Guidance and case studies

This page contains case studies and links to external materials to help with the provision of GCSE Biology in your school.

The case studies have been written by practising teachers with experience of implementing and delivering GCSE Biology, to provide ideas and inspiration. They have clear curriculum links and detailed lesson plans that demonstrate innovative approaches to teaching biology topics, including:

  • biofuels
  • natural selection
  • herd immunity
  • pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD)
  • kidney transplants and dialysis.

Teachers can discover how other schools are encouraging debate and informed decisions on issues such as stem cell research, health and human fertility. Many of the case studies deal with content related to How Science Works and each concludes with an analysis of the activity by a classroom teacher.

You will find publications relevant to the GCSE Biology specifications and support materials from other organisations such as Becta.

If you cannot find what you want in the listed resources, enter keywords from your specification in the Search box on the right. Reduce the number of ‘hits’ by using inverted commas to search for phrases.


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  • Datalogging (BECTA)  (112 KB)
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    Datalogging is the capture and storage of variables as they change over time, and experiment as the context in which the datalogging takes place.

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  • Science Foundations: Biology
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    This provides clear and comprehensive coverage of the topics: Humans as organisms; Maintenance of life; Environment; Inheritance and selection. There is also guidance for students on how to prepare fo...

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  • AQA GCSE Science Biology: Student's Book
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    The AQA GCSE Biology Student's Book provides complete coverage of the knowledge and ideas for GCSE Biology for AQA, with a strong emphasis throughout on understanding How Science Works. The activities...

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  • Datalogging (BECTA)  (112 KB)
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    Datalogging is the capture and storage of variables as they change over time, and experiment as the context in which the datalogging takes place.

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