Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching cells, tissues, organs and organ systems to KS3. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

Image to support a digestion themed christmas lesson! Drawn on paint by myself! If you want any other christmas images, please leave it as a review and I will see what I can do!

You can use these images as cards to print off and then students arrange into different stages of classification. Start with the Kingdoms. Then select the Animals. Organise animals into vertebrates and invertebrates. Select vertebrates. Organise vertebrates to mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, amphibians. Select mammals. Ask them to organise cats and not cats. You can then talk about individual species.

Lesson on flowering plants and pollination based on the outcomes from AQA KS3 Big Ideas - Ecosystems - Plant reproduction. Lesson includes tasks with answers, video links and diagrams to use. Outcomes are visible to students throughout the lesson. There is a recap on sexual and asexual reproduction as well.

Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching bacteria cells/Unicellular organisms to KS3. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching diffusion to KS3. This lesson can be used to really work on student skills of planning an investigation. Might take more than one lesson. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

Lesson of assessment for the cell biology KS3 unit. This includes A01, A02 and A03 questions for students to attempt. Opportunity for both self or peer assesment. This would be used in our school as our deep marking piece as well. Perfect opportunity for DIRT.

3 Lesson opportunities with outcomes and information included. Information can be printed off and laminated to be used for multiple classes. Differentiation opportunities there and work/project could be used for cover lessons.

Biology homework project for KS3 and KS4. Outcomes provided with choice of task and background information. Easy to mark and space for students to reflect and feedback.

This lesson has been designed as cover (especially for non specialist teaching), but can also be used for a normal lesson if needed. The lesson has a link to a video and a slide of information with a blockbuster style task for the class to use. No printing required, but you could print the information off. Answers included. There is a plenary activity for the end of the lesson.

Lesson on crop production based on the outcomes from AQA KS3 Big Ideas - Ecosystems - Plant reproduction. Lesson includes tasks with answers, video links and diagrams to use. Outcomes are visible to students throughout the lesson. Task based off graph analysis which could be extended.

Lesson on germination based on the outcomes from AQA KS3 Big Ideas - Ecosystems - Plant reproduction. Lesson includes tasks with answers, video links and diagrams to use. Outcomes are visible to students throughout the lesson. Practical idea included for students to grow their own plant from a bean/seed.

Lesson on seed disperal based on the outcomes from AQA KS3 Big Ideas - Ecosystems - Plant reproduction. Lesson includes tasks with answers and diagrams to use. Outcomes are visible to students throughout the lesson. There is time for class discussion.

Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching specialised animal and plant cells to KS3. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching plant cells to KS3. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching animals cells to KS3. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

Lesson and any additional resources provided for teaching microscopes to KS3. This is part of the first unit call cell biology based off the national curriculum. Lessons can be used as teacher led, but easy to adapt to be less so. The system we use in school is a coloured system based on the students end of year 11 target. 1 - Purple, 2 - Lilac, 3 - Dark Blue, 4 - Light Blue, 5 - Dark Green, 6 - Light Green, 7 - Yellow, 8 - Orange and 9 - Red. Lessons may include items that have now been adapted within the lesson.

EAL Thai worksheet for labeling the digestive system. Can easily be changed to another language

Keywords for KS3 EAL Chinese students studing Breathing (Biology). Easily changed for another language.