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 is a fully resourced lesson on the skeletion for a mixed ability Year 7/8 class. The lesson contains an engaging starter task, diagrams for labelling, questions with answers and a video task. The following content is covered:
Types of bones
Structure of bones
Function of the skeletal system
Plenary task
This fantastic resources covers the GCSE and iGCSE content for thermoregulation. Formed of over 30 slides, this lesson will take approximately 2-3 hours to teach. It contains:
Starter slides
Retrieval tasks for other biology topics
Negative feedback
All key notes and definitions required
Explanations on how the body responds to high and low temperatures
Plenty of exam style questions with answers
This fantastic resources covers the GCSE and iGCSE content for the menstrual cycle. this lesson will take approximately 1-2 hours to teach. It contains:
Starter slide
Retrieval tasks
Key hormones involved in the menstrual cycle (LH, FSH, Oestrogen and Progesterone)
Stages of the menstrual cycle
Student tasks with answers
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 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
This bundle contains 12 fully resourced lessons, with starter tasks, key notes, diagrams and exam style questions on the following topics:
Introduction to homeostasis
Nervous system
The Brain
The eye
Controlling Temperature
Endocrine system
Controlling Blood sugar
Role of the Kidneys and Liver in excretion
Dialysis and Kidney transplant
Menstrual cycle
Infertility treatment
Plant hormones
This resource is perfect for a Year 9/10 class studying GCSE Osmosis. The lesson contains a starter tasks, recap on prior knowledge, student tasks with answers, exam style questions and practical tasks. The following content is covered:
Explanation of osmosis
Comparison of osmosis with diffusion
How osmosis affects plants and animals cells
Practical method on how Osmosis affects plant cells
Exam questions
Plenary
This resource is perfect for a Year 9/10 class studying GCSE Active transport. The lesson contains a starter tasks, recap on prior knowledge, student tasks with answers and exam style questions. The following content is covered:
Starter tasks
Explanation of active transport with clear diagrams
Student task (they create a diagram of active transport)
Examples of active transport in plants and other mammals
Comparison of active transport with diffusion and osmosis
Exam style questions
Plenary task with answers
This bundle contains all the resources you need to teach A1 Biology (water and nucleic acids) as part of the new IB specification. This bundle contains:
Over 100 slides which cover all the content stipulated by the IB.
Student questions with answers
Checklist
Clear diagrams
This is ready to teach as soon as you download it!!
This resource is perfect for a Year 9/10 mixed ability class studying GCSE Health and disease. The lesson contains a starter tasks, recap on prior knowledge, student tasks with answers, exam style questions and research tasks. The following content is covered:
Engaging starter with videos
Student research tasks
Notes on the different types of disease
Data analysis
Mental health (not part of the syllabus but engaging)
Exam style questions
Plenary tasks
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 A4.2 Ecosystems in the new IB Biology specification
This Powerpoint consists of 51 slides and contains the followings:
All the information ( HL and SL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Exam tips
Clear diagrams
Videos
Student research tasks
Clearly identified HL and SL content
Student checklist
The following content is included:
A4.2.1: Identify the levels of biodiversity – ecosystem diversity, species diversity and genetic diversity.
A4.2.2: Compare the current number of species and past levels of biodiversity.
A4.2.3: Describe the causes of anthropogenic species extinction.
A4.2.4: Analyse case studies to understand the range of causes of extinction.
A4.2.5: Describe the causes of ecosystem loss.
A4.2.6: Analyse case studies to understand the range of causes of ecosystem loss.
A4.2.7: Analyse evidence for a biodiversity crisis from different sources.
A4.2.8: Describe the causes of the current biodiversity crisis.
A4.2.9: Describe different ways to conserve biodiversity.
A4.2.10: Know the mechanism of conservation prioritisation.
This PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach techniques and methods to study the brain in biological apprach unit IB Psychology specification.
This Powerpoint contains the followings:
All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Clear diagrams
Videos
Extended writing question
Student research tasks
**Student workbook which accompanies the lessons
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The following content is included:
Animal research evaluation
Case study of animal research to understand fear
MRI: How they work?
EEG: How they work?
CT: How they work?
PET: How they work?
fMRI: How they work?
Evaluation of the use of case studies.
Triangulation
This bundle contains all the resources you need to teach Cognitive processing unit in IB Psychology:
Introduction to memory
Multi-store model
Working memory model
Schema theory
Thinking and decision making
Thinking and decision making models
Intuitive and rational thinking
As part of the new IB specification. This bundle contains:
Covers all the content stipulated by the IB.
Student questions with answers
Student experiments
Clear diagrams
Research tasks
Videos
Questions and answers
All lessons come with an a student booklet which is used in class
This is ready to teach as soon as you download it!!
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
**
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 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 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 D2.3: Water Potential 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 45 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:
D2.2.1: Explain how water is able to dissolve many substances
D2.2.2: Explain the movement of water from less concentrated to more concentrated solutions.
D2.2.3: Predict the net movement of water based on the environment of a cell.
D2.2.4: Outline the changes that occur to plant tissues bathed in hypotonic and hypertonic solutions.
D2.2.5: Explain the effects of water movement into and out of cells on cells that lack a cell wall.
D2.2.6: Explain the effects of water movement into and out of cells on cells that have a cell wall.
D2.2.7: Outline medical applications of isotonic solutions.
D2.2.8: Define the term water potential.
D2.2.9: Explain the direction that water moves in terms of water potential.
D2.2.10: Explain how solute potential and pressure potential affect the water potential within cells.
D2.2.11: Explain the changes that occur when a plant tissue is bathed in either a hypotonic or hypertonic solution in terms of solute and pressure potentials.
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 D3.1: Reproduction 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 85 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:
D3.1.1: Differentiate between sexual and asexual reproduction.
D3.1.2: Describe the role of meiosis in creating variation in sexually reproducing organisms.
D3.1.3: Compare the differences between the male and female sexes.
D3.1.4: Draw diagrams of the male (typical) and female (typical) reproductive systems.
D3.1.5: Annotate the names of the parts and their functions on the diagrams.
D3.1.6: Describe the hormonal regulation of the menstrual cycle.
D3.1.7: Elucidate the sequence of events leading to fertilisation.
D3.1.8: Explain the role of hormones in IVF.
D3.1.9: Describe the mechanism of sexual reproduction in plants.
D3.1.10: Explain the features of insect-pollinated flowers.
D3.1.11: Draw annotated diagrams of insect pollinated flowers.
D3.1.12: Describe strategies that facilitate cross-pollination in plants.
D3.1.13: Determine the role of self-incompatibility mechanisms in increasing genetic variation in a plant species.
D3.1.14: Explain the mechanism of seed dispersal and germination.
D3.1.15: Outline the role of GnRH, LH, FSH and the sex hormones in the changes associated with puberty.
D3.1.16: Describe oogenesis and spermatogenesis in humans.
D3.1.17: Identify the mechanisms that prevent polyspermy.
D3.1.18: Outline the development of the blastocyst and subsequent implantation in the endometrium.
D3.1.19: State the role of hCG in pregnancy and pregnancy testing.
D3.1.20: Describe the role of the placenta during foetal development.
D3.1.21: Discuss the role of hormones in maintaining pregnancy and initiating childbirth.
D3.1.22: Correlate between HRT and risk of coronary heart disease
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 PowerPoint contains everything you need to teach Quantitative research methods in the approaches to researching behaviour unit of IB Psychology specification.
YouTube video is a preview of the full resource (does not include all slides)
This Powerpoint (over 120 slides) and two student workbooks contains the followings:
All the information ( HL) the IB have included in the new spec.
Clear diagrams
Videos
Extended writing question
Student research tasks
Two student workbook which accompanies the lessons
Topics covered include:
Introduction to quantitative research methods
Research design
Experimental method
Internal validity
Sampling
Types of experiments
Validity
Reliability
Correlations
Ethics
Practice exam
This bundle contains all the resources you need to teach Theme/Unit D: Continuity & Change:
D1.1: DNA replication
D1.2: Protein synthesis
D1.3: Mutations and gene editing
D2.1: Cell and nuclear division
D2.2: Gene expression
D2.3: Water potential
D3.1: Reproduction
D3.2: Inheritance
D3.3: Homeostasis
D4.1: Natural selection
D4.2: Stability and change
D4.3: Climate change
As part of the new IB specification. This bundle contains:
Over 800 slides which cover all the content stipulated by the IB.
Student questions with answers
Checklist
Clear diagrams
Research tasks
Questions and answers
This is ready to teach as soon as you download it!!