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Teacher and PhD Student. Selling ONLY quality lessons and resources. Resources ranging KS3-KS4 science and KS5 Biology. Please contact if you have any issues or queries.
AQA ACTIVATE UNIT 3 DIGESTION, ENZYMES, AND FOOD TESTS
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AQA ACTIVATE UNIT 3 DIGESTION, ENZYMES, AND FOOD TESTS

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AQA Activate Unit 3 resources for the structure of the digestive system, enzyme action, factors affecting enzyme action, and food tests. These lessons are fully resourced, and guide students through the topic from start to finish. Students are taken through the required practicals using extensive follow up, and each lesson is complimented by regular and thorough reflection points.
Digestive System Structure and Enzymes Lessons
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Digestive System Structure and Enzymes Lessons

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Several lessons to take students through the structure of the digestive system, enzyme functioning, and how environmental conditions can affect the rate of enzyme action. These lessons are fully resourced, and will take students through all of the key ideas behind the digestion unit of B3, including a comprehensive review and follow up of the enzymes required practical. An enjoyable set of lessons, with high impact.
Mitosis and Observing Mitosis
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Mitosis and Observing Mitosis

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Two lessons surrounding mitosis. Students are taken through the ideas and importance of mitosis, before considering the mechanism of mitosis. A practical lesson is then included with instructions on how to visualize mitosis in allium roots. Instructions provided by the Nuffield foundation.
Surface area to volume ratio practical
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Surface area to volume ratio practical

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A lesson to compliment the teaching of surface area to volume ratio, and its effect on the rate of diffusion. This lesson takes has a maths focus of encouraging students to calculate surface area to volume ratio, and then comparing these values to the time taken for HCl to diffuse into cubes of agar gel which are soaked in phenolphthalein. Differentiated and engaging for an otherwise dry topic.
Microscopes overview
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Microscopes overview

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KS4 Microscopes overview lasting 2 to 3 lessons. This presentation takes students through the parts of a light microscope, to using light microscopes, including the AQA required practical. Magnification equations are demonstrated, and there is an independent research activity to investigate the differences between light microscopes, compared with electron microscopes.
Differentiation and specialized cells
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Differentiation and specialized cells

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A three hour lesson taking students through specialized cells, differentiation, stem cells, and the uses of stem cells. The lesson contains individual activities, summaries of content, as well as instructions for plant cutting practicals, and a research task structured for the benefits and disadvantages of stem cells. This lesson can easily be broken down over several lessons with contrasting activities to promote engagement.
Animal and plant cell structures
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Animal and plant cell structures

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Introductory lesson for KS4 animal and plant cells. The lesson covers levels of organization, as well as animal and plant cell structures, covering organelles and functions. This lesson will most likely last around 40 minutes, but can easily be accompanied by extra exam questions. This lesson has a high student focus, with many different opportunities for reflection.