Lower ability students - can be adapted to stretch higher ability easily. Created with my Year 9 class in mind. Students will learn the process of natural selection, the adaptations of animals, and fossils as evidence for natural selection. Activity taken from Kerboodle - Darwin's finches.

Used for high ability year 7 as part of the Activate 1, Reactions unit. Instructions included.

Students will be able to explain what is happening at each point on the bacterial growth curve graph. With a worked example, students will learn to calculate the number of bacteria present and the number of binary fissions that occur after a certain amount of time when given the mean division time. Worked examples have been found to help those who are of a lower ability or who struggle with maths. This is part of the new 2016 spec. Complete with exam questions and answers - ready to print resource sheet.

This lesson includes information regarding the structure of the heart and how they relate to its function. Also contains an end-of-class activity where the students can draw the structure of a human heart onto a balloon (they absolutely LOVE this), links to helpful videos regarding the cardiac cycle, and an included worksheet for the students to include add their labels to throughout the lesson.

Students will learn the differences between nucleus, chromosome, DNA and genes. Contains progress check with answers and several activities. For homework, students should create their own timeline to show the discovery of DNA.

Students will learn the composition of blood. Activity attached in which students will make their own 'blood' which has never failed to engage students in my experience.

This recaps the particle model of matter that students should have learnt in KS3 and builds on this. This resource is made for middle-attainers but can easily be adapted for high or low-attainers. Resource contains activities and questions. Second optional resource attached where students will monitor the change of state of distilled water. They will use blank thermometers to create their own temperature scale and compare this to an actual thermometer.

I created this worksheet for my year 8 class (very high ability for their age). This lesson involves learning about the structures of the breathing system (lungs, trachea, ribs, diaphragm, alveoli, bronchi, bronchioles etc.) with the help of labelling a diagram. You can get them to feel their ribs as they breathe in so that they can feel their ribs move up and out and also feel their diaphragm move downwards). I have included the worksheet and a short 1 minute activity in which the students will exercise by running on the spot and applying what they have learned to how and why their breathing rate and volume has changed.

Made with mid-ability year 10 in mind. Students will understand what coronary heart disease is and how it occurs, and will be able to evaluate the effectiveness of stents and statins, Progress checks and answers supplied.

Created with high ability year 10 in mind. Information re xylem, phloem and root hair cells. Students compare the three. Students will learn the cells that make up the leaf - inc. palisade mesophyll, spongey mesophyll, xylem, phloem, stoma, guard cells etc. This lesson requires light microscopes and slides containing the cross-section of a leaf. They will draw what they see and explain the adaptations of each component.

Presentation to accompany a heart dissection lesson. Students will have to identify parts of the heart from a diagram before moving on to the dissection so that they are aware of what they are looking at. They will have accompanying questions to guide their thinking during the dissection. Progress check and answers supplied.

Aimed with year 9 group in mind. Created for smaller groups but can be adapted easily for larger classes. Involves students "teaching" a method of conservation rather than teacher talk. Helps build student confidence and researching skills. Powerpoint contains 'notes' to help you deliver the lesson.

As part of the 'Working Scientifically' sections of the AQA GCSE specification, this resource contains a presentation about the uses and ethics of the uses of stem cells and saviour siblings. This bundle contains: 1 presentation and 4 articles on the topic of saviour siblings. The presentation will stimulate a debate discussion in the class and introduces them to the idea of stem cells and what they could be used for. The presentation itself contains annotated notes to help the teacher deliver the content. Students are grouped and will read the articles before discussing amongst themselves whether saviour siblings are 'right' or 'wrong' and why before answering plenary questions to summarise their learning (included).

Aimed at year 9 AQA Biology In the activity, students are given a poster and asked to work in 3's (for a large group of 30 students - smaller classes can have smaller groups). The information sheet tells the student how the animal is endangered and where it live - info taken from WWF so is reliable. Students are asked to think about which conservation method they would use to save the animals from going extinct. After this, they will each come to the front of the classroom to present their ideas. It is recommended these presentations last no more than 2 minutes in order to keep to the time of a 1 hour lesson and to give the students adequate time to prepare. Please ensure that the students are aware that they will be given praise points/merits/any other acceptable praise for taking part and to keep them focussed. This pack contains 11 animal posters and the ppt presentation to go with the lesson. For more unruly classes, make sure you choose your own groupings.

Keep on top of who has handed in their homework and who was absent when it was given.