Spooky season is officially upon us, and it’s time to get ready to put the BOO in BOOtany, the AHH in AHHnerobic, and the FRIGHT in FRIGHTochondria. For the second year running, we’re pleased to announce our Chat Biology pumpkin carving contest! Let’s get those creative juices flowing this half-term and carve a pumpkin withContinueContinue reading “Back by Popular Demand: #ChatBioPumpkinCarvingComp!”
Author Archives: Mr J Hale
Biology Teachers – Keeping Pacman Alive for the Next Generation
The structure-function relationship in biology is key regardless of the level of organisation you are dealing with. Think about the arrangement of branches on a classic fir tree at this time of year, how their collective shape helps shed snow, how the needles on each branch align to maximise the light that can be absorbed. ContinueContinue reading “Biology Teachers – Keeping Pacman Alive for the Next Generation”
Natural Selection of Large Mammals, not anymore.
When teaching evolution by natural selection it is very easy just to think about what the examiners need to read in the students’ responses. I know that I constantly hammerhome the sequence: Within a population there is genetic variation due to random mutations. Some of these mutations may result in different phenotypes. Following environmental change,ContinueContinue reading “Natural Selection of Large Mammals, not anymore.”
The Sequencing of A Level Enzyme Practical Lessons
I teach OCR A Biology in a small, non-selective, 11-18 girls school in Jersey. This year the school has moved to a 6 hour per week per subject timetable to aid this difficult transition based upon the end of the students’ Year 11 experience. Early on in the term, it was clear that the lackContinueContinue reading “The Sequencing of A Level Enzyme Practical Lessons”
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