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Biology
Biology
- The characteristics of living things
- - The characteristics of living things
  - The characteristics of living things continued
  - All living things are made of cells
- Instruments for viewing organisms
- - Introduction
  - Instruments used to view organisms
  - Hooke's microscope
  - Parts of a light microscope
- Magnification
- - Magnification introduction
  - How to calculate magnification
  - Field of view
  - Magnifying your field of view
  - Calculating the diameter of the field of view
  - Determining the size of a magnified object
  - How large are cells?
- Animal cells
- - A typical animal cell
  - The nucleus
  - Cell membrane
  - Cytoplasm
  - Mitochondria
  - Structure and function of animal cells
  - Summary - animal cells
- Plant cells
- - A typical plant cell is different to an animal cell
  - Cell wall
  - Chloroplasts in the cytoplasm
  - Cytoplasmic streaming
  - Vacuoles
  - Summary - plant cells
- Cell basics
- - Staining cells
  - Sectioning
  - Unicellular organisms
  - Cilia and flagella
  - Unicellular organisms have to eat too
  - The importance of surface area and volume
  - The surface area to volume ratio
  - Multicellular organisms
  - Viruses
  - Summary - cell basics 1
  - Summary - cell basics 2
- Further characteristics of living things
- - Growth
  - Movement
  - Reacting to the environment
  - Respiring
  - Reproduction
  - Reproduction in bacteria
  - Sexual reproduction
  - Excretion
  - Nutrition
  - Do viruses live?
- How organisms are classified
- - How organisms are classified
  - Dichotomous keys
  - Alternative presentation of dichotomous keys
  - Choosing characteristics for dichotomous keys
  - The species concept
  - Donkeys and horses - are they different species?
  - Common names
  - Carl Linnaeus invents binomial names
  - Binomial names
  - Hierarchy of classification
  - Remembering the hierarchy
- The kingdoms of living things
- - Introduction to the five kingdoms
  - Characteristics of kingdom prokaryotae
  - Characteristics of kingdom Protista
  - Characteristics of kingdom Fungi
  - Kingdom Plantae
  - Characteristics of kingdom Plantae
  - Kingdom Animalia
  - Characteristics of kingdom Animalia
  - Characteristics of the five kingdoms
  - A dichotomous key for the kingdoms
  - Summary - classification
- Food and water
- - Food and water
  - Types of nutrients
  - Water
- Carbohydrates
- - Carbohydrates
  - Mono, di and polysaccharides
  - Monosaccharides
  - Disaccharides
  - Polysaccharides
  - Dietary fibre
- Lipids
- - Lipids
  - Energy, insulation and lipids
  - Structure of lipids
- Proteins
- - Proteins
  - Structure of proteins
- Vitamins and minerals
- - Vitamins and minerals
  - The role of vitamins
  - Minerals
  - The role of minerals
- Food crossword
- - Food for thought
- Digestion
- - Digestion
  - Mechanical digestion
  - Chemical digestion
  - The digestive system
- Mechanical digestion in the mouth
- - Mechanical digestion in the mouth
  - Teeth - incisors and canines
  - Teeth - molars and premolars
  - Saliva
- digestion, from the pharynx to the anus
- - Pharynx and oesophagus
  - Chemical digestion in the stomach
  - Mechanical digestion in the stomach
  - Absorption of nutrients from the stomach
  - The small intestine
  - Villi and microvilli in the small intestine
  - The regulatory role of the liver
  - Absorption from the small intestine
  - Absorption from the large intestine
  - Digestive thoughts
- Worksheets
- - Activity 1, definitions
  - Activity 2, looking at cells
  - Activity 3, animal cells
  - Activity 4, plant cells
  - Activity 5, cells
  - Activity 6, the characteristics of living things
  - Activity 7, classification
  - Activity 8, food
  - Activity 9, the digestive system
- Glossary

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