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....

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.

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.

A crossword covering enzyme action, inhibition, and activation energy.

This quiz reinforces the definitions of key terms in genetics, including polymerase chain reaction (PCR), types of mutation, DNA ligation, DNA amplification, gel electrophoresis, stem cells, recombinant DNA, vectors, restriction enzymes.

This quiz reinforces students use of key terms, including phospholipid bilayer, osmosis, active transport, transmembrane protein, ion pump, facilitated diffusion, endocytosis and fluid mosaic model.

The Young Scientist Investigates topic book on Birds, first published in 1981, gives information, illustrated with full-colour photographs, about the features and behaviour of birds. It is intended for children aged 8-11 to read and then to answer question and carry out...

This resource pack, aimed at primary learners, links to the topic areas of properties of materials, adaptation and life processes by looking at birds and the nests they build.

An introductory presentation looks at the reasons why birds build nests, different types of nests, where they are found and the...

This Catalyst article looks at orchids, their breeding, and why they have great commercial value. The family of Orchidaceae is one of the largest plant families, with about 900 genera and 25,000 species. Orchids are amongst the oldest flowering plants. After a long evolution, they have developed a very intimate...

This Catalyst article explains how chemists build molecular 'traps' to mimic the surface of a cell. To scientists, sugar is much more than a food; sugar molecules can also form polymers which act as ‘molecular bar codes’ to help cells recognise each other. The article describes how chemists made a synthetic...

Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) have created activities that look at the consequences of climate change. Students use the example of daffodils to explore why flowers are blossoming early.

This Nuffield Pathways Through Science module was presented in three episodes covering the study of human biology as well as adult concerns about fitness and health: Bd 1: Are you fit and healthy? Bd 2: Are you what you eat? Bd 3: Drugs - uses and abuses

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This activity looks at climate change and its effects on succession in a location in Norfolk over 12000 years ago.

Students carry out a simulation of a bog core analysis, based on work by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research together with data from the Department of Geography, University of...

This is a competitive game which tests children’s knowledge of bones, joints and their function. The teacher reads out a statement related to a bone or joint, and children cross off the answer if they have it. This resource was produced by Genetic Disorders UK, which provides schools with a host of free resources...