Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on acids and alkalis. In this lesson students will learn about the properties of acids and alkalis, give some examples of common household acids and alkalis and explain the differences between dilute and concentrated solutions. Note: the Activate course which these lessons follow is unusually difficult for year 7 for this topic. We suggest using the mid-ability version of the comprehension questions in the last activity. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: acid, alkali, solute, solution, solvent and corrosive) -Task boxes -Consolidation exercise -True or false discussion exercise -Next lesson Indicators https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12707120 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on plant diseases and defences for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Related topic Photosynthesis: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12359219 Content Covered: Symptoms of plant diseases Diagnosing plant diseases Barrier, mechanical and chemical defences Mineral deficiencies Pests Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. New! Lessons on Plant Disease for GCSE Biology Plant disease and defences: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12949241 Revision lesson topics 1-4 Rose black Spot Case Study: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12953529

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on fertilisation and germination. In this lesson students will learn how to describe how fertilisation happens in plants, explain how fruits and seeds are formed after fertilisation and explain what seeds need for growth. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task (recall from previous lessons) -Group reading task -Keywords task (vocabulary: fertilisation, germination, starch, fruit and seeds) -Task boxes -Handout worksheet -True or false task -Ordering the steps of germination -All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable. -Next lesson Seed Dispersal https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12659803 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on The Circulatory System. In this lesson pupils will identify arteries and veins and describe their features, calculate the rate of blood flow and name the parts of the heart. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Artery or Vein? -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Numeracy task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Blood https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12867496

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on The Lungs. In this lesson pupils will name the parts of the respiratory system, explain how the alveoli are adapted for gas exchange and calculate breathing rate. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Handout sheet task -Order the steps -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Numeracy task -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Circulatory System https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12866975

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on the eye for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus. Next topic Body Temperature: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12362801 Content Covered: Parts of the eye The iris reflex Accommodation (near and distant objects) Short- and long-sightedness Convex and concave lenses Other methods of vision correction Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ full lesson on the topic of Genetic Engineering. In this lesson pupils will give examples of uses for genetic engineering, describe the process and compare genetic engineering to selective breeding. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 3 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (genetic engineering, foreign gene, insecticide and herbicide) -Task boxes -Order the steps -Handout task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Cloning https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12824313 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on transpiration and translocation for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. When learning about transpiration and translocation it helps if students have some prior knowledge of diffusion, active transport, specialist cells and plant cell organisation. Key points from these topics are recapped in the presentation, but this resource assumes that they have encountered them before. Follows on from Active Transport: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12335738 Content Covered: Xylem and phloem Translocation Transpiration Rate of transpiration Potometers Leads on to Plant Diseases: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/plant-diseases-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12357901 Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo New! Transpiration and translocation lesson https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12863543

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on inherited disorders for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows the AQA Biology GCSE syllabus but is also applicable to other courses. Content Covered: -Cystic Fibrosis (recessive) -Polydactyly (domainant) -Interpreting family trees -Bioethics of embryo selection Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on solutions. In this lesson students will use the particle model to show how solutes are dissolved in a solvent and practice using key vocabulary to describe solutions. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: solution, solvent, solute, miscible and immiscible) -Task boxes -Identification (Solute or Solvent?) -Comprehension task -Discussion exercise -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Solubility https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12786674 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ introductory lesson on the topic of Pressure in Liquids. In this lesson pupils will explain why some things float and others sink. They will describe how pressure in liquids increases with depth. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 2 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Task boxes -Discussion exercise -Keywords (vocabulary: liquid pressure, upthrust, displace and submerged) -True or False -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Pressure in Solids https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12818690 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ free lesson on Plant Diseases and Defences. In this lesson pupils will explain how mineral deficiency can cause disease in plants, review some pathogens which infect plants and their effects and describe the physical, chemical, mechanical defences plants use to protect themselves. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Identify the disease -Task boxes -Handout sheet task -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Revision Lesson Topics 1-3 Malaria Case Study GCSE Biology https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12952498

Key Stage 4 ~ GCSE Biology~ full lesson on Anaerobic Respiration. In this lesson pupils will write the word equations for anaerobic respiration in people, plants and yeast and explain why anaerobic respiration is used. They will compare anerobic to aerobic respiration and describe some examples of anaerobic respiration in yeast. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course. Note: Oxygen Debt (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/-12960421) is a separate lesson and is not included in this one. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary; anaerobic respiration, aerobic respiration, lactic acid, oxidised and fermentation) -Task boxes -Sorting Task -Order the steps -Handout sheet task -Long answer questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Suitable for remote, online, distance learning -Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge apart from the keyword pathogen which means disease-causing microorganism (germs). Discussion/extension answers are in the ppt notes. -Next lesson Oxygen Debt https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12960421

Key stage 4 ~ GCSE ~ revision package for bioenergetics (topic 4, GCSE Biology AQA). This lesson can be used to revise for end of topic tests, as exam preparation or to address knowledge gaps identified in the end of topic assessments. In this lesson students will revise: -Photosynthesis -Aerobic Respiration -Anaerobic Respiration -Oxygen Debt -Metabolism -Return to the start of the topic https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12956850

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on adolescence. In this lesson students will learn how to explain the difference between adolescence and puberty and to identify physical changes which happen in male and female bodies. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task (recall from previous units) -Group reading task -Keywords task (vocabulary: adolescence, puberty, hormones, ovaries and testes) -Task boxes -True or False task -Sorting task -All tasks, including the worksheet have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable. -Next lesson Reproductive Systems https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12656038 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on Energy and Temperature. In this lesson pupils will explain the difference between energy and temperature and define thermal equilibrium. They will also recap expansion, heating curves and state changes from year 7. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the Activate 2 KS3 course. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (vocabulary: expands, thermometer, degrees Celsius (oC) and temperature) -Task boxes -Comprehension task -Handout sheet -Discussion exercise -True or False -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Conduction https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12804195 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

PowerPoint presentation and worksheet on cloning for GCSE biology for teaching and revision. Simple step by step explanations of concepts up to the end of KS4. This resource follows on from Evolution. (https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12557498) Next topic Genetic Engineering: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12633773 Content Covered: -Revision of meristems and therapeutic cloning from previous topics -Tissue culture cloning -Cuttings -Artificial twinning -Cloning adult animals -Bioethics of cloning Suitable for remote online distance learning and usable by non-specialists, including for homeschooling. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 7 ~ complete lesson on movement of joints. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -Starter task (recall from previous topics) -Group reading task -Keywords task -Task boxes -Discussion task -Practical task (optional) -Numeracy task (alternative to the practical) -Note taking task -Next lesson Muscles https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12653363 All tasks have an optional self-assessment slide. This presentation is fully editable. www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo

Key stage 3 ~ year 8 ~ complete lesson on the role of bacteria and enzymes in digestion. In this lesson students will learn about what an enzyme is and why they are needed for digestion. They will also discuss the role of bacteria in digestion. Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. This lesson includes: -Title slide with learning objectives -A starter activity -Group reading (literacy) -Keywords (immune system, enzyme, digestive juices, catalyst and bile) -Task boxes -Comprehension questions -Answer slides included for self-assessment -Next lesson Drugs https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/resource-12762660 www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/Dr_Troilo