ATL in Biology
Further Membrane Structure Free
In this activity students see for themselves the wonderful interactions which occur inside cells and between cells using a short animation from Harvard university. The roles of some membrane proteins...
ATL in Biology
Evolution introduction Free
After watching a short video introduction to evolution, students answer questions to complete structured notes, about the different types of evidence which support the theory. This is followed by an activity...
ATL in Biology
Sugar Analysis Experiment
You are working as a biochemist for a rival soft drinks company and you need to find out which sugars are used in the new recipes for three Pepsi products. “Pepsi Mix”, “Pepsi Max”, “Pepsi Mox”. You have...
ATL in Biology
Properties of Water
This lesson uses a screen cast to introduce a simple diagram of hydrogen bonding in water. There are a range of activities to help student to understand how these hydrogen bonds affect the properties...
ATL in Biology
Polyploidy
Using the examples of agricultural crop plants students learn what polyploidy is and how it helps solve the problems of hybrid infertility in plants often leading to new species and hybrid vigour. There...
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Acetabularia in the news links DP Biology topics Free
It's always good when Biology makes the news but it's rare that the news matches the DP Biology curriculum so closely as it did today in this article from The Guardian. I've recently been thinking of...
ATL in Biology
Gene Linkage 1
Discoveries in Biology can be a good source of learning about 'how science works'. This lesson begins with a short introduction to the work of Sutton, Bateson, Sanders and Punnett to set the scene for...
ATL in Biology
Calculating Magnification and Size Free
In this activity students are shown how to calculate magnification and image sizes using scale bars. Then they learn how to calculate specimen size using magnification. The resources can be projected...
ATL in Biology
Enzyme Theory Free
This activity covers the lock and key hypothesis and enzyme activity. Enzymes like RNA polymerase are at the centre of most of the cells biochemical activity. This lesson answers the question, "How do...
ATL in Biology
Base substitution mutation
Sickle cell disease is used as an example of a base substitution mutation. Students build on the basic vocabulary and apply their understanding to an IB style question about the consequences of a base...