Biology Teaching & Learning Resources. Educational articles, drawings, experiments & PowerPoint presentations by D G Mackean Practical Chemistry This website is for teachers of chemistry in schools and colleges. It is a collection of experiments that demonstrate a wide range of chemical concepts and processes. Some of the experiments can be used as starting-points for investigations or for enhancement activities. Many have links to carefully selected further reading and all include information and guidance for technicians. Chemistry is a practical science. We have published a new set of resources to support the teaching of practical science for Key Stages 3-5. Royal Society of Chemistry | Advancing the Chemical Sciences
Biology Experiments. Educational experimental work to download by D G Mackean Human senses 1 Reaction time The distance a vertical ruler falls before being gripped is converted to a time interval 1.01 Reaction time 1.02 Discussion 1.03 Discussion - answers 1.04 Reaction time - preparation All zipped 2a The blind spot (1) A dot seems to disappear when its image falls on the blind spot 2b The blind spot (2) A gap in a line is 'filled in' when its image falls on the blind spot 2.01 The blind spot (a) & (b) 2.02 Discussion - answers All zipped 3 Inversion of the image When a pin is viewed via a pinhole in front of the pin, its image appears to be inverted 3.01 Inversion of the image 3.02 Discussion & preparation All zipped 4a The iris diaphragm (1) The iris is observed to reduce the size of the pupil when the eye is exposed to light 4b The iris diaphragm (2) (Broca's pupillometer) A pattern of pinholes appears to change when one eye is exposed to light 5 Retinal capillaries By moving a pinhole about in front of the eye, an image of retinal capillaries appears 7 Judgement of distance
Practical Physics This website is for teachers of physics in schools and colleges. It is a collection of experiments that demonstrate a wide range of physical concepts and processes. Some of the experiments can be used as starting-points for investigations or for enhancement activities. Many have links to carefully selected further reading and all include information and guidance for technicians. Physics is a practical science. Practical activities are not just motivational and fun: they can also sharpen students’ powers of observation, stimulate questions, and help develop new understanding and vocabulary. Good quality, appropriate physics experiments and investigations are the key to enhanced learning, and clarification and consolidation of theory. We have published a new set of resources to support the teaching of practical science for Key Stages 3-5.
The National Strategies - Schools Since the National Strategies website closed in June 2011, a number of popular teaching resources have been updated and adapted to allow users to access them through the National Archives. A snapshot of NS Online the National Strategies website has also been archived by the National Archives Please be aware that the features previously available on the National Strategies site will not be available on the archived versions. For example, the personalised functions, external links, search boxes and navigation will not work. Also, the facility to log into or complete e-learning modules is no longer available. If you're looking for useful teaching resources, you may also like to visit our TES page. Another useful site for teaching resources is Teachfind .
NDL/FNIC Food Composition Database Home Page Practical Biology The Nuffield Curriculum Centre, in partnership with the Society of Biology, has developed a Practical Biology website for teachers of secondary school biology. The website allows teachers to download tried and tested biology experiments that should work in any school laboratory. The practicals can be used as starting-points for investigations and also for enhancement activities, such as clubs or open day events. The Project Although biology schemes of work and syllabi provide many opportunities for practical work, they cannot guarantee it. Reasons cited for the decline in the amount of practical work done in schools include health and safety concerns, cost, teacher confidence, lack of technical support, insufficient time and heightened emphasis on examination results. The Partnership The project is being progressed jointly by the Nuffield Curriculum Centre (NCC) and the Society of Biology, who together form the management board. Interested in getting involved?
Introduction Welcome to the Handbook of Biological Statistics! This online textbook evolved from a set of notes for my Biological Data Analysis class at the University of Delaware. My main goal in that class is to teach biology students how to choose the appropriate statistical test for a particular experiment, then apply that test and interpret the results. I spend relatively little time on the mathematical basis of the tests; for most biologists, statistics is just a useful tool, like a microscope, and knowing the detailed mathematical basis of a statistical test is as unimportant to most biologists as knowing which kinds of glass were used to make a microscope lens. You may navigate through these pages using the "Previous topic" and "Next topic" links at the top of each page, or you may skip from topic to topic using the links on the left sidebar. Let me know if you find a broken link anywhere on these pages. I have provided a spreadsheet to perform almost every statistical test. Printed version
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