Life Sciences by Nimming

Useful site with micrographs of different types of cartilage alongside plan/ sketch diagrams to show the kids how to draw a plan diagram from a micrograph

A simple labelling activity for the structure of the heart.

This site gives the misconceptions for each topic taught, how to fix it, and various possible assessment questions. Great site!

This is a great, but simple, initial introduction to a double circulatory system.

How scary is this? Great article to generate discussion on genetic ethics though!

Only works if you're doing a single take video, but this works quite well for that purpose.

Video by Paul Zak about oxytocin and how it is the molecule responsible for morality. He tells us how to inbihit it, and how to increase it. Some very interesting research.

As easy way to do a transpiration practical without a potometer

This site has some great line drawings that you can use in tests or worksheets, on all aspects of biology.

Video resources for those with short attention spans. I was alerted to this resource by Rob McKay.

Fantastic teaching resources, including the PPT, worksheets and teachers' notes.! I was alerted to this site by Rob McKay.

A playlist of science songs, collated by tehescmarts. It's a FABULOUS collection!

Rubric creator - You don't have to register, just go straight to the bottom links (Create a rubric), choose your subject or specification and start designing your rubric. Incredibly easy, super fast and completely adaptable - anyone can do it! I use 20599 as a zip code (it doesn't really matter, but that one works). Just follow the steps. They then give you the option to download it (for free), but then it manifests as an Excel Spreadsheet and you don't want that (trust me). So just select the whole rubric, copy and paste into Word doc. Free and legal. Easy as pie. Obviously there isn't a template for every single project/exercise out there, but they have quite a few and it can be a really valuable starting point which saves time but is done professionally. You can even just get content for certain categories/criteria.

You can use this to display using a projector to ask your pupils to draw plan diagrams, if you don't have access to sufficient slides and microscopes.

Images related to CAPS syllabus for circulatory systems

After painting James' body to show what it would like without his skin, Alice Roberts then demonstrates the action of antagonistic muscles.

A really helpful site, clearly laid out, excellent explanations of each type of tissue (including highlighting possible confusions). The only thing lacking is images of each type of tissue.

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