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This is a 25-page student booklet for Unit 7 Ecology for the new AQA GCSE 9-1 Biology. It includes notes, activities, exam questions and the associated required practicals. It is great for use alongside teaching or as a revision aid for students.
Ecology Revision Placemat
An A3 revision mat for the Ecology chapter in AQA GCSE 1-9 Combined Science and Biology. Includes combined Science content only and no separate Biology content.
Includes answer
KS3 new for the Activate resource ‘Ecology’
Download the first lesson ‘Photosynthesis’ free at the shop.
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/photosynthesis-11720990
Full lessons ready to use straight ‘out of the box’. You’ll struggle to find a set of as many planned lessons this cheap and of similar quality
Also get all KS3 Activate 2 Biology topics as a mega bundle here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-activate-2-biology-12274793
Similar structure to my other power points following the input - activity - review phasing
Activities differentiated.
Plenary sections for progress checking
Clear learning objectives and outcomes
Modern and engaging layout
Little adaptation needed
LESSONS:
Photosynthesis
Leaves
Plant Minerals
Chemosynthesis
Aerobic Respiration
Anaerobic Respiration
Food Chains and Webs
Disruption to Food Chains and Webs
Ecoystems
Field Investigation (BONUS LESSON included in the Ecosystem lesson 9)
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These slides will help your students approach, examine and explore the new subject of Media Ecology.
The lessons engage A Level learners through diverse activities and cover various ‘ways in’ such as suggested videos, media ecology theories, example case studies and a grade A/A* CIE marked exam essay.
Excellent 26 slide PPT on pyramids of numbers and pyramids of biomass for KS3. It reviews food chains and webs and leads students into constructing pyramids of numbers and calculating biomass and drawing pyramids of biomass. Also covers all the key language, and has a very good activity sheet (the answers are built into the PPT). Well organised with clearly made key points and well chosen images. This lesson explains the material in an easy to understand way. Provides an excellent ready to use lesson on this topic.
UK KS3 and USA grades 6 to 9.
Where ever you live in the world, this lesson is for ages 11 to 14.
Search words
Pyramid of numbers, pyramids of numbers, Pyramid of biomass, pyramids of biomass, calculating biomass, calculate biomass, food chains, food webs, consumer, producer, tropic levels, construct, draw,
This is a unit of work I created for the plant ecology part of unit 3.
It contains three lessons and work booklets to go with each lesson. There is also a 4th booklet which I get students do independently in lesson as a practical task.
There is a lot of practical work using the 2017 paper and only ecology material from SAPS
A full 1 hour lesson designed for a low ability year 10 class studying the AQA GCSE Combined Science syllabus.
This is a theory lesson, so suitable for teaching random sampling with quadrats in the winter months!
This lesson focuses on the method of systematic sampling using transect lines.
This resource includes:
A ‘5 in 5’ retrieval-style starter
A retrieval practice (recalling method for random sampling)
Teacher input slides with dual coding and reduced cognitive load
Teacher model slides (examples)
An animated teacher model, helping students to visualise the method
Guided class discussions
Multiple choice hand signals quiz
‘Fill in the blanks’ closed task with answer slide
Exam questions, with optional scaffolds, and answer slides
Written plenary
Suitable for remote online distance learning. Slides are written to be self-explanatory so are also suitable for home study.
Powerpoint presentations and accompanying worksheets covering bioenergetics and homeostasis (AQA GCSE Biology Grade 9-1) for teaching and revision.
Suggested Order:
Competition and Adaptation
Abiotic and Biotic Factors
Food Chains and Trophic Levels
Environmental Change
The Water Cycle
The Carbon Cycle
Decay and Biogas
Biodiversity and Waste Management
Global Warming
Deforestation and Land Use
Pyramids of Biomass and Biomass Transfer
Food Security and Farming
Biotechnology
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A bumper collection of twenty resources (worth £40 individually!) including starter activities, guides to experiments, detailed worksheets and independent research tasks on the topic of ecology. All resources are aimed at advanced level study and would best suit biology students, although some resources could well be used by geography or environmental science students.
Please view the description of each resource for more details.
Further resources from the same author can be found at Bioscience Rocks:
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/cmrcarr
Ecology: This ecology bundle includes of all of the cootie catchers as outlined below: Playing directions and folding Directions (with pictures) are Included.
Important: All these Cootie Catchers sell for $19; as a bundle they are 25% off, for $14!
There are 7 different topics, each one having multiple versions in color and black and white:
♦ Animal Adaptations
♦ Biomes
♦ Ecosystems
♦ Evolution
♦ Food Web
♦ Habitats
♦ Water Cycle
Ecology: This ecology bundle includes of all of my interactive notebooks as outlined below: Completed facts and blank pages for students to fill out are included in all versions.
Important: All these sell for $30; as a bundle they are 50% off, for $14.95!
There are 4 different topics, each one comes in an accordion booklet and lapbook format and come in color and black and white:
♦ Animal adaptations: Booklet, Lapbook
♦ Biomes: Booklet, Lapbook
♦ Habitats: Booklet, Lapbook
♦ Water Cycle: Booklet, Lapbook
This resource was made for the AQA scheme of work for Trilogy science biology
Included are 10-11 lessons with full objectives and spec references (based on 1 hour lessons.) I have changed the order of teaching from the specification to help it flow a little better as well as including recap elements from earlier units.
There is a student booklet included with space for notes, diagrams, exam questions and lined paper in the back for flexibility (44 pages)
1.Communities
2.Adaptations
3.Organisation of an ecosystem
4-5. RPA 9 Quadrtats and transects
6.How materials are cycled
7.Biodiversity
8.Global warming
9.Maintaining biodiversity
10. Summary
All other biology lessons available. Please also see revision resources for ALL AQA units if you are interested that I use for mock and exam preparation.
A huge amount of work has gone into these resources and feedback always really appreciated
This resource was made for the new AQA scheme of work for Triple science biology
Included are 16 lessons with full objectives and spec references (based on 1 hour lessons.) I have changed the order of teaching from the specification to help it flow a little better as well as including recap elements from earlier units.
There is a student booklet included with space for notes, diagrams, exam questions and lined paper in the back for flexibility (64 pages)
Communities
Adaptations
Organisation of an ecosystem
4-5. RPA 9 Quadrtats and transects
How materials are cycled
Decomposition
8-9. RPA 10 decay of milk
Biodiversity
Global warming
Maintaining biodiversity
Food production
Biotechnoogy
Summary
All other biology lessons available. Please also see revision resources for ALL AQA units if you are interested.
Feedback always really appreciated
A bundle of all teaching materials for ESS Foundations Unit 2 – Ecology For the new IB Diploma Environmental Systems and Societies course, first assessment 2026, which is first taught in 2024.
Created by an IB curriculum developer, examiner & workshop facilitator, this Standard Level unit is the second unit of the ESS course.
This bundle contains 22 hours of lesson material with PowerPoint lessons and worksheets. The materials can be used both in-person and for online learning, added to your Google Classroom, or opened using Google Slides.
Save yourself time, all resources are ready to click and go! All my resources are informed by over 15 years of IB DP ESS teaching and examiner experience, so you can be sure you are getting a quality resource with everything you need to teach the IB ESS content.
Features:
• IB unit planner for the Ecology Unit
• Lesson 1 – Introduction to the biosphere
• Lesson 2 – Biotic and abiotic factors (Practical skills)
• Lesson 3 – Population interactions
• Lesson 4 – Measuring populations (Fieldwork skills)
• Lesson 5 – Capture, mark, release, recapture (Practical skills)
• Lesson 6 – Human impacts on ecosystems
• Lesson 7 – Laws of thermodynamics
• Lesson 8 – Food chains
• Lesson 9 – Food webs
• Lesson 10 – Toxins in ecosystems
• Lesson 11 – Ecological pyramids
• Lesson 12 – Biogeochemical cycles (the carbon cycle)
• Lesson 13 – Human impacts on biogeochemical cycles
• Lesson 14 – Human impacts on the carbon cycle presentation task
• Lesson 15 – The role of agricultural and ocean systems as carbon sinks
• Lesson 16 – Weather and climate
• Lesson 17 – Introduction to the Earth’s biomes presentation task
• Lesson 18 – Atmospheric systems, ocean currents and climate
• Lesson 19 – What is zonation?
• Lesson 20 – Ecological succession (Primary)
• Lesson 21 – Ecological succession (Secondary)
• Lesson 22 – Sand dune systems case study
• Worksheets to support learning tasks
• Clear lesson aims to meet the 2024 syllabus strands (SL)
• Key ESS terminology highlighted
• Integrated case studies
• Engaging classroom activities
• Knowledge review questions
• Home learning tasks
• Starter and plenary activities
The resource is completely developed by me as an author with no use of Artificial Intelligence tools.
Are you looking for an engaging hands-on activity to teach about ecological succession? This product might offer the help. It is a 2 part activity that is sure to keep students physically and mentally engaged throughout the lesson.
In part 1: SCENARIOS:
Students read two scenarios( each representing primary or secondary succession) and choose one to work on. They then cut and paste and color a series of pictures showing the progression of the succession over time. They also explain what happens at each stage and give examples of organisms that will likely be found on each stage. There is an easel version to this activity. To give the teacher more options.
In part 2: PRIMARY vs SECONDARY SUCCESSION:
Students complete a match the term to the definition activity. Students match terms such as climax species, pioneer species and others to the correct definitions.
Next, they compare and contrast primary and secondary succession in a Venn diagram style.
And Lastly, they discuss different events that might trigger primary or secondary successions.
There is an easel version to this activity too.
BONUS (FREE SUCCESSION CARDS):
I have included 8 events cards as a bonus for purchasing this product. I also share some ideas on how to use them in class. Print, cut and laminate them for repeated use.
All worksheets have answer keys including the bonus cards.
I truly believe your students will enjoy studying with these activities. They encourage collaboration and sharing which are essential for mastery. If you find this product helpful, please consider following my shop for freebies, product updates and future uploads. Thank you and have an amazing class.
A set of ideas for in-field ecology investigations into biodiversity, abiotic effects, populations distributions etc. The ideas focus on heathlands, but many could be used in different habitats.
