GCSE Biology Topic 5: Kidney Failure
In this GCSE Biology Topic 5: Kidney Failure lesson, students will describe in detail how dialysis words, compare dialysis and kidney transplants and revisit immunity from topic 3 to explain why transplanted organs are sometimes rejected. The slides include extension questions, and students can choose from a variety of different tasks.
Note: For information about kidney function and the role of anti-diuretic hormone. See Kidneys.
This lesson includes:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Discussion exercise
- Task boxes
- Group reading
- Keywords (vocabulary: concentration, diffusion, dialysis, ions and partially permeable membrane)
- Handout sheet task
- Comprehension questions
- Comparison 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 activity is straightforward and requires no specialist expertise. 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/kidneys-and-dialysis-supplementary-slides-and-worksheet-gcse-biology-aqa-12364592
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- Correcting Vision Defects
- Body Temperature
- The Endocrine System
- Comparing Nerves and Hormones
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