Netflix has released a 1 hour 17 minute (without credits) documentary which focuses on how Sir David Attenborough has witness the planet changing over his life time - some important links are made to key concepts within Ecology unit of the AQA GCSE Biology course. Attached is a worksheet with questions on for pupils to answer throughout the documentary and a task to summarise their feelings at the end. In addition, I have added the PowerPoint i’ll be using during this double lesson and a follow up task on how pupils can reduce their carbon footprint.

A PowerPoint I have made to be delivered during a 20-minute form time, following the delivery of an assembly on the topic.

This file contains a worksheet (and answer sheet, with answer timings in the documentary) for pupils to complete as they watch David Attenborough’s BBC Series ‘A Perfect Planet’, Episode 5 on ‘Humans’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08xc32c/a-perfect-planet-series-1-5-humans This fits in nicely with the B18 unit of AQA GCSE Biology, but also discusses links to Chemistry (Earth’s atmosphere) and Physics too (renewable energy). The worksheet contains 19 short-answer questions throughout the documentary to keep students engaged. A worksheet it also included to use if you’re using this as a remote learning lesson during lockdown, with space indicated to students where they should write their answer.

IDEAL REMOTE TEACHING ACTIVITY This file contains a worksheet (and answer sheet, with answer timings in the documentary) for pupils to complete as they watch David Attenborough’s BBC Documentary ‘Extinction: The Facts’. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000mn4n/extinction-the-facts This fits in nicely with the Ecology unit of AQA GCSE Biology. The worksheet contains 20 short-answer questions throughout the documentary to keep students engaged, plus 2 reflection questions. A worksheet it also included to use if you’re using this as a remote learning lesson during lockdown, with space indicated to students where they should write their answer.

This file contains a worksheet (and answer sheet, with answer timings in the documentary) for pupils to complete as they watch David Attenborough’s BBC Series ‘Attenboroughs Life in Colour’, Episode 2 on ‘Hiding in Colour’ from 0-48 minutes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000t18d/attenboroughs-life-in-colour-series-1-2-hiding-in-colour This fits in nicely with the following units of AQA GCSE Biology: B5 as it discusses mimicry as a source of plant and animal defence B15 as is discusses ‘warning colours’ in animals (Alfred Russel Wallace) B16 as it shows shows how animals, such as the Artic fox, adapt to their surroundings during seasonal changes The worksheet contains 16 short-answer questions throughout the documentary to keep students engaged. I highly recommend that if showing this to a classroom of students you turn on the subtitles to make it easier for them to identify the answers.

This resource contains a worksheet (and answer sheet, with answer timings in the documentary) for pupils to complete as they watch the 2014 Netflix documentary “Cowspiracy” - (90-minutes). The worksheet includes 20 short-answer questions and 4 longer questions (only a few sentences required) which are answered throughout the documentary, to keep students engaged. I also have a resource for the complimentary Netflix Documentary “Seaspiracy” which focuses on the impact of fishing on the oceans and the Earth as a whole: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12510576

This resource contains a worksheet (and answer sheet, with answer timings in the documentary) for pupils to complete as they watch the 2021 Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy” - (89-minutes). This fits in nicely with the B18 unit of AQA GCSE Biology, as it discusses sustainable fishing and food security. The worksheet is split into two parts so that you can watch half the documentary in one lesson, and half the next. It includes 30 short-answer questions throughout the documentary to keep students engaged. WARNING: There’s a scene which some students may find upsetting (shows the killing of whales) from 1:13:00-1:20:00. I also have a resource for the complimentary Netflix Documentary “Cowspiracy” which focuses on the impact of farming on the Earth: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12517946

This file contains a worksheet (and answer sheet, with answer timings in the documentary) for pupils to complete as they watch David Attenborough’s BBC Series ‘Attenboroughs Life in Colour’, Episode 1 on ‘Seeing in Colour’ from 0-48 minutes. https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000stys/attenboroughs-life-in-colour-series-1-1-seeing-in-colour This fits in nicely with the B15 unit of AQA GCSE Biology, as is discusses ‘Warning Colours’ in animals (Alfred Russel Wallace). The worksheet contains 14 short-answer questions throughout the documentary to keep students engaged.