Student Sheet 14 – Phosphatase Enzymes in Plants
This is a standard protocol to extract phosphatase enzymes from plants, including a method to calculate the rate of reaction.
This is a standard protocol to extract phosphatase enzymes from plants, including a method to calculate the rate of reaction.
This resource contains background information for teachers and pupils to encourage the correct understanding of the terms respiration and photosynthesis (and avoid common misconceptions)....
This small-scale investigation growing and cutting grass uses observation as a focus enquiry skill.
This resource describes a simple technique that can be run as a demonstration or as a class practical to extract a plant oil.
In this innovative suite of resources, key topics in biology, physics and chemistry are covered through the themes of plant evolution and adaptation.
You can follow the complete life-cycle of these "fast plants" in only half a term! Find out where to get your kits here....
In this resource, students investigate a simulation of a bog core sample. Students will consider the relative population of different tree species in the woodland community at different points in...
Browning of the cut surface of fruits/vegetables is due to enzymes called polyphenoloxidases. This enzyme activity is investigated in this practical.
This protocol outlines a simple method of growing radishes that can be used in the school lab.
What do ash trees, bees and bats have in common?...
This quiz about photosynthesis was designed to uncover various misconceptions that students often have.
This set of teaching notes provides three methods for dissecting a flower.
Create a 'portable pond' as a basis for investigations into water plants and animals, using discarded plastic soft drinks bottles.
A classic shade-loving plant, they make great subjects for investigations into photosynthesis - and are nearly indestructable in the classroom
This activity is designed to get students thinking about plants as living organisms that have to survive, reproduce and defend themselves against disease.
Inspired by the International Year of Plant Health (IYPH), this series of context resources around plant health can be used across the biology curriculum, providing engaging and inspirational hooks for lessons or topics.
This animation allows students to view the key processes of plant transport in xylem and phloem. For both GCSE and A-level / post-16 biology teaching.
Using knowledge of flower structure and function pupils can investigate aspects of pollination, make some predictions, collect data and try to find reasons for some of their observations.
In this practical activity, students explore how the technique of re-infection (using infected material to infect healthy plant tissue) can help to identify the cause of a plant disease.
One of a series of booklets written to support plant science in the Primary Curriculum. This topic introduces pupils to the basic parts of a flowering plant, with a range of fun activities to reinforce pupil learning.
A Scottish Highers practical in which students measure the rate of photosynthesis in plants from different habitats (sun and shade) and consider what the results demonstrate about leaf adaptation.
The SAPS ELISA kit for Botrytis is a low cost kit which brings practical immunology into the classroom. The monoclonal antibody in the kit detects Botrytis, a fungal pathogen.
This collection of teaching resources, including full teachers' notes, a technical guide, Powerpoints and a photocopiable students' book, will help teachers take a new and refreshing look at photosynthesis.
Dandelion flower stalks have a strong gravitropic response, and this experiment offers a simple and fun way to look at gravitropism over the course of a double lesson