Seed Dispersal – physics and biology at Key Stage 3
This collection of resources for 11-14 students about wind dispersal addresses important scientific ideas in biology and physics.
This collection of resources for 11-14 students about wind dispersal addresses important scientific ideas in biology and physics.
This collection of resources for 11-14 students on the ins and outs of water in plants addresses ideas in biology, chemistry and physics.
The Naked Scientists are scientists/broadcasters with a mission to strip science down to its bare essentials. Listen to some fun planty podcasts.
In this practical, students make a ‘hanging drop’ preparation then use a microscope to look at the microorganisms inside the hanging drop.
One of the SAPS 'Star Plants' for your lab, showing an extreme form of adaptation
Venus' Fly Traps, with their traps that snap shut around the unwary fly, are a wonderful plant for the lab.
This animation covers key topics of photosynthesis and respiration. It is intended for both GCSE and A-level / post-16 biology teaching.
In this activity students use plants found in their kitchen (herbs, spices, fruit, vegetables, carbohydrate staples) to create a classification diagram.
This 5-minute video interview with Dr Cristobal Uauy of the John Innes Centre introduces post-16 students to contemporary genomics and food security. The accompanying notes include a teachers' summary, plus student questions and answers.
This video interview with Professor John Christie of the University of Glasgow, introduces students to fluorescent reporter proteins and their importance to our understanding of cell biology.
This 5-minute video interview with Dr Charlie Clutterbuck of Manchester Metropolitan University introduces students to the history and economics of coffee and the impact of a plant pathogen on coffee production.
In this 5-minute video interview, Professor Dame Ottoline Leyser, Director of the Sainsbury Laboratory, University of Cambridge, discusses the different survival strategies of plants and animals.
This online ecology practical resource is designed to give students an opportunity to see how systematic sampling can be used to: investigate changes in species richness across a footpath and the distribution of species across a footpath.
This 5-minute video interview with Professor Sarah O’Connor from the John Innes Centre, introduces her work to find new molecules that can successfully treat cancer.
This video demo shows a quick and easy plant practical for your biology lab.
This 10-minute video interview with Professor Giles Oldroyd offers a thought-provoking take on the topic of fertilisers and nitrogen fixation.
In this 5-minute video Dr Ed Mitchard, of the University of Edinburgh, introduces the use of new technologies in conservation, specifically the role of REDD+ in preventing deforestation across the world.
Professor Jane Langdale of the University of Oxford leads a team of scientists seeking to increase food production through research into the fundamentals of photosynthesis. In this video she discusses her work.
Big data is in the news - but what are the implications for the world of biology? In this video, expert Professor David Salt of the University of Aberdeen talks about his views.
Professor Johnathan Napier of Rothamstead Research, talks about the role that Omega-3 fatty acids play in our diets, how we currently source them from algae via fish, and how he hopes to use genetic engineering to breed plants that produce these molecules in their oils.
This free online course aimed at 16 to 19-year-olds is hosted on the learning platform FutureLearn, and provides 9 hours of learning over 3 weeks. Students can choose when to take the course, meaning they can fit it alongside other studies and extracurricular activities.
"Cloning cauliflowers" is a popular way to look at tissue culture and totipotency. Our video introduces the technique, and shows how best to use this protocol with your students.
In this short activity, you’ll use published research into plant behaviour, conducted on the International Space Station, to get your students thinking more about tropisms.
Do you have a dried up cactus lurking in your classroom? Find out how to use it with this resource.