This focuses heavily on literacy while learning about the digestive system. You will need access to a lot of Biology textbooks from KS3 to A Level and potentially access to the internet. The starter is a Scrabble based activity where students are challenged to find the words that have the highest score. This can be differentiated by giving students the choice of an unlimited number of letters, no more than 7 letters etc. The main part of the lesson is a research based task in groups. This takes the form of a “FIGHT!” as students will have to decide which is the most important in the body. Groups are allocated an organ to research using the questions on the powerpoint. The groups then nominate a spokesperson to feedback the information from the group. Students then have to vote which organ they think is the most important. There are then questions to answer as the plenary of the lesson. Hope you find this useful!

This is part of the AQA B9 Respiration topic and covers a practical to find out the effect of exercise on the body. This takes students through how to take a pulse and then step by step the practical method. The tables of results are provided for the four stages of the experiment. You will need to have a timer on screen if you are doing it whole class or stopwatches if they are going to work in pairs/individually. There are two sets of questions (using the data and making conclusions) at the end that can either both be completed or just one depending on the ability of your group. This was designed for a middle ability group.

Students will learn about the two types of respiration and will carry out a practical in order to find out what is produced in aerobic respiration. The lesson starts with the common misconception that respiration and breathing are the same thing and clarifies the differences. Students then move on to identifying what is produced by aerobic respiration in order to plan an investigation to find out which of two flasks of germinating peas is respiring. A planning template is provided for the students to follow. The experiment can be easily set up by having two sealed vacuum flasks, one with hot water peas and one with room temperature water and peas with thermometers. A delivery tube can also be attached to test for carbon dioxide using a bicarbonate indicator. You may need to “fudge” the set up in order to ensure that carbon dioxide is being produced by the correct flask.

This covers all of the key information that students need for the AQA B10 Human Nervous System topic. This can either be given as a graphic organiser to structure homework or as a prompt in lessons to direct revision. I have used it printed out double sided on A3 for students to complete and then keep in a revision folder in preparation for their GCSE exams. The questions in boxes with dotted lines are more challenging.

Designed to act as a summary for the Organisation and the Digestive System GCSE topic, this covers the key areas that students need to know. This was tailored for my lower ability GCSE class but can be easily tailored to the needs of your class by changing some of the questions on the last slide as required.

This is for the AQA B10 Human Nervous System topic and is the first lesson in the topic covering homeostasis. There are two starter activities provided to choose from depending on the ability of your group and their prior knowledge. The lesson takes students through developing definitions of homeostasis and key terms before finishing with a set of questions for which they will need access to textbooks.

Designed for a middle ability group, this is a summary of the AQA B9 Respiration topic. This can either be set as a graphic orgnaiser for homework or used in lesson as a prompt for students to complete their revision.

Updated to remove references to levels. Please leave a review if you like this resource. Many thanks! The 'What Do You Know' worksheet is a starter that involves group work and assesses prior learning. Students work together and can either: 1. write an answer; 2. add to an answer or 3. correct an answer.The 'Research on Human Sex Cells' worksheet is the main body of the lesson and allows student to work either independently or in groups as you decide. They will need to have access to a range of textbooks for this. Hope you find it useful!

This fits into the Y8 Food and Digestion topic but can be used for assessing tables of results drawing and graph plotting. Students are given information to be able to plot a graph which they then have to analyse. The table of results must be completed by identifying any anomalies and then calculating the mean average before a line graph is plotted. New style assessment levels are given.