Articles tagged as "Climate change"
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Interviews with scientists - the mystery of the evolution of stomata
In this 5 minute talk, Professor Alistair Hetherington of Bristol University discusses the mysterious evolution of stomata. The accompanying notes include a teachers' summary, plus student questions and answers.
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Interviews with scientists - Photosynthesis to Feed the World?
In this 8 minute video, Professor Jane Langdale of the University of Oxford discusses her work leading a team of scientists seeking to increase food production through research into the fundamentals of photosynthesis.
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Measuring forests: saving forests
This relevant and engaging activity gives a concrete example of how conservation activity can be guided by science. It also covers some of the practical and mathematical skills common to all biology A-level courses, particularly logarithms. Students work with data from a conservation scientist, Dr Ed Mitchard of the University of Edinburgh, and identify how new technologies can be used to preserve the world's forests.
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Video clip - Vavilov and the establishment of the first seed banks
This video clip from the BBC (from the TV series Botany: A Blooming History) introduces Russian scientist Nikolai Vavilov, and how his aim to cross different varieties of plants led him to establish the first seed bank. This method of storing genetic material is now internationally important. This video can be used to introduce the ideas of conservation of genetic resources, especially in the context of changes in climate and the damaging effects of human activity.
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Cress seeds are cheap and easy to grow, and offer a useful way to look at the germination process.
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Bog Core Analysis and Climate Change
This activity looks at the change in vegetation in a location in Norfolk between c. 12,000 years before present and 2,000 years BP. Students carry out a simulation of a bog core analysis, and use the resulting data to think about either climate change (14-16 students) or succession and climate change (post-16 students)
