Year 9 Turning Points in Biology: Antibiotics Part 1
In Key Stage 3 Biology, this lesson is the first of a two-part series about Antibiotics. Pupils will learn about the work of Alexander Fleming an important turning point in the history of medicine, be able to state which pathogens antibiotics work on and which they don’t, and be able to describe an experiment to show the effectiveness of different antibiotics.
Additionally, students can choose from both a fun, pick and mix of different tasks, and challenging extension questions relating to this turning point in biology.
A summary of lesson content:
- Title slide with learning objectives
- A starter activity
- Group reading (literacy)
- Keywords (vocabulary: bacteria, antibiotic, penicillin, agar plate and virus)
- Discussion exercise
- Task boxes
- Handout sheet
- Challenge questions
- Answer slides included for self-assessment
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Turning Points in Biology KS3 Bundle for Year 9
Full lessons for biology B3b (Turning Points in Biology) for key stage 3 year 9 students from Febo Learning. Includes free lessons for content preview. Answers included for tasks in slide form for self-assessment.
Suggested Order:
- Vaccines Part 1 and 2
- Antibiotics Part 1 and 2
- DNA
- Charles Darwin
- Preventing Extinction
- Revision
Next lesson Antibiotics 2
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