Biology by Mr Bradford
Fast Talk.
Fifty-four cards, each with two sides. One names a category with dozens of answers; the other is a twist that narrows it down. Race to shout an answer that fits both. First correct answer keeps the card. No screens, no login — print it, cut it, play.
Clue: “A molecule transported across a membrane” + Format: “a 3-letter answer” → CO₂!
Same clue, twist to “includes the letter E” → glucose.
How to play
- Draw a card and read the clue side aloud — a category with many answers.
- Flip it to reveal the format — the twist that narrows it down.
- Race to shout an answer that fits both sides. First correct answer wins the card. Most cards at the end wins.
House rules on the sheet: letter counts ignore spaces (CO₂ = 3); “justify it” — the winner explains why it fits; no repeats; a wrong answer can pass the card to the other team.
The decks
AP / IB Biology deck
54 cards — the nine richest cards from each of six topics, colour-coded. Pitched for AP and IB students; works as a revision starter or a lesson closer.
Download PDF ↓Middle School deck
54 cards across six science topics, with gentler clues and simpler twists. Same game, pitched for younger students.
Download PDF ↓Biochemistry deck
54 cards on water, macromolecules, enzymes and energy — the chemistry every other topic leans on.
Download PDF ↓Cell Biology deck
54 cards on membranes, organelles, transport and the cell cycle — structure meets function.
Download PDF ↓Genetics deck
54 cards on DNA, inheritance, gene expression and biotechnology — allele to phenotype.
Download PDF ↓Evolution deck
54 cards on natural selection, speciation, phylogeny and the evidence for common descent.
Download PDF ↓Human Physiology deck
54 cards on the body’s systems — neurons, hormones, gas exchange and the heart.
Download PDF ↓Ecology deck
54 cards on populations, communities, nutrient cycles and the human footprint.
Download PDF ↓Printing & cutting
- Print double-sided, flipping on the long edge (the usual default). The backs are pre-mirrored so fronts and backs line up after cutting.
- Print one test sheet first and hold it to the light to check the fronts and backs align.
- Cut along the grey guide lines — nine cards per sheet.
- A full answer key — every card’s accepted answers — is at the back of each file.
Free to print and use with your classes. Card stock and a guillotine help, but paper and scissors are fine.