Teaching Biology at Key Stage 5 RM598 / D20

Come and join us and immerse yourselves in a day delving into practical and theory at Key Stage 5 Biology face to face

The day is designed for those that are new to teaching Key Stage 5, those that would like to refresh their knowledge and skills and those that just want to come and try things and share knowledge and teaching tips in a safe space.

Throughout the day in each session will have a practical element combined with the associated theory whilst having lots of discussions and sharing of practice

Session 1

Photosynthesis

Required Practical Use of chromatography to investigate the pigments isolated from leaves of different plants and techniques

Looking at photosynthetic pigments including chromatography with paper and TLC plates

Looking at the nuts and bolts of photosynthesis

Session 2

Required Practical investigation into the effect of a named variable on the permeability of cell surface membranes

Looking at the factors that affect permeability of membranes through the theory of the fluid mosaic model.

Session 3

Production of a dilution series of a solute to produce a calibration curve with which to identify the water potential of plant tissue

Using osmosis as our starting point look at different ways of transporting substances in and out of cells using something other than potatoes!!!!

Session  4

Respiration

Required Practical investigation into the effect of a named variable on the rate of respiration of cultures of single celled organisms

Using yeast to look at respiration combined with the nuts and bolts of the stages of respiration.