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Effective A level Biology Lessons (Making Every Lesson Count!). John Naylor, Assistant Headteacher Brinsworth Comprehensive School: A Science College. What have you experienced?. What are your experiences of A level Biology as a student? What have you seen others deliver?.
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Effective A level Biology Lessons(Making Every Lesson Count!) John Naylor, Assistant Headteacher Brinsworth Comprehensive School: A Science College
What have you experienced? • What are your experiences of A level Biology as a student? • What have you seen others deliver?
Challenging topics… • What would you be uncomfortable teaching?
Visualising Biology • Multimedia Science School 16-18 • Birchfield Post 16 software • Cambridge BioScope
Practicals that work… • Catalase • Membrane permeability • Gel diffusion • Milk coagulation • Urease • Look at past practical exams
Building knowledge in a lesson • Prior knowledge • Key vocabulary • Basic recall tasks • Application Supported through exam question practice every lesson (AfL) • Mitosis lesson • Protein synthesis • Diseases revision
An Invitation… • Contact me to arrange to come and see an A level Biology lesson at BCS or I can come to your school to see a lesson. • bcsnaylor.john@rgfl.org