New 2025 Specification
Unit D3.1 Angiosperm Reproduction
Lessons included:
Plant features, sexual reproduction and cross-pollination
Dispersal and Germination
Flower Dissection
Fruit Ripening
Exam Skills and Longer Response Lesson (based on whole curriculum)
This is an introduction to Photosynthesis (lesson 1) for IB DP Biology Students, covering the photosynthesis equation, different pigments, and chromatography
Use as a starting point because this was covered very quickly with my class.
Has lessons, some handouts, my handdrawn processes, some exam questions from a variety of sources etc
Created for IBDP students, also suitable for A-Level.
Discusses:
universal nature of DNA
Universal common ancestor
RNA/DNA structure
Polymers/monomers
Nucleotide structure (DNA and RNA)
Ribose and deoxyribose structure
Pentose sugars and numbering carbons
Nitrogenous bases and complementary base pairing
Phosphodiester bonds and the sugar phosphate backbone
Anti-parallel strands
Double helix
Exam questions (mix of IB and A-Level)
Magnification (MIA and total magnification as well as scale bars)
Unit conversions
practical instructions to make a temporary mount of onion or cheek cells
This lesson was made for the purpose of a ‘IB DP Prep unit’ at the end of term for MYP5/Year 11
Science and Language/Literature IDU interdisciplinary unit MYP eAssessment prep unit for 2025 May Exams.
All resources are my own and I wrote the exam questions, but exam rubric, exemplars etc are from IB
Part of a MYP5/Year 11 skills unit at the end of the year (post exams)
The purpose of the lesson (and later lessons) is to ask students to think critically about scientific content online.
Includes discussion about mis/disinformation, reliability, why people post disinformation etc.
This is part of a project in later lessons.