Popular resources for Biology students of GCSE, AS, A Level, BTEC and Access to Science courses.
From cell biology to genetics, the resources include PPT quizzes and comprehensive whole unit booklets.
Popular resources for Biology students of GCSE, AS, A Level, BTEC and Access to Science courses.
From cell biology to genetics, the resources include PPT quizzes and comprehensive whole unit booklets.
This PowerPoint contains 14 PowerPoint slides with the aim:
'To formulate a method of extracting DNA from the cells of plants or animals and to review cellular structure'.
This PowerPoint contains background information on the cell membrane, phospholipids, DNA and histone proteins.
It also covers the role of soap, papain and alcohol in the role of DNA extraction.
A 2 page summary of the differences between Mitosis and Meiosis for students to fill in as well as a summary of Meiosis.
Suitable for GCSE Biology revision or an Introduction for AS/A Level Biology and similar courses.
This revision handout for A Level Biology Respiration includes 23 pages which cover the following:
Objectives
● To recall the stages of respiration and where each stage occurs within the cell.
● To describe the purpose of each stage of respiration and give the products of each stage.
● To explain the difference in the number of ATP molecules produced in aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
7 pages of revision on each of the stages of respiration suitable for A level.
3 pages of allocated group questions (Group 1 to focus on glycolysis, group 2 to focus on a general summary of respiration and group 3 to focus on the Electron Transport Chain ) Answers for group questions included.
6 pages of Past Paper Questions, followed by answers
Presentations and handout to cover the biomes of the world including:
Aquatic, desert, temperate, tropical, tundra, taiga and a summary PPT and handout.
Suitable for Biology, Geography and Ecology students.
Environmental Science Presentations and worksheets covering:
Biomes
Biodiversity
Nutrient Cycles
Climate Change
The importance of bees
Palm Oil
Sustainable Development
Animal adaptations
Quiz
Suitable for GCSE - A level Students of Biology, Geography and Environmental Science.
How to create a dichotomous key plus classification
Powerpoints, options for creating a dichtomous key and classification activity.
For 14-18 years old.
This PowerPoint presentation covers the following diagnostic blood techniques and when they might be used:
Aim: To name different diagnostic blood techniques and when they might be used:
Blood Cell Count
Blood Smear
Red Blood Cell Count
Reticulocyte Count
Mean Corpuscular Volume
Platelet Count
A Genetic Engineering resource that is suitable for GCSE and A Level Biology students.
Provides case studies and background information on:
Henrietta Lack's and Hela cells,
Cloning - a weblink activity with questions
The Human Tissue Act questions
3 case studies of cloning and questions.
Diseases, pathogens and Infections: 19 PowerPoints for BTEC/GCSE/A Level and similar courses:
1. Disease classification
2. Different diseases and infections
3. Parasites and pathogenic bacteria
4. Diseases with environmental causes
5. Allergies and asthma
6. Degenerative diseases
7. Dietary deficiency diseases
8. Psychiatric nature of some diseases
9. Food and water contamination
10. Fungi and viruses
11. Symptoms
12. Types of symptoms
13. Transmission by indirect contact
14. Vector transmission of diseases
15. Risk factors to developming alzheimers and osteoporosis
16. Occupational therapy
17 Disease transmission - Direct contact
18. Droplet and airborne transmission
To cover both GCSE and A Level/Access Biology courses on the Skeletal System
8 RESOURCES PPTs and Booklets
PPT 1 - GCSE Level - Bones and Blood
Objectives:
Describe how our skeleton, joints and muscles support our body and allow us to move
Describe how we can monitor our level of fitness
Summarise a day in the life of a physiotherapist
PPT 2- The Skeletal System - A Level/Access Biology
Objectives:
1. Describe how our skeleton, joints and muscles support our body and allow us to move
2. Give the functions of cells of the bone
3. Label the parts of a long bone
PPT 3 - The Skeletal System - A Level/Access Biology
Objectives
To recap the functions of the skeletal system
To give the different shapes of bone
To give the different types of joints
To describe the stages of bone formation
To label the Haversian system
To identify the different types of vertebra
Hand-out 1 - GCSE Bones and Blood
The skeleton:
● Label the skeleton
● Describe the three types of joints
● Joints and Bones: Key terms
● Antagonistic pairs of muscles
● A day in the life of a physiotherapist
The heart, the blood and circulation
● Label the heart and give the three stages of the heartbeat.
● Give the differences between arteries, capillaries and veins
● Give the components of blood and their functions
Hand-out 2
- An Introduction to the skeletal system
Hand-out 3
Labelling a long bone
Bone development
Compact and spongy bones
Key word list
Muscle contraction
Hand-out 4
Revision of functions of the skeletal system
Types of joints
Bone development
Labelling of the Haversian System
The vertebrae
Hand-out 5
Further Revision
Bone Shapes
Type of Joints
The Vertebrae
The Haversian System
Muscle contraction
BTEC Biology and the Environment: Genetic diseases PPT and Hand-out
Hand out of 11 pages with tasks to complete
PPT of 19 slides covering tasks, activities and information on Genetic diseases
A PowerPoint containing 32 slides with fill in the gaps and labelling activities for students.
Contains:
Labelling of the respiratory system, diffusion, Fick's Law. cilia and goblet cells, breathing in and out and how breathing is controlled.
Suitable for GCSE and A Level Biology and similar courses
Evolution and speciation: Presentation with activities.
Suitable for GCSE and A Level Biology students and similar courses.
Contains 84 PowerPoint slides which cover:
Biodiversity: Species richness, species abundance and species diversity.
Definition of a species with examples
Evolution and natural selection with many examples and fill in the blanks tasks.
Geographic and reproductive isolation with examples.
Speciation of species of the Galapagos Islands.
Alfred Wallace and the theory of Biogeography.
Homologous and Analogous Structures.
Evidence for evolution
Effects of climate change on living organisms.