Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on aerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn about the reactants and products of aerobic respiration and their transport around the body. They will learn about why we respire and how out bodies respond to increased rate of respiration. 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 -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: aerobic, respiration, haemoglobin, plasma and exhale) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Order the steps -Optional handout sheet task recapping the breathing mechanics from year 7 -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Anaerobic Respiration https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12766949 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Food Webs and Trophic Levels. For mixed ability groups I suggest splitting this into two lessons. In this lesson pupils will use key vocabulary to describe food chains, explain predator prey cycles and describe the knock-on effects of changing one population of organisms in a food web. 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 -Handout sheet task -Predator-Prey cycles exercise -Order the steps (predator-prey cycles) -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 Environmental Change https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12983955 https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Transpiration Rate and a theory lesson on Measuring Transpiration Rate (Potometers). In these lessons pupils will explain how different factors affect transpiration rate and describe how to use a potometer to measure the rate of transpiration. 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. Lesson 1 Includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Task boxes -Transpiration rate walkthrough -Handout sheet task -Discussion exercise Lesson 2 Includes: -Starter task -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Task boxes -Rate calculations (numeracy task 1) -Discrete data (numeracy task 2) -Continuous data (numeracy task 3) -Graph drawing (numeracy task 4) -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 Revision Plants https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12903755

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on anaerobic respiration. In this lesson students will learn the word equations for anaerobic respiration in humans and yeast, explain the differences between anaerobic and aerobic respiration, discuss some uses for anaerobic respiration and explain what is meant by ‘oxygen debt.’ 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 -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: anaerobic, fermentation, oxygen debt, lactic acid and yeast) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Sorting task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Ecosystems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12768066 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on gas pressure. In this lesson students will learn how to explain gas pressure using the particle model and describe the different factors which affect gas pressure. 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: pressure, force, unit area, expand and energy transfer) -A task box exercise -A handout sheet task -Recall questions -Answer slides included -Next lesson Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12676323 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Chemistry C1b (Separating Substances). 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 the previous topic (periodic table) Mixtures and Compounds Solutions and solubility Filtration Evaporation and crystallisation Distillation Chromatography Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12785630 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on leaves. In this lesson students will describe the structure of a leaf, explain why stomata are found at the bottom and why photosynthesis mainly happens at the top and suggest reasons for adaptations in different leaves. 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 -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (adaptation, chlorophyll, surface area and pigment) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Handout sheet task -Note taking extension on xylem and phloem -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Plant Minerals https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12765305 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

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. -Next lesson revision cells topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12650813 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on chemical reactions. In this lesson students will learn about what happens to atoms during chemical reactions, the difference between chemical and physical reactions and the definition of a catalyst. 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 (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: reversible, chemical bond, chemical reaction, catalyst and physical change) -Task boxes -Handout sheet -Consolidation exercise -Note taking exercise Next Lesson Word Equations https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12979627 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete revision lesson for Chemistry C1b (Elements, Atoms and Compounds). 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 C2a (Particle Model) The difference between elements, mixtures and compounds Finding elements and their chemical symbols in the periodic table Atoms and compounds Naming compounds Return to start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12978301 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on refraction. In this lesson students will explain what refraction means, describe what happens when light passes through a lens and understand the difference between apparent depth and real depth. 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 -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords task (vocabulary: optical illusion, refraction, focus, convex lens and concave lens) -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension task -Discussion exercise on glasses and contact lenses -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Eyes and Cameras https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12750575 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete revision lesson for Biology B2c (Adaptation and Inheritance). 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: Variation, competition and adaptation Continuous and discontinuous variation Inheritance Natural selection and extinction Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12769058 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on fossils and classification 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 Evolution. (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498) Next topic Speciation: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12635041 Content Covered: -Linnaean classification system -Changes in the classification system over time -The three domain system -How fossils form -The origin of life theories -The binomial system -How to use evolutionary trees Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

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. Lesson bundle https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/ks3-year-7-reproduction-b1c-biology-12659868 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on the Moon. In this lesson students will learn about eclipses and the phases of the Moon. 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 -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords task (vocabulary: phases of the moon, new moon, full moon, solar eclipse and lunar eclipse) -Task boxes -Comprehension task -Discussion task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -End of Topic Revision https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12758005 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on metals and non-metals. In this lesson students will describe the properties of metals, locate metals in the periodic table and explain what is meant by the term ‘metalloid.’ 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 -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: metal, non-metal, metalloid, malleable, ductile and sonorous) -Task boxes -Comprehension task -Oxidation reactions (recap from year 7 and as an example of how metals and non-metals react differently -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Groups and Periods https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12782206 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo