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Crucial Application

'New antibiotics' teaches about antibiotic-resistant bacteria like MRSA, a new topic in the AQA A Core specification. It is a companion activity to Reasoner below. It practices the same skill - deciding whether evidence supports a claim.

Note: these are large files because of the need to embed the fonts we used. There is a troubleshooting slide in the presentation if fonts don't appear correctly.

• New antibiotics complete materials (8MB - file to be unzipped)

Individual files:

• New antibiotics presentation (6MB)
• New antibiotics student sheets (2.5MB)
• New antibiotics teachers’ guide
• New antibiotics exam question
• New antibiotics mark scheme

Crucial Tool

'Reasoner' is a companion Tool to New antibiotics above. It teaches the assessed skill of deciding whether evidence supports a claim. It is set in the topic of UV radiation, and the context: should sunbeds be banned?

Note: these are large files because of the need to embed the fonts we used. There is a troubleshooting slide in the presentation if fonts don't appear correctly.

• Reasoner complete materials (8MB - file to be unzipped)

Individual files:

• Reasoner presentation (6MB)
• Reasoner student sheets (2.5MB)
• Reasoner teachers’ guide
• Reasoner exam question
• Reasoner mark scheme