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Volume 36, Number 2, November 2023
Answers to questions in the magazine
Martin Rowland
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Poster: how do our cells change their shape?
Anne Straube
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Activity worksheet: mangroves
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Volume 36, Update, October 2023
Update: ‘Synthetic’ embryos
Liz Sheffield
Researchers have generated embryo-like structures from human stem cells. The potential of these structures is vast, but they raise ethical concerns. Liz Sheffield explains
A-level
Volume 36, Number 1, September 2023
Answers to questions in the magazine
Martin Rowland and Kevin O’Dell
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Poster: Egg-laying versus live birth in lizards
Kathryn Elmer
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Activity worksheet: the intestinal barrier
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Volume 35, Number 4, April 2023
Answers to questions in the magazine
Martin Rowland
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Poster: Brain tumour radiotherapy
Martin Rowland
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Activity worksheet: Lipids, membranes and beyond
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Volume 35, Number 3, February 2023
Answers to questions in the magazine
Martin Rowland
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Poster: The asprete
Kevin Moffat
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Activity worksheet: Guillain-Barré syndrome
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Volume 35, Update, December 2022
Update: Blood breakthroughs
Liz Sheffield
Blood has been grown in a laboratory and successfully given to patients, and blood stem cell transplants have rebooted the immune system of people with multiple sclerosis
A-level
Volume 35, Number 2, November 2022
Poster: Electric eels
Oluwatosin Orababa
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Activity worksheet: Plants, water and nutrients
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Martin Rowland
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 35, Update, October 2022
Update: Polio is back
Liz Sheffield
A virus nearly eradicated worldwide is making a comeback. Liz Sheffield explains how vaccines are both the cause and the solution
A-level
Volume 35, Number 1, September 2022
Poster: Animal health surveillance
Rosemary McManus
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Activity worksheet: The trouble with tropical soils
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Annabelle de Vries, Alice Maher
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 34, Number 4, April 2022
Activity worksheet: Opsins: not just about seeing
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Calicos and their colourful coats
Kevin Moffatt
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Kevin O'Dell
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 34, Number 3, February 2022
Activity worksheet: mRNA vaccines
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Influenza: how the virus replicates using our cells
Alex Redmond
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 34, Update, December 2021
Update: Foul freight
Liz Sheffield
Liz Sheffield reviews what's being done about 'biological hitchhikers'
A-level
Volume 34, Number 2, November 2021
Activity worksheet: Motor proteins
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Translocation:what goes down also goes up
Liz Sheffield
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 34, Update, October 2021
Update: Mammoth task
Liz Sheffield
Investors have provided $15 million for researchers to create mammoth–elephant hybrids, which could combat climate change. Liz Sheffield wonders…would they, and should we?
A-level
Volume 34, Number 1, September 2021
Activity worksheet: Using flies to find new antiepileptic drugs
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Filter-feeding giants
Daire Carroll
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 33, Number 4, April 2021
Activity worksheet: Blood glucose concentration and diabetes
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Artificial plant cloning
Liz Sheffield
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 33, Number 3, February 2021
Activity worksheet: How do vaccines protect against infectious diseases?
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Starfish supper
Liz Sheffield
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 33, Update, December 2020
Update: Fungus farmers
Liz Sheffield
Liz Sheffield explains how leaf cutter ants are more efficient farmers than their human counterparts
A-level
Volume 33, Number 2, November 2020
Activity worksheet: Mucus: helpful goo or deadly glue
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: The species problem
Harry Martin
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 33, Update, October 2020
Update: Remote control
Liz Sheffield
Liz Sheffield reviews recent advances in deep sea and aerial remote technologies
A-level
Volume 33, Number 1, September 2020
Activity worksheet: Molecular control of viruses
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Martin Rowland
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Poster: What trees reveal about the past
Liz Sheffield
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Volume 32, Number 4, April 2020
Activity worksheet: Cell walls and cell connections
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Poster: Soldier saviours?
Liz Sheffield
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Volume 32, Number 3, February 2020
Activity worksheet: Inflammation
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding and revise this topic
A-level
Poster: Water wise
Liz Sheffield
Download our poster and display in the classroom
A-level
Answers to questions in the magazine
Biological Sciences Review
Check the answers to questions posed in the magazine
A-level
Volume 32, Update, December 2019
Update: Insectinction
Liz Sheffield
Insects are in decline worldwide. Liz Sheffield explains why and what can be done
A-level
Volume 32, Number 2, November 2019
Activity worksheet: Allergens and allergies
Martin Rowland
A worksheet based on Ciara Gartshore's article, with answers
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Poster: Bird adaptations for running
Kevin Moffat
The centrespread poster to print and display
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Answers to exam style questions
Biological Sciences REview
Answers to the exam style questions on pages 18 and 25
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Volume 32, Update, October 2019
Update: Preserving lifesaving livers
Liz Sheffield
Discover how researchers have revolutionised the storability of human livers
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Volume 32, Number 1, September 2019
Poster: Cultivating clones
Liz Sheffield
The centrespread poster to print and display
A-level
Activity: Influenza virus
Martin Rowland
A worksheet based on Saira Hussain's article on pages 14–18, with answers
A-level
Volume 31, Number 4, April 2019
Poster: Protecting the pinosaur
Liz Sheffield
The centrespread poster to print and display
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Activity: Water in biology
Martin Rowland
A worksheet based on Kevin Moffat's article, with answers
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Volume 31, Update, March 2019
Update: Resistome reservoirs
Liz Sheffield
Why is antimicrobial resistance on the increase?
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Volume 31, Number 3, February 2019
Activity: Movement of ions, molecules and cells
Martin Rowland
Use our worksheet to test your understanding of the article on pages 2-6
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Answers: Hypothesis testing using Student's t-test
Robert Spooner
Answers to the test questions on pages 18-19
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Answers: Observing mitosis
Charles Gill
Answers to the exam question on page 37
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Poster: Potato blight
Liz Sheffield
Our centrespread to download and display
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Volume 31, Update, December 2018
Update: Food for thought
Liz Sheffield
What are the ecosystem impacts of palm-oil plantations?
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Volume 31, Number 2, November 2018
Answers: Upgrade: Testing practical skills
Martin Rowland
Answers to the questions in Box 1 on page 27 of the magazine
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Poster: Banana blight
Liz Sheffield, Kevin O'Dell
The centrespread poster to print and display
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Activity: Muscles
Martin Rowland
A worksheet based on Teresa Audesirk’s article, with answers and mark scheme
AQA, CCEA, OCR, WJEC
Volume 31, Update, October 2018
Update: Red tides
Liz Sheffield
Algal blooms can be fatal to marine life and even to humans
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC, CCEA, IB
Volume 31, Number 1, September 2018
Activity: Your microbiome
Martin Rowland
A worksheet based on Elle Lindsay’s article, with answers and mark scheme
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Answers: Upgrade: recall of terminology
Martin Rowland
Answers to the two questions in Box 1 on page 12 of the magazine
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Poster: Saffron
Peter Gould and Liz Sheffield
The centrespread poster to print and display
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Weblinks: Zoonoses, and what else humans can get from their pets
Liz Sheffield
Links to movies and further reading on diseases that can be caught from pets
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Volume 30, Number 4, April 2018
Activity: How to display data clearly in Excel
Robert Spooner
Learn how to draw better graphs with Excel
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Activity: Trinucleotide repeat disorders
Martin Rowland
Explore this new topic and revise nucleic acid structure, DNA replication and translation, and inheritance
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Answers: Sampling
Robert Spooner
Check your answers to the questions in the Vital Statistics column
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Poster: Fuel from plants
Rachel Clewes and Liz Sheffield
Download our poster on sources of energy
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Update: Bugs be gone
Liz Sheffield
Read about the latest weapons in our fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Volume 30, Number 3, February 2018
Activity: Apoptosis
Martin Rowland
Questions to test your understanding of programmed cell death and other biological concepts
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Answers: Probability and the chi-squared test
Dan Foulder
Answers to the questions on page 19
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Poster: Transcription factors
Rachel Clewes
Print this centrespread, which summarises what transcription factors are, what they do and what can go wrong
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Presentation: Cell death
Martin Rowland
Further notes to help understanding of Andrew Gilmore’s article
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Teacher notes: Cell death
Martin Rowland
Notes to help teachers talk through the presentation on cell death
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Update: Monarch migration salvation
Liz Sheffield
Read Liz Sheffield’s Update on how ex-illegal loggers might save the ‘butterfly mountain’
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Weblinks: Sea anemones stinging, fighting, swimming, reproducing and contributing to human health
Jack Thomson and Liz Sheffield
Links to further reading and movies
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Volume 30, Number 2, November 2017
Activity: Bees, flowers and mites
Martin Rowland
This worksheet links to bee population decline, testing your AO2 and AO3 skills. Topics include pest control, evolution of pesticide resistance, synaptic transmission and plant reproduction
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Answers: Data, data everywhere
Martin Rowland
Did you get the answers to the Upgrade questions right? Check your answers here
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Further reading: Why bats pollinate wild but not cultivated bananas
Steph Dolben, Liz Sheffield
Bats pollinate bananas in the wild. Find out why they don’t pollinate cultivated varieties
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Poster: Ocean food chains
Jonathan Sharples, Liz Sheffield
Print our poster for display to remind you about food chains
AQA, CCEA, Edecel, OCR, WJEC
Update: Plastic pollution solutions
Liz Sheffield
If you haven't signed up for our Updates, read October's here. Liz Sheffield discusses what we can do about plastic in our oceans
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC
Volume 30, Number 1, September 2017
Activity: How body clocks impact breast cancer
Martin Rowland
A worksheet to test your ability to apply knowledge and understanding to information about circadian rhythms
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA, WJEC/Eduqas
Further reading: Alga: what's in a name?
Liz Sheffield
Find out why oceanographers consider photosynthetic bacteria and algae to be plants
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA, WJEC/Eduqas
Poster: Close-up on the super-fly model
Dr Anthony Dornan
Our centrespread poster to download and print
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA, WJEC/Eduqas
Presentation: Control of gene expression in eukaryotic cells
Martin Rowland
Revision notes on gene expression
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA, WJEC/Eduqas
University: How to get an offer and prepare for interview
Liz Sheffield
What you should know when applying for biological sciences university courses
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA, WJEC/Eduqas
Volume 29, Number 4, April 2017
Activity worksheet: ATP
Martin Rowland
AS and A-level questions on ATP with guideline answers
AQA, Edexcel, WJEC/Eduqas, OCR
Answers: Vital Statistics: Averages and dispersion
Dan Foulder
Answers to the practice question on page 40
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
ereview: Knight in slimy armour
Liz Sheffield
How we can make use of slime from hagfish and their ability to escape from tight spots
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
Poster: All in a day (and night’s) work
Raphael Coleman
Our stunning centrespread to download and display in class
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Presentation: ATP
Martin Rowland
A summary of the structure, role and source of ATP for AS and A-level
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Teacher notes: ATP
Martin Rowland
Teacher notes to accompany the presentation
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Weblinks: Lionfish
Liz Sheffield
Read about the lionfish problem and measures that can be taken to remedy it
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
Weblinks: Save Our Sharks
Max Drakeley
Find out how scientists are dealing with the threat of shark extinction
AQA, CCEA, Edexcel, OCR, WJEC/Eduqas
Volume 29, Number 3, February 2017
eReview: Soaking up the sun
Liz Sheffield
How can we feed our ever-growing population?
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Poster: Life in miniature
Louise Hughes
Print our centrespread to display in class
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Revision: Cell potency
Martin Rowland
A tutorial to integrate your knowledge about stem cells into other aspects of your learning
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Activity: Cell potency and stem cells
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding of stem cells
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Answers: A-level exams: how to prepare
Dan Foulder
Check your answers to the Upgrade exam-style question
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Answers: Standard form and logarithmic scales
Dan Foulder
Answers to the practice questions on page 23
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Further reading: Electron tomography
Liz Sheffield and Louise Hughes
How electron tomography works
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Volume 29, Number 2, November 2016
Activity: Interactions between plants
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding of parasitic plants and your data evaluation skills
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Answers: Units
Dan Foulder
Answers to the practice questions on page 15
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eReview: Bears in space
Liz Sheffield
Read how water bears survive dehydration, freezing, boiling and radiation
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Poster: Poaching and the illegal wildlife trade
Miriam Fenkes
Print our thought-provoking centrespread to display in class
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Revision: The process of inflammation
Jan Bradley and Kathryn Else
Notes and a diagram to help you understand inflammation
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Weblinks: Chimpanzee intelligence and communication skills
Miriam Fenkes
Find out more about chimpanzee behaviour and how they communicate
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Weblinks: Parasitic plants
Liz Sheffield
Further reading and movies of parasitic plants
AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CCEA, WJEC
Weblinks: The two sides of wildlife tourism
Miriam Fenkes
Find out about the problems and benefits of wildlife tourism
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Volume 29, Number 1, September 2016
Activity: Environmental impacts on human hormones
Martin Rowland
A worksheet to test your ability to make synoptic links
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Answers: Significant figures
Dan Foulder
Find out how well you did with the practice questions on page 11
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Poster: What are algae?
Thomas Driver, Liz Sheffield
A printable poster to display in class or at home
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Weblinks: Octopus intelligence
Liz Sheffield
Watch movies featuring octopus behaviour
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Weblinks: The story of nori
Liz Sheffield
Find out more about nori seaweed in foods
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Volume 28, Number 4, April 2016
e-review: Rocket science
Liz Sheffield
At look at science experiments in space and how you can become part of one
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Centrespread: Keratins
Catherine McCrohan
Print out and display this issue’s centre pages
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Weblinks: Animals and pitcher plants
Liz Sheffield
Movies and further reading about pitcher plants and the animals that associate with them
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Weblinks: Fungal ‘fairy’ rings
Katie Holmes
Further information about ‘fairy’ rings and links to websites where you can find out more about fungi
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Activity: What is an allergy?
Martin Rowland
Exam-style questions on the immune system, with mark scheme
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Answers: Pedigree charts
Kim Stafford and Suzanne Foulds
Answers to the questions on p. 28 of the magazine
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Volume 28, Number 3, February 2016
Centrespread: High and mighty pines
Liz Sheffield
Our centre page poster for printing and display
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Weblinks: How can we tell how old a tree is?
Liz Sheffield
Check out two ways of determining a tree's age
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Weblinks: How swim flumes work
Max Drakeley
How swim flumes are used in research and beyond
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Activity: The heart and circulation
Martin Rowland
Test your understanding of the heart with this worksheet, with answers
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Movie: Tracking fish body movements
Holly Shiels
A movie showing digital tracking of fish body movements
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Volume 28, Number 2, November 2015
e-review: Pigeon power
Liz Sheffield
How pigeons can be trained to identify signs of cancer in breast tissue
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Cilia and flagella
Catherine McCrohan
Our centre page poster for printing and display
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Sea otters
Liz Sheffield
Links to movies on the biology of sea otters and threats to their survival
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Synaptic transmission
Martin Rowland
A student worksheet with mark scheme to check your understanding of how nerve cells work
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Upgrade answers
Kim Stafford, Suzanne Foulds
Answers to the example questions in Upgrade
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Volume 28, Number 1, September 2015
e-review: Fire power
Liz Sheffield
How are biology and fire inextricably linked?
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Arctic ecology during a changing climate
Terry Callaghan and Margareta Johansson
Our centrespread poster for printing and display
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How to get an offer and prepare for interview
Liz Sheffield
A must-read for any student planning to apply for a place at university
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Salticids and their courtship
Oliver Wearing
Details of spider courtship displays and further reading/movies
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The secret life of sharks
Max Drakeley
Weblinks: tagging of sharks, the role of sharks in medicine, shark tourism and their role in conservation of ecosystems
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Viruses student worksheet
Martin Rowland
Questions to check students’ knowledge of viruses, with answers
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Viruses: what are they? What do they do?
Martin Rowland
A presentation for teachers to use in class to accompany the student worksheet
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Volume 27, Number 4, April 2015
e-review: NOT drinking water
Liz Sheffield
Toxin-producing microbes are on the increase in our lakes. Why does this matter?
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Weblinks: Pitcher plants
Liz Sheffield
Weblinks on pitcher plants and their surprising relationships with various animals
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Activity: Poisonous mushrooms
Bill Indge
Supporting the article by Chris McInerny, this presentation is for use with the student worksheet
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Activity: Poisonous mushrooms worksheet
Bill Indge
A worksheet and mark scheme to support the article by Chris McInerny, for use with the presentation
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Poster: You are what you eat
Max Drakeley
Download our centre spread to display as a poster
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Correction: The 1918 flu
Biological Sciences Review
Correction of an error in Figure 2 of the article in the print magazine
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Volume 27, Number 3, February 2015
Answers: Grandma’s secret
Kevin O’Dell
Check your answers to the questions posed in the article
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University: How to write a personal statement (non-vocational biological sciences university courses)
Chris Christofi
There is still time to add improve your personal statement. Read this advice.
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Poster: Sea slugs
Catherine McCrohan
Download our centre pages to display as a poster
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Activity: Size matters I
Bill Indge
Supporting Chris Finlay’s article, this presentation in two parts introduces the student worksheet
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Activity: Size matters II
Bill Indge
This second presentation relates to plant biology
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Activity: Size matters student worksheet
Bill Indge
This worksheet and mark scheme will help students’ understanding of the article by Chris Finlay and the two-part presentation
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Extension: Sea slugs
Malcolm Edmunds
Read this illustrated Spotlight on these fascinating creatures
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Volume 27, e-review, December 2014
e-review: The Ebola story
Liz Sheffield
Why does a disease first identified in the 1970s still lack a cure?
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Volume 27, Number 2, November 2014
Activity: Pollutants and the environment
Bill Indge
A presentation complementing John Craft's article and based on two research papers, with questions for students to answer
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Activity: Field-based investigation
Bill Indge
A student worksheet containing questions and mark scheme on the field study from the presentation
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Activity: Lab-based investigation
Bill Indge
A student worksheet with mark scheme for the lab-based investigation from the presentation
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Answers: Conservation genetics of wild ponies
Christina Stanley
The answer to the question posed in Box 3 on page 4 of the November 2014 issue of the magazine
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Poster: Fungal fruits
Liz Sheffield
Fruiting bodies, spore dispersal and fungi in human disease. Download the centre pages to display as a poster
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Volume 27, e-review, October 2014
Can eating a curry help beat dementia?
Liz Sheffield
How an ingredient found in turmeric may hold the key to repairing the brains of people living with dementia
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e-review archive
Liz Sheffield
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Volume 27, Number 1, September 2014
Poster: Animals and the human pathogens they carry
Max Drakeley
Print our centre pages featuring three human diseases and their vectors
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Activity: Dengue I: epidemiology
Bill Indge
Tutorial on dengue fever and Aedes mosquitoes with questions to test your understanding
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Activity: Dengue II: the Cayman Islands trial
Bill Indge
Tutorial on the production of transgenic male mosquitoes and the Cayman Islands trial, with questions
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Activity: Dengue diagrams and questions
Bill Indge
The diagrams and questions from the presentations are repeated here for easy reference
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Weblinks: Plants DO move
Liz Sheffield
Links to some amazing video clips of plants in motion, illustrating seed dispersal and diversity
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Extension: The fastest plant in the world
Biological Sciences Review
Images of bladderwort and an explanation of how the bladderwort trap is set — see also ‘Plants DO move’
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Activity: Reducing mosquito numbers to control a disease
Nina Alphey and Michael Bonsall (University of Oxford)
An online game to plan a strategy using transgenic male mosquitoes to reduce mosquito numbers and control a disease problem
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University: How to get an offer and prepare for university interview
Liz Sheffield
Advice on applying to university for biological sciences subjects
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Volume 26, Number 4, April 2014
Carnivorous plants
Liz Sheffield
Weblinks to further reading and viewing for carnivorous plants
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Cross cats
Susan Bulleid
A stunning poster of lions, tigers and their crosses to display in class
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How science works
Stephen Richardson
Weblinks to a BBC story on how a dog with spinal injuries was treated with stem cells
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Skins and synopsis
Bill Indge
A presentation to encourage students to think synoptically
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Synopticity
Bill Indge
This student worksheet contains the questions in the presentation with a mark scheme
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Tales from the museum
Henry McGhie
Further reading for students wishing to learn more about bird studies
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Why was DDT banned?
Max Drakeley
This extension article linking to Interface explores why DDT was banned, and whether it should have been
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Volume 26, Number 3, February 2014
Ectothermic animals
Max Drakeley, Liz Sheffield
Weblinks to some amazing movies to extend your knowledge of ectothermy
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Looking at evidence
Bill Indge
A teaching resource designed to encourage students to think critically about what they read
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Looking at evidence
Bill Indge
Copies of the graphs and questions from the presentation for student reference during discussions
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The eyes have it
Liz Sheffield, Ian Murray
A PDF of the centre pages on the eyes, for printing
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Volume 26, Number 2, November 2013
Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
Ron Butler
Revision summary of the differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
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Prokaryotic vs eukaryotic cells
Ron Butler
A printable pdf of the centre pages comparing prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
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Synapses worksheet
Bill Indge
A worksheet to test your understanding of how synapses work
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Synapses: a presentation summarising how cholinergic synapses work
Bill Indge
How the neurotransmitter acetylcholine acts at synapses and the effect of toxin on synaptic transmission
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Trees and water transport
Liz Sheffield
Link to a movie that explains in a fun way the wonders of water transport in trees
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Volume 26, Number 1, September 2013
Reptiles poster
Liz Sheffield
Printable pdf of centre pages of the magazine
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Revising the heart
Bill Indge
Presentation to accompany the article on congenital heart disease
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Activity: revising the heart worksheet
Bill Indge
Questions to test your knowledge of the heart
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How to get an offer and prepare for university interview
Liz Sheffield
Tips for university interviews for subjects within the biological sciences
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Volume 25, Number 4, April 2013
Oral rehydration solutions worksheet
Bill Indge
Worksheet emphasising aspects of How Science Works, with mark scheme
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Malaria vaccine worksheet
Bill Indge
Worksheet emphasising aspects of How Science Works, with mark scheme
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Genetics of cat sensitivity to catnip
Liz Sheffield
Determining whether a gene is dominant/recessive, sex linked/autosomal using the catnip response
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Catnip pollination
Liz Sheffield
How a plant that secretes insect repellent can be pollinated by insects
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Tropisms poster
Liz Sheffield
A printable pdf of the centre pages
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