Designed for the new specification IGCSE Edexcel course but can be used for other examination boards.
Covers:
(d) Human influences on the environment
4.12 understand the biological consequences of pollution of air by sulfur dioxide and carbon monoxide
4.13 understand that water vapour, carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, methane and CFCs are greenhouse gases
4.14 understand how human activities contribute to greenhouse gases
4.15 understand how an increase in greenhouse gases results in an enhanced greenhouse effect and that this may lead to global warming and its consequences
4.16 understand the biological consequences of pollution of water by sewage
4.17 understand the biological consequences of eutrophication caused by leached minerals from fertiliser
4.18B understand the effects of deforestation, including leaching, soil erosion, disturbance of evapotranspiration and the carbon cycle, and the balance of atmospheric gases
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
24 slides covering Discovery and development of drugs
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Students should be able to describe the process of discovery and development of potential new medicines, including preclinical and clinical testing.
Traditionally drugs were extracted from plants and microorganisms.
• The heart drug digitalis originates from foxgloves.
• The painkiller aspirin originates from willow.
• Penicillin was discovered by Alexander Fleming from the Penicillium mould.
Most new drugs are synthesised by chemists in the pharmaceutical industry. However, the starting point may still be a chemical extracted from a plant.
New medical drugs have to be tested and trialled before being used to check that they are safe and effective.
New drugs are extensively tested for toxicity, efficacy and dose.
Preclinical testing is done in a laboratory using cells, tissues and live animals.
Clinical trials use healthy volunteers and patients.
• Very low doses of the drug are given at the start of the clinical trial.
• If the drug is found to be safe, further clinical trials are carried out to find the optimum dose for the drug.
• In double blind trials, some patients are given a placebo.
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Contains topics covering (7 powerpoints):
Human endocrine system
Control of blood glucose levels
Hormones in human reproduction
Contraception
Treating infertility
Negative feedback
Plant hormones and response
Using plant hormones
Lessons are designed for the new AQA course covering specification points: 4.5.3.1, 4.5.3.2, 4.5.3.4, 4.5.3.5, 4.5.3.6, 4.5.3.7, 4.5.4.1 and 4.5.4.2
These lessons can be adapted to be used with other exam boards as all new science specifications now cover the same content.
Designed for the new specification International A-level edexcel course but can be modified for other exam boards.
18 slides covering Prokaryotic cells
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-The ultrastructure of Prokaryotic cells.
-Understand the function organelles in Prokaryotic cells
Powerpoint contains a exam style question
Designed for the new specification International A-level edexcel course but can be modified for other exam boards.
21 slides covering The cell cycle
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-The cell cycle’s role in the production of identical daughter cells for growth and asexual reproduction.
Powerpoint contains exam questions
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course (covers spec point 4.1.1.3) but can be modified for other exam boards.
13 slides covering Plant specialisation.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-Describe how specialised cells in a plant carry out a particular function
-Identify different parts of specialised plant cells and relate these identified parts to their function.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point4.1.1.1 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
19 slides covering Atoms, Elements and Compounds.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-Understand that elements can be represented by a chemical symbol
-Recognise how the periodic table is arranged
-Describe how compounds are formed
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.10.1.2 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
14 slides covering Potable water:
-the difference between potable water and pure water
-the differences in treatment of ground water and salty water
-how to carry out a simple distillation of salt solution and test the distillate to determine its purity.
-includes details of the required practical (see worksheets www.tes.com/teaching-resource/required-practical-water-purification-11771279)
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.5.1.2 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
16 slides covering Reaction profiles.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Define the term activation energy
Draw a reaction profile for exothermic and endothermic reactions
Interpret reaction profiles for exothermic and endothermic reactions
Describe bond breaking and bond making in terms of energy
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
12 slides covering Velocity.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Define Velocity
Be able to calculate velocity
Interpret velocity time graphs
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Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.5.6.1.2 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
13 slides covering speed and distance/time graphs.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
Use and rearrange the Speed equation;
Describe how the gradient of a distance–time graph represents the speed;
Describe the motion of an object by interpreting distance–time graphs.
Matches the AQA A-level biology specification on kerboodle.
Intended to track assessment marks at A-level
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14 slides covering Ramadan.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
-Define the word Sawm;
-Describe why Muslims fast;
-Explain what things Muslims avoid during fasting.
Designed for the new specification IGCSE Edexcel course but can be used for other examination boards.
Covers:
(b) Feeding relationships
4.6 understand the names given to different trophic levels, including producers, primary, secondary and tertiary consumers and decomposers
4.7 understand the concepts of food chains, food webs, pyramids of number, pyramids of biomass and pyramids of energy transfer
4.8 understand the transfer of substances and energy along a food chain
4.9 understand why only about 10% of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
29 slides covering Photosynthesis
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
4.4.1.1 Photosynthetic reaction
Photosynthesis is represented by the equation:
carbon dioxide + water light glucose + oxygen
Students should recognise the chemical symbols: CO2, H2O, O2 and C6H12O6.
Students should be able to describe photosynthesis as an endothermic reaction in which energy is transferred from the environment to the chloroplasts by light.
4.4.1.2 Rate of photosynthesis
Students should be able to explain the effects of temperature, light intensity, carbon dioxide concentration, and the amount of chlorophyll on the rate of photosynthesis.
Students should be able to:
measure and calculate rates of photosynthesis
extract and interpret graphs of photosynthesis rate involving one limiting factor
plot and draw appropriate graphs selecting appropriate scale for axes
translate information between graphical and numeric form.
(HT only) These factors interact and any one of them may be the factor that limits photosynthesis.
(HT only) Students should be able to explain graphs of photosynthesis rate involving two or three factors and decide which is the limiting factor.
(HT only) Students should understand and use inverse proportion – the inverse square law and light intensity in the context of photosynthesis.
(HT only) Limiting factors are important in the economics of enhancing the conditions in greenhouses to gain the maximum rate of photosynthesis while still maintaining profit.
**Required practical activity 6: investigate the effect of light intensity on the rate of photosynthesis using an aquatic organism such as pondweed. **
4.4.1.3 Uses of glucose from photosynthesis
The glucose produced in photosynthesis may be:
used for respiration
converted into insoluble starch for storage
used to produce fat or oil for storage
used to produce cellulose, which strengthens the cell wall
used to produce amino acids for protein synthesis.
To produce proteins, plants also use nitrate ions that are absorbed from the
Contains 4 lessons covering:
Homeostasis
The human nervous system
The brain
The eye
Lessons are designed for the new AQA course covering specification points: 4.5.1, 4.5.2.1,4.5.2.2,4.5.2.3
These lessons can be adapted to be used with other exam boards as all new science specifications now cover the same content.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE( covers spec point 4.7.3.1 ) course but can be modified for other exam boards.
12 slides covering the following objectives:
Define biodiversity
Describe why biodiversity is important
Explain how waste, deforestation and global warming have an impact on biodiversity.
**“There is a different starter for combined or Triple students” **
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
17 slides covering Metabolism.
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
4.4.2.3 Metabolism
Students should be able to explain the importance of sugars, amino acids, fatty acids and glycerol in the synthesis and breakdown of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.
Metabolism is the sum of all the reactions in a cell or the body.
The energy transferred by respiration in cells is used by the organism for the continual enzyme controlled processes of metabolism that synthesise new molecules.
Metabolism includes:
conversion of glucose to starch, glycogen and cellulose
the formation of lipid molecules from a molecule of glycerol and three molecules of fatty acids
the use of glucose and nitrate ions to form amino acids which in turn are used to synthesise proteins
respiration
breakdown of excess proteins to form urea for excretion.
Designed for the new specification AQA GCSE course but can be modified for other exam boards.
21 slides covering The nervous system
By the end of the powerpoint students would have covered:
4.5.2.1 Structure and function
Students should be able to explain how the structure of the nervous system is adapted to its functions.
The nervous system enables humans to react to their surroundings and to coordinate their behaviour.
Information from receptors passes along cells (neurones) as electrical impulses to the central nervous system (CNS). The CNS is the brain and spinal cord. The CNS coordinates the response of effectors which may be muscles contracting or glands secreting hormones.
stimulus --> receptor --> coordinator -->effector -->response
Students should be able to explain how the various structures in a reflex arc – including the sensory neurone, synapse, relay neurone and motor neurone – relate to their function. Students should understand why reflex actions are important.
Reflex actions are automatic and rapid; they do not involve the conscious part of the brain.
Required practical activity 7: plan and carry out an investigation into the effect of a factor on human reaction time.