Biology week

The first ever Biology Week will take place on 13th-19th October in London, organised by the Society of Biology. Check out this link http://www.societyofbiology.org/newsandevents/biologyweek

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Chemistry Hangman (by Pablo)

Play this game on the what2learn site

What does a biochemist do?

Recently our students received their Morrisby test results and suggestions for future careers. A number or reports included the suggestion that a career as a biochemist would be suitable. This prompted the question "what is a biochemist and what do they do?".
Personally (and I admit to being biased here as my degree is in clinical biochemistry) Biochemistry is the most exciting, and indeed broad, field of science to study today. We are constantly working at the forefront of knowledge..with every discovery often raising more questions than answers. If you are interested in making money then certainly the biotechnology field is one well worth having shares in.

We were very honoured to have Dr. Ion as a speaker last Wednesday who gave us an excellent presentation on DNA, the development of research techniques and their automation.

We had invited the physicists and mathematicians along, and I am sure they were wondering why. However the section on computer science, robotics and engineering I hope inspired them to consider that the fields of Maths, Computing, Physics and Business are no longer seen as separate to Biology and Chemistry. Indeed Science is now becoming much more interdisciplinary now and the universities in the UK are investing millions in brand new Interdisciplinary BioCentres. Its is certainly a very exciting time to be a biochemist!

We would like to thank Dr. Ion for her presentation and look forward the rest of her lectures.

Year 12/13 Biology Field Trip: Donana

Following Mr Hogans informative fish farm trip the Sixth Form biologists went on a weekend trip to beautiful Donana to investigate the plight of the lynx. The trip was very informative, exhausting and great fun...so thank you Mr Hogan for orgainising it.

My personal highlight, I think, was the three hour midnight walk where we all wore our pyjamas under our clothes because it was so cold and spotting glow worms, a boar footprint and some unusual lynx poo.

Other highlights was learning about the strange pharmaceutical properties of local plants and the lore surrounding the plants: some of the stories would make your hair curl!!

I look forward to many more fun trips.

Mrs Gardner ICT class christmas homework

Year 8:

Read pages:39 - 47 in the Green Book
Answer the questions in the White book on pages: 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 45

If you do not manage to get this work done then you will complete it in the lessons. Once it is all done then you can continue with your website design. You will have three weeks left on this project after Christmas.

Mrs Gardner Biology Homework for the Christmas Holiday

Year 13:
Revise for resits. Elin and Zack I will still want you to do the Unit 4 Core Mock when you get back. We will stat the coursework in earnest after that.

Year 12: see separate post below.

Year 11:
Having completed the mock exam you may have realised areas where you are quite weak. My advice is to plan a few hours reviewing these areas. Do not relax this holiday, your real IGCSE is only 5 months away.

Year 10:
Complete the InfoQuest

Year 9:
Research and Endangered Species and produce a poster.

Have a great Christmas