Biology Virtual Lessons
Course content
Cells
- Cell differentiation and specialisation
- Microscopy
- Microorganisms in the laboratory
- Mitosis - cell division for growth
- Stem cells and their uses
- Cell transport - diffusion
- Exchange surfaces
- Cell transport - osmosis
- Cell transport- active transport
Organ systems
- Enzymes
- Investigating enzyme activity
- The respiratory system
- Circulatory system
- Blood vessels
- Blood
- Cardiovascular disease
- Leaf structure
- Transpiration and translocation
- Xylem and phloem
- Rate of transpiration
Health and disease
- Effect of lifestyle on health
- Cancer
- Viral disease
- Bacterial disease
- Plant diseases
- Malaria
- Disease defence
- Immune system
- Vaccination
- Developing medicines
- Monoclonal antibodies
- Plant disease defence and identification
Bioenergetics
- Limiting factors of photosynthesis
- Respiration
- Measuring respiration
Coordination and control
- Reflexes and reaction time
- The brain
- The eye
- Controlling body temperature
- Hormones
- Controlling blood sugar
- Controlling water, ions and nitrogen
- Osmoregulation and the kidneys
- Hormones and reproduction
- Hormones and fertility
- Thyroxin and adrenaline
- Plant hormones
Genes and inheritance
- DNA and the human genome
- DNA and protein synthesis
- Inheritance
- Mendel and genetics
- Inherited disorders
- Blood groups and sex-linked disorders
- Causes of variation
- Selective breeding
- Genetic engineering
- Tissue culture and cloning
Evolution
- Development of the theory of evolution
- Fossils as evidence for evolution
- Adaptations and extinction
- Antibiotic resistance
- Classification and genetics
Ecology
- Abiotic factors and sampling methods
- Biotic factors in ecosystems
- The carbon cycle
- The water cycle
- Decomposition
- Investigating the rate of decomposition
- Importance of biodiversity
- Pollution and land use
- Deforestation and global warming
- Pyramids of biomass
- Food security
- Food production
