Biological Science Review

This magazine is written to support students studying Biology A Level. It is full of interesting articles and we encourage you to read it by incorporating specific articles into our student workbooks. It is also available in the library.

Here is a link to some additional articles. https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/magazines/magazines-extras/biological-sciences-review-extras

The Immortal Life of Henriettta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. Her name was Henrietta Lacks, but scientists know her as HeLa. Born a poor black tobacco farmer, her cancer cells – taken without her knowledge – became a multimillion-dollar industry and one of the most important tools in medicine. Yet Henrietta's family did not learn of her 'immortality' until more than twenty years after her death, with devastating consequences.

Rutherford and Fry The curious cases of Rutherford and Fry: In these podcasts, Biologist Adam Rutherford and Mathematician Hannah Fry answer scientific questions posed by the public. Recommended episodes include Smell, Water and Colour Vision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx75g

The Naked Scientists Based at Cambridge University's Institute of Continuing Education (ICE), the Naked Scientists are a team of scientists, doctors and communicators whose passion is to help the general public to understand and engage with the worlds of science, technology and medicine. Recent episodes include the current UK infected blood scandal and motor neurone disease https://www.thenakedscientists.com/science-podcasts

The Scouse Scientist

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LDHpUVr2kMU&list=PLr3GeNrdaIl2xZqtAhG_uhH7AtNIpinm3

This series of podcasts is by Holly Ellis. Her aim is to eliminate the stereotypes associated with careers in science. She interviews a range of young scientists from Liverpool and the Wirral hoping to inspire others to follow in their footsteps.

TED Talks Access the TED Talks website and discover a variety of talks about a variety of biological issues. The aim of TED Talks are to ‘powerful ideas, powerfully presented, move us: to feel something, to think differently, to take action https://www.ted.com/talks?q=biology&sort=relevance 

Of particular interest is this TED talk about animations that can bring some of the more complex concepts in Biology to life;

https://www.ted.com/talks/drew_berry_animations_of_unseeable_biology

Maths skills Answer all of the questions and bring to your first lesson in September

Biological Molecules & Cells Use the information to answer the questions at the bottom of each page and bring to your first lesson in September