This is a ‘BIOLOGY BUCKET’ revision resource for the 4 topics in paper 1, AQA Separate BIOLOGY 8461. It consists of 217 PowerPoint slides, with text and diagrams, many animated to present complex information sequentially. It has RAG sheets and multiple-choice questions with answers for each topic. It draws on responses and examiners’ feedback from past papers and mark schemes to ensure students can access the most challenging questions and attain the highest grades. It is intended as a teaching resource or for revision and is fully editable.

This resource is designed to be printed and bound as a Lab Book which covers the AT and mathematical skills for AQA AS Biology 2015. It summarises the requirements for practical work and provides students with a range of practicals and a tool for teachers to assess progress and provide evidence of practical work. In line with the CPAC requirements it details the six “required practicals” and provides methods for a further 21 practicals, covering the AT skills, which will provide a minimum of 15% of the AS exam marks. Mathematical skills are covered and the Lab Book has sections of A-level theory and practice questions. It has pages for students to make tables, graphs, conclusions and evaluations and should help them to consolidate theoretical concepts and apply their knowledge and understanding in practical situations as well as assisting them to develop investigative skills. There are a number of research and planning tasks. Risk assessments are provided for guidance only.

Encouraged by sales of over 100 AS Lab Books, this new 409-page resource covers the CPAC requirements for the complete AQA A-Level Biology 7402 course, as well as for AS 7401.. The Lab Book gives students opportunities to learn and gain competence in the Apparatus & Techniques, Practical & Mathematical, Practical Competency and Practical skills, to gain at least 15% of the marks in both the AS and A-Level examination papers. It provides tasks for research, planning investigations, writing methods and risk assessments, producing tables, drawing graphs/bar charts, and analysing and evaluating their findings, in all cases using the AQA glossary of terms with their definitions. In line with the CPAC requirements it details the 12 required practicals, with a further 36 practical opportunities with full methods. Sample results are provided for the less reliable practicals. A template for self, peer and teacher assessment follows each research and investigation task, with a summary table in which to track skills progression. Opportunities for development of mathematical skills are presented, as are sections of theory and exam questions relevant to the investigations and focusing on topics that are new or have a greater focus in the new specification. There are ‘cut & stick’ activities and a powerful DNA sequence analysis task.

This resource is designed to be printed and bound as a Lab Book which covers the AT and mathematical skills for Edexcel AS and A level Biology A (Salters-Nuffield) from 2015. It details the requirements for practical work that are necessary for CPAC and that will be examined in Paper 3 of the full A level qualification, with a comprehensive guide to the vocabulary used in the CPAC and in the exam papers. It has detailed guidance on researching and referencing, planning a method, recording and representing results and in concluding and evaluating a procedure and how to improve it. The booklet has information of mathematical skills, including how to choose, carry out and interpret the outcome of statistical tests and uses examiners comments to specify exactly which skills students could be asked to use in exams. An appendix which can be used method by method gives detailed protocols for the 19 core practicals, preceded by links that students could use to plan their own method if that is what the teacher requires. The SNAB methods are reproduced in the second appendix for convenience. I have sold over 100 copies of my AQA Biology A level Lab Book with 9 of 11 reviews giving it 5 stars.

This resource targets the topics covered in Paper 2 in the form of 122 multiple choice questions, under 11 headings over 21 pages, from foundation to higher level. The correct answers are shown but can be changed to white text when printed for students. It is in Word and fully editable. As well as testing recall, it reiterates the all-important definitions and concepts. It is intended to use through the course and as revision.

This resource targets the topics covered in Paper 1 in the form of 171 multiple choice questions, under 15 headings over 32 pages, from foundation to higher level. The correct answers are shown but can be changed to white text when printed for students. It is in Word and fully editable. As well as testing recall, it reiterates the all-important definitions and concepts. It is intended to use through the course and as revision.

A powerpoint presentation for KS5 with a sequencing activity, key word list with space for students to add their definitions and multiple choice questions

This resource is a 46-slide power point that summarises the key concepts for Paper 1 of the Biology section of the Trilogy 8464 specification. The information provided is brief and to the point and makes connections across the topics in this specification. Annotated images and diagrams are used to aid the text, to summarise the facts and for the benefit of visual learners. It is an update of a previous resource following the 2018 exams and the examiners’ report.

This is an annotated and narrated powerpoint presentation for GCSE Biology and Trilogy to help next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It covers the structure and function of the heart, its chambers, blood vessels and valves and moves on to why mammals have a double circulatory system. There is a maths problem to calculate heart output rate, using figures for stroke volume and heart rate. It has 5 multiple choice questions and a RAG sheet to assess knowledge and understanding and can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes. It is fully editable.

A RAG sheet to check learning and understanding for the specification. Rephrased from the specification to make it student friendly. Editable in word.

This is an annotated and narrated powerpoint presentation for GCSE Biology and Trilogy to help next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It covers what a pathogen is and how bacteria and viruses make us feel ill, followed by how se prevent pathogens from getting in to the body, how pathogens are spread, and examples of infectious diseases, from the AQA specification, covering the organism that causes the disease, how it spreads, the symptoms and the prevention/treatment of the disease. There is a focus on how to prevent the spread of malaria by controlling the mosquito. It has 5 multiple choice questions and a RAG sheet to assess knowledge and understanding and can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes. It is fully editable.

This is an annotated and narrated powerpoint presentation for GCSE Biology and Trilogy to help next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It covers the treatment of coronary heart disease (CHD), replacement valves, stents, pacemakers & surgery. It has 19 multiple choice questions and a RAG sheet to assess knowledge and understanding and can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes. It is fully editable.

This 48 page Lab Book covers the Required Practical Activities in AQA GCSE Biology 8461, and the Biology practical content of Combined Science Synergy 8464 and Combined Science Trilogy 8465. It provides methods for the practical activities and focuses on development of the Apparatus and Techniques (AT) and Working Scientifically (WS) skills, which includes use of scientific vocabulary, quantities, units, symbols and nomenclature, development of scientific thinking, experimental skills and strategies and analysis and evaluation. It also has opportunities for development of the Mathematical (MS) Skills. These skills will be tested in the new examinations. Each practical has a short introduction to put it into context and has templates for students to record their data in tables, graphs/bar charts/kite diagrams. Each practical activity has a conclusion and evaluation template on which to record students’ and teachers’ thoughts on reproducibility, repeatability, validity, anomalies, errors and improvements. There are questions about the practical activity, designed to relate students’ findings to the theory, and about the method of obtaining and representing data.

This is an annotated and narrated powerpoint presentation for GCSE Biology and Trilogy to help next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It covers how our immune system deals with pathogens that get in to the body, and the primary and secondary responses in vaccination both graphically and as a time line. It has 5 multiple choice questions, a terms and definitions matching exercise for the 19 most important terms in this vocabulary rich topic, and a RAG sheet, to assess knowledge and understanding. It can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes and is fully editable.

This resource is a worksheet covering the hormonal control of the menstrual cycle. It revises the key terminology including where the hormones are produced, how they interact and changes that they bring about.

This resource is a summary of the second 4 topics of the Biology 8461 specification, first examined in Paper 2 of 2018. It consists of 97 slides, which cover the topics in note form, with illustrations and diagrams to assist in interpreting and memorising the details of these topics. It is intended as a revision resource or topic summary and is fully editable for class use.

This resource is a summary of the second 4 Biology topics of the Trilogy 8464 specification, first examined in Paper 2 of 2018. It consists of 75 slides, which cover the topics in note form, with illustrations and diagrams to assist in interpreting and memorising the details of these topics. It is intended as a revision resource or topic summary and is fully editable for class use.

This is an annotated and narrated powerpoint presentation for GCSE Biology to help next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It covers the range of diseases that plants can suffer from, including lack of nitrates and magnesium and the physical, chemical and structural mechanisms that plants employ against predators and pathogens. There is a RAG sheet, to assess knowledge and understanding. It can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes and is fully editable.

This is an annotated and narrated powerpoint presentation for GCSE Biology and Trilogy to help next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It covers the risk factors for non-communicable diseases including cancer, the different types of tumour, and how certain diseases interact and can lead to depression and mental health problems. It briefly addresses the human and financial cost of non-communicable diseases. It has 11 multiple choice questions and a RAG sheet to assess knowledge and understanding and can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes. It is fully editable.

This is the fifth of 8 annotated and narrated Powerpoint presentations about cells for GCSE that I made to help my next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It focuses on the medical potential of stem cells in therapeutic cloning as well as reproductive cloning in animals and plants, following the AQA specification. It has 5 multiple choice questions designed to emphasise the key vocabulary and a RAG sheet, to assess knowledge and understanding. It can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes and is fully editable.

This is an annotated and narrated Powerpoint presentations for GCSE Biology that I made to help my next year’s Year 11 students catch up after Covid19. It focuses on binary fission, how we culture microorganisms, aseptic technique and how we test antibacterial compounds. It complements the GCSE Lab Book that I have on the TES website. It has 10 multiple choice questions designed to emphasise the key concepts and vocabulary and a RAG sheet, to assess knowledge and understanding. It can be used without the narration in class and with it for revision purposes and is fully editable.