GCSE Biology Topic 4: Metabolism Lesson
In this GCSE Biology Topic 4: Metabolism lesson pupils will define the word metabolism and give some examples of metabolic reactions. They will explain the role of enzymes in metabolism and describe how metabolic processes produce waste products and how these waste products are dealt with. The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
This activity is straightforward and requires no specialist expertise, except for knowledge of the term ‘pathogen’, which refers to a microorganism that causes disease (germs).
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading
- Task boxes
- Comprehension questions
- Handout sheet task
- Recall questions
- Answer slides included for self-assessment
- Suitable for remote, online, distance learning
- Suitable for supply teaching and home learning.
- 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/metabolism-and-homeostasis-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12974389
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Introductory lesson to Aerobic Respiration. In this lesson pupils will describe aerobic respiration and write a word equation for it, list some uses for the energy transferred by respiration and recap how the reactants for respiration reach respiring tissues. This lesson links respiration to earlier course content (Topic 1 – Cells, and Topic 2 – Organisation).
