These free teaching resources and practical investigation ideas are referred to directly within the Edexcel GCSE Biology specification, for teaching from 2011.
Many other practical investigations and resources to support your teaching are available throughout the SAPS website. Please go to Secondary Resources for a filterable index of other resources available.
Other SAPS resources referred to
- Student sheet 21 - Measuring Duckweed Includes student sheet, illustrated worksheet and teachers' notes
- Student projects - Investigations with Lemma minor A SAPS Student Project Starter outlining some investigative techniques
- What determines the number of spines on a holly leaf? Includes student sheet and technical and teaching notes
Unit 1
Plant tropisms
- Phototropism: Practical: Response of Seedlings to Light Includes student sheet, illustrated worksheet and teachers' notes
- Thigmotropism: Practical: Investigating Thigmotropism Includes student sheet and teachers' notes
Inheritance
Influences on life
Classification, variation and inheritance
Unit 2
Enzymes
- Practical: Microscale investigations with catalase Includes teaching and technical notes
- Practical: Phosphatase enzymes in plants Includes teaching and technical notes
Factors affecting photosynthesis
- Practical: Investigating photosynthesis using immobilised algal balls Includes student sheet, illustrated worksheet and teachers' notes
- Practical: Investigations using Cabomba Includes technical and teachers' notes
Osmosis
Field work and ecology
Leaf adaptations for photosynthesis
- Practical: Observing stomata Includes teaching and technical notes
Transpiration
- Practical: Comparison of transpiration rates Includes student sheet and technical notes
- Practical: Investigations into leaf surface temperature Includes teaching and technical notes and a student worksheet
Genes and inheritance
Unit 3
Food production enzymes
- Practical: Fruit juice production Includes student sheet and technical notes
Crop production
Genetically modified crops