How to make this work… You have to follow the instructions on the powerpoint completely. There are moments when you will feel like a total div. I suggest you don’t do this in public. However, this honestly isn’t Woody trying to make you look like a moron, it is based on genuine scientific research about how to get information into the long term memory

Instruction one Until the next instruction slide you have to read out loud every word on the slides. Take it slowly and make sure you are concentrating on what you are reading.

5 Kingdoms All living things can be put into 5 groups called kingdoms. The key features of each kingdom are: Plants: Have roots, stems and leaves Have xylem and phloem Reproduce by producing seeds Seeds produced inside the ovary, inside the flower Bacteria: Often unicellular Have no nucleus Have cell walls

Fungi: Multicellular Have nuclei Have cell walls Do not have chlorophyll Feed by saprophytic or parasitic nutrition Protoctista: Most are one-celled, but some have many cells Cells have a membrane around the nucleus Some get energy by eating other nutrients Some get energy from the sun, and nutrients from the water around them

Phylum Vertebrates: Animals with a backbone and vertebrates. Class Fish Vertebrates with scaly skin Have gills Have fins Class Amphibians (eg frogs) Vertebrates with moist, scale-less skin Eggs laid in water, larva lives in water Adult often lives on land Larva has gills, adult has lungs Class Reptiles (eg snakes) Vertebrates with scaly skin Lay eggs with rubbery shells Class Birds Vertebrates with feathers Forelimbs have become wings Lay eggs with hard shells Homeothermic (i.e. can maintain their own body temperature) Have a beak Kingdoms are then divided into Phyla. For the iGCSE you need to know about the phyla in the Animal Kingdom

Class Mammals (e.g. humans) Vertebrates with hair Have a placenta Young feed on milk produced from mammary glands Homeothermic Have a diaphragm Heart has 4 chambers Have different types of teeth Cerebral hemispheres are very well developed Phylum Arthropods Animals with jointed legs but no backbone. They have several pairs of jointed legs and an exoskeleton (ie a skeleton outside the body) Crustaceans eg Crab Arthropods with more than 4 pairs of jointed legs Not millipedes or centipedes Breathe through gills Arachnids eg Spiders Arthropods with 4 pairs of jointed legs Breathe through gills called book lungs Insects Arthropods with 3 pairs of jointed legs Two pairs of wings Breathe through tracheae

Instruction 2 Stand up Yes, get up – I mean it… Now – jump up and down, run around, tap your head and rub your belly. Do something active for 5 minutes. It would be perfect if you could throw or kick a ball about

Now… You will see the same slides again but this time words have been taken out. You need to read the slides out loud again, this time inserting the missing word. Keep going until the next instruction slide.

5 Kingdoms All living things can be put into 5 groups called kingdoms. The key features of each kingdom are: Plants: Have _____, stems and ______ Have xylem and phloem Reproduce by producing _____ Seeds produced inside the _____, inside the _____ Bacteria: Often ______ Have no ______ Have ____ _____

Fungi: _____ Have _____ Have ____ ______ Do not have _______ Feed by _____ or ______ nutrition Protoctista: Most are ____-_____, but some have many cells Cells have a membrane around the _____ Some get energy by eating other _____ Some get energy from the _____, and nutrients from the water around them

Phylum Vertebrates: Animals with a _____and ______. Class Fish Vertebrates with _____skin Have ____ Have _____ Class Amphibians (eg frogs) Vertebrates with moist, ___-___skin ___laid in water, ____lives in water Adult often lives on ____ ____has ____, adult has _____ Class Reptiles (eg snakes) _____with _____skin Lay ____with _____shells Class Birds ______ with ______ Forelimbs have become ______ Lay ____with ____ _____ ______ (i.e. can ______their own body temperature) Have a ______ Kingdoms are then divided into ____. For the iGCSE you need to know about the phyla in the Animal Kingdom

Class Mammals (e.g. humans) Vertebrates with _____ Have a ______ Young feed on _______ produced from _______ ______ _______ Have a __________ Heart has 4 chambers Have different types of _________ Cerebral hemispheres are very well developed Phylum Arthropods Animals with _______ ______ but no ________. They have several pairs of ____ legs and an _______(ie a skeleton outside the body) Crustaceans eg Crab _______with more than 4 pairs of jointed legs Not ______or _________ Breathe through _______ Arachnids eg Spiders ________with 4 pairs of ______legs Breathe through _____called book lungs Insects Arthropods with 3 pairs of jointed legs Two pairs of ______ Breathe through _________

Instruction 3 Stand up Yes, get up – I mean it… Now – jump up and down, run around, tap your head and rub your belly. Do something active for 5 minutes. It would be perfect if you could throw or kick a ball about

And now… You are going to answer some questions to test your new found knowledge. Each slide has a question – have a go at it. This should be straightforward now

Question 1 What are the defining characteristics of organisms in the: a)Plant b)Fungi c)Protist d)Prokaryote Kingdoms?

Question 2 Which class does this belong to and why?

Question 3 What features, visible on this picture, make this animal a mammal?

And finally Take another 5 minute activity break – seriously, throwing a ball is ideal – it uses a different parts of your brain and makes it function more efficiently as it is using both hemispheres. Anyway – then, sit down with your text book and make sure you have flashcards or notes covering this. They love asking MCQ questions on it