I have been teaching for 10 years both as a Biology/Chemistry/Pychology teacher and as a Head of department. I have experience teaching in both international schools and state comprehensives.
I have been teaching for 10 years both as a Biology/Chemistry/Pychology teacher and as a Head of department. I have experience teaching in both international schools and state comprehensives.
This bundle consists of 9 end of unit exams for:
B1.1: Lipids and carbohydrates
B1.2: Proteins
B2.1: Membranes and membrane transport
B2.2: Organelles and compartmentalisation
B2.3: Cell specialisation
B3.1: Gas exchange
B3.2: Transport
B3.3: Muscles and motility
B4.1: Adaptations to the environment
B4.2: Ecological niches
Each exam can be used as an end of topic exam and consists of:
7-10 multiple choice questions
Questions using IB command terms: state, explain, analyse, describe
Data based question
Mark schemes included
This fantastic resources covers the GCSE and iGCSE content for kidney failure. Formed of over 30 slides, this lesson will take approximately 2-3 hours to teach. It contains:
Starter slide
Retrieval tasks
Explanation of kidney failure
Explanation of how dialysis works
Explanation of transplantation and rejection
Comparision of dialysis and transplant
Student questions and answers
This bundle contains all the resources you need to teach B3 as part of the new IB Biology specification:
Gas Exchange, Transport and Muscle & Motility
This bundle contains:
Over 260 slides which cover all the content stipulated by the IB.
Student questions with answers
Clear notes
Checklist
Clear diagrams
Reserch tasks
Quesitons and answers
**This is ready to teach as soon as you download it!! **
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the A1.1 water in the new IB Biology specification for both HL and SL.
This Powerpoint consists of 43 slides and contains the following:
Starter task
All information is clearly presented
Student tasks with answers
All key terms
Notes for students
Exam style questions with answers
Student checklist (great for revision at the end of the unit)
The following content is covered:
A1.1: Water as a medium of life
A1.2: Hydrogen bonds are a consequence of polar covalent bonds within a water molecule.
A1.3: Cohesion of water molecules due to hydrogen bonds and the consequences for organisms
A1.4: Adhesion of water molecules to polar or charged materials and the impact for organisms.
A1.5: Solvent properties of water linked to its role as a medium for metabolism and transport in plants and animals
A1.6: Physical properties of water and the consequences for animals in aquatic habitats.
A1.7: Extraplanetary origins of water on Earth and reasons for it´s retention (HL ONLY)
A1.8: Relationship between the search for extra-terrestrial life and the presence of water (HL ONLY)
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach Thinking and decision making models in the cognitive approach unit IB Psychology specification.
This Powerpoint contains the followings:
All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student research tasks
Student workbook which accompanies the lessons
The following content is included:
Model for reasoned action
Explanation of model with clear examples
Model of planned behaviour
Evaluation of both models
Free will
Research tasks and acommpanying workbook.
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach Intuitive and rational thinking in the cognitive approach unit IB Psychology specification.
This Powerpoint contains the followings:
All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student research tasks
**Student workbook which accompanies the lessons
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The following content is included:
Usefulness of intuitive thinking
Computational model of decision making
heuristic
Examples of heuristic
Class experiment of anchoring effect
Class experiment of framing effect
Availability heuristic: Experiment and examples
Rational thinking
Activating system 2
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the Theme/Unit D2.1: Cell and nuclear division in the new IB Biology specification.
YouTube video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)
This Powerpoint consists of over 90 slides and contains the followings:
All the information the IB have included in the new spec.
Clear diagrams
Student friendly content
Summary videos
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
Summary
The following content is included:
D2.1.1:Outline how new cells can be generated by cell division.
D2.1.2: Outline the process of cytokinesis in plant and animal cells.
D2.1.3: Explain that not all cells undergo equal cytoplasmic division.
D2.1.4: Outline the roles of mitosis and meiosis in eukaryotic cells.
D2.1.5: Describe the shared features of mitosis and meiosis.
D2.1.6: Describe the phases of mitosis.
D2.1.7: Identify the stages of mitosis from photomicrographs.
D2.1.8: Explain why meiosis is a reduction division.
D2.1.9: Describe the stages of meiosis.
D2.1.10: Describe the causes and consequences of non-disjunction.
D2.1.11: Explain how meiosis generates genetic diversity.
D2.1.12: Outline the need for cell proliferation.
D2.1.13: Outline the phases of the cell cycle.
D2.1.14: Describe the changes that occur in a cell during interphase.
D2.1.15: Describe how cyclins control the cell cycle.
D2.1.16: Explain the possible consequences of mutations in genes that control the cell cycle.
D2.1.17: Calculate mitotic index and explain the difference in mitotic index between cancerous and non-cancerous tissue.
This resources comprises of 4 lessons (can take up to 6 if all activities are completed):
The Heart
Blood vessels
Coronary heart disease
Blood
Past paper questions (could be used as an assessment/homework)
All resources follow the specification of the exam boards and contain past paper questions, real world context, independent tasks and clear learning objectives.
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the A1.2 nucleic acids in the new IB Biology specification for both HL and SL.
This Powerpoint consists of 63 slides and contains the followings:
All the information (both SL and HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student questions with answers
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
The following content is included:
A1.2.1: DNA is the universal genetic material of all living organisms.
A1.2.1: The structure of a nucleotide
A1.2.3: Sugar-phosphate backbone/bonding of DNA and RNA
A1.2.4: Bases in DNA and RNA
A1.2.5: RNA as a polymer of nucleotides formed by condensation reactions.
A1.2.6: Structure of the DNA double helix
A1.2.7: Differences between DNA and RNA
A1.2.8: Importance of complementary base pairing
A1.2.9: Limitless capacity of DNA to store genetic information
A1.2.10: Conservation of the genetic code (evidence for common ancestry)
A1.2.11: Directionality of DNA and RNA (HL only)
A1.2.12: Purine to Pyrimidine base pairing (HL only)
A1.2.13: Structure of the nucleosome (HL only)
A1.2.14: Hershey-Chase experiment: Evidence of DNA as a genetic material (HL only)
A1.2.15: Chargaff´s rule: relative amounts of purine´s and pyrimidine´s (HL only)
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the B1.2 Proteins in the new IB Biology specification.
**YouTube video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)
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This Powerpoint consists of 55 slides and contains the followings:
All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
The following content is included:
B1.2.1: Generalised structure of an amino acid.
B1.2.2: Condensation reactions produce dipeptides and longer polypeptides.
B1.2.3: Dietary requirements of amino acids
B1.2.4: Infinite possible variety of polypeptide chains
B1.2.5: Effects of pH and temperature on proteins structure.
B1.2.6: chemical diversity in the R-groups of amino acids is the basis for the immense diversity in protein structures (HL only)
B1.2.7: Impact of the primary structure on the conformation of proteins (HL only)
B1.2.8: Pleating and coiling of secondary structure of proteins (HL only)
B1.2.9: Dependence of tertiary structure on hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, disulphide covalent bonds and hydrophobic interactions (HL only)
B1.2.10: Effects of polar and non-polar amino acids on the tertiary structure (HL only)
B1.2.11: Quaternary structure of conjugated and non-conjugated proteins (HL only
B1.2.12: Relationships of form and function for globular and fibrous proteins (HL only)
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the B4.2 Ecological niches in the new IB Biology specification.
**YouTube video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)
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This Powerpoint consists of 60 slides and contains the followings:
All the information the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
Summary
The following content is included:
B4.2.1: Explain what biotic and abiotic interactions are and how they influence growth, survival and reproduction, including how a species obtains food.
B4.2.2: Explain the differences between obligate anaerobes, facultative anaerobes and obligate aerobes.
B4.2.3: Summarise the process of photosynthesis as the mode of nutrition in plants, algae and several groups of photosynthetic prokaryotes.
B4.2.4: Explain the various modes of holozoic, mixotrophic, saprotrophic nutrition.
B4.2.5: Give details of the diversity of nutrition in archaea.
B4.2.6: Summarise the relationship between dentition and the diet of omnivorous and herbivorous representative members of the family Hominidae.
B4.2.7: Infer the diet of several hominid species from anatomical features.
B4.2.8: Describe the adaptations of herbivores for feeding on plants and of plants for resisting herbivory.
B4.2.9:Describe the adaptations of predators for finding, catching and killing prey and of prey animals for resisting predation.
B4.2.10: Describe the adaptations of plants for harvesting light.
B4.2.11: Describe and explain the differences between the fundamental and the realised niches.
B4.2.12:Explain the concept of competitive exclusion and the uniqueness of ecological niches
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the Theme/Unit C1.1 Enzymes in the new IB Biology specification.
**YouTube video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)
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This Powerpoint consists of over 60 slides and contains the followings:
All the information the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
Summary
The following content is included:
C1.1: Define metabolism.
C1.2: Distinguish between anabolism and catabolism and give examples.
C1.3: Describe the structure and role of enzymes.
C1.4: Describe the mechanism of enzyme catalysis.
C1.5: Describe the role of molecular motion and substrate–active site collisions in enzyme catalysis.
C1.6: Explain the relationship between the structure of the active site, enzyme–substrate specificity and denaturation.
C1.7: Explain the effect of enzymes on the activation energy.
C1.8: Explain the effect of temperature, pH, substrate concentration on the enzyme activity.
C1.9: Determine reaction rate through experimentation and secondary data.
C1.10:Distinguish intracellular and extracellular enzyme-catalysed reactions.
C1.11: Distinguish cyclical and linear pathways in metabolism.
C1.12: Explain the generation of heat by metabolic reactions.
C1.13: Distinguish competitive and non-competitive inhibition and give examples.
C1.14: Explain the end-product inhibition and give examples.
C1.15: Explain mechanism-based inhibition.
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the Theme/Unit C1.2 Respiration in the new IB Biology specification.
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This Powerpoint consists of over 80 slides and contains the followings:
All the information the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
Summary
The following content is included:
C1.2.1: Explain what ATP is and how it functions as a cell’s energy currency.
C1.2.2: Describe processes within cells that use ATP as an energy source.
C1.2.3: Describe the interconversions and energy changes between ATP and ADP.
C1.2.4: Describe cell respiration as the process that produces ATP using energy from carbon compounds and be able to distinguish between cell respiration and gas exchange.
C1.2.5: Distinguish between aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
C1.2.6: Describe the variables that affect the rate of cell respiration and be able to calculate the rate of respiration.
C1.2.7: Explain the role of NAD as a hydrogen carrier in cell respiration.
C1.2.8: Describe the conversion of glucose to pyruvate by the process of glycolysis.
C1.2.9: Describe anaerobic respiration as a means to regenerate NAD, producing lactate as a by-product.
C1.2.10: Describe anaerobic respiration in yeast and how we make use of it for brewing and baking.
C1.2.11: Describe the link reaction and the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl groups.
C1.2.12: Describe the Krebs cycle.
C1.2.13: Explain how NAD transfers energy to the electron transport chain (ETC) for the pumping of protons across the inner mitochondrial membrane.
C1.2.14: Describe the establishment of a proton gradient across the inner membrane by the flow of electrons through the ETC.
C1.2.15: Describe the formation of ATP via chemiosmosis.
C1.2.16: Outline the role of oxygen as the final electron acceptor.
C1.2.17: Outline how carbohydrates and lipids are used differently in the cell respiration pathway.
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the A2.2 Cell Structure in the new IB Biology specification for both HL and SL.
This Powerpoint consists of 114 slides and contains the followings:
All the information (both SL and HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student questions with answers
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
The following content is included:
A2.2.1: cells as the basic structural unit of life.
A2.2.2: Microscopy skills
A2.2.3: Development of microscopes
A2.2.4: Structures which are common to cells in all living things
A2.2.5: Structure of prokaryotic cells
A2.2.6: Eukaryotic cell structure
A2.2.7: Processes of life in unicellular organisms
A2.2.8: Differences in eukaryotic cell structure between animal, fungi and plants
A2.2.9: Atypical structures in eukaryotes
A2.2.10: Cell types and structures viewed in light and electron microscopes
A2.2.11: Drawing and annotating based on electron micrographs.
A2.2.12: Origin of eukaryotic cells by endosymbiosis
A2.2.13: Cell differentiation as the process for developing specialised tissues in organisms
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This resource consist of everything you will need to teach iGCSE Co-ordinated science (cambridge) C8 Acids, bases and salts. This resource consists of 7 powerpoints (over 100 slides in total) and a student checklist. Approximately 10 lessons are needed to complete this unit.
Lessons included:
Properties of Acids and bases
Types of Oxides research
Types of Oxides lesson
Testing for anions and cations
Making salts
Testing for gases
Summary lesson and exam questions
Each lesson consists:
Starter tasks
Clear diagrams and explanations
Student questions with answers
Research tasks
Videos
Student checklist
This resource consist of everything you will need to teach iGCSE Co-ordinated science (cambridge) B10 reproduction. This resource consists of 3 powerpoints (over 80 slides in total) and a student checklist. Approximately 8 lessons are needed to complete this unit.
Lessons included:
Sexual and asexual reproduction
Reproduction in plants (structure of the flower, pollen, insect and wind pollination, fertilisation and germination)
Sexual reproduction humans (male and femal reproductive system, menstrual cycle, fertilisation, gestation of foetus, HIV/AIDs)
Each lesson consists:
Starter tasks
Clear diagrams and explanations
Student questions with answers
Research tasks
Videos
Student checklist
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the B3.2 Transport in the new IB Biology specification.
YouTube video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)
This Powerpoint consists of 100 slides and contains the followings:
All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips/Reflections
Clear diagrams
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
Summary
The following content is included:
B3.2.1:Describe the structures of the arteries, capillaries and veins and explain how they are adapted for their functions.
B3.2.2: Outline different methods of measuring pulse rate.
B3.2.3: Outline the causes and consequences of occlusion of the coronary arteries.
B3.2.4:Explain how water is transported from the roots to the leaves during transpiration.
B3.2.5: Outline the adaptation of the xylem vessels for the transport of water.
B3.2.6: Draw and annotate plan diagrams from micrographs showing the distribution of tissues in a transverse section of the stem of a dicotyledonous plant, and dicotyledonous root.
B3.2.7: Describe how tissue fluid is released and taken back up by the capillaries.
B3.2.8: Compare and explain the composition of plasma and tissue fluid.
B3.2.9: Outline how excess tissue fluid is drained into lymph ducts.
B3.2.10: Compare the single circulation of bony fish to the double circulation of mammals.
B3.2.11: Explain the adaptations of the mammalian heart for delivering pressurised blood to the arteries.
B3.2.12: Outline the stages of the cardiac cycle.
B3.2.13: Explain how root pressure is generated in xylem vessels
B3.2.14: Outline the adaptations of phloem sieve tubes and companion cells for the translocation of sap.
This lesson can be purchased as part of the IB Complete course bundle (first exams 2025) at a heavily discounted price, formed of 40 fully resourced lessons, end of topic exams and student checklists. It can be found here
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach the A2.1 Origins of cells in the new IB Biology specification for HL only.
This Powerpoint consists of 40 slides and contains the followings:
All the information (both SL and HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student questions with answers
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
The following content is included:
• A2.1.1: Conditions on early Earth and the formation of prebiotic Carbon.
•A2.1.2: Cells as the smallest units of self sustaining life
•A2.1.3: Challenge explaining the spontaneous origin of cells.
•A2.1.4: Evidence for the origin of carbon compounds
•A2.1.5: Spontaneous formation of vesicles by the coalescences of fatty acids to form spherical bilayers
•A2.1.6: RNA as a presumed first genetic material
•A2.1.7: Evidence for a last common ancestor
•A2.1.8: Approaches used to estimate the dates of first living cells under the last universal common ancestor.
•A2.1.9: Evidence for the evolution of the last common ancestor in the vicinity of hydrothermal vents.
Excellent resource suitable for both iGCSE/GCSE Physics syllabus. The lesson includes a starter tasks, videos, student friendly content and questions with answers. Lesson will take 2-3 hours to teach. The content covered includes:
Recap of refraction
Converging/convex lens: Explanations and how to draw diagrams
Step by step instructions on how to draw lens diagrams using convex lens
Diverging/concave lens: Explanations and how to draw diagrams
Step by step instructions on how to draw lens diagrams using concave lens
Calculating magnification using lens diagrams.
Refractive index: Snells law
Internal reflection and Total internal reflection
Calculating the critical angle
This revision PowerPoint contains 68 slides and is perfect to prepare students for their end of year exams or their final iGCSE. This can be used to deliver several lessons, or given to students for independent revision. This resources contains fantastic diagrams and key information in a student friendly manner.
The topics covered in this resource include:
Plant nutrition
Human nutrition
Transport in plants
Transport in animals
Disease and immunity