SCHOOL RESOURCES
General Resources for Bioscience
SCHOOL RESOURCES from Microscopy-UK Click here
BBC - Schools - GCSE Bitesize Revision - Biology An essential resource for all GCSE students. The site includes revision pages on ecology, humans, inheritance, life processes & cells, plants and variation. These topics are followed by an interactive quiz. There is also a search engine with links to most GCSE subjects.
The British Society for Cell Biology Click here
TechFest: Science & Technology Festival - Secondary Schools Click here
(Schools online) Logging lab - Biology Click here
Biology Collections A useful directory of links to all things biological on the net -including wonderful finds such as the Bad Bug Book, whichgives details of food-borne viruses and bacteria, how they aretransmitted and notable outbreaks. You?ll also find labelledphotos of parasites, biotechnology and botanical links, journalsand other listings that reward further investigation.
Herman the worm A delightfully (or appallingly, depending on your viewpoint)anthropomorphic website dedicated to the anatomy, habitat andbehaviour of worms. Notes for teachers explain how to set up aworm bin and organise a project at KS2 level. There are nophotos, but plenty of links to them.
Insect Bios It's difficult not to like a site which describes its mission in life as 'the shameless promotion of insect appreciation',
National Curriculum Outlines the National Curriculum requirements for Science at all key stages
Exploring Biodiversity Developed by scientists, educators and conservationists from The Natural History Museum and the conservation charity Flora-for-Fauna, Exploring Biodiversity is designed to introduce the concept of biodiversity to GCSE and A-level students. Included on this interactive site is the Flora-for-Fauna's Postcode Plant database, which enables users to discover plants native to local areas, and Worldmap, a downloadable package measuring biodiversity and enabling users to select priority areas for conservation. A well presented, professional site
On-line Biology book An extensive internet resource on Biology that is constantly updated, contains a lot of text, good diagrams and links to other sites
Yucky.com An entertaining site which builds on children?s most primitive fascinations - worms, insects, human bodies and more worms. Thereare two excellent sections for parents and teachers and it hasmuch to offer KS2 children.
Tea trail From an unpromising idea comes something rather wonderful. The Tea Council's KS2 educational page has been awarded a kite mark by the NGFL, and rightly so. Although a great deal of the content obviously focusses on tea, the site manages to touch on other useful issues with panache. The module on the human body is particularly worthy of note, and finally provides teachers with an alternative way of delivering this part of the curriculum from getting each child to cut out a paper model and stick on the organs.
Planet Diary Produced by Prentice Hall, a US education publishing house, Planet Diary is an excellent site that sets out to record each and every event that makes its mark on our planet, from the biological to the astronomical. The two key components of the site take the form of an archived calendar and a world map of current phenomena, both of which provide links and information that illuminate the given event. What makes the site particularly useful for schools, however, even taking into account the US slant, are the background files that fill out the various topics and provide a range of vetted classroom activities from other sites.
The Natural History Museum Dinosaur Data Files A lovely resource for any classroom, these are a series of pages, reminiscent of Top Trumps, detailing the key features of twenty eight dinosaurs, including a simple illustration of their size in relation to man. Helpfully, the museum have attached a set of well thought-out lesson ideas, tackling creative writing and even mathematics through scale. A final bonus is the inclusion of the original Excel file containing the details from every page, which could be an ideal starting point for ICT work
Odysseys programmes for schools: biology and ecology A site from New Zealand developing investigative skills.
Biology Teaching Human Biology Assignment and Project Topics from the University of Kentucky,
Association for Science Education Click here
Access Excellence - biotech teaching resource (US) Click here
Biology 4 All - 4 Teachers Click here
BioMed - Study and teaching - Aids and devices Click here
Channel 4 Click here
Encyclopedia of Life Sciences Click here
European Initiative for Biotechnology Education Click here
High School Hub - Biology Click here
National Centre for Biotechnology Education Click here
Planet Science - Science Teach Click here
TeachOne: Evolution, Genetics and Biotech Click here
