This is a really nice plenary to use after teaching the stages of meiosis. It has a series of images (diagrams, fluorescence microscopy and light microscopy) from the stages of meiosis, including interphase 1 and 2. The images are all at the start of the power point with the answers at the end. This works really well as a group quiz, where students discuss and decide the stage of meiosis based upon the position of the chromosomes.

A short activity to test students understanding of the process of serial dilution and how this is used to estimate bacterial numbers derived from an original sample. This also covers how science works as students have to justify certain aspects of the protocol used to test the sample.

This is a presentation and accompanying activities that can be used in the teaching of synovial joint structure. The first activity is a general synovial joint which can be labelled to include the tissue components of all synovial joints. The next activity is a card sort for the 5 main types of synovial joint.

A short activity testing students understanding of the different forms of bacteria based upon cell wall structure. It details the structure of coccal, bacilli and spirilium with examples of each.

The following set of activities are made to support the teaching of muscle structure and contraction according to the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction.

This is a comparision table that breaks down the topic of pregnancy hormones, making for a useful research activity. The first page is designed to be a tick or cross table showing the hormones involved in menstruation, fertilisation and implantation, foetal development, labour and lactation. Each subsequent table then goes into more detail on each process separately. This would be useful as a research task for independent learning or as revision after teaching the topic.

This is a quiz activity to test students understanding of the causes of variation in a species, the mechanisms of micro-evolution and natural selection. The quiz is set up as a grid with numbers that each hyperlink to a separate question. I use this to improve the confidence of my students in their spoken responses. Once they have answered a question correctly, they get to nominate another student and give them a number to link to the next question, this adds a nice dynamic to the activity!