High-quality, engaging lessons designed specifically for the AQA A Level Psychology (new specification), focusing on the Biopsychology content. These lessons are ideal for teachers, tutors, or students seeking clear explanations, strong exam preparation, and structured skill development.
Topics covered include:
- The Nervous System
- Divisions of the nervous system: central and peripheral (somatic and autonomic)
- Neurons and Synaptic Transmission
- Structure and function of sensory, relay and motor neurons
- Synaptic transmission, including neurotransmitters, excitation and inhibition
- The Endocrine System
- Glands and hormones and their role in behaviour
- The Fight or Flight Response
- Physiological responses to stress, including the role of adrenaline
- Ways of Studying the Brain
- Brain scanning techniques: functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
- Electroencephalograms (EEGs) and event-related potentials (ERPs)
- Post-mortem examinations
- Localisation of Function and Lateralisation
- Motor, somatosensory, visual, auditory and language centres
- Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas
- Split-brain research
- Plasticity and Functional Recovery
- Brain plasticity and functional recovery following trauma
Lesson features:
- Starter questions to activate prior knowledge
- Clear explanations with teacher modelling
- Deliberate practice and retrieval activities
- Scaffolded exam questions aligned to AQA assessment objectives
- Regular checks for understanding
- Plenaries to consolidate learning and exam technique
These lessons are exam-focused, clearly structured, and accessible, supporting students in developing both strong subject knowledge and the AO3 evaluation skills required for success in AQA A Level Psychology.
Also included is a workbook which coincides with the lessons.
