Starter Activity - Cell Division, Regeneration , Immortality Ageing

Can We Really Stop Ageing? | Video Worksheet & Answer Key (IGCSE / Middle School Science)
Engage your students with a documentary-style science lesson exploring one of biology’s biggest questions: Can we stop ageing?
This resource is designed to accompany the video “Can We Really Stop Ageing?” and works perfectly as a starter activity, lesson introduction, homework task, or revision worksheet for middle school and Cambridge IGCSE Biology students.
What’s Included?
7 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) to check understanding of key concepts.
5 Structured Questions that develop scientific explanation and reasoning.
Complete Answer Key with mark allocations for easy classroom marking.
Topics Covered
Ageing and changes in cells.
DNA damage and cell repair.
Cell differentiation.
Stem cells and regeneration.
Turritopsis dohrnii (“the immortal jellyfish”).
Planarian regeneration and neoblast stem cells.
Controlled cell division and the link between regeneration and cancer.
Curriculum Links
Cambridge IGCSE Biology (0610/0970)
Characteristics of living organisms.
Cell structure and organisation.
Cell differentiation and specialised cells.
Mitosis and cell division.
Stem cells and regeneration.
Cancer and uncontrolled cell division.
Best used for: Grades 8–12, Cambridge IGCSE Biology, STEM clubs, science starter activities, and independent learning.