Activity to revise AQA A2 Gene expression. Find someone who the idea is that question sheets are given out, students move around and get each other to answer the questions. The pupils pair up with each other and take it in turns to explain an answer to each other. As Partner A is explaining, Partner B must write the answer down in the box, then Partner A must check the answer and sign it, then they switch over so Partner A that just explained then writes down an answer to a different question that Partner B is now explaining. They keep moving around and switching answers with different people. Either give a set time frame or continue until one person finishes filling in all the boxes.

Idea from teachgeogblog: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/revision-clock-11141536 Guidance from teachgeogblog also below: A way of revising which can break a topic down into 12 sub-categories. Ask a student to make notes in each chunk of the clock. Revise each slot for 5 minutes, turn the clock over and ask the student to recite back to you certain sections of the clock. 'e.g. what was in section 2-3'. Works well with GCSE students.

Made for iGCSE AQA Biology but I imagine most principles will apply to other specifications. The topics covered are: 1) Cell Structure 2) Movement between cells 3) Immunity 4) Circulation 5) Human Impact The idea is based on the old gameshow: They are 5 different sheets of questions and pupils compete in groups of 4 (I normally pick the groups so they are differentiated - more able pupils helping less able). I print each set on a different colour paper (so I can easily keep track of where each group is and see if I need to give extra help). Each set of questions is placed on the teacher’s table at the front of the classroom. Make textbooks available if needed. A nominated runner from each group fetches the first question sheet only, the group decide on their answers and write it down under the questions then the runner brings it to you to be marked. If their answers are correct then they take the next question back to group, if not return to group and try again. Use a different runner each time. The first team to complete all of the answers wins. I usually then go through the answers all together at the end. It is also good because it gets them used to answering questions under time limited conditions. Also now added a double award AQA iGCSE version: 1) Cell Structure 2) Movement between cells 3) Immunity 4) Digestion and Biological molecules 5) Breathing and respiration

This was produced with iGCSE AQA Chemistry in mind but may be useful for other specifications. The idea behind this is you put the learning grid up on the board and pupils role a dice every 5 minutes and then spend that 5 minutes annotating the handout of the learning grid corresponding to the number on the dice with as much as they can remember on each topic (I normally print it double sided A3 size but I guess A4 would be fine too). It helps to keep them focused as the topic changes every 5 minutes and they have to pick out the key details associated with the pictures. Time limit could be changed. To make it more difficult pupils can role the dice twice and have to make a link between the two topics corresponding to those numbers.

These are the cards for AQA iGCSE biological molecules, digestion and enzymes, breathing and respiration, photosynthesis, environmental change to go with the connect four template (which is free to download: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/connect-four-template-for-revision-11251685). They need to be printed double sided so each card has a number on the back. Pupils take it in turns to put coloured counters in the frame with the aim of getting four counters in a row. Pupils compete to win connect four in pairs. Each circle corresponds to a question card. If they get the question right then they can place their counter there. If they get their question wrong then either that circle becomes unavailable (and they have to get four in a row in some other way) or the other person to the person that wants to place their counter there has to make up a question for that person to get right to enable them to put their counter in that circle.

Kagan style activity to revise adaptations: - How a polar bear is adapted to a cold climate - How a camel is adapted to a hot climate - How a xerophyte is adapted to a hot climate - What an extremophile is and how they can be adapted - How predators are adapted - How prey are adapted - How tapeworms and fleas are adapted - The different forms of the malaria parasite Find someone who the idea is that question sheets are given out, students move around and get each other to answer the questions. The pupils pair up with each other and take it in turns to explain an answer to each other. As Partner A is explaining, Partner B must write the answer down in the box, then Partner A must check the answer and sign it, then they switch over so Partner A that just explained then writes down an answer to a different question that Partner B is now explaining. They keep moving around and switching answers with different people. Either give a set time frame or continue until one person finishes filling in all the boxes.

Split into a section for a title, an overview and two other separate sections that could either be added before distributing or allowing pupils to figure out how to split up the information. A section for aims (i.e. learning objectives e.g. describe a process), key terms and definitions. See also - so other topics it links to and categories down the bottom to decide the sections the topic it fits into. Between none and all of the sections could be pre or partly filled into differentiate to different extents.