This lesson starts with the students using iodine on pasta and observing for the colour change. The lesson then proceeds with a recall on the 3 macronutrients and Vitamin C, and the tests we can do to identify them in food. The lesson can be carried out as a whole class practical or teacher demonstration. Worksheets are provided for students to write up their observations. The lesson concludes with an online quiz.

This lesson starts with recall of the 7 nutrients with the intention to lead students into why carbohydrates, proteins and lipids are referred to as macronutrients . Their structures are illustrated, along with chemical structure to allow students to discover the elements glucose, carbon and hydrogen, and then why they are called macro/organic molecules. Later proteins are identified as having nitrogen. Further, the structures of starch, cellulose and glycogen are also identified. The lesson concludes with a crossword plenary activity.

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 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 is the first of two lessons in the bundle and introduces ideas of diffusing particles and the laws of diffusion. The lesson starts with the Jaws movie trailer to prompt thinking about how the shark was a able to smell it’s prey. There are demo and practical activity opportunities to demonstrate diffusion in gases and liquids whilst simultaneously introducing ideas about factors affecting diffusion rate. One of the videos looks at the effect of surface area on diffusion rate using agar jelly, but does not show the results. This could be an opportunity for students to try for themselves. The lesson concludes with an exam question.

This lesson moves on to revisit the learning from the previous lesson on using a microscope to view onion and cheek cells. Students are introduced to a series of items that have been magnified and they are asked to identify each one. Students are then showed an animation from CellsAlive to rank magnified specimens in order of size. The lesson concludes with an introduction to the magnification formula, micrometers and unit conversions, together with some magnification calculations using unit conversion. Also included is a CIE specific assessment with the mark scheme.

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 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 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 provides opportunity for students to discover the main features of ferns and flowering plants (dicotyledons and monocotyledons) of the plant kingdom. Students start the lesson with a recall classification exam questions and review the 5 kingdoms. The main body of the lesson is for students to research the four main plant groups and then delve deeper in the specific characteristics of ferns and flowering plants. Students then identify differences between monocotyledons and dicotyledons. The lesson concludes with CIE specific exam questions. Mark scheme included. Finally there is also a CIE specific test that can be used as a summative assessment for the whole of unit one - Characteristics and Classification of Living Organisms. Mark scheme included

This lesson provides opportunity for students to discover the two main groups of the animal kingdom: Vertebrates and Invertebrates. Students are given a ‘Who am I’ task to research the features of vertebrates which concludes with a whole class review. Students then are given the main groups of invertebrates and need to research the features of arthropods. The lesson concludes with an assessment task with CIE specific exam questions which also draw on learning from the previous lesson on classification. Students can then peer assess. This could also be a suitable homework activity. Mark scheme included.

This lesson provides an opportunity to explore features of the 5 kingdoms of life and viruses. Students are provided with a 5 kingdom tree to glue into their books and they are given questions to answer about it. They are then provided with a cut and stick activity to identify organisms within each of the 5 kingdoms. The lesson ends with a 10 question quiz. Also included is a summary assessment sheet that can be used as a homework activity.

This is a resource provided research task. Students are given access to a resource published by the Linnean Society which they need to use to discover the answers to questions outlined in the PPT. Students then use their answers to create a poster on their research.

First lesson for CIE iGCSE Biology on characteristics and classification of living organisms. The PPT gives examples of each of the seven characteristics along with a task sheet to give examples of the characteristics in both plants and animals. A summary crossword task for the plenary.