GCSE Biology Topic 5: Adrenaline and Thyroxine
In this GCSE Biology Topic 5: Adrenaline and Thyroxine lesson, students will describe what each hormone does, explain how the release of hormones is affected by negative feedback and interpret graph data about thyroxine levels.
The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading
- Task boxes
- Discussion Exercise
- Comprehension questions
- Data Task
- Extension data task comparing the thyroxine graphs to other negative feedback graphs
- Includes assessment for learning (AFL). Answer slides included for self-assessment
- Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
- Suitable for supply teaching and home learning. This activity is straightforward and requires no specialist expertise. It does assume that students have already covered the rest of the human endocrine system. 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/adrenaline-and-thyroxine-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12368302
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In this lesson, students will list some plant hormones and describe their functions. They will also discuss how people use these hormones in commercial settings. Finally, students will investigate plant responses in the lab and explain their findings.
Lessons for Key Stage 4 GCSE Biology Topic Homeostasis
- Homeostasis
- Nervous System
- Reflexes
- Reaction Times Practical
- The Brain
- The Eye
- Correcting Vision Defects
- Body Temperature
- The Endocrine System
- Comparing Nerves and Hormones
- Blood Glucose and Diabetes
- Kidneys
- Kidney Failure
- Menstrual Cycle
- Controlling Fertility
- Adrenaline and Thyroxine
- Plant Hormones
