Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Cloning. In this lesson, students will list some examples of natural clones, describe how to clone plants using tissue culture or cuttings, describe adult cell cloning and artificial twinning and discuss the ethical issues around cloning. 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 Discussion exercise 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Genetic Engineering. In this lesson, students will give some examples of how genetic engineering is used, describe an overview of how genetic engineering works and compare genetic engineering with selective breeding. 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. Note: on the AQA course, the molecular mechanism of genetic engineering is covered under Biotechnology (Topic 7 Ecology). We have included some bonus slides on it here for courses that teach this content as part of Inheritance. This lesson includes: Title slide with learning objectives A starter activity Group reading (literacy) Keywords task (vocabulary: genetic engineering, genetically modified (GM), vector, herbicide and insecticide) Task boxes Comprehension questions Discussion exercise Sorting exercise (GM vs. selective breeding) Handout sheet task Bonus: Molecular mechanism of genetic engineering of bacteria to produce human insulin. Includes group reading, a walkthrough of the process step ordering task and a handout sheet task 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on flowers and pollination. In this lesson students will learn how to name the main structures of a flower, describe how flowering plants reproduce and explain the difference between wind-pollinated and insect-pollinated plants. 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 (recall from previous units) -Group reading task -Discussion exercise -Keywords task (vocabulary: pollination, cross-pollination, self-pollination, pollen and ovules) -Order the steps of the menstrual cycle -Draw and label the diagram (insect vs wind pollination) -Sorting task (wind vs insect pollination -Multiple choice task (recall from this lesson) -All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable. Next lesson Fertilisation and Germination https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12659712 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Evolution. In this lesson, students will describe the process of evolution by natural selection, explain the evidence for evolution and discuss why Charles Darwin’s work was controversial. 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 What are these characteristics for? Group reading (literacy) Keywords (vocabulary: fittest, phenotypic variation, genotypic variation, evolution and adaptation) Task boxes Order the steps to show Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Discussion exercise Comprehension questions Handout sheet task 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Variation. This lesson has a heavy literacy focus and provides opportunities to practice using the keywords from AQA GCSE Biology Topic 6 in context. In this lesson, students will state what is meant by variation in a species, describe how variation arises in a population and decide whether example characteristics vary due to genes, environment or both. 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 Discussion exercise; what makes things the same species? Group reading (literacy) Genes or environment task Comprehension questions Task boxes Variation vocabulary handout sheet 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Selective Breeding. In this lesson, students will describe the steps of selective breeding and suggest how a farmer could improve his stock through selective breeding. They will also discuss the drawbacks of inbreeding and reduction in genetic variation. 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 Discussion exercise Group reading (literacy) Order the steps Task boxes Sorting task (natural selection vs selective breeding) Comprehension questions Handout sheet task 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Genetic Diagrams. In this lesson, students will explain the difference between dominant and recessive characteristics and learn how to use two different types of genetic diagram to show the odds of inheriting traits controlled by one gene. They will then use family trees to show how to track inherited traits. 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 Discussion Exercise Keywords (vocabulary: characteristics, alleles, dominant allele, recessive allele, homozygous and heterozygous) Comprehension questions Modelling genetic diagrams Paired exercise Handout sheet exercise Order the steps Task boxes 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.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on X and Y Chromosomes. In this lesson, students will discuss the pros and cons of embryo screening, use genetic diagrams to calculate the odds of inheriting conditions from dominant and recessive alleles and read family trees to show how characteristics are inherited. 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 Task boxes Comprehension questions polydactyly (dominant) Comprehension questions cystic fibrosis (recessive) Discussion exercise Handout sheet task with extension Long-answer 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. It does assume that students have some prior familiarity with genetic diagrams and the terminology of genetics (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-13044789). For the extension to the handout task they will need to have some understanding of drug development (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12948723). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Fossils. In this lesson, students will describe three ways in which fossils can form. They will explain how fossils provide evidence for how life on Earth developed. 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 Order the steps Handout sheet task 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Reproduction in Bacteria. This lesson is a bit longer as it includes post-practical exercises as well as a full theory lesson. Pupils will explain how prokaryotic cells reproduce and calculate the number of bacteria in a population. They will also describe culturing microorganisms. 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 -Numeracy task -Discussion exercise -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. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Diffusion and Osmosis https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12831793 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on Antibiotic Resistance. In this lesson, students will describe how antibiotic resistant bacterial strains arise, explain why antibiotic resistance is becoming more common and revise how to test for antibiotic resistance by culturing microorganisms. 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: antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, strain and superbugs) Task boxes Order the steps Discussion exercise Comprehension questions Handout sheet task 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Speciation. In this lesson, students will state what speciation is, explain why speciation happens and describe the work of Alfred Wallace. 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) Order the steps Discussion exercise Comprehension questions Handout sheet task Task boxes 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Fossils. In this lesson, students will describe three ways in which fossils can form. They will explain how fossils provide evidence for how life on Earth developed. 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 Discussion exercise Group reading (literacy) Comprehension questions Task boxes Handout sheet task 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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes.

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on the Menstrual Cycle. In this lesson, students will describe the stages of the menstrual cycle and how it is controlled by four main hormones. Pupils will then explain how LH, FSH, oestrogen and progesteron interact with each other. 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 Stage Matching Task boxes Handout sheet task Comprehension questions Exam style 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. Next lesson Controlling Fertility https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13038611

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Plant Hormone. In this lesson, students will list some plant hormones and state their function. They will explain how these hormones can be used commercially. They will explain how plant responses can be investigated in the lab. 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 Discussion Exercise Comprehension questions Handout sheet task Task boxes Data task (numeracy) 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. It does assume that students have already covered the rest of the human endocrine system. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12984155

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ lesson on Fertility. In this lesson, students will describe which hormones can be used to control fertility and describe other contraceptive methods. They will also explain how fertility can be increased using hormones and reproductive technologies like IVF and ICSI. 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 Keywords (vocabulary: contraception, mucus, spermicide, abstinence and sterilisation) Task boxes Handout sheet task Comprehension questions Discussion exercise Order the steps Recall questions Discussion notes 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. Next lesson Adrenaline and Thyroxine https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-13039042