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Heart Beaters (Ages 9-11)
Aimed at Key Stage Two, this resource looks at the function of the heart, how exercise affects heart rate, and the rate of recovery after exercise. Linked to PE and the topic animals including humans, it also aims to develop ...
Historical science aspects
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Explore the impact of vaccination, the discovery of antibodies, germ theory, and major histocompatibility complex on our understanding of the immune system. |
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HIV Life Cycle
This animation, from the Wellcome Trust, shows how the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infects white blood cells and uses its RNA to produce a strand of DNA which becomes integrated in the host cell's genome.
HIV...
How Can You Get Cystic Fibrosis?
Produced by Nowgen, with support from the Wellcome Trust, this short video clip is an animation written by a student who has cystic fibrosis (CF). The animation helps to explain the genetic basis of the disorder.
The short animation covers: * How CF is caused by a faulty CFTR gene (Cystic Fibrosis...
How Cystic Fibrosis Affects the Body
https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/xjd45kaa9yProduced by Nowgen, with support from the Wellcome Trust, this short video clip is an interview with Dr Ceri Harrop, the Public Programmes Manager at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Matrix Research....
How Gene Therapy Works
https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/pxp6lem1pv https://stemlearning.wistia.com/medias/vado1f8qkcProduced by Nowgen and with support from the Wellcome Trust, these two video animations...
How IAA, the most common form of auxin, works
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This animation explores the action of indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), the most common form of auxin, and looks at how scientists used experimental evidence to explain the role of auxins in a phototrophic response.... |
How IAA, the most common form of auxin, works Presentation
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This presentation, using stills from the animation about the action of IAA, is produced without any text making it useful for teaching and revision. |
How science works
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Science relies on using statistical processes to investigate phenomena. This primer explores the processes and explain why they are important. |