Interactive powerpoint presentation: brain structure and function

This powerpoint presentation is designed for A2 Biology and matches the Edexcel course as it includes sections on brain imaging technology. However it is fairly standard so would suit all exam boards. A key feature of this presentation is that it has interactive drag and drop exercises so gets the students up to the white board. It also has lots of links to relevant short videos and websites. It also includes a mini quiz to help revise the structure and functions of parts of the brain, students can just write their one word answers on scrap paper. I have also included worksheets to fill in during the presentation and some notes pages in case students are absent etc. Note: if you want to incorporate the drag and drop exercises into your own presentation you will have to modify this presentation and add your own stuff to it, the slides will not copy and paste into other presentations without the drag and drop macro.

PRESENTATION: brain-drag-and-drop

WORKSHEETS: The brain

NOTE SHEETS: Structure and function of the brain notes

A2 Edexcel Biology: Hormones and performance enhancing drugs

Powerpoint presentation:

A2 Biology Topic 7 Hormones

Worksheet:

Banned substances and practices in sports

This is a Powerpoint that is based on the final chapter for Topic 7 Run for your life (from the concept approach textbook). I do think though it is adaptable for either the context or concept approach. It includes 2 animated slides to show the action of steroid and peptide hormones. I also added a slide to explain what steroids are and give examples of steroid hormones plus other steroids found in the body. I have been a little naughty and not added any quiz or activity slides throughout the presentation, but obviously teachers can add those. There is an essay at the end base don the ethics section in the text book and is a copy of the essay question included, so I think the teachers guide will have the answer scheme.

IGCSE Enzymes worksheets (for Cambridge)

This selection of worksheets are designed to be used with the Mary Jones IGCSE Biology textbook as they refer to diagrams and questions in the book. However, these are only a few and so they can easily be altered to be used with other books. I will be putting a general version with added diagrams later on.

The worksheets are used to guide the students through the chapter on Enzymes and to think about what they are reading, rather than just copying out information. The questions are usually phrased in a similar way to exam questions and are in order of the text in the book, so it is simple to work their way through. The only time the answers are not available is when the question begins with the word “suggest”, here the have to use their knowledge from previous questions (and common sense) to answer them. There is also a video on the site reviewing enzymes for students (one of my earlier attempts!). The worksheets are below, each is 2 or 3 pages in length:

What are enzymes?

Enzymes and temperature

Enzymes and pH

Enzymes in seed germination

Enzymes in industry

Characteristics of living things presentation

This presentation gives the definitions of the seven characteristics of living things, as precribed by the Cambridge IGCSE syllabus. The presentation conlcudes with a short quiz, with animated gifs and the answers. There are also worksheets available to use during the presentation.

PRESENTATION: characteristics of living things presentation ppt2003

WORKSHEETS: Characteristics of Living Things 1 word2003 ;  Characteristics of Living Things 2 word2003

Heart structure powerpoint presentation and worksheets

These worksheets and presentation are suitable for both AS level and IGCSE/GCSE lessons on structure and function of the heart. The presentation os very simple and concise with no extraneous information to distract pupils from the key facts. This style is a bit of a reaction to some sample presentations I received that were appalling, packed with text, too many pictures on slides and extortionate prices. I just think that sometimes people still get too caught up in all the features of PowerPoint rather than the actual job of delivering key information in as direct a manner as possible (see my previous rant on using PowerPoint).

The worksheets are also simple and note that I have deliberately not included arrows in the labelling worksheets. This is to encourage students to pay close attention to the actual structure being labelled rather than the position of the word on the sheet (that is, not simply transcribing but actually LOOKING at the diagram itself). The worksheets are in colour but do photocopy well in black and white.

Also keep an eye out for the interactive quiz version for heart structure which is useful for independent learning activities or revision (should be added soon). This takes a bit of programming but I will still be offering it for FREE!

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POWERPOINT PRESENTATION:

Heart structure and function teacher 2003

WORKSHEETS:

Heart structure and function (for teacher presentation) 2003