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Day 8 · From one cell to a systemYear 11 Biology · T1 W1–2 · Day 8 lesson

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Year 11 / Biology / Term 1 / Weeks 01 02

Part of the full two-week lesson sequence. Check the pack guide and taught point before teaching.

Open for this lesson: Pack guide · Daily routes · Worked swaps · Fresh learner checks · Aids and text routes.

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Target: use the cell→tissue→organ→system hierarchy as a contribution chain, not a claim that one tissue alone builds the organ. Prepare: Card E and hierarchy staircase.

  1. Launch · 2 min. Ask whether a single intestinal epithelial cell is the small intestine; keep a yes/no reason.
  2. Model · 4 min. Read intestinal epithelial cell → epithelial tissue → small intestine → digestive system. Each arrow means contributes to the next level; the organ contains other tissues.
  3. Guided reading · 5 min. Build the independent cardiac chain from Card E and ask what the heart contributes to the circulatory system. Do not turn either chain into an illness lesson.
  4. Practice route · 7 min. Choose Day 8 route; arrange both chains and justify one arrow with the word “contributes.”
  5. Audit · 4 min. Peer inserts “only” into “epithelial tissue makes the intestine”; learner removes it and explains why.
  6. Exit · 3 min. “What level is the small intestine in this chain?” Key: organ, with multiple tissues.