A bundle of lessons for GCSE Biology Topic 7 - Ecosystems. Seven free lessons for content preview.
Suggested Order:
Competition
Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Food Chains and Trophic Levels
Environmental Change
The Water Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
Decay and Biogas
Global Warming
Deforestation and Land Use
Protecting Ecosystems
Pyramids of Biomass and Biomass Transfer
Food Security and Farming
Biotechnology
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on genetic engineering for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Cloning. (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12625511) Next topic Fossils and Classification https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12634123
COVER IMAGE: Ingrid Moen (et al) Gene expression in tumor cells and stroma in dsRed 4T1 tumors in eGFP-expressing mice with and without enhanced oxygenation. BMC Cancer. 2012
Content Covered:
-Uses for genetic engineering
-GM crops
-Pros and cons of genetic modification
-Gene therapy
-Genetic engineering method overview
-Insulin producing bacteria
-Genetic modification of multicellular organisms
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Full lessons for biology B1c for key stage 3 year 7 students. Answers included for all tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-Adolescence
-Reproductive Systems
-Fertilisation and Implantation
-Development of a Fetus
-The Menstrual Cycle
-Flowers and Pollination
-Fertilisation and Germination
-Seed Dispersal
-Revision Lesson
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on states of matter. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases. They will use the particle model to explain the properties of substances in each of the three states.
These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: compress, flow, matter, vibrate and state of matter)
-A handout sheet task defining solids, liquids and gases and creating a factfile.
-Questions and challenge questions
-Answer slides included
-Next lesson Melting and Freezing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12977344
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on chemical reactions. In this lesson students will learn about what happens to atoms during chemical reactions, the difference between chemical and physical reactions and the definition of a catalyst.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: reversible, chemical bond, chemical reaction, catalyst and physical change)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet
-Consolidation exercise
-Note taking exercise
Next Lesson Word Equations https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979627
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Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on Exchanging Substances. Pupils will explain why multicellular organisms need specialised exchange surfaces. They will compare surface area to volume ratios and explore the examples of the lungs, small intestine, leaves and gills. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Numeracy task
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Comprehension questions
-Handout sheet task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
-Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.
-Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12829058
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food chains and trophic levels for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4.
Content Covered:
-Food chains and food webs
-Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers
-Biomass
-Predators and prey
-Trophic levels
-Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
-Apex predators
-Predator/prey cycles
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Full lessons for chemistry C1b for key stage 3 year 7 students. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-Elements
-Atoms
-Compounds
-Chemical formulae
-Revision lesson
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the night sky. In this introductory lesson to space students will learn how to describe the difference between natural and artificial satellites, describe comets, meteors and asteroids and describe the structure of the universe. This lesson also includes optional revision of weight calculations in different gravitational field strengths.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords task (vocabulary: satellite, galaxy, universe, comet, meteor and asteroid)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension task
-Numeracy task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson The Solar System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12755068
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Full lessons for physics P1d for key stage 3 year 7 students. Includes a free lesson for content preview. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-The Night Sky
-The Solar System
-Earth
-The Moon
-Revision Lesson Space
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on variation. In this lesson students will state what causes variation and give examples. They will learn about the difference between inherited and environmental variation.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: variation, characteristics, environmental variation, inherited variation and species)
-Task boxes
-Discussion exercise
-Comprehension questions
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Continuous and Discontinuous variation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12981312
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on metals and non-metals. In this lesson students will describe the properties of metals, locate metals in the periodic table and explain what is meant by the term ‘metalloid.’
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: metal, non-metal, metalloid, malleable, ductile and sonorous)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension task
-Oxidation reactions (recap from year 7 and as an example of how metals and non-metals react differently
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Groups and Periods https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12782206
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Full lessons for physics P2c (Motion and Pressure) for key stage 3 year 8 students. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
Speed
Distance-time graphs
Pressure in gases
Pressure in liquids
Pressure on Solids
Turning forces
Motion and pressure
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food security and farming for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Pyramids of Biomass (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12648627)
Content Covered:
-Definition of food security
-Factors affecting food security
-Population increase
-Diet and importing food
-Impact of war on food security
-Environmental change
-New pests and pathogens
-Cost of farming
-Sustainable farming and efficient food production
-Bioethics: restricting the movement of farm animals for more efficient production of food
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on making salts. In this lesson students will predict the products formed when acids react with metals and bases, describe what a salt is and describe an experiment to make salt crystals from an acid and a base.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (vocabulary: salt, sulfate (sulphate), nitrate, chloride and crystal)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet OR note taking exercise on making salt crystals experiment
-Consolidation questions
-Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12711491
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Full lessons for chemistry C1d for key stage 3 year 7 students. Includes a free lesson for content preview. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
-Acids and Alkalis
-Indicators and pH
-Neutralisation
-Making Salts
-Revision Lesson
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Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Cloning. In this lesson pupils will describe what a clone is, give some examples of natural clones and discuss the uses of cloning technology.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Keywords (sexual reproduction, asexual reproduction, clone, natural clones and cutting)
-Task boxes
-Comprehension questions
-Handout task
-Discussion exercise
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next lesson Biotechnology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824634
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Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on continuous and discontinuous variation. In this lesson students will explain the difference between continuous and discontinuous variation, then choose and plot an appropriate graph for each type of variation.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-Group reading (literacy)
-Task boxes
-Numeracy task
-Answer slides included for self-assessment
-Next Lesson Inheritance https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12770525
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PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on mitosis for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Leads on to Binary Fission: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/binary-fission-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12318380
Content Covered:
Chromosomes
The cell cycle
Mitosis
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Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on evaporation and sublimation. In this lesson students will learn how to explain why liquids can evaporate below their boiling point, explain why we sweat and describe sublimation and deposition.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: boiling, evaporation, condensation, sublimation and deposition)
-A task box exercise
-A sorting task to summarize the difference between boiling and evaporation
-A handout sheet on state change
-Recall questions on particle theory and state change
-Next lesson Diffusion https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12977379
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