperature and then introduces the concepts of changing concentrations of H+ and OH- ions. The lesson then concludes with a past exam question. Also included is a CIE assessment with mark scheme.

This lesson introduces the idea of enzymes as biological catalysts and the differences between anabolic and catabolic reactions. The lesson starter promotes thinking about the film ‘The Fly’ and how flies digest their food externally using digestive enzymes. There are a series of YouTube videos and consolidation quizzes. The lesson concludes with a CLOZE task on the importance of enzymes in living organisms.

This lesson is the higher tier supplement in the Biological Molecules unit. The lesson starts with a recall of cell organelles linking into where the chromosomes are located. Students are then guided through the sequencing of chromosomes, genes, DNA and nucleotides. An additional video for consolidation. The final part of the lesson concludes with a base pairing task, identifying the mistake and labelling all components of DNA. The plenary revisits all core concepts with an on-line quiz. A summative assessment is also provided for all sections of the biological molecules unit. Mark scheme included.