Secondary science resources for GCSE and A-level. Mostly free: the paid resources contribute toward the graphics software and hardware used to produce them. Covering Biology, Chemistry and Physics. All resources are exam board specific.
Secondary science resources for GCSE and A-level. Mostly free: the paid resources contribute toward the graphics software and hardware used to produce them. Covering Biology, Chemistry and Physics. All resources are exam board specific.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on adrenaline and thyroxine for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Check my shop for other courses https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo
Content Covered:
Adrenaline regulation of the flight or fight response
Thyroxine regulation of metabolism
Negative feedback graphs
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on transpiration and translocation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. When learning about transpiration and translocation it helps if students have some prior knowledge of diffusion, active transport, specialist cells and plant cell organisation. Key points from these topics are recapped in the presentation, but this resource assumes that they have encountered them before.
Content Covered:
Xylem and phloem
Translocation
Transpiration
Rate of transpiration
Potometers
Leads on to Plant Diseases: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plant-diseases-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12357901
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the nervous system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Check my shop for other courses and topics: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo
Content Covered:
Parts of the nervous system
Neurons
Synapses
Reflexes
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant diseases and defences for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses.
Content Covered:
Symptoms of plant diseases
Diagnosing plant diseases
Barrier, mechanical and chemical defences
Mineral deficiencies
Pests
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
Suitable for remote online distance learning. Slides are written to be self-explanatory so are also suitable for home study.
Powerpoint presentations and accompanying worksheets covering bioenergetics and homeostasis (AQA GCSE Biology Grade 9-1) for teaching and revision. Nine of the resources in this package are free for content preview.
Suggested Order
Photosynthesis
Metabolism
Respiration
Homeostasis
The Nervous System
The Brain
The Eye
Body Temperature
The Endocrine System
Blood Glucose and Diabetes
The Kidneys and Dialysis
The Menstrual Cycle
Contraception
Infertility Treatment
Adrenaline and Thyroxine
Plant Hormones
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the circulatory system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Leads on to Health and Disease: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/health-and-disease-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12337857 and Cardiovascular Disease: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cardiovascular-disease-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12344623
Content Covered:
Double circulatory system
Arteries, veins and capillaries
Calculating rate of blood flow
Red blood cells, white blood cells, plasma and platelets
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the endocrine system for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Check my shop for other courses https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo
Content Covered:
Glands of the endocrine system (pituitary, thyroid, adrenal, pancreas, ovaries and testes)
Hormone vs. nervous responses
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on food chains and trophic levels for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Abiotic and Biotic Factors (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12635977)
Content Covered:
-Food chains and food webs
-Producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers and tertiary consumers
-Biomass
-Predators and prey
-Trophic levels
-Herbivores, carnivores and omnivores
-Apex predators
-Predator/prey cycles
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on inherited disorders for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Check my shop for other courses: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo
Content Covered:
-Cystic Fibrosis (recessive)
-Polydactyly (domainant)
-Interpreting family trees
-Bioethics of embryo selection
-See also free resource “Genetic Diagrams” https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/genetic-diagrams-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12402278
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
Suitable for remote online distance learning. Slides are written to be self-explanatory so can also be used for home study.
Powerpoint presentations and accompanying worksheets covering cell biology (AQA GCSE Biology Grade 9-1) for teaching and revision. Five of the resources in this package are free for content preview.
Suggested Order
Cell structure
Specialised cells
Stem cells
Cell organisation
Plant cell organisation
Microscopy
Mitosis
Binary fission
Diffusion and osmosis
Exchanging surfaces
Active Transport
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on exchanging substances in biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Leads on to Active Transport: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/active-transport-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12335738
Content Covered:
Surface area to volume ratio
Gas exchange in the lungs
Nutrient uptake in the small intestine
Gas exchange in leaves
Gas exchange in gills
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
Suitable for remote online distance learning. Slides are written to be self-explanatory so can also be used for home study.
Powerpoint presentations and accompanying worksheets covering organisation (AQA GCSE Biology Grade 9-1) for teaching and revision. Ten of the resources in this package are free for content preview.
Suggested Order
Cell organisation
Enzymes
Digestive enzymes
Respiratory system
Circulatory system
Health and disease
Disease risk factors
Cardiovascular Disease
Cancer
Plant cell organisation
Transpiration and translocation
Communicable Disease
Immunity
Drugs
Monoclonal Antibodies
Plant Diseases
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B1c (Reproduction). This lesson covers the major topics from this unit and can be used to revise for end of topic tests or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments.
In this lesson students will revise:
Key points from B1a (Cells) and B1b (Body Systems)
Adolescence and puberty
Male and female reproductive systems
Fertilisation, implantation and development of a fetus
The menstrual cycle
Flowers and pollination
Fertilisation, germination and seed dispersal
All tasks an optional self-assessment slide where needed. This presentation is fully editable.
GCSE Biology cell structure labelling diagrams (fully editable) for KS3 and KS4. Features plant cells, animal cells, eukaryotic cells, prokaryotic cells and specialist cells. I made these sketches to give my students practice, feel free to use them in your own resources. Also includes euglena diagram.
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on states of matter. In this lesson students will learn how to describe the properties of solids, liquids and gases. They will use the particle model to explain the properties of substances in each of the three states.
These slides can be used as a stand-alone or incorporated into a practical lesson. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-A starter activity
-A group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords sorting task (vocabulary: compress, flow, matter, vibrate and state of matter)
-A handout sheet task defining solids, liquids and gases and creating a factfile.
-Questions and challenge questions
-Answer slides included
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on stem cells for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Leads on to Microscopy: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/microscopy-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12332237
Content Covered:
Embryonic and adult stem cells
Plant stem cells
Bioethics
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on unicellular organisms. In this lesson students will learn how to explain what a unicellular organism is, describe the structure of an amoeba and explain how euglena has features of both plant and animal cells.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students.
This lesson includes:
-Title slide with learning objectives
-Starter task
-Group reading task (literacy)
-Keywords activity (vocabulary: unicellular, multicellular, photosynthesis, flagellum and fission)
-Task boxes
-Handout sheet task
-Draw and label
-Putting the steps in order to describe a process
-All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide where needed. This presentation is fully editable. Follows on from Movement of Substances lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12650646
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on evolution for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Variation and Selective Breeding (free resource) https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12547790
Content Covered:
Variation
Competition between animals
Competition between plants
Darwin and Lamarck
Antibiotic resistant bacteria as an example
Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling.
Suitable for remote online distance learning.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on cell structure for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. Designed to make the information as accessible as possible for students.This resource follows the Edexcel Biology GCSE syllabus. Versions tailored to other GCSE courses may be available: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo
Content Covered:
Eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells
Subcellular structures
A simple revision task to help students remember how monoclonal antibodies work and their uses. Students are presented with three scenarios and asked to select the correct antibody-active molecule combination. An answer table explains what the result of each combination will be, even if it is not the result they were aiming for. This resource was made to be used as a worksheet, but a PowerPoint version with larger images is included which can be used to convert the task into a cut-and-stick activity.
PowerPoint presentation and worksheet are also available to purchase https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/gcse-monoclonal-antibodies-with-worksheet-aqa-12357328