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Ecosystem Management
Regardless of the habitat type, method of management, or end goal, ecosystem management plays a large part in modern society. Without effective ecosystem management, we would have much less access to the resources that we use for our...
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BIOLOGY - Environment - Sustainable development
Like all living organisms, humans need resources to live. We need food, clean water and a shelter to live in. A few thousand years ago, this is all we would have wanted - a full stomach and a warm, dry home. But, as the human race has...
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Small intestine and food absorption
Small intestine and food absorption Digestion goes hand in hand with absorption… which happens in your small intestine. Which is what we’re going to look at in this video. So keep watching!
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GMOs
Genetically modified organisms, or GMOs, have had their DNA artificially modified by humans, using modern genetic manipulation techniques. By changing the DNA, so changing the genome of an organism, means we can change its...
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The Immune System
The main role of the immune system is to prevent disease caused by infection. Infections can be caused by a wide variety of pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, parasites (such as malaria) and viruses (such as influenza and the common...
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MATHS - Probability - Mode
The average of Bob’s running times could be 44, 45 or 46 minutes... Times (in minutes): 51 48 45 44 47 50 44 47 45 43 49 44 43 44 Mean: 46 minutes Median: 45 minutes Mode: 44 minutes This is because there are 3 different ways of...
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Global Warming - Evaluating the Evidence
Learn the basics about global warming as part of the environmental chemistry topic.
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PHYSICS - Matter - Atom Structure
I this video you will see how we can use the periodic table to tell us more about the differences between elements, including the different numbers of protons, neutrons and electrons they possess.
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Life Cycle Assessment
Learn the basics about Life cycle assessment. What is the life cycle of a product (before it gets recycled or not) ? What stages does it go through? Find out more in this video!
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Human impacts on Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the variety of life. There are thought to be 8.7 million species on planet Earth. And, as we saw in this video, biodiversity is of utmost importance to humans. The loss of one key species can have a detrimental impact on...
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Fossils & Evidence For Evolution
The theory of evolution states that individuals within a species show wide degrees of variation, and those individuals with characteristics best suited to their environment are more likely to survive and reproduce. This theory grew from...
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Careers in Biology
In this video, you'll learn a wide range of marvelous careers in the world of Biology, you might be surprised on what you see!
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Food Chains & Food Webs
A food chain is a single path, which help us to work out who eats whom in a habitat, in order to get the energy and materials required for nutrition. Typically food chains involve around four steps. It is unusual for them to be longer...
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Mitosis - Stages of Mitosis
In this video we are will look at mitosis, including the names of the key stages: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase and cytokinesis. Mitosis is the process of cell division that produces identical copies of cells, and...
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What is Mitosis?
Mitosis produces identical copies of cells, and is involved in growth, cell repair and asexual reproduction - which is how simple organisms reproduce. When cells divide by mitosis, two new cells form and each cell is identical to one...
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MATHS - Statistics - Bar Graphs
I want to investigate how population has changed in these cities…but these numbers are just numbers. They don’t mean anything to me. In this video, we are going to discover how great bar graphs are for providing us with a clear visual,...
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Food Chain
In this video, we are going to look at a food chain and the different roles within that. So we will discover exactly what each of these words mean: food web, food chain, trophic level, producer, consumer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore,...
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Adaptations Of Predators And Prey
Learn about how predators are specially adapted to hunt, and how prey are adapted to not get eaten.
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Problems with Plastics & Biodegradable Plastics
Learn the basics about the problems with plastics and biodegradable plastics as part of the recycling topic within environmental chemistry.
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BIOLOGY - Environment - What is organic farming
As populations have grown, farming practices have become more intensified to maximise crop yields and ensure we can feed the ever growing population. Fertilisers and pesticides are used on crops, and animals may be kept inside in more...
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Inherited Genetic Disorders
This girl has six fingers on her left hand. She has a condition called polydactyly, which causes extra fingers or toes. Her father and grandmother as well as some of her cousins also have the condition. This should give you a clue about...
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BIOLOGY - Cells - Introduction to Cells
All living organisms are made up of cells - they are the basic building blocks of life. There are two important categories of cells: plant cells and animal cells. In this video we look at animal cells in more detail. Animal cells are the...
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BIOLOGY - Physiology - Anaerobic Respiration
Sometimes animals and plants cannot get enough oxygen to respire aerobically, such as during intense exercise, but they still need to respire to survive. After all, everything relies on respiration for energy. Luckily there is a back-up...
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Anorexia and Eating Disorders
How does someone develop an eating disorder? Explore the link between health and body image with a video from a larger biology series. Content includes the symptoms and effects of eating disorders, reasons that eating disorders go...