GCSE Biology Topic 6: Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

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In this lesson, students will describe how antibiotic resistant bacterial strains arise, explain why antibiotic resistance is becoming more common and revise how to test for antibiotic resistance by culturing microorganisms.

GCSE Biology Topic 6: Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria

In this GCSE Biology Topic 6: Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria lesson, students will describe how antibiotic resistant bacterial strains arise, explain why antibiotic resistance is becoming more common and revise how to test for antibiotic resistance by culturing microorganisms.

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 (literacy)
Keywords (vocabulary: antibiotics, antibiotic resistance, strain and superbugs)
Task boxes
Order the steps
Discussion exercise
Comprehension questions
Handout sheet task
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 lesson is fully self-explanatory and can be delivered without specialist knowledge. It assumes that the previous content from topic 6 has been introduced but not necessarily mastered. 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/antibiotic-resistance-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12974541

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