These resources use a model of the digestive system to engage students in understanding the function of the various organs in the digestive system and further extends them to recall how the various tissue types (muscular glandular and epithelial) covered from the previous lesson in this unit are involved in digestion.

The resources contains activities such as card sorts, animation videos and questions based on videos to get students to understand how immunity through vaccines work to provide immunity for individuals as well as a population at large. Furthermore, the resources also provide support for students to complete one of the main types of exam questions which is likely to come up in assessments in which graph interpretation is firstly required before answering the question.

Students get an introduction into culturing bacteria in the lab before their first required practical. However this could also be used if lab facilities are unavailable.

The resource is an excellent lesson firstly introducing keywords critical to this lesson and how antibiotics work and lastly covers the benefits and challenges around the use of antibiotics in today’s setting. An exam question also accompanies this lesson as homework for exam practice.