Pupils are provided with examples of organisms and their environments. Pupils must then match up the correct organism with the corrext environment, by writing the organism's name in the table.
Designed for an SEN year 9 class to use for revision, but could be adapted to be used for years 7 and 8, also.
Lesson plan and activities for year 7 on pregnanacy. Lesson covers stages of development in the foetus as well as new key words and diagrams. Includes an AfL plenary task.
AQA As Biology 2011.
The dissection is intended to take the whole of a 1-hour lesson. Students can make notes if appropriate as they progress through the lesson.
The lesson is designed as a recap and extension on knowledge of the heart structure. The homework is for questions from the student textbook (Nelson Thornes AQA Biology).
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Lesson and activities (one taken from another TES user - fiendishlyclver thank you!) designed for AQAs C1.1 Extracting Metals. Designed for a SEN class with MLD.
A simple method for pupils to follow - designed for high ability year 8 group, but the images would allow for differentiation for lower ability groups.
I have designed the worksheet just to give the simple method which will be used by pupils to determine which pen was used to write a 'mystery note'.
A tick-box worksheet designed as a plenary to cover the social, moral and economical issues surrounding genetic engineering / genetic modification.
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Lesson plan and activities for AQAs B1.1 Nervous system and reflexes. Any page references are for OUPs 'AQA GCSE Science&' book - ISBN 978-0-19-913583-7.
Lesson plan and activities covering useful microbes and conditions for microbial growth. Includes a simple practical activity around the rising of bread and the conditions needed for the growth of yeast cells.
Lesson plan and activities for year 8 food webs and feeding relationships. Contains a cut and stick activity which could be used for display purposes and/or peer assessment.
Year 8 revision lesson on heating and cooling. Activities include splat, mini-whiteboards (keywords and definitions), bingo and a multiple choice quiz.
Revision lesson for year 8 students on microbes and disease. Includes a key word grid used for bingo, where the definition is given and students raise their hand to guess the word. Once the correct word is shared with the class, students tick them off. Key word grid could also be used with mini-whiteboards. Also contains a multiple choice quiz which could be done in teams or individually.
Students start by matching famous parents with famous children (most do get correct answers!). Then a discussion on how they did this an dhow characteristics are inherited. It touches on sexual and asexual reproduction through discussion on how different organisms reproduce. Good introduction to a topic.
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AQA As Biology 2011.
Instructions are provided in the notes section of the powerpoint slides. Designed as the second part of a 2-hour double lesson.
All questions with reference to the student textbook is with regards to Nelson Thornes AQA As Biology.
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Lesson and activities for AQAs AS Biology 4.3 Gas exchange in the lungs. All reference to questions and/or pages in the book are from Nelson Thorne's AQA AS Biology student book - ISBN 978-0748782758.