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Click to Cure - Zooniverse Biology Free
If your IB Biology class has just finished the Cells topic and has spent some time looking at the stages of mitosis in a microscope then your students could be ready to participate in real biological...
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Language in Science
In The nature of cell-cycle checkpoints: facts and fallacies by Alexey Khodjakov and Conly L Rieder they state, "Few would disagree that scientific advances rest on the ability of the scientists involved...
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New from old Free
The Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine was awarded to two scientists, one who discovered the process of cloning by nuclear transfer and the second for reprogramming of mature cells by gene insertions....
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Nobel Prize 2012 Free
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2012 was awarded to two Americans who have worked to elucidate the structure and function G- Protein Coupled Receptors or GPCR's. This article "Cells and Sensiblity" is...
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Body Scan Free
I have not had to go through one of the body scan machines yet but the security for air traffic apparently outweighs the invasion of personal rights. But this is a different story. Nearly two years ago...
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Improbably funny Free
I have been telling a joke about inviting mushrooms to parties in Biology lessons for nearly 20 years. Last week I think I've discovered a cure in the form of a festival of Scientific achievements that...
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GMO? OMG! Free
The French study about tumour growth as a result of a diet of GMO maize ( or corn) as well as consuming various levels of ther herbicide Roundup® versus a control group that was fed non GMO maize has...
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Floating Discs Free
Just before all the leaves die, I am teaching the topic of photosynthesis now. I wanted to expose my students to the various ways of measuring the rate of photosynthesis before they write a Design...
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The first successful cloning of an extinct species since Jurassic Park Free
I stumbled on this great story while teaching the Ecology option G this year. A very good example of a recent extinction, it provides an opportunity to revise some genetics and catches the students imagination...
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TOK Induction Deduction Activity Free
Who can resist a little magic trick? You don't have to be a magician to perform these tricks. You will turn water into wine, and then cola. The tricks illustrate that we all use inductive reasoning...