GCSE Biology Topic 1 Cells: Binary Fission and Culturing Bacteria
This GCSE Biology Topic 1 Cells: Binary Fission and Culturing Bacteria lesson is a bit longer as it includes post-practical exercises as well as a full theory lesson. Pupils will explain how prokaryotic cells reproduce and calculate the number of bacteria in a population. They will also describe culturing micro organisms.
Extension questions are included on the slides and there is a pick and mix of different tasks to select from for your students. Follows the GCSE Biology AQA course.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading (literacy)
- Task boxes
- Numeracy task
- Discussion exercise
- Handout sheet task
- Order the steps
- 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/binary-fission-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12318380
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