Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Environmental Change. In this lesson pupils will list some types of environmental change, explain why these changes happen and describe some of the effects. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson The Water Cycle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12983959 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Food Security and Farming. In this lesson pupils will state what food security is, explain some factors affecting food security and discuss how food production can be made more efficient. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Comprehension questions -Task boxes -Fishing quotas discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Biotechnology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12857082 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Protecting Ecosystems. In this lesson pupils will list some ways that we can protect ecosystems and discuss the pros and cons of conservation methids. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Discussion exercise -Matching task -Handout sheet task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Deforestation https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12856543 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ A short lesson on Fingerprinting and a full lesson on DNA Fingerprinting. Fingerprinting In this lesson pupils will describe how fingerprints are made and explain how forensic scientists match fingerprints to solve crimes. -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Comprehension questions -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment DNA Fingerprinting In this lesson pupils will explain what is meant by DNA fingerprinting, describe how it works and discuss some uses for it. -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: DNA fingerprinting, agarose gel, well, extracted and analysis) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Order the steps -Answer slides included for self-assessment Next lesson Blood Typing https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12828014 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Abiotic and Biotic Factors. In this lesson pupils will explain the difference between abiotic and biotic factors, give some examples of how these factors may change and explain the consequences if they do. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Biotic or Abiotic -Comprehension questions -Numeracy task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Food Chains and Webs https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12863019 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ short lesson on the Enzymes Practical designed to be used with a practical session or as year 11 pre-exam revision of the required practical. In this lesson pupils will describe an experiment to investigate the effect of pH on enzyme activity and calculate the rate of reaction from the results. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Handout sheet task -Numeracy Task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Enzyme lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12842558

Powerpoint and worksheet on contraception for teaching and revision. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Next topic Infertility: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12366752 Content Covered: Puberty Menstrual cycle overview Hormone control of the menstrual cycle (FSH, LH, oestrogen and progesterone) Please note that this only covers the science and is not intended as a PSHE resource. Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on Vaccination. This lesson follows on from Immunity (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12945455). In this lesson pupils will build on what they have learned about the immune system to explain how vaccination works. They will then discuss the pros and cons of vaccination. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (immunity, vaccine, antibodies, antigens and MMR vaccine) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Long answer questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Drugs https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12948723

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Global Warming. In this lesson pupils will state the major greenhouse gases and where they come from, explain why greenhouse gases cause climate change and describe the effects of climate change. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Discussion exercise -Task boxes -Order the steps -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Protecting Ecosystems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12983978 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Correcting Vision Defects. In this lesson pupils will describe how we focus on near and far objects, explain why some people are long-sighted or short-sighted and describe treatments for vision defects. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. Eye anatomy and controlling pupil size is a separate lesson which can be found here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13000956 This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: accommodation, myopia, hyperopia, slacken and refract). -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Order the steps -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It does assume that the anatomy of the eye has already been introduced. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Controlling Body Temperature https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13026226

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Controlling Body Temperature. In this lesson pupils will explain why body temperature needs to be kept constant, describe how body temperature is kept constant and explain what "antagonistic effectors are. They will relate this to what they have learned about homeostasis, negative feedback and the nervous system to reinforce their topic vocabulary. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It does assume that the nervous system, homeostasis and negative feedback have already been introduced. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson The Endocrine System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13027931

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on the Endocrine System. In this lesson pupils will state what a hormone is, list some different hormones and what they do and describe the different structures in the body which produce hormones. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: hormone, endocrine system, gland and metabolism) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Handout sheet task -Reading comprehension -Order the steps -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on The Brain. In this lesson pupils will name some structures in the brain, discuss some methods for studying the brain and explain some risks of interfering with the brain. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Order the steps -Discussion exercises -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson The Eye https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13000956 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Reflexes. In this lesson pupils will describe reflex arcs, explain why reflexes are useful and give some examples of reflex arcs. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Order the steps -Identification task (Is it a Reflex?) -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson The Brain https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12994716 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 9 ~ First of a two-part lesson on Vaccines. Click here for part 2: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12825545. In this lesson pupils will explain why we have vaccines and describe different ways that vaccines can be administered. They will learn about the work of Edward Jenner; an English doctor who helped to develop smallpox vaccination and to make the practice mainstream. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: vaccine, immunisation, smallpox, MMR vaccine and polio) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Looking Ahead exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Vaccines 2 (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12825545) www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Comparing Nerves and Hormones. In this lesson pupils will recap some of what they have learned in previous lessons about nerves and hormones, compare their similarities and differences and decide whether different examples are nerves or hormones. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Group reading (literacy) Discussion exercise Nerves or hormones Task boxes Comprehension questions Handout sheet task Answer slides included for self-assessment Suitable for remote, online, distance learning Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It does assume that students have already covered the basics of the nervous (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960383) and endocrine systems (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13027931). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Blood Glucose and Diabetes. In this lesson pupils will describe how blood glucose is controlled, explain the difference between type I diabetes and type II diabetes and describe how diabetes can be managed. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Group reading (literacy) Keywords (vocabulary: diabetes, insulin, glucagon, glycogen and pancreas) Task boxes Order the steps Discussion exercise Handout sheet task Comprehension and recall questions Numeracy task Linking questions Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment Suitable for remote, online, distance learning Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.