Wordsearch activity designed for Y9 iGCSE (edexcel) ecology, but could could also be used for KS3 and other exam boards. It’s easy to adapt if you want to tweak the definitions. Comes with answers. Students can either find words first and write them in the box, then match up with definitions. Or do the other way around, or maybe a combination of both.

For 2012 OCR 21st Century. Word documents using the 'review&'/&';comments' function to show students what is good and bad about exam answers. The comments can be turned off initially to allow them to discuss (or provided on paper) and then they can be shown the comments. You could also get them to write and analyse each others. This would work better on Google Docs if you can access this in school.

Powerpoint and hand out for students to fill in about the components of the blood, functions and a bit about blood donation for extension. Originally produced for teaching edexcel iGCSE but fully editable for use with all exam boards. Includes a link to a kahoot quiz.

Revision mat template for skeleton movement and joints. You may want to edit the ‘5 functions’ of the skeleton depending on what you’ve taught previously. We include: movement, making blood cells, protection, shape and support, and storage of minerals.

UPDATED due to a couple of errors (26/04/19). My class were struggling with inheritance, particularly keywords, monohybrid crosses and pedigrees, so I made this booklet. Some of the activities are adapted from a great resource by https://www.tes.com/member/Masfar Exam questions are from Edexcel iGCSE (old spec) Answer booklet included.

An information sheet and question sheet for a bit of independent work on the roles of the placenta and amniotic sac for edexcel iGCSE. We do this in Year 11 so there are a few synoptic quesitons in there too such as “describe the role of antibodies”, “describe how the mother gets rid of the foetal carbon dioxide”. Feel free to use this Quizizz quiz too: https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/5bedc6df007091001a7aed67

Powerpoint for the teaching of synapses and reflexes at A Level.

Students struggle to revise well so I thought I’d make a template for them to make some revision cards. Not particularly revolutionary but if it saves you a job it’s worth it! Also has some photos of example revision cards on the second page. Print out for them on card (or get them to do it themselves on paper) and they follow the cues at the top of each card to help them revise all the relevant information. Once they’ve done this a couple of times they should then hopefully get better at making their own revision resources.

Upload this to Google Drive or similar, convert into 'sheets' and then share the link with your students, checking you have ticked the 'allow edit' box. They then go online and red, amber, green each of the skills to give you and them an idea of any gaps in knowledge and trouble spots. It could also be used to highlight 'experts' on a particular skill. The document saves automatically and can be locked, or reviewed again at a later date. Possible drawback, depending on your point of view, is that they can see each other's self-assessment. I've also made a similar one based on the content in the specification, but it was based on a pixl sheet. I'm sure you could do something similar!

An overview of the effects of smoking on the lungs which could be used as an alternative to textbook work or using the internet for research. You could have students turn the information into a table or other format, set some questions for their peers based on it or use it as a basis for discussion.

A template poster / revision mat for pulling together all mentions of enzymes from B1, B4 and B7 plus a bit of protein sysnthesis (old OCR Triple Biology A specification)

Designed as a review quiz which could be done for homework or in class (on own devices or in an IT room). I have a feeling you can only access and edit if you have a Microsoft account though. Use the image with your QR reader or copy the link below. https://forms.office.com/Pages/ShareFormPage.aspx?id=IazNI3M3LE2SKi9uPOC_9aO57Ce6bztLqdXtYxlk689UQklVRVJCTUU4RTNPRFJFN1o4NUQ2TTRYNS4u&sharetoken=JeRBw7OBsxdsh03T51k3

Diagram for labeling and table to complete to compare the structure and function of rod cells and cone cells. Students use textbook or information from the lesson to complete.

Key ideas match up activity (descriptions with pictures) for lower ability classes. Eg colorimeter, light microscope, chromatography. Could then be followed by the cloze worksheet (answers provided). It doesn't cover everything in A4 in detail but could be useful part of a revision lesson.

Students research details about the 7 nutrients and a few specific vitamins and minerals. I did it with top set Year 9s doing edexcel iGCSE. The grey boxes don’t need filling in. Answer sheet included.

Basic template to review or revise genetic modification for Edexcel iGCSE. I’ve also added a bit about the ethics to think about.

Here’s a poster, best printed A3, to help your students remember that there’s more to passing the exams than just recall of facts. You could also print smaller copies for their files etc. Original powerpoint file also included in case you want to edit it.

Activity for students to learn about what plants do with the glucose they make in photosynthesis. Aimed at GCSE (specifically iGCSE Edexcel) as I’ve tried to link it in with the topic they’ve already done on biomolecules and obviously cell structure. DART stands for Directed Activity Related to Text. It could be used in many ways. For example students read once and highlight in one colour all the chemicals that are mentioned. And then read again and highlight in another colour what they need the various chemicals for. Then they use this information to create a spider diagram, with little picture, to help them remember the information.

Spot the mistakes reading activity with answers. Specifically designed for the Edexcel iGCSE specification which requires them to know that CFCs can also act as greenhouse gases.

Snakes and Ladders game for Year 7 to introduce ideas of factors that affect population numbers. Just download and laminate a snakes and ladders board e.g. from http://www.printableboardgames.net/preview/Snakes_and_Ladders, then students play the game as normal. The only difference is that when they land on a snake or ladder they take a 'snake' or 'ladder' card and read out the cause of their good or bad fortune ie. a reason why their population has increased or decreased. To be honest, I've rushed it a bit so I'm sure someone could adapt it. It could also be adapted for older years; they could come up with their own reasons for population changes.