Content is for the NEW AQA GCSE biology specification.
GCSE biology lesson plan/PowerPoint presentation containing all the activities and resources (in one file!) to achieve the following learning objectives:

1. List a variety of plant pathogens and how to detect plant diseases - match the picture with the correct plant disease

2. State how mineral deficiencies can cause non-communicable diseases in plants - independent learning task where pupils use information cards (there are 7 different cards - ready for printing in the PowerPoint) to complete each row in their table (answers are included in the PowerPoint for peer or self-assessment).

3. Explain that plants have evolved a variety of mechanisms to defend themselves - sorting activity to identify if plant defences are physical, mechanical or chemical (answers included).

Options for plenary task: true or false (answers included); gap fill exercise (answers included) or match the symptom to the likely cause (answers included).