Articles tagged as "Stretch and challenge"

Interviews with scientists - Dr Cristobal Uauy on wheat genomics and yield

This 5-minute video interview with Dr Cristobal Uauy of the John Innes Centre introduces post-16 students to contemporary genomics and food security. The accompanying notes include a teachers' summary, plus student questions and answers.

A-level practical skills - Molecular Modelling

This practical activity aims to develop students' understanding of primary, secondary and tertiary structure of proteins through computer protein modelling. Computer modelling can create 3D interactive images to support the student to visualize different interactions between amino acids within a molecule.

Ins and Outs of Water - biology, chemistry and physics for 11-14 students

This collection of resources for 11-14 students uses the topic of plants to address important scientific ideas in biology, chemistry and physics. While investigating how plants have evolved to grow and flourish in many different environments, the students can cover topics including pure and impure substances, energetics, forces, physical changes and more. The resources involve a mixture of independent investigations, engaging and hands-on practicals, and activities to identify misconceptions and strengthen understanding.

Plant Needs - biology, chemistry and physics for 11-14 students

This collection of resources for 11-14 students uses the topic of plants to address important scientific ideas in biology, chemistry and physics. While investigating how plants have evolved to grow and flourish in many different environments, the students can cover topics about atoms, elements and compounds, energy, and the particle model. The resources involve a mixture of independent investigations, engaging and hands-on practicals, and activities to identify misconceptions and strengthen understanding.

Seed Dispersal - physics and biology at Key Stage 3

This collection of resources for 11-14 students uses the topic of plants to address important scientific ideas in biology and physics. While investigating how plants have evolved to disperse their seeds in different environments, the students can cover topics about forces, pressure in fluids, and forces and motion. The resources involve a mixture of independent investigations, engaging and hands-on practicals, and activities to identify misconceptions and strengthen understanding.

Developing skills for the Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) and other investigations

This collection of 10 activities is supports your students in developing the key skills they need to carry out a successful EPQ.

How to run a science journal club for A-level students

This resource introduces how to run a journal club for your A-level science students, together with a full list of appropriate open-access papers for your students to discuss. Great for stretching and challenging your students!

PlantPowerED 2014 - Science & Design Competition

The SAPS Summer Challenge 2014 asked students aged 14-19 to think about some of the challenges in everyday life – everything from flooded towns to charging up a smartphone in a desert - and to create an idea for an invention that could tackle them. The 'ideas and inspiration' section introduces some of the unexpected ways plants are being used by scientists and engineers today.

C4 rice - The science behind the poster

How can understanding photosynthesis help save thousands of lives every year? In this article, accompanying our poster on 'C4 Rice', we take a deeper look at the hidden aspects of photosynthesis and the work UK scientists are hoping might increase crop yields dramatically.

Epigenetics - The science behind the poster

How can understanding photosynthesis help save thousands of lives every year? In this article, accompanying our poster on 'C4 Rice', we take a deeper look at the hidden aspects of photosynthesis and the work UK scientists are hoping might increase crop yields dramatically.

Revising A-level Biology: Plants 'R' Mint

'Revising A-level Biology: Plants ‘r’ mint' is an innovative revision resource, designed to encourage synoptic thinking and to develop a broader understanding of biology in A2 students. Each of the four student revision packs brings together a range of topics in animal, human and plant biology, centred on a common theme. The revision packs are intended to stretch and challenge students.

Mathematical modelling in biology

Modelling is key to today's biological research, with computer modelling is set to become one of the main methods biologists use to explain their theories and make predictions. This collection of resources introduces the importance of biological modelling for A-level students and their teachers.

Plants Fight Back: an article for post-16 students

When a plant is attacked by pests or diseases, plant cells on the front line switch on defence-related genes to make those cells more toxics and physically stronger. This article is written specifically for post-16 students, and includes teachers' notes.

Seeing without eyes - how plants learn from light: an article for post-16 Students

Plants detect the intensity, direction, colour, and duration of light and use this information to regulate their growth and metabolism. This article is written specifically for post-16 students, and includes teachers' notes.

Green Genes – DNA in (and out of) chloroplasts: an article for post-16 students

Chloroplasts evolved from photosynthetic bacteria living inside the primitive ancestors of plant cells. This article is written specifically for post-16 students, and includes teachers' notes.