GCSE Biology Topic 3: Communicable Disease Pathogens
In this GCSE Biology Topic 3: Communicable Disease Pathogens lesson pupils will state what a pathogen is, explain the difference between communicable and non-communicable diseases and describe some different types of pathogen.
Each lesson includes a selection of tasks, with answer slides to facilitate self-assessment, with a suitable range of challenges for different abilities. The slides include extension questions, and your students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading (literacy)
- Keywords (vocabulary: communicable disease, pathogen, hyphae and toxins)
- 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.
A supplementary resource designed to support self-directed learning, homework and independent projects is available here https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/communicable-disease-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12346614
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