PowerPoint designed using the AQA syllabus for pupils to use to check their understanding of key concepts. Used in a lesson before their end of unit test. Pupils can identify areas they have struggled with and focus their revision on those questions. Hyperlinks to Bitesize to support less confident/able pupils.

Used as a 'Christmas' fun lesson with year 10, who had previosuly been studying the nervous system.

Used with a high ability year 12 class over a series of lessons to cover digestion of carbohydrates, proteins and lipids.

Used with high ability year 10 class to discuss bio-indicators, including Lichen and invertebrate species.

- high ability year 10 class. - began with Chinese whispers to mimic the Nervous System (seventy seven benevolent elephants). Class were then able to guess the topic we were learning about, through the game. - discussed 'brainbow' (google this, mapping of neural pathways) - labelled diagrams of neurones and discussed their structure.

Used with a high ability year 10 class, in a lesson about the structure and function of the brain. To get them used to interpreting and analysing information, and to link NS structure to nature of the condition.

Used with high ability year 10 class. Links to nervous disorder charity websites which all contain interesting videos which can be watched with the class.

Year 12 lesson.

Used with year 12 class over a series of lessons to cover: - Simple diffusion - Facilitated diffusion - Osmosis - Active Transport

Used with a high ability year 10 class, alongside the AQA 9-1 Biology Textbook. Comprehension activity and exam questions, with a markscheme.

Used with high ability year 9 class: - Scavenger hunt Q sheet - I printed and laminated answers, and spread these around the room. Pupils used this information to answer the questions. - Correct the mistakes passage on aerobic and anaerobic respiration - including scientific and SPaG errors, for pupils to correct. Answer sheet inc.

Used with a high ability year 12 class over the course of several lessons, as part of the Mass Transport topic. PPT includes: - structure of the heart - cardiac cycle - valves - blood vessels - tissue fluid

Used with a high ability year 9 class. Practical - skittles in a petri dish, measuring time taken for pigment to reach the centre. Done with tap water, and hot water to investigate factors affecting diffusion. Summary sheet bought from another Tes author - a gap fill on factors affecting diffusion.

Used this powerpoint with my high ability year 12 class, alongside a number of worksheets (adapted from other TES authors, or using past exam questions). - Species and Taxonomy - Calculating diversity - Molecular techniques to investigate diversity - For the slides on courtship rituals I added a sound effect (Puppy Love, by Donny Osmond). For this to work on your computer you would need to save this song as an mp3 (using a youtube converter) and add it to the slide.

Used with a high ability year 9 class, following lessons on diffusion and osmosis. You may need to save gif of man rolling down hill (link to diffusion) and have used the font grilled cheese (may need reformatting if you don't have the font installed)

Used with a high ability year 9 class to introduce osmosis. - I use the font grilled cheese, which I have downloaded onto my computer. You may need to reformat the font if you have not got this downloaded yourself.

Year 9 iGCSE - human impact on the environment.