AQA Trilogy GCSE (9-1) Biology – The blood
This lesson is designed to meet specification points for the NEW AQA Trilogy GCSE Biology ‘Organisation’ SoW.
 
This lesson begins by introducing the composition of the blood - platelets, white blood cells, red blood cells and plasma.
Pupils will jump straight into the first activity, they will be given a place mat worksheet which has questions about each of the four components of the blood. Each student will then be given a slip of information about these four components, the students will need to share information to complete their place mat. Once complete, the answers which will be provided on the PowerPoint slide can be used for pupils to either self-assess or peer-assess their work.
 
Pupils will now look at how red blood cells transport of oxygen around the body, once this has been explained using diagrams on the PowerPoint slide pupils will then need to arrange sentences into an order to show how this process occurs. Once completed pupils will self-assess their work using the answers provided.
 
The next activity is a ‘True’ or ‘False’ activity about what the students have learnt so far, this could be extended by asking students to re-writing the incorrect sentences so that they make sense.
 
The final activity is a past-paper question on the components of blood, which pupils can then peer or self-assess.
 
The plenary is for pupils to brainstorm key words they have learnt from the topic of the heart and blood so far. All resources are provided in the PowerPoint.