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Biotechnology and Bacterial Friends and Foes
This Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) resource gives examples of how research is helping in the battle against disease-causing bacteria and offering new opportunities to use beneficial bacteria in agricultural, food, pharmaceutical and other industries. The resource is suitable for...
This collection of resources from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) contains materials for enhancing the teaching of biological science and 'how science works' in primary and secondary schools. BBSRC is one of seven Research Councils sponsored through the Department for Innovation,...
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
A cluster of practical activities for students to explore biotechnology involving viability of yeast, fruit juice production, milk products, fungal inhibition and microbial growth curves.
This item is one of over 25,000 physical resources available from the Resources Collection. The Archive Collection covers over 50 years of curriculum development in the STEM subjects. The Contemporary Collection includes all the latest publications from UK educational publishers.
Biotechnology: Bacterial Language
Those two simple, inexpensive, practical activities, from the Association for Science Education (ASE) explore cultivating glowing bacteria and the phenomenon of one species turning a bright purple.
The glow is caused by luminous bacteria commonly found on rotting seafood. Ghostly glowing fish like this...
Biotechnology: Fizzy Pop
This resource, from the Association for Science Education (ASE), contains a number of recipes for making fermented soft drinks and some suggestions about how students could explore the science involved in making them.
The predecessors of modern carbonated drinks were often made at home or on a small scale....
Biozone biology: biodiversity and ecosystems
This quiz reinforces the meaning of key words in the topic of biodiversity and ecosystems, including allopatric speciation, binomial nomenclature, bioinformatics, conservation, reporductive isolation and diversity indices.
Biozone quiz: cell structure
A detailed diagram of a cell and organelles for students to label with the name of the structure and its function. Structures include rough and smooth endoplasmic reticulum, vacuole, ribosome, Golgi apparatus, cell wall, nucleus, chloroplast and mitochondrion.