Whole lesson whereby students learn about the structure of the skin, followed by how blood clots form to form plugs in breaks on the skin surface and then students complete an information gather to learn how a blood clot may form in a coronary artery (Coronary thrombosis) and the possible causes and consequences Starter: Videoclip about amazing facts about the skin and how it protects us from disease (Students write on post-it notes something new they have learned from the clip) Main: Students have information about different clotting factors and which they use to complete a flowchart of events during the blood clotting process. Students then peer mark each others flow diagrams Students then collect snippets of information from around the room on coronary thrombosis to complete a mindmap Plenary: ‘Showme’ board exercise where students answer 5 multiple choice questions on blood clotting All additional resources included: Click the little paperclip icon on the right handside

Whole lesson for GCSE AQA Required practical 1 - Viewing plant and animal cells under the microscope Starter: Students practice using the eyepiece graticule to calculate the length of different cells Main: Students prepare onion cell slides and view them under the microscope Students will then use standard rules to produce a scientific drawing which can then be peer assessed Students will measure the length of the onion cells using the eyepiece graticule Plenary: Students will complete a self assessment of the skills being tested in the practical All supplementary documents attached (click on little paperclip tab)

Whole lesson to cover condensation and hydrolysis reactions from chapter 2 of the IB Biology spec Students will join together (and break apart) carbohydrates, proteins and lipids and draw the reactions Students will also cover different mono/di/polysaccharides

Whole lesson for GCSE AQA Magnification Starter: Students review their current cell knowledge with a showme board quiz Main: Students complete a magnification example question Students complete practice magnification questions. Students will need to measure image size, rearrange formulae and convert between units. Answers included Students swap and peer assess Plenary: Another showme board quiz All supplementary documents attached (click little paperclip tab)

Whole lesson whereby students learn about transpiration in xylem vessels and translocation in phloem vessels. Starter: Students use video clips to fill in a table about the differences between transpiration and translocation. They will also note down features of xylem vessels and phloem vessels. Main: Students use potometers to calculate rate of transpiration in different conditions. e.g lamps are used to alter light intensity and fans are used to alter wind speed. Students are also encouraged to calculate the rate of transpiration by calculating water uptake per minute Plenary: If this is the answer what was the question

Whole lesson covering Chapter 6 (Core) and Chapter 11 (AHL) Defence Against Disease material Students cover definition of the term pathogen, barriers to entry including mucous membranes and phagocytosis by macrophages Starter: Students brainstorm key words related to immunity from prior knowledge and work to define them Main: Students define Pathogen and learn that some are species specific and some have crossed the species barrier Students then annotate a diagram with barriers to entry Students then complete a cut and stick exercise outlining phagocytosis by macrophages Plenary: True or False exercise. Students decide which of the statements are true and which are false and then attempt to correct those which are false

Whole lesson for GCSE AQA Microscopy Starter: Task calculating orders of magnitude Main: Students use the microscope to view prepared slide. Students should practice using the light microscope and should be encouraged to use the words magnification and resolution correctly Brief history of the development of the microscope Students watch a videoclip introducing different types of microscope e.g SEM and TEM Plenary: Students evaluate different microscopes

Whole lesson for GCSE AQA Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells Students learn the the features/differences between Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells Students practice converting between different units of measurement Students appreciate size and scale by completing a scaling task

Whole lesson where students learn the features of different specialised plant and animal cells Students complete a starter solving anagrams to work out different cell parts Students then have to assess whether an unusual cell would be classified as a plant or animal cell and justify their decision Students then complete a fact file on different specialised plant and animal cells Students then design their own ‘What am I?�� activity

Whole lesson where students learn the different hormones that control the menstrual cycle and identify positive and negative feedback in the system Starter: Students complete an exam question using what they can remember from previous years Main: Students watch video clips outlining the events of the menstrual cycle Students then complete a sequencing challenge Plenary: Students complete the same exam question again and calculate how many times better they did

Whole lesson for IB Biology Properties of water Covers Chapter 2 material so relevant for both Standard level and Higher level Students perform experiments with water and then make notes on the different properties

Lesson for HL Biology course outlining the process of spermatogenesis Students practice drawing sprem and egg cells Then students complete a mix and match task to get to know the different cell types Students complete a fill in the gaps/flow chart outlining the process

Students use jmol (link included) to look at different molecules and answer questions about their structure Source: Activity taken from Oxford Biology 2014 edition - Allott and Mindorff

An introduction to the biochemistry that underpins aerobic respiration Students look at mitochondria Understand what ATP is Work on oxidation, reduction, phosphorylation and decarboxylation reactions

Whole lesson Starter: Anagrams of different mono, di and polysaccharides to unscramble and then state the function Main: Video lecture about the structure and function of starch, glycogen and cellulose with a table to fill out at the video plays Some activities to highlight the difference in structure, shape and bonding e.g highlight the 1-4 and 1-6 bonds in this diagram of amylopectin Plenary: Whiteboard quiz

Students recap glycolysis and total up the molecules produced so far Students look at the biochemical pathway for the link reaction and kreb’s cycle Back to Back drawing task: Students have 2 different pictures of the kreb’s cycle (included at end of ppt) They sit back to back. They take turns to describe their drawing, their partner has to try to draw it from their description alone. Encourage students to use correct terminology: decarboxylation, oxidation, reduction

Students are guided through the glycolysis pathway and identify phosphorylation, lysis and oxidation and reduction

Lesson whereby students look at a basic respirometer and identify how to manipulate the equipment, the measurements you take and the purpose of the different parts Then there is some sample data and students carry out a data analysis task

Starter: Label up glands of the endocrine system and research functions Main: Videoclips followed by creating a flow chart of glucose control Plenary: Whiteboard quiz

Whole lesson where students research methods used to maximise photosynthesis and plant growth in commercial greenhouses. Weblinks and video clips for research purposes are included Students then have to design a new greenhouse using what they have learnt. They will need to choose different features for the greenhouse, explain why they have chosen them and then cost up the project. All supporting documentation is attached - click the little paperclip icon to the top left handside