Models for teaching biology to students aged 16–18

Unlike many slide decks, the models I share aren’t to be presented or delivered, but co-constructed, step by step; a teaching method I explain in my books, Difference Maker and Teaching Meaning. What are the benefits of a community of teachers sharing our models?

We gain teaching capacity: combining professional coordination with teaching autonomy.
We have a lighter workload: our planning only involves understanding and adapting models.
Our students learn more: they reap the benefits of teaching without PowerPoint slides.

Note: this is not the order in which I teach the topics; my curriculum order is based on meaning-making and explained in Biology Made Real.

Organismal ecology 16–18 Population ecology 16–18 Community ecology 16–18 Ecosystem ecology 16–18 Conservation & rewilding 16–18 Climate 16–18 Evolution 16–18 Classification & cladistics 16–18

Circulation 16–18 Coordination & control 16–18 Gas exchange 16–18 Immunity 16–18 Muscles 16–18 Urinary system 16–18 Human reproduction 16–18 Plants 16–18 Genetic inheritance 16–18

Cell division 16–18 Cell membranes 16–18 Cell origins 16–18 Cell structure 16–18 Chemical signalling 16–18 Gene expression 16–18 Neural signalling 16–18 Respiration 16–18 Photosynthesis 16–18

Carbs & fats 16–18 DNA 16–18 Enzymes 16–18 Genetic & bio tech 16–18 Proteins 16–18 Protein synthesis 16–18 Water 16–18 Stock & flow models 11–18