I currently teach IGCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Also A level Biology. The resources I produce for my lessons are carefully planned and I try to involve a lot of self-learning to allow students to develop these important skills needed for further education.
I currently teach IGCSE Biology, Chemistry and Physics. Also A level Biology. The resources I produce for my lessons are carefully planned and I try to involve a lot of self-learning to allow students to develop these important skills needed for further education.
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“In the small town of Raven’s Hollow, a mysterious mansion stands abandoned on the outskirts. The locals speak of a dark history surrounding the mansion, with tales of a gruesome murder that took place within its walls. Curiosity draws a group of friends to enter the mansion, where they find themselves trapped in a series of interconnected rooms, each holding clues to unravel the secrets of the past.”
The story runs alongside tasks to test students’ knowledge and understanding of sequences.
The escape room is interactive. Students can move objects and click on them to reveal clues. No handouts are required but scrap paper is useful as some clues need to be written down and rearranged.
There are gentle hints at the top of each page but students should click around the whole room to move or reveal clues.
It is important clues are solved as they are required to pass to the next page.
Once purchased, you will receive a PDF document with the website, password and answers.
No email addresses are required from students.
No google account needed.
“In the small town of Raven’s Hollow, a mysterious mansion stands abandoned on the outskirts. The locals speak of a dark history surrounding the mansion, with tales of a gruesome murder that took place within its walls. Curiosity draws a group of friends to enter the mansion, where they find themselves trapped in a series of interconnected rooms, each holding clues to unravel the secrets of the past.”
The story runs alongside tasks to test students’ knowledge and understanding of forces
The escape room is interactive. Students can move objects and click on them to reveal clues. No handouts are required but scrap paper is useful as some clues need to be written down and rearranged.
There are gentle hints at the top of each page but students should click around the whole room to move or reveal clues.
It is important clues are solved as they are required to pass to the next page.
The escape room is a great end-of-topic task to check student´s understanding in a novel way.
You will receive a PDF document on purchase containing the website, password and answers.
No email addresses are needed to play.
No google account needed.
A power point presentation introducing the concept that pathogens are constantly evolving against treatments we have.
Students discuss how HIV and TB have managed to evade detection by the immune system
Article about people who have protection against the HIV virus (CCR5 gene) with questions.
Exam questions
This is a 2 part lesson for muscle contraction. It introduces actin-myosin interactions in the sliding filament theory. I have included some PPT slides from boardworks which highlight this interaction very well. I have also included 2 videos from youtube which I find very helpful. The crash course video can be used in either lesson 1 or 2. The Biology ATP Myosin video is a resource I use along slide the boardworks presentation on muscle contraction where students use both resources and their books to produce a flow chart or bullet points explain what occurs in the sarcomere.
There is also an exam question at the end of lesson 2.
*please note that you will need to enable macros on PPT to allow boardworks to be interactive
A power point to aid students understanding of breathing and the pressure/volume differences that occur during inhalation and exhalation.
This links directly to the edexcel syllabus - 2.47 understand the role of the intercostal muscles and the diaphragm in ventilation.
I have included a worksheet from edexcel AS biology to calculate the surface area of the lungs as a starter activity.
Also included is the video on breathing by TedEd which gives a nice introduction to the process and also links into respiration.
Plenary - edexcel exam questions
A lesson which introduces the role of auxin in both phototropism and geotropism. I have included 2 video links on youtube and an exam question.
There are 2 tasks which allow the students to develop their understanding of how plants respond to stimuli and how auxin works in roots and shoots.
A complete lesson with worksheets and exam questions/answers which introduces the reflex arc. There are simple animations which show the route of the impulse. Synapses are not covered in detail as they are not needed for double award syllabus (edexcel IGCSE).
A PPT which takes students through the process of Glycolysis, Link reaction and Krebs cycle. There are notes on the PPT that will help students understand each step and they can annotate their diagram.
There are exam questions to ensure student understanding.
Plus videos from youtube to help explain the process of respiration.
A lesson to introduce the concept of covalent bonds through PPT and animation.
Students learn the rules of how to draw dot cross diagrams to represent covalent bonds and apply their knowledge to draw hydrogen chloride, chlorine, oxygen, ammonia, methane, ethane, ethene, water and carbon dioxide.
This PPT introduces the idea that it is difficult to assess the relative contribution of both genes and the environment to disease.
It introduces some examples of how genes and the environment interact e.g. siamese cat colour; oncogenes.
This lesson is for promoting class discussion rather than many individual activities.
I have included an exam question and mark scheme in the PPT
This is an A level lesson but would be suitable for a high ability GCSE to promote discussion.
A lesson which introduces the idea of electrical activity in the heart, including the roles of SAN; AVN and bundles of His.
It also includes how to interpret an ECG.
This a complete lesson - possibly could take 2 lessons. It contains worksheets, video clips and exam questions. All answers provided in PPT so students can self assess their own work.
A PPT which includes all the activities of the lesson.
Starter activity - students watch a brief video of sprinting and discuss what type of muscle fibres are likely to be present.
The presentation takes them through the process of anaerobic respiration and there are check points along the way which promote discussion and check understanding.
Finally, exam questions and mark scheme for self/peer assessment.
A PPT with complete lesson with different activities to introduce the idea of surface area and volume and how it is affected by the size of an organism.
Activities include - calculating the surface area and volume of 3 cubes; explaining why certain cells/organs have a large surface area.
There is also an edexcel IGCSE exam question and mark scheme for self assessment.
A formative assessment task which can take 2 lessons or be set as a homework. I set this before the end of topic test to allow students time to clarify the ideas behind the unit. Students can use their text books and tablets but the work must be explained in their own words.
I have included the criteria to include in the poster and the mark scheme which would be used to grade the work. This works well as a peer assessment as well as a teacher assessed task.
A PPT which introduces the role of both xylem and phloem. The first activity is a research activity (8 minutes) where students use resources available to determine characteristics and roles of phloem and xylem.
The next 20 minutes is a circus of activities with microscope work (drawing xylem and phloem); observing dye in celery; dendrochronology (tree rings) and transpiration and translocation.
A power point full lesson allowing students to understand the role of photosynthesis in producing glucose for energy storage.
Student should be able to
understand the process of photosynthesis and its importance in the conversion of light energy to chemical energy
Write a word and balanced symbol equation for photosynthesis
Describe adaptations of a leaf for efficient photosynthesis
There is a six mark exam question and mark scheme for self/peer assessment.
A whole lesson dedicated to looking at the effect of certain illegal substances and the ethical issues associated with drug taking in sports.
I have included a debate where students sort through different opinions on drug taking in sports. This will help them formulate a for and against argument.
I have also included information about how peptide and steroid hormones act as transcription factors and can activate protein synthesis.
Finally, I have included the edexcel article from 2015 on drugs in sport and students can work through the article and answer the questions for homework.
A whole lesson plan allowing students to discover the structure and function of the eye. This lesson is following the double award IGCSE for Edexcel and students need to describe the structure and function of the eye. I have not included information about accommodation.
This lesson is a lovely introduction to the eye and includes an eye dissection task plus a 3D image starter activity; exam question and brief investigation into the response to bright light.
A power point which introduces the structure and function of the parts of a flower. Students then analyse the differences between the insect and wind pollinated flowers. There is a brief explanation of fertilisation and formation of the pollen tube. Finally looking at asexual and sexual reproduction in plants.
The power point contains the whole lesson and it is easy for the teacher to follow the plan of the lesson with tasks for students clearly highlighted and check points to ensure learning.
I have used a ppt slide from the author clickbiology as I think it is one of the best slides on flower structure I have seen.
