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AQA and OCR(A) A-Level Biology Connection Spinner Retrieval Practice by Topic

Ellena Gilson

14th September 2026

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This new resource has a random spinner to choose a member of the class to answer the question and then another spinner to choose the question. This gives everyone in the class time to prepare their answers if they become the chosen one.

Instead of the same individuals in a class answering questions when asked, this game chooses anyone from the class based on their number in the register. This encourages all students to complete pre-reading or tasks set for the lesson, knowing that they might be chosen to answer!

This game is also perfect for testing previous lesson knowledge and understanding. Great retrieval practice!

The games are organised into individual PowerPoints for each topic so easy to find the one you are wanting to test.

The Year 1 A-Level Biology topics are useful for Y12s as they experience these topics for the first time and also a great way to work with Y13s who need to keep going back to their Year 1 knowledge to make sure it is firm in their memories.

Versions with the random student picker and without the random student picker are available.

AQA Connection spinner topics

OCR Connection spinner topics

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